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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2101 technology RSS & Blogging en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:06:42 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/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_cuba_blogger_detained ap/20091107/cb_cuba_blogger_detained AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:06:42 GMT AP - A Cuban blogger who has gained international attention for her searing commentary about life on the communist island said she was briefly detained Friday and warned by state security agents about her opposition activity. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091107/tc_pcworld/pcworldpodcast52motodroidinvadesattsuesverizonandbluebeatripsoffthebeatles pcworld/20091107/pcworldpodcast52motodroidinvadesattsuesverizonandbluebeatripsoffthebeatles PC World business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT PC World - This week on the PC World Podcast, Hassle-Free PC blogger Rick Broida joins PC World editors Robert Strohmeyer, Tim Moynihan, and Mark Sullivan for a half-hour discussion of the week's biggest tech stories. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091105/tc_pcworld/microsoftcourierafeaturebreakdown pcworld/20091105/microsoftcourierafeaturebreakdown PC World technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:03:00 GMT PC World - More details have emerged about Microsoft Courier, Redmond's rumored tablet project. Gadget blog Gizmodo has uncovered a set of illustrations that make it clearer how you would operate the device, and what its mains functions would be. On paper, Courier looks like it would be an innovative device, with some killer features. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/media_nm/us_travelchannel_scripps nm/20091105/us_travelchannel_scripps Reuters entertainment Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:53:04 GMT Reuters - Scripps Networks is close to an agreement to acquire a majority stake in the Travel Channel from Cox Communications, the nation's third-largest cable company, the New York Times' DealBook blog reported on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091102/tc_pcworld/seattleexperimentswithhyperlocalnews pcworld/20091102/seattleexperimentswithhyperlocalnews PC World technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:10:19 GMT PC World - The morning I was scheduled to talk to the co-founder of a collection of popular neighborhood news blogs in Seattle, he had to put me off for almost an hour because he had been busy covering a fire. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091031/tc_pcworld/novelltolosangelesdropdead pcworld/20091031/novelltolosangelesdropdead PC World technology Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:03:00 GMT PC World - This must be a joke: A Novell corporate blog item that chastises the City of Los Angeles for recently selecting Google Apps to replace Novell's GroupWise e-mail and calendaring software. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091030/tc_zd/245590 zd/20091030/245590 PC Magazine technology Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:23:52 GMT PC Magazine - Twitter's recently rolled out Lists feature may spell the end of a micro-blogging tradition. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091030/tc_zd/245570 zd/20091030/245570 PC Magazine technology Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:57:16 GMT PC Magazine - Have you been reading those blog posts about a Windows 7 hack that will allow a clean install of the OS using an upgrade disc rather than the full version? Microsoft wants you to know that while this might be possible, it is also illegal - unless you own a valid license, which many do. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091029/bs_nf/69795 nf/20091029/69795 NewsFactor business Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:59:08 GMT NewsFactor - Microsoft has a bit of advice for people using the Windows 7 operating system introduced earlier this month: Follow the law. In a blog posting at the Microsoft SMB Community Blog, Eric Ligman of the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Group wrote that a number of blogs and postings are offering hacks that enable the use of a less-expensive upgrade disk for a new Windows 7 installation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091029/tc_pcworld/isyourwindows7installillegal pcworld/20091029/isyourwindows7installillegal PC World technology Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:03:00 GMT PC World - Microsoft issued a friendly reminder in a blog post earlier this week that if you installed Windows 7 on a blank hard drive using an upgrade disc, your Windows installation is illegal. Well, maybe... but I'll get to that in a second. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091029/tc_pcworld/twitterrivalwinsoverpopulartaiwanesepolitician pcworld/20091029/twitterrivalwinsoverpopulartaiwanesepolitician PC World technology Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:00:11 GMT PC World - Plurk, a rival to Twitter that offers Chinese-language mini-blogging, has won an unlikely promoter in former Taiwanese presidential candidate Frank Hsieh. The runner-up in last year's Taiwan election launched a new book on Thursday titled "Frank's Plurk Diary." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091028/stage_nm/us_books_atwood nm/20091028/us_books_atwood Reuters entertainment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:40:16 GMT Reuters - On the verge of her 70th birthday, Canadian author Margaret Atwood is forging into new territory to promote her latest novel "The Year of the Flood." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091027/tc_afp/usitcompanysecurityinternetgizmodo afp/20091027/usitcompanysecurityinternetgizmodo AFP technology Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:04:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091027/tc_afp/usitcompanysecurityinternetgizmodo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091027/capt.photo_1256670194275-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=PLmS71Cl7QOhJP0e3F1UwA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Popular US gadget blog Gizmodo apologized to its readers on Tuesday after being duped by malware masquerading as an advertisement.(Gizmodo)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Popular US gadget blog Gizmodo apologized to its readers on Tuesday after being duped by malware masquerading as an advertisement.