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Fri 03 July, 2009

Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image20:39 Fisher Plaza blaze knocks out Internet service - Seattle Post Intelligencer Sci/Tech - Google News

KATU

Fisher Plaza blaze knocks out Internet service
Seattle Post Intelligencer
A fire at Fisher Plaza late Thursday night disrupted Internet service for several companies - including one that handles online credit card transactions for hundreds of thousands of businesses - and affected Seattle television and ...
Seattle fire knocks out service to Bing Travel, other sitesCNET News
Fire at Seattle's Fisher Plaza disrupts web sitesBizjournals.com
Fire in downtown Seattle data center knocks out businesses, online ...BetaNews
KOMO News -LiveSide -Data Center Knowledge
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Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image20:26 Why I'm Dropping Bing For Google - InformationWeek Sci/Tech - Google News

Straits Times

Why I'm Dropping Bing For Google
InformationWeek
It's been about a month since I started a Bing experiment, and it's gone pretty well. Search results are about as good as Google, sometimes better. After a month, though, I've decided to go back to Google. The problem isn't with the search results ...
Bing: Not Really Gaining on GoogleBusinessWeek
Microsoft: Bing needs to improve when news breaksCNET News
Microsoft Gets Twitter Search FirstReuters
PC Magazine -Computerworld -AHN
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Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image19:35 Apple, Acer and…Arrington? - New York Times Sci/Tech - Google News

Liliputing

Apple, Acer and…Arrington?
New York Times
Michael Arrington, founder of the influential tech blog TechCrunch, has been talking for a year about building a touch-screen tablet for Web surfing. Now, it appears that the CrunchPad is about to become a reality. ...
Tech blog titan Michael Arrington's next big thing: HardwareBizjournals.com
TechCrunch founder launches hardware startupVentureBeat
CrunchPad tablet coming soon, CrunchPad Inc. is already hereLiliputing
TechWhack -Electronista -TECH.BLORGE.com
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Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image15:40 US Court Rejects IBM Appeal in Executive's Move to Dell (PC World) Yahoo! News: Technology News
PC World - A U.S. court has rejected an IBM appeal to bar David Johnson, the company's former chief of mergers and acquisitions, from working at rival Dell over concerns regarding trade secrets.
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image15:28 Employee shot, wounded at Virginia Apple store - CNET News Sci/Tech - Google News

CNET News

Employee shot, wounded at Virginia Apple store
CNET News
An employee was shot Friday at this Apple store on Clarendon Blvd. in Arlington, Va. Customers were inside the store when the shooting happened, but no one else was injured, police say. An employee at an Apple store near Washington DC ...
Gunfire at Apple Store in DC Suburb Leaves One InjuredPC World
Employee Shot at Apple Store; Suspect SoughtWashington Post
Colonel Mustard, in the Apple Store, with the revolverCrunchGear
FOXNews -Apple Insider -Tom's Guide
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Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image15:25 Michael Jackson sales surge expected to last months (Reuters) Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - In the days following Michael Jackson's June 25 death, fans flocked to record stores and digital music outlets to purchase one last memory. And merchants say they expect the Jackson sales surge to last for weeks -- maybe even months.
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image15:14 Jackson fans told to stay away as tickets up for grabs (AFP) Yahoo! News: Technology News

Michael Jackson's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard. Jackson's family has announced a free public memorial service for the tragic pop icon in Los Angeles, as a battle looms with his ex-wife who wants custody of their two children.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)AFP - Fans heading to Los Angeles for Michael Jackson's memorial extravaganza were urged to stay away on Friday as organizers said tickets for the event would be allocated by an online lottery.


Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image14:22 BlackBerry vs. iPhone 3.0: Smackdown Revisited - PC World Sci/Tech - Google News

Brisbane Times

BlackBerry vs. iPhone 3.0: Smackdown Revisited
PC World
The new iPhone 3.0 OS is now old news, but do its enhancements overcome any advantages that the BlackBerry has over the iPhone? In May, I pitted the BlackBerry Bold in a head-to-head competition against the iPhone 3G, which handily beat RIM's business ...
Apple Shoots Down Obama's HopeTom's Guide
Deathmatch rematch: BlackBerry versus iPhone 3.0Computerworld
Porn Continues to Plague iphone Apps StoreABC News
InformationWeek -Ars Technica -ChannelWeb
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Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image14:08 Ericsson announces broadband contracts in China (AFP) Yahoo! News: Technology News

Swedish mobile phone network supplier Ericsson won contracts to supply broadband Internet to millions of users in China by a deal with three operators there.(Ericsson/File)AFP - Swedish mobile phone network supplier Ericsson won contracts to supply broadband Internet to millions of users in China by a deal with three operators there, it said Friday.


Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image14:06 Unlocked cell phones coming to U.S. CNN.com - Technology
Nokia and Sony Ericsson are targeting the U.S. with a new set of unlocked phones. But without hefty carrier subsidies, will they ever be able to crack the U.S. market?
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image13:25 Dell turns netbooks into navigation devices CNN.com - Technology
Say hello to your latest personal navigation device: a netbook. Dell plans to introduce a GPS and Wi-Fi card that can be integrated into the company's netbooks to turn them into gizmos that can offer turn-by-turn direction as well as any Garmin or TomTom.
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image12:59 Bluetooth "Big Brother" tracks festival-goers (Reuters) Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - Researchers are using Bluetooth technology to observe the meanderings of tens of thousands of festival-goers at a top European rock festival, hoping their findings will launch a new generation of tracking devices.
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image12:40 IPhone 3GS Heats Up, DOJ Takes Aim at Google (PC World) Yahoo! News: Technology News
PC World - The iPhone scored quite a few headlines related to overheating problems with the 3GS this week. Depending on whom you believe, those issues are either real, exaggerated, the fault of users or some combination of the three. Otherwise, as warm weather takes hold above the equator and Bostonians contemplate whether it's time to brush up on our ark-building skills (rain, rain go away), we find this week's IT news offerings cover a broad range.
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image11:40 10 humor sites sure to make you LOL CNN.com - Technology
Bored with Pearl, the cursing toddler landlord demanding rent money? Not amused by those cutesy pictures of cats with the baby-speak captions? Replenish your list of favorite bookmarks with these 10 new or lesser-known humor Web sites, including some that find comedy in real life.
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image10:55 Fake Tamiflu out-spams Viagra on Web CNN.com - Technology
The number of Internet scammers offering fake anti-swine flu drug, Tamiflu has surpassed those selling counterfeit Viagra, a UK body said Friday.
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image10:49 'GeoHot' gets a shower, cleans up nice, reveals new iPhone 3G S ... - BetaNews Sci/Tech - Google News

PC World

'GeoHot' gets a shower, cleans up nice, reveals new iPhone 3G S ...
BetaNews
Either puberty has been very kind to the author of the new 'Purple Ra1n' jailbreak tool, or George Hotz may also have some adequate Photoshop skills. By Scott M. Fulton, III | Published July 3, 2009, 12:44 PM In a comically blatant display of bravado ...
AT&T Says iPhone 3GS is Hot in a Good WayPC World
Apple Obliquely Addresses iPhone 3GS OverheatingInformationWeek
First iPhone 3GS Jailbreak Hits The WebWashington Post
CNET News -V3.co.uk -InformationWeek
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Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image10:34 Teen Releases First Jailbreak App for iPhone 3GS (NewsFactor) Yahoo! News: Technology News
NewsFactor - The first jailbreak application for Apple's new iPhone 3GS has been made available just two weeks after the iPhone debuted. George Hotz, a 19-year-old Google employee originally from New Jersey, created the application.
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image09:21 China Testing Mac Version of Green Dam Web Filter (NewsFactor) Yahoo! News: Technology News
NewsFactor - Despite the delay in China's requirement to install Green Dam Web-filtering software on all new PCs, the controversy is not dead. PC makers are including the software with new PCs even though the July 1 deadline has been postponed indefinitely.
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image09:03 Facebook criticised over privacy - BBC News Sci/Tech - Google News

