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What if the Vita had an Apple logo instead of Sony's?

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:12:42 GMT

Visualizations take you inside science

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Science and engineering visualization contest winners (images)

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT

A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Feb. 5

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:01:00 GMT

CEO Appleton reflected Micron's high-risk business

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:25:20 GMT

Tom Brady: I watched last year's Super Bowl on illegal site

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:54:49 GMT

For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life (AP)

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:12:33 GMT

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_facebook_the_hacker_way"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120201/capt.a7a8e9bd9dbe4f9d887830b48e4e4759-a7a8e9bd9dbe4f9d887830b48e4e4759-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=xInPYBnSmRXV.YgAk7jCdA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="This Dec. 13, 2011 file photo, shows of worker inside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook, the social network that changed 'friend' from a noun to a verb, is expected to file as early as Wednesday to sell stock on the open market. Its debut is likely to be the