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091027/tc_afp/usitcompanysecurityinternetgizmodo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091027/capt.photo_1256670194275-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=PLmS71Cl7QOhJP0e3F1UwA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Popular US gadget blog Gizmodo apologized to its readers on Tuesday after being duped by malware masquerading as an advertisement.(Gizmodo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091027/tc_afp/usitmusiccompanyinternetmyspacemicrosoft afp/20091027/usitmusiccompanyinternetmyspacemicrosoft AFP technology Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:07:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091027/tc_afp/usitmusiccompanyinternetmyspacemicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091027/capt.photo_1256659562140-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=ygN2u8drmyI3UaZea.ar7Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Chinese media arrive for the launch the MSN China, a Chinese-language Web portal, during a ceremony in Beijing in 2005. Microsoft's MSN is in talks with MySpace about using the social network?s MySpace Music to help power music offerings on the software giant's online portal, technology blog AllThingsD has said.(AFP/File/AFP)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Microsoft's MSN is in talks with MySpace about using the social network?s MySpace Music to help power music offerings on the software giant's online portal, technology blog AllThingsD said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091027/tc_afp/usitmusiccompanyinternetmyspacemicrosoft"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091027/capt.photo_1256659562140-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=ygN2u8drmyI3UaZea.ar7Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Chinese media arrive for the launch the MSN China, a Chinese-language Web portal, during a ceremony in Beijing in 2005. Microsoft's MSN is in talks with MySpace about using the social network?s MySpace Music to help power music offerings on the software giant's online portal, technology blog AllThingsD has said.(AFP/File/AFP)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091023/tc_pcworld/googlesbloggerservicesufferswidespreadoutage pcworld/20091023/googlesbloggerservicesufferswidespreadoutage PC World technology Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:10:14 GMT PC World - Google's popular Blogger blog-publishing service crashed early on Friday and remained unavailable to most users for about 90 minutes, the type of broad system outage that Google has been trying to eradicate from its Web-hosted applications. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091023/tc_pcworld/motoroladroiddebutsthendisappears pcworld/20091023/motoroladroiddebutsthendisappears PC World technology Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:09:00 GMT PC World - The hotly anticipated Android-powered Motorola Droid smartphone made a brief and surprising visit on the Web yesterday as Motorola "accidentally" launched the phone's site. Before Motorola caught onto the mistake, blogs like Boy Genius Report and Unwired View nabbed pictures, including all of the upcoming phone's specs. Most of these specs were leaked in August and are now just being confirmed. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091022/tc_zd/245317 zd/20091022/245317 PC Magazine technology Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:13:58 GMT PC Magazine - These days, effusive chief executive Steve Ballmer is usually the face of Microsoft. But at Thursday's Windows 7 launch, the cameras couldn't get enough of a four-and-a-half-year-old from Southern California. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091021/tc_pcworld/googlegetssometwittersearchlovetoo pcworld/20091021/googlegetssometwittersearchlovetoo PC World technology Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:20:00 GMT PC World - I should have seen this coming. I blogged this morning from the Web 2.0 conference that Microsoft had landed deals with Twitter and Facebook to include content from those two sites in search results. Not to be outdone, Google's VP of search products and user experience Marissa Mayer blogged on the Google site that her company, too, had finalized a similar deal with Twitter. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091021/pl_afp/usvietnaminternetrights afp/20091021/usvietnaminternetrights AFP politics Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:11:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091021/pl_afp/usvietnaminternetrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091021/capt.photo_1256144997856-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=111&q=85&sig=LcLWulET0xtXebBhSyYXZQ--" align="left" height="111" width="130" alt="US Representative Loretta Sanchez, seen here in May 2009, sponsored a resolution calling on Vietnam to free jailed bloggers, said that the Internet "has become a crucial tool for the citizens of Vietnam to be able to exercise their freedom of expression and association."(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US Congress on Wednesday called on Vietnam to free jailed bloggers, voicing concern that the communist country is stepping up curbs on Internet freedom.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091021/pl_afp/usvietnaminternetrights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091021/capt.photo_1256144997856-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=111&q=85&sig=LcLWulET0xtXebBhSyYXZQ--" align="left" height="111" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Representative Loretta Sanchez, seen here in May 2009, sponsored a resolution calling on Vietnam to free jailed bloggers, said that the Internet "has become a crucial tool for the citizens of Vietnam to be able to exercise their freedom of expression and association."(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/rssblog/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091021/tc_pcworld/microsoftbingstrikesmajorsearchintegrationdealswithtwitterfacebook pcworld/20091021/microsoftbingstrikesmajorsearchintegrationdealswithtwitterfacebook PC World technology Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:38:00 GMT PC World - Web 2.0 Conference, San Francisco--Microsoft confirmed today that it has integrated Twitter tweets and Facebook status updates into its Bing search results. After a morning of speculation triggered by several blog posts predicting the news, Qi Lu, president of Microsoft's online services division, confirmed that the search deal had in fact taken place.