DailyTech

Facebook criticised over privacy
BBC News
The social networking site Facebook has come under fire for planned changes to its privacy settings. It wants to "simplify" the process so users only have to set them once, instead of for each individual feature. ...
Facebook undergoes drastic changes one more timeDailyTech
New Facebook Privacy Controls Take On TwitterPC World
Facebook changes privacy controls so members feel safe to shareUSA Today
ChannelWeb -InformationWeek -eWeek
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Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image08:48 Facebook criticised over privacy BBC News | Technology | UK Edition
The social networking site comes under fire for planned changes to privacy settings.
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image08:45 Firefox 3.5 Can Still Learn From Its Competition (PC World) Yahoo! News: Technology News
PC World - While Mozilla lights a fire under competing browsers with support of emerging Web standards with Firefox 3.5, it can still improve its performance, reliability, and usability.
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image07:52 MySpace victim's mom disappointed by ruling - msnbc.com Sci/Tech - Google News

Washington Post

MySpace victim's mom disappointed by ruling
msnbc.com
AP By Mike Celizic Tina Meier had hoped to see her neighbor and former friend, Lori Drew, go to prison for her role in the online hoax that caused Meier's 13-year-old daughter, Megan, to end her life. But even though a judge is throwing out Drew's ...
Mom in MySpace case says it was properly dismissedThe Associated Press
MySpace cyber-bullying conviction tentatively dismissedLos Angeles Times
Lori Drew proclaims innocence in the wake of acquittal by judgeTMCnet
CNET News -New York Times -Register
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Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image06:49 Art attack BBC News | Technology | UK Edition
Bill Thompson on mixing art and technology
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image05:22 Billions stolen in online robbery BBC News | Technology | UK Edition
Details emerge of why billions in virtual cash disappeared from a virtual bank in Eve Online.
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image05:01 Hybrid cars to make noise to help blind pedestrians BBC News | Technology | UK Edition
Japan considers adding noise-making devices to quiet hybrid cars to improve safety for blind pedestrians.
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image04:00 Regulators eye Google book deal BBC News | Technology | UK Edition
US anti-trust regulators are to examine Google's $125m deal with book publishers to settle copyright issues, reports say.
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image04:00 You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz (InfoWorld) Yahoo! News: Technology News
InfoWorld - You win some; you lose some. This week China decided its Web censorship filtering software was not quite ready for prime time, while U.S. courts sentenced phone hackers and file swappers to some crime time.
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image03:41 Suit Over China's Web Filter to Target Lenovo, Acer, Sony - PC World Sci/Tech - Google News

Boston Globe

Suit Over China's Web Filter to Target Lenovo, Acer, Sony
PC World
A US company will seek legal action against Lenovo, Acer and Sony next week over their shipment in China of controversial software that the company says stole its programming code. Solid Oak Software may also take action against other PC makers that ...
China Says Green Dam Still Coming, Mac Version in the WorkseWeek
China's Green Dam 'Definitely' ComingInformationWeek
There's a big hole in China's Green DamTG Daily
CNNMoney.com -Tom's Hardware Guide -SemiAccurate
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Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image03:35 Buy right BBC News | Technology | UK Edition
Brussels aims to help net shoppers
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image03:32 MySpace 'suicide bully cleared' BBC News | Technology | UK Edition
A woman accused of "cyber-bullying" a 13-year-old girl who later committed suicide sees her conviction provisionally thrown out.
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image03:31 US wants privacy in new cyber security system (AP) Yahoo! News: Technology News

US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speaks to journalists after signing an agreement with the Portuguese government on the fight against crime and terrorism, Tuesday, June 30 2009, at the Necessidades Palace, the Portuguese foreign ministry, in Lisbon. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)AP - The Obama administration is moving cautiously on a new pilot program that would both detect and stop cyber attacks against government computers, while trying to ensure citizen privacy protections.


Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image01:54 Mixed results for green IT goals BBC News | Technology | UK Edition
A majority of tech workers in the public sector do not know about the emission reduction targets they face, says a survey.
Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image01:50 dot.life BBC News | Technology | UK Edition
Will Twitter alienate users if it becomes too corporate?

Thu 02 July, 2009

Click here to bookmark this link.Channel Image20:13 "Asteroids" lands at Universal (Reuters) Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - Universal Pictures has won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights to the classic Atari video game "Asteroids."

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