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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/technology technology Technology News en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:20:39 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/20100210/ap_on_hi_te/us_micron_technology_numonyx ap/20100210/us_micron_technology_numonyx AP technology Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:51:42 GMT AP - Micron Technology says it plans to buy fellow memory chip maker Numonyx in an all-stock transaction the companies value at $1.27 billion. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_gets_social ap/20100209/us_tec_google_gets_social AP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:36:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_gets_social"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d887227af63d45798a9f2d8e32a05b95.google_gets_social_nybz176.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=TwpN_Fagf.wR5xFPl4c9Jw--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="In this screen shot provided by Google Inc., the company's new 'Google Buzz' feature for Gmail is shown. The feature unveiled Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, will enable Gmail users to create status updates on Google Buzz and read and comment on the updates posted by their friends. (AP Photo/Google Inc.)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. opened a new social hub in its e-mail service on Tuesday, leaving little doubt that the Internet search leader is girding for a face-off with Facebook.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_gets_social"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.d887227af63d45798a9f2d8e32a05b95.google_gets_social_nybz176.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=TwpN_Fagf.wR5xFPl4c9Jw--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="photo" title="In this screen shot provided by Google Inc., the company's new 'Google Buzz' feature for Gmail is shown. The feature unveiled Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, will enable Gmail users to create status updates on Google Buzz and read and comment on the updates posted by their friends. (AP Photo/Google Inc.)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_hi_te/us_realnetworks_rhapsody ap/20100209/us_realnetworks_rhapsody AP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:03:18 GMT AP - RealNetworks Inc. and MTV Networks said Tuesday that they plan to spin off Rhapsody America LLC, their digital music service joint venture, into an independent company. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_paypal_india ap/20100209/us_tec_paypal_india AP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:27:38 GMT AP - Online payments service PayPal says its suspension of certain transactions in India could last months. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_warner_music_group ap/20100209/us_earns_warner_music_group AP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:14:09 GMT AP - The head of Warner Music Group expressed hope on Tuesday that the recent "fracas" over the price of e-books would help give content creators such as his company more pricing power over device makers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_iac ap/20100209/us_earns_iac AP technology Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:56:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_iac"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.b4f8bdfb220243b08535774bc06b9024.earns_iac_nyml601.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1cOVMdEraqUtfVzpl1vIVA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this Oct. 26, 2009 photo, the IAC building is shown in New York. Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, because it wrote down the value of its search business, but the results beat expectations and offered the latest indication that the online advertising market is improving.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter because it wrote down the value of its search business, but the results beat expectations and offered the latest indication that the online advertising market is improving.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_iac"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.b4f8bdfb220243b08535774bc06b9024.earns_iac_nyml601.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1cOVMdEraqUtfVzpl1vIVA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Oct. 26, 2009 photo, the IAC building is shown in New York. Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, because it wrote down the value of its search business, but the results beat expectations and offered the latest indication that the online advertising market is improving.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/wr_nm/us_australia_hackers nm/20100210/us_australia_hackers Reuters technology Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:20:39 GMT Reuters - Computer hackers disabled several Australian government websites Wednesday in coordinated attacks protesting against a planned internet filter aimed at pornography. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*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/tech/*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/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_audiovox_acquisition ap/20100209/us_audiovox_acquisition AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:48:03 GMT AP - Mobile video and consumer electronics maker Audiovox Corp. said Tuesday it has acquired Invision Industries Inc., a maker of entertainment systems for backseat passengers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_electronic_arts_mover ap/20100209/us_electronic_arts_mover AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:30:10 GMT AP - Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. tumbled Tuesday after the video game maker offered a disappointing forecast for the quarter. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/tc_afp/entertainmentuscompanyearningsdisneyapple afp/20100210/entertainmentuscompanyearningsdisneyapple AFP technology Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:29:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/tc_afp/entertainmentuscompanyearningsdisneyapple"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265761721187-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=Nf2mbQtIFSLAuY7z1WvUcQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Walt Disney Co. president and chief executive Robert Iger, pictured in January 2010, said Tuesday that Apple's new iPad tablet computer may prove to be a "game changer" for the entertainment and media industry.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alberto E. Rodriguez)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Walt Disney Co. president and chief executive Robert Iger said Tuesday that Apple's new iPad tablet computer may prove to be a "game changer" for the entertainment and media industry.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100210/tc_afp/entertainmentuscompanyearningsdisneyapple"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265761721187-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=Nf2mbQtIFSLAuY7z1WvUcQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Walt Disney Co. president and chief executive Robert Iger, pictured in January 2010, said Tuesday that Apple's new iPad tablet computer may prove to be a "game changer" for the entertainment and media industry.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alberto E. Rodriguez)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100210/tc_pcworld/indefenseofmicrosoft pcworld/20100210/indefenseofmicrosoft PC World technology Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:26:00 GMT PC World - I know, I know. You hate Microsoft for its bloated, buggy software, its slowness to innovate, and its government-certified, monopolistic bullying. I won't argue with any of those points, or those made last week in the NY Times by former Microsoft VP Dick Brass, who called his former employer "a clumsy, uncompetitive innovator." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/wr_nm/us_google_social nm/20100210/us_google_social Reuters technology Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:05:37 GMT Reuters - Google Inc is tapping its huge network of Gmail users and Web surfers to create a Buzz that it hopes will help it catch up with online social networking leaders Facebook and Twitter. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_crypto_chip_cracked_summary_box ap/20100208/us_tec_crypto_chip_cracked_summary_box AP technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:54:33 GMT AP - CRACKING THE UNCRACKABLE: A former U.S. Army computer-security specialist has found a way to break into a type of chip that protects the most important secrets inside many personal computers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*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/tech/*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.