Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1211 technology Personal Technology en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:44:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1211 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091107/tc_pcworld/nodroidformeiphoneisthepcofsmartphones pcworld/20091107/nodroidformeiphoneisthepcofsmartphones PC World technology Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:44:00 GMT PC World - There is no piece of technological wizardry that I want so much as a Droid. Yet, I have decided to hold onto my iPhone. Why? Because the iPhone is the PC of smartphones. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091107/tc_pcworld/updatefixesiphonesyncproblemwithwindows7forsome pcworld/20091107/updatefixesiphonesyncproblemwithwindows7forsome PC World technology Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:10:11 GMT PC World - Gigabyte Technology issued a BIOS update on Friday that fixes a problem for some Windows 7 users who have been unable to sync their iPhones. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/blackfridaystartsnowforsavvyshoppers pcworld/20091106/blackfridaystartsnowforsavvyshoppers PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:53:00 GMT PC World - If you love Black Friday bargains, but hate the idea of pre-dawn lines, surly shoppers, and the risk of bodily harm just to score a bargain Blu-ray player or Xbox console, major U.S. retailers have an alternative: Why not shop early? Some pre-Black Friday sales start Saturday, Nov. 7. Start brewing the coffee now. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091106/tc_nf/69922 nf/20091106/69922 NewsFactor technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:07:33 GMT NewsFactor - If you're worried that your employees or children are disengaging from the world by using the Internet and cell phones, relax. A new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that these technologies have not increased social isolation in the U.S. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20091106/tc_macworld/xgesturesupdatedforsnowleopard macworld/20091106/xgesturesupdatedforsnowleopard Macworld.com technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:52:00 GMT Macworld.com - Brian Kendall has released an updated version of xGestures for Snow Leopard, which allows you to drive your Mac with "mouse gestures"—a particular combination of mouse movements that triggers a menu item, keystroke, or AppleScript. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/birthofthedroidfanboy pcworld/20091106/birthofthedroidfanboy PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:34:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/birthofthedroidfanboy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257473623241-1-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=W481XdttRKO7wFWzcK0ipA--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Motorola's new Droid smart phone sold through Verizon is shown here after it was unboxed at the verizon store in Orem, Utah. The Google powered Droid is being released by Verizon November 6.(AFP/Getty Images/George Frey)" border="0" /></a>PC World - It had to happen eventually. The launch of Motorola's Droid makes room for a new kind of fanboy in the tech world: The Droid fanboy, armed at last with a phone that fits with any anti-iPhone lifestyle.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/birthofthedroidfanboy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257473623241-1-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=W481XdttRKO7wFWzcK0ipA--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="Motorola's new Droid smart phone sold through Verizon is shown here after it was unboxed at the verizon store in Orem, Utah. The Google powered Droid is being released by Verizon November 6.(AFP/Getty Images/George Frey)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (PC World) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20091106/tc_macworld/macdevelopersbandtogetherforonefingerdiscount macworld/20091106/macdevelopersbandtogetherforonefingerdiscount Macworld.com technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:43:00 GMT Macworld.com - MacHeist threw a curveball this year by offering six Mac apps for free (well, in exchange for your name and email), so other developers got motivated to launch a good ol'-fashioned sale. Running in the same time frame as "MacHeist nano," the One Finger Discount (OFD) features a growing number of Mac developers who are selling their fine wares at 20 percent off. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/hasmicrosoftplaceditslastmobilebet pcworld/20091106/hasmicrosoftplaceditslastmobilebet PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:20:41 GMT PC World - When Microsoft first started talking about building mobile-phone software back in the late 1990s, handset makers that had been in the market for years scoffed. Sure, Microsoft was a huge software developer, but making software for mobile devices is different and more complicated than for PCs, they argued. After all, by the late '90s, some companies had already spent decades developing their mobile platforms. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091106/tc_nf/69911 nf/20091106/69911 NewsFactor business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:53:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091106/tc_nf/69911"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257473623241-1-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=W481XdttRKO7wFWzcK0ipA--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Motorola's new Droid smart phone sold through Verizon is shown here after it was unboxed at the verizon store in Orem, Utah. The Google powered Droid is being released by Verizon November 6.(AFP/Getty Images/George Frey)" border="0" /></a>NewsFactor - With the launch of its new Droid smartphone at Verizon Wireless stores Friday, Motorola finally appears poised to recover from a three-year slide during which its mobile handset shipments fell from 22.5 percent to a 5.4 percent share of the global market, according to iSuppli. Verizon is looking for Droid to help overcome the advantages that AT&T has long enjoyed from its exclusive iPhone deal with Apple.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091106/tc_nf/69911"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257473623241-1-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=W481XdttRKO7wFWzcK0ipA--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="Motorola's new Droid smart phone sold through Verizon is shown here after it was unboxed at the verizon store in Orem, Utah. The Google powered Droid is being released by Verizon November 6.