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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/technology technology Technology News en-us Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:37:20 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/technology http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_hi_te/us_unitedhealth_cloud_computing ap/20120214/us_unitedhealth_cloud_computing AP technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:19:37 GMT AP - UnitedHealth Group's Optum business is launching a service that allows doctors to share information about patients over the Internet, as health care companies continue their push to improve care with better coordination. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_hi_te/us_google_motorola_mobility ap/20120214/us_google_motorola_mobility AP technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:23:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_hi_te/us_google_motorola_mobility"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.b16eef4728d2449d92ffe003cc4f88e7-b16eef4728d2449d92ffe003cc4f88e7-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=UH1WCJiUkBpQw44dnOwCGw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, attendees at the National Retail Federation listen to a discussion about Google Wallet, in New York. The EU's antitrust watchdog has approved Google's $12.5 billion takeover of cell phone maker Motorola. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google's $12.5 billion bid to buy cellphone maker Motorola Mobility has won approvals from U.S. and European antitrust regulators, moving Google a major step closer to completing the biggest deal in its 13-year history.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_hi_te/us_google_motorola_mobility"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.b16eef4728d2449d92ffe003cc4f88e7-b16eef4728d2449d92ffe003cc4f88e7-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=UH1WCJiUkBpQw44dnOwCGw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, attendees at the National Retail Federation listen to a discussion about Google Wallet, in New York. The EU's antitrust watchdog has approved Google's $12.5 billion takeover of cell phone maker Motorola. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_apple_ipad_dispute ap/20120214/as_china_apple_ipad_dispute AP technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:35:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_apple_ipad_dispute"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.760b06b8a5104b41a7cfa239d3468b09-760b06b8a5104b41a7cfa239d3468b09-0.jpg?x=130&y=64&q=85&sig=JfP2.toN7GFNYPWWd8xofg--" align="left" height="64" width="130" alt="A man walks past an iPad2 advertisement in Shanghai, China, Monday Feb. 13, 2012. A Chinese company said Tuesday it will ask customs officials to ban imports and exports of Apple Inc.'s iPads due to a dispute over ownership of the trademark. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT" border="0" /></a>AP - A Chinese company said Tuesday it will ask customs officials to ban imports and exports of Apple's iPads due to a dispute over ownership of the trademark.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_hi_te/as_china_apple_ipad_dispute"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.760b06b8a5104b41a7cfa239d3468b09-760b06b8a5104b41a7cfa239d3468b09-0.jpg?x=130&y=64&q=85&sig=JfP2.toN7GFNYPWWd8xofg--" align="left" height="64" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man walks past an iPad2 advertisement in Shanghai, China, Monday Feb. 13, 2012. A Chinese company said Tuesday it will ask customs officials to ban imports and exports of Apple Inc.'s iPads due to a dispute over ownership of the trademark. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120214/tc_yblog_technews/just-show-me-3-free-apps-for-your-iphone-to-plan-a-romantic-evening yblog_technews/20120214/just-show-me-3-free-apps-for-your-iphone-to-plan-a-romantic-evening Yahoo! News technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:32:53 GMT Yahoo! News - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show three great free apps for the iPhone that will help you plan the perfect … http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_technews/20120214/tc_yblog_technews/toy-fair-2012-force-flyer-hands-on-preview yblog_technews/20120214/toy-fair-2012-force-flyer-hands-on-preview Yahoo! News technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:23:03 GMT Yahoo! News - Looking for a totally cool RC helicopter toy that's perfect for kids and kids at heart? Then check out the innovative new Force Flyer that's controlled, literally, by a wave of the hand. To pilot the Force Flyer, you need to first … http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20120214/tc_mashable/valentines_day_google_doodle_depicts_all_forms_of_love_video mashable/20120214/valentines_day_google_doodle_depicts_all_forms_of_love_video Mashable technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:08:02 GMT Mashable - Cupid's big day is upon us again, and Google is celebrating the Feb. 14 holiday with an animated Doodle that demonstrates the limitations of the company's search engine when romance is thrown into the mix. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_hi_te/apfn_us_zynga_ahead_of_the_bell ap/20120214/apfn_us_zynga_ahead_of_the_bell AP technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:14:37 GMT AP - Zynga will show whether it was able to further boost its rapidly growing number of followers, as well as its profit and revenue as a publicly traded company, when the online game maker reports fourth-quarter results Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/tc_nm/us_cisco_mobiledata nm/20120214/us_cisco_mobiledata Reuters technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:02:03 GMT Reuters - Between 2011 and 2016 the amount of mobile data traffic will grow at a compound annual rate of 78 percent as the number of mobile devices connected to the Internet exceeds the number of people on Earth in four years' time, according to a study by Cisco Systems Inc. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120213/bs_nm/us_arch_sec_lawsuit nm/20120213/us_arch_sec_lawsuit Reuters technology Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:54:25 GMT Reuters - A U.S. market regulator is for now dropping insider trading cases against three Swiss asset managers, despite accusations that two of the defendants improperly thwarted its investigation, including by throwing out a BlackBerry. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11052_fresh_android_apps_for_feb_14_powow_text_messaging_fireballs_hd_hearts_free/44524653/SIG=13si8951t/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/11052-fresh-android-apps-for-feb-14-powow-text-messaging-fireballs-hd-hearts-free appolicious_rss/20120214/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11052_fresh_android_apps_for_feb_14_powow_text_messaging_fireballs_hd_hearts_free Appolicious technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:36:00 GMT Appolicious - Love is in the air and on your Android device this Valentine’s Day. Boldly declare your intentions with Powow: Text Messaging, feed the flames of your desire with Fireballs HD, and cross your fingers that you don’t get played in Hearts Free. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_hi_te/as_indonesia_angry_birds ap/20120214/as_indonesia_angry_birds AP technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:37:20 GMT AP - Angry Birds has joined Facebook. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120213/tc_ac/10937864_why_are_apple_fans_so_annoying ac/20120213/10937864_why_are_apple_fans_so_annoying ContributorNetwork technology Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:15:03 GMT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | "I have an iPhone, but it's just a phone to me," the person I was speaking with said. (Perhaps he knew I was an Android fan.) "I'm not, like, fanatical about it or anything." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11053_new_ipad_rumors_lte_versions_march_7_announcement_event/44524652/SIG=138o0u49e/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/11053-new-ipad-rumors-lte-versions-march-7-announcement-event appolicious_rss/20120214/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11053_new_ipad_rumors_lte_versions_march_7_announcement_event Appolicious technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:45:00 GMT Appolicious - Hot on the heels of a rumor that Apple was planning to announce the latest iPhone in the early part of next month come a few more possible tidbits of information, including something new about potential versions of Apple’s popular tablet. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20120214/tc_digitaltrends/isthismotorolasfirstintelmedfieldpoweredphone digitaltrends/20120214/isthismotorolasfirstintelmedfieldpoweredphone Digital Trends technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:04:29 GMT Digital Trends - Intel’s push into the world of mobile device processors appears to be moving forward, as a new image has been leaked of what’s believed to be Motorola’s first smartphone to use Intel’s Medfield system-on-a-chip. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_at_t_data_slowdown ap/20120213/us_tec_at_t_data_slowdown AP technology Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:24:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_at_t_data_slowdown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.1c8076c2ed9f45f9bd04d6e25a0c7a8a-1c8076c2ed9f45f9bd04d6e25a0c7a8a-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=0ybtU45x_COX9Z1kGZYKwQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This undated screen grab provided by Mike Trang shows a warning message on the screen of Trang's iPhone that he received from AT&T advising he was in danger of having his data speeds throttled. AT&T considers Trang to be among the top 5 percent of the heaviest cellular data users in his area. Under a new policy, AT&T has started cutting their data speeds as part of an attempt to manage data usage on its network. (AP Photo/courtesy of Mike Trang)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mike Trang likes to use his iPhone 4 as a GPS device, helping him get around in his job. Now and then, his younger cousins get ahold of it, and play some YouTube videos and games.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_at_t_data_slowdown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.1c8076c2ed9f45f9bd04d6e25a0c7a8a-1c8076c2ed9f45f9bd04d6e25a0c7a8a-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=0ybtU45x_COX9Z1kGZYKwQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="This undated screen grab provided by Mike Trang shows a warning message on the screen of Trang's iPhone that he received from AT&T advising he was in danger of having his data speeds throttled. AT&T considers Trang to be among the top 5 percent of the heaviest cellular data users in his area. Under a new policy, AT&T has started cutting their data speeds as part of an attempt to manage data usage on its network. (AP Photo/courtesy of Mike Trang)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11051_fresh_iphone_apps_for_feb_14_valentines_day_special_dishpal_hamlet_grooh/44524539/SIG=13pl0ev5r/*http://www.appolicious.com/tech/articles/11051-fresh-iphone-apps-for-feb-14-valentines-day-special-dishpal-hamlet-grooh appolicious_rss/20120214/http___www_appolicious_com_articles11051_fresh_iphone_apps_for_feb_14_valentines_day_special_dishpal_hamlet_grooh Appolicious technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:19:00 GMT Appolicious - It’s Valentine’s Day, and if you’re looking for a little support for your planned festivities with your significant other, give Valentine’s Day Special and its love poems and romantic ideas a shot. It leads today’s Fresh iPhone Apps selections, followed by another potentially helpful offering: DishPal, a social network dedicated to food that can help you get set for a great dinner and a romantic evening. ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/appolicious_rss/rss_appolicious_tc/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11050_google_wallet_suspends_prepaid_credit_cards_in_wake_of_security_hack_reveal/44517121/SIG=13sr5b666/*http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/11050-google-wallet-suspends-prepaid-credit-cards-in-wake-of-security-hack-reveal appolicious_rss/20120213/http___www_androidapps_com_articles11050_google_wallet_suspends_prepaid_credit_cards_in_wake_of_security_hack_reveal Appolicious technology Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:11:00 GMT Appolicious - Google has addressed a newly aired security hack for its Google Wallet mobile software that disables the use of prepaid credit cards while the company deals with patching the security hole. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/wr_nm/us_philips nm/20120214/us_philips Reuters technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:26:49 GMT Reuters - Philips Electronics said it shut down one of its servers on Monday because of a possible cyber attack and that it was investigating the nature and extent of the information that might have been accessed.