Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/technology/personal-tech technology Personal Technology en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:10:43 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/technology/personal-tech http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100209/tc_nf/71576 nf/20100209/71576 NewsFactor technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:10:43 GMT NewsFactor - Among the 234 million cell-phone users over age 13 in the U.S. in the fourth quarter, Motorola-manufactured hardware dominated the market of all mobile users, according to a comScore survey released Monday. Among operating systems, Research In Motion had the largest smartphone market share. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/iphoneandandroidmarketshareontherise pcworld/20100209/iphoneandandroidmarketshareontherise PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:05:00 GMT PC World - New statistics from comScore show that Apple and Google are both gaining ground in the battle for smartphone market share in the United States. Perhaps, as Google indicated when introducing the Nexus One, the iPhone and Android platforms are really next-generation "superphones" and the comparison with "normal" smartphones is unfair. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/gmailgoessocialwithgooglebuzz pcworld/20100209/gmailgoessocialwithgooglebuzz PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:08:00 GMT PC World - Google introduced a social networking tool called Google Buzz Tuesday that allows sharing of status updates, images, and videos via a new Gmail tab called Google Buzz. The Google Buzz features will also be available on Android based phones as well as the iPhone (via a Web-based application) allowing for real-time updates to your Google Buzz feed that can show up on a new version of Google's mobile maps. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100209/tc_nf/71555 nf/20100209/71555 NewsFactor technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:56:34 GMT NewsFactor - The 2010 rendition of the Macworld Expo kicked off in San Francisco today, although this time without a major Apple presence. The annual five-day event will showcase hundreds of Mac products and services, expert advice, and demonstrations -- but this year mobile apps may steal the show. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100209/tc_zd/248263 zd/20100209/248263 PC Magazine technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:39:01 GMT PC Magazine - Sirius XM, the beleaguered satellite radio provider, has unveiled a new BlackBerry app that lets users listen to over 120 channels of commercial-free music, talk, sports, and comedy programming. However, there's a catch. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/iphone4grumoredpartssuggestaslightlynewdesign pcworld/20100209/iphone4grumoredpartssuggestaslightlynewdesign PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:30:00 GMT PC World - An iPhone repair shop claims to have replacement parts for the iPhone 4G, which leave open some interesting possibilities about the rumored device. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/nvidiaunveilsoptimusswitchablegraphicstechnology pcworld/20100209/nvidiaunveilsoptimusswitchablegraphicstechnology PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:01:00 GMT PC World - Does your laptop have switchable graphics? You know, both an integrated graphics chip that sips energy and gives you long battery life along with a discrete GPU (graphics processing unit) that offers better 3D graphics and video performance? Notebooks with switchable graphics have been shipping for years, but they haven't lived up to user expectations. Nvidia hopes to change that with their new Optimus technology. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100209/tc_zd/248250 zd/20100209/248250 PC Magazine technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:45:03 GMT PC Magazine - Apple and Google's Android operating system slightly gained market share during the last quarter of 2009, according to a market study released Tuesday by comScore, a portion of which tracked the growth of the various mobile OS platforms. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20100209/tc_infoworld/112608 infoworld/20100209/112608 InfoWorld technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:00:00 GMT InfoWorld - It's almost a pathetic assertion: This year, the Mac will break out of its ghetto and become a mainstream computer for individuals and businesses alike. That unfulfilled desire is foretold every year and has been since the mid-1980s, when Apple's then-groundbreaking computer was quickly sidelined by the IBM PC and, later, Microsoft Windows. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/microsoftehealthresearchtapsxboxmobilephones pcworld/20100209/microsoftehealthresearchtapsxboxmobilephones PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:40:11 GMT PC World - Microsoft is researching how gadgets like the company's Xbox game machine, surface computers and accelerometers in mobile phones could be used to improve health care. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100209/tc_pcworld/lgsamsunggosocialwithlatesthandsets pcworld/20100209/lgsamsunggosocialwithlatesthandsets PC World technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:40:11 GMT PC World - South Korea's two biggest cell phone makers previewed on Tuesday handsets they plan to unveil at next week's Mobile World Congress exhibition in Barcelona. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100208/tc_pcworld/controlyournokian900withsonyssixaxiscontroller pcworld/20100208/controlyournokian900withsonyssixaxiscontroller PC World technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:59:00 GMT PC World - We recently stumbled across a hack that allowed the Nokia N900 to run Mac OS X. Now another mod has surfaced, but this time it's all about gaming. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100208/tc_zd/248240 zd/20100208/248240 PC Magazine technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:35:20 GMT PC Magazine - Mac peripheral maker ZoomMediaPlus is attempting to knock a hole in the Apple "walled garden" approach by turning the connector interface in the iPhone, iPod touch – and, soon the iPad – into a peripheral storage slot. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100208/tc_pcworld/x10fable3revealwillmakegamerssuperpissedoff pcworld/20100208/x10fable3revealwillmakegamerssuperpissedoff PC World technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:21:00 GMT PC World - Peter Molyneux says he's terrified Fable-series fans will balk at radical changes to Fable 3, changes he'll apparently reveal this week at Microsoft's Xbox-oriented X10 gaming event. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/tc_nm/us_vodafone_oracle nm/20100208/us_vodafone_oracle Reuters technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:50:37 GMT Reuters - Vodafone Group Plc, the world's largest mobile phone operator by revenue, has secured a four-year deal to provide Oracle Corp with voice, data and management services to employees in the EMEA region. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100208/tc_zd/248215 zd/20100208/248215 PC Magazine technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:18:03 GMT PC Magazine - TeleNav has unveiled AT&T Navigator 1.5i for the iPhone. The latest revision to the popular turn-by-turn GPS app includes road speed limit signs, speed limit alerts, and improved route avoidance options that account for high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes and toll roads. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20100208/tc_infoworld/112060 infoworld/20100208/112060 InfoWorld technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:00:00 GMT InfoWorld - Why choose between Windows 7 and Snow Leopard when you can have both? A Mac with virtualization software is a great platform for running Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, or other Intel-based operating systems, all at the same time. There's also Mac OS X's native Boot Camp, but it only supports Windows and doesn't give you access to Mac OS X without rebooting. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100208/tc_zd/248204 zd/20100208/248204 PC Magazine technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:17:33 GMT PC Magazine - Doritos' ad featuring a tough-as-nails kid slapping some sense into his mother's date stole the show as the most-watched Super Bowl ad, according to data collected by the TiVo "Stop Watch" service. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/tc_nm/us_philips_leds nm/20100208/us_philips_leds Reuters technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:00:38 GMT Reuters - More than a century into its existence, Philips is once again betting heavily on semiconductors. This time the consumer electronics firm is looking to harness their potential as a source of light. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/personaltech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100206/tc_pcworld/applesbansgowaytoofar pcworld/20100206/applesbansgowaytoofar PC World technology Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT PC World - Is Apple's banning iPhone applications that would use location data for displaying advertising not as onerous as anything Microsoft tried--and mostly didn't get away with?