(AFP/Getty Images/George Frey)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (NewsFactor) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20091106/tc_macworld/secretsprefpaneupdatedforsnowleopard macworld/20091106/secretsprefpaneupdatedforsnowleopard Macworld.com technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:37:00 GMT Macworld.com - Blacktree Software has released Secrets 1.0.6, a Snow Leopard-compatible version of their preference pane which exposes hidden features on your Mac. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20091106/tc_macworld/macheistofferssixmacappsforfree macworld/20091106/macheistofferssixmacappsforfree Macworld.com technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:22:00 GMT Macworld.com - The newest MacHeist bundle is out, at the lowest price ever: free. For the cost of an email address (and not your Twitter account, this time), MacHeist is offering licenses for Hordes of Orcs, Mariner Write, ShoveBox, TinyGrab, Twitterrific, and WriteRoom. Mariner Write won't be included in the bundle until 500,000 downloads are reached—but at this price point, I'm not expecting them to fall short. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/a998gbiphone3gstokillthemotoroladroid pcworld/20091106/a998gbiphone3gstokillthemotoroladroid PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:27:00 GMT PC World - AT&T and Apple are preparing a cheaper iPhone 3GS just in time for the holidays to distract from the popularity of the Motorola Droid, according to sources quoted by a BoyGenius report. A cheaper version of the iPhone 3GS would come with only 8GB of storage and $100 off the original price tag, replacing the current $99 8GB iPhone 3G. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/dragonquestixtrumpshalo3odstmaddennfl10 pcworld/20091106/dragonquestixtrumpshalo3odstmaddennfl10 PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:45:00 GMT PC World - Nintendo DS uber-RPG Dragon Quest IX won't reach US shores until sometime next year, but it's already leading Wii Sports Resort, Madden NFL 10, and Halo 3: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/tc_afp/usitinternettelecommobileverizonmotorola afp/20091106/usitinternettelecommobileverizonmotorola AFP technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:15:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/tc_afp/usitinternettelecommobileverizonmotorola"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257473444176-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=2OeEWe0P_rGvf6FrEskyEw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Motorola's new Droid smart phone sold through Verizon is shown here after it was unboxed at the verizon store November 5 in Orem, Utah. The Google powered Droid is being released by Verizon November 6(AFP/Getty Images/George Frey)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Motorola Droid smart phone goes on sale Friday, joining the growing ranks of smart phones on the open-source operating system backed by Google.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/tc_afp/usitinternettelecommobileverizonmotorola"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257473444176-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=2OeEWe0P_rGvf6FrEskyEw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Motorola's new Droid smart phone sold through Verizon is shown here after it was unboxed at the verizon store November 5 in Orem, Utah. The Google powered Droid is being released by Verizon November 6(AFP/Getty Images/George Frey)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091106/tc_pcworld/atamptprofilesspecificcitiesinbidforcoverage pcworld/20091106/atamptprofilesspecificcitiesinbidforcoverage PC World technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:50:23 GMT PC World - AT&T has created different mobile calling models for every major city in America as it tries to improve a network that has come under fire for poor performance as the data-friendly iPhone has proliferated, an executive said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20091106/tc_macworld/olympusannouncesep2digitalcamera macworld/20091106/olympusannouncesep2digitalcamera Macworld.com technology Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:02:00 GMT Macworld.com - Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Olympus has announced the E-P2, the second generation of its Micro Four Thirds camera combining the form factor of a compact point-and-shoot with the interchangeable lenses and high-quality image sensor of an SLR. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20091105/tc_macworld/kasperskylabreleasesantivirusapp macworld/20091105/kasperskylabreleasesantivirusapp Macworld.com technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:45:00 GMT Macworld.com - If you want make a Mac user mad, just sidle up and whisper the words, “Mac security software.” Then step back as the incensed sputtering ensues. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/worldtechupdatenov52009 pcworld/20091105/worldtechupdatenov52009 PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:20:23 GMT PC World - In this week's World Tech Update, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tours Asia and talks about the future of television, HTC launches the HD2 smartphone that runs Windows Mobile 6.5, Intel gets slapped with an antitrust lawsuit, Motorola's Droid gets ready to go on sale, an iPhone app from Harvard Medical School helps protect you from swine flu and new research enables 3D on a Microsoft Surface computer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091105/tc_nf/69906 nf/20091105/69906 NewsFactor business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:45:53 GMT NewsFactor - Laptop-toting road warriors who don't want to commit to a long-term mobile broadband data plan might be interested in a new offering from Verizon Wireless. On Thursday, the wireless carrier rolled out three new mobile data plans as part of the company's prepaid portfolio. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091105/tc_nf/69908 nf/20091105/69908 NewsFactor technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:54:34 GMT NewsFactor - Dell painted a picture in broad strokes Thursday of the company's forthcoming Adamo XPS laptop, which is slated to hit the market in time for the holidays. The new machine -- which is housed in a finely machined aluminum case and comes in the user's choice of pearl or onyx -- is even thinner than the inaugural Adamo laptop that Dell began shipping last March.