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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2101 technology RSS & Blogging en-us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:56:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2101 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090702/tc_pcworld/confickerforgottenbutnotgone pcworld/20090702/confickerforgottenbutnotgone PC World technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:56:00 GMT PC World - Conficker may not dominate the headlines any longer, but it's still going strong, according to Trend Micro's Malware Blog and stats from the Conficker Working Group. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/tc_afp/usitcompanyinternetmicrosoftbingtwitter afp/20090702/usitcompanyinternetmicrosoftbingtwitter AFP technology Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:29:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/tc_afp/usitcompanyinternetmicrosoftbingtwitter"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246552141575-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=6O00AZkLD6WqHQtFK7qNbg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Microsoft is integrating messages from prominent users of Twitter, the hot micro-blogging service, into the results generated by its new Internet search engine Bing.(Twitter)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft is integrating messages from prominent users of Twitter, the hot micro-blogging service, into the results generated by its new Internet search engine Bing.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090702/tc_afp/usitcompanyinternetmicrosoftbingtwitter"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090702/capt.photo_1246552141575-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=6O00AZkLD6WqHQtFK7qNbg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Microsoft is integrating messages from prominent users of Twitter, the hot micro-blogging service, into the results generated by its new Internet search engine Bing.(Twitter)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090630/tc_pcworld/sonypatentsps2softwareemulationalreadyoffersit pcworld/20090630/sonypatentsps2softwareemulationalreadyoffersit PC World technology Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:36:00 GMT PC World - When it comes to the PlayStation 3, it's apparently easy to confuse the game blogs. They've picked up on an incidental story by a tech site that communicates in fragments concerning Sony's recent filing to patent emulation of its legacy PS2 Emotion Engine vis-a-vis its "cell" processor. The cell processor, you'll recall, is the cerebral cortex of the PS3's multi-processing brainpan. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090629/tc_pcworld/twittergainsupperhandonlatestscam pcworld/20090629/twittergainsupperhandonlatestscam PC World technology Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:14:00 GMT PC World - Sometimes, it seems scams are becoming almost as common as social media experts on Twitter. The latest one, unleashed Monday morning and initially noticed by tech blog Mashable, centers on a fake blog hosted at the domain twittersblogs.com. Tweets containing links to the site circulated rapidly, each featuring the message: "omg!! is it true what they wrote about you in their twit blog?" http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20090629/tc_nf/67446 nf/20090629/67446 NewsFactor technology Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:54:38 GMT NewsFactor - Sony has begun shipping personal computers equipped with the Chinese-government mandated filtering software days before the July 1 deadline. Shipments of the PCs equipped with Green Dam software also include a disclaimer that Sony is not responsible for damage from the software, according to a University of Hong Kong journalism professor and blogger, Rebecca MacKinnon. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090626/tc_afp/entertainmentusmusicjacksoninternet afp/20090626/entertainmentusmusicjacksoninternet AFP technology Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:44:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090626/tc_afp/entertainmentusmusicjacksoninternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090626/capt.photo_1246000164417-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8e0JV0Cdoy8K91ASipLeVw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A woman watches news of Michael Jackson's death at an electronic store in Hsintien, Taiwan. The Internet was flooded with electronic tears for Jackson, with micro-blogging site Twitter notching up hundreds of tributes every minute including many from fellow celebrities.(AFP/Sam Yeh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Internet was flooded with electronic tears for Michael Jackson on Friday, with micro-blogging site Twitter notching up hundreds of tributes every minute including many from fellow celebrities.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090626/tc_afp/entertainmentusmusicjacksoninternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090626/capt.photo_1246000164417-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=8e0JV0Cdoy8K91ASipLeVw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A woman watches news of Michael Jackson's death at an electronic store in Hsintien, Taiwan. The Internet was flooded with electronic tears for Jackson, with micro-blogging site Twitter notching up hundreds of tributes every minute including many from fellow celebrities.(AFP/Sam Yeh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_re_us/us_judges_murder_threats ap/20090625/us_judges_murder_threats AP us Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:55:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_re_us/us_judges_murder_threats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090625/capt.038a6b69a6ec45fe9f23573898d5352c.judges_murder_threats_ny140.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=ALpKt_zcsZ.Hh5UDJ6v5VA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Monday, June 22, 2009 file photo, Harold 'Hal' Turner, right, of North Bergen, N.J., leaves Hartford Superior Court in Hartford, Conn., after he was arraigned on a charge of inciting violence against state lawmakers. .In an unrelated charge, Turner, a white supremacist blogger was arrested at his New Jersey home Wednesday, June 24, 2009 and charged with threatening to assault or murder three Chicago-based judges who refused to overturn local ordinances banning handguns. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - A judge denied bail Thursday to a New Jersey blogger charged with threatening to assault or murder three Chicago-based federal judges.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_re_us/us_judges_murder_threats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090625/capt.038a6b69a6ec45fe9f23573898d5352c.judges_murder_threats_ny140.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=ALpKt_zcsZ.Hh5UDJ6v5VA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Monday, June 22, 2009 file photo, Harold 'Hal' Turner, right, of North Bergen, N.J., leaves Hartford Superior Court in Hartford, Conn., after he was arraigned on a charge of inciting violence against state lawmakers. .In an unrelated charge, Turner, a white supremacist blogger was arrested at his New Jersey home Wednesday, June 24, 2009 and charged with threatening to assault or murder three Chicago-based judges who refused to overturn local ordinances banning handguns. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20090625/tc_zd/241747 zd/20090625/241747 PC Magazine technology Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:58:35 GMT PC Magazine - Austrian blogger Benjamin Miller has posted a tethering workaround for the iPhone that will reportedly allow you to use the device to connect to the Web either via USB or Bluetooth. An AT&T spokesman played coy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090625/wr_nm/us_technology_bosses nm/20090625/us_technology_bosses Reuters technology Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:23:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090625/wr_nm/us_technology_bosses"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090625/i/r1626455139.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=tUt2JeJmx6K4qPrpnWoLsw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, delivers a keynote address at the company's annual conference in San Francisco, California July 23, 2008. REUTERS/Kimberly White" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The heads of the top U.S. companies might be engaged in the boardroom, but they're switched off when it comes to social media, according to a new study that said CEOs should be more connected to their customers.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090625/wr_nm/us_technology_bosses"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090625/i/r1626455139.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=tUt2JeJmx6K4qPrpnWoLsw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, delivers a keynote address at the company's annual conference in San Francisco, California July 23, 2008. REUTERS/Kimberly White" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090624/en_nm/us_perezhilton nm/20090624/us_perezhilton Reuters entertainment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:44:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090624/en_nm/us_perezhilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090625/i/r3337331391.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=WSGTsIiwOy.iFJBWVeqUVg--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="Perez Hilton arrives at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles September 7, 2008. REUTERS/Phil McCarten" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton on Wednesday sued the road manager of the chart-topping hip-hop band the Black Eyed Peas for allegedly punching him in the face outside a Toronto nightclub at the weekend.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090624/en_nm/us_perezhilton"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090625/i/r3337331391.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=WSGTsIiwOy.iFJBWVeqUVg--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="Perez Hilton arrives at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles September 7, 2008. REUTERS/Phil McCarten" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_online_question ap/20090624/us_obama_online_question AP politics Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:28:30 GMT AP - The White House on Wednesday denied that it planted question about Iran from a left-leaning Web site at a presidential news conference this week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090624/tc_pcworld/adobeissuessecurityupdateforshockwaveplayer pcworld/20090624/adobeissuessecurityupdateforshockwaveplayer PC World technology Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:30:12 GMT PC World - Adobe Systems has released a patch for its Shockwave Player to fix a critical vulnerability, the company wrote on its security blog on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20090623/bs_bw/jun2009bs20090622133374 bw/20090623/jun2009bs20090622133374 BusinessWeek Online business Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:08:44 GMT BusinessWeek Online - Like the hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia says, "It's hard out here for an MBA." It's hard to pick up a major news publication or navigate the blogosphere without reading about the correlation between the MBA degree and the global economic meltdown. It's hard to see the volume of jobs decrease while the volume of applicants increases. And it's hard to hear that now is the best time to start a company, but venture capital firms are hoarding their cash. ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090623/tc_pcworld/googleindiasaysitisnotresponsibleforparentcompany pcworld/20090623/googleindiasaysitisnotresponsibleforparentcompany PC World technology Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:00:12 GMT PC World - Google India told a court in India on Monday that it was not liable for defamatory posts on Blogger, as it is not a party to an agreement between Google, the parent company of both Google India and Blogger, and those who use the blogging service. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090622/tc_pcworld/bugingooglesbloggercostingsitestraffic pcworld/20090622/bugingooglesbloggercostingsitestraffic PC World technology Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:30:23 GMT PC World - Publishers with custom domains hosted on Google's Blogger blog-publishing service have been losing traffic for the past week due to a bug affecting how visitors get redirected from the Blogger domain to the publishers' own domains. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_en_ot/cn_canada_perez_hilton_punched ap/20090622/cn_canada_perez_hilton_punched AP entertainment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:48:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_en_ot/cn_canada_perez_hilton_punched"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090622/capt.1a976757f9da4ee08c582090a3dc4006.canada_perez_hilton_punched_nyet570.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=9CjcwEUDh6VVu3p6mDB1oQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="In this image released by Perez Hilton, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton is shown with an injury beneath his eye, Monday, June 22, 2009, in Toronto. Hilton, whose name is real is Mario Lavandeira, says he got into argument with Fergie and will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas at a Toronto nightclub early Monday and was punched outside the club by Polo Molina, the band's manager. Additional marks on the side of Hilton's head and forehead, are from pink paint he wore while attending the MuchMusic Video Awards. (AP Photo/Perez Hilton)" border="0" /></a>AP - Police have charged the tour manager of the Black Eyed Peas with assault after he allegedly punched celebrity blogger Perez Hilton outside a Toronto nightclub. Hilton said he got into an argument with band members Fergie and will.i.am at the Cobra nightclub early Monday morning and was punched outside by Polo Molina, the band's tour manager. They were at the club following a Sunday night video awards show.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_en_ot/cn_canada_perez_hilton_punched"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090622/capt.1a976757f9da4ee08c582090a3dc4006.canada_perez_hilton_punched_nyet570.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=9CjcwEUDh6VVu3p6mDB1oQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="photo" title="In this image released by Perez Hilton, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton is shown with an injury beneath his eye, Monday, June 22, 2009, in Toronto. Hilton, whose name is real is Mario Lavandeira, says he got into argument with Fergie and will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas at a Toronto nightclub early Monday and was punched outside the club by Polo Molina, the band's manager. Additional marks on the side of Hilton's head and forehead, are from pink paint he wore while attending the MuchMusic Video Awards. (AP Photo/Perez Hilton)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_hi_te/us_blogger_arrest_lawmakers ap/20090622/us_blogger_arrest_lawmakers AP technology Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:52:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_hi_te/us_blogger_arrest_lawmakers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090622/capt.822e4b6662f3470ca1452b944fb73276.blogger_arrest__lawmakers_ctjh102.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=px_z4HaJ8rkiuOHrfHnbNQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Harold 'Hal' Turner, right, of North Bergen, N.J., leaves Hartford Superior Court in Hartford, Conn., on Monday, June 22, 2009 after he was arraigned on a charge of inciting violence against state lawmakers. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)" border="0" /></a>AP - A New Jersey blogger accused of encouraging violence against Connecticut legislators told authorities he hoped nobody would "go off the deep end and do something terrible," but he added, "you never can tell," according to a police report released Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_hi_te/us_blogger_arrest_lawmakers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090622/capt.822e4b6662f3470ca1452b944fb73276.blogger_arrest__lawmakers_ctjh102.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=px_z4HaJ8rkiuOHrfHnbNQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Harold 'Hal' Turner, right, of North Bergen, N.J., leaves Hartford Superior Court in Hartford, Conn., on Monday, June 22, 2009 after he was arraigned on a charge of inciting violence against state lawmakers. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20090622/tc_zd/241619 zd/20090622/241619 PC Magazine technology Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:17:28 GMT PC Magazine - If you're a blogger and you accept cash for a positive product review, will you soon be subject to Federal Trade Commission regulations? The issue is not clear-cut. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20090622/tc_pcworld/ftceyesblogsforconflictsofinterest pcworld/20090622/ftceyesblogsforconflictsofinterest PC World technology Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:15:00 GMT PC World - Scanning Weblogs for product information and reviews has become a cornerstone in contemporary consumerism. Often, readers appreciate the opinion of someone who is not an expert to guide them to the right product. What some consumers may not know is that some of these writers are being paid for their smiles in the form of cash, free products and lavish trips. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090621/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_media_clampdown ap/20090621/iran_media_clampdown AP world Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:32:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090621/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_media_clampdown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090621/i/r2887862427.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=cfI8jaTf_2U8AusDO_isXg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. People assist an injured man in Tehran in this photograph made available June 21, 2009. Pro-reform clerics in Iran stepped up criticism of the authorities on Sunday after more than a week of unprecedented popular defiance against the leadership of the Islamic Republic. REUTERS via Your View (IRAN POLITICS ELECTIONS IMAGES OF THE DAY CONFLICT)" border="0" /></a>AP - Protesters and security forces gather. They collide in a cloud of tear gas and a shower of rocks and bottles.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090621/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_media_clampdown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090621/i/r2887862427.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=cfI8jaTf_2U8AusDO_isXg--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. People assist an injured man in Tehran in this photograph made available June 21, 2009. Pro-reform clerics in Iran stepped up criticism of the authorities on Sunday after more than a week of unprecedented popular defiance against the leadership of the Islamic Republic. REUTERS via Your View (IRAN POLITICS ELECTIONS IMAGES OF THE DAY CONFLICT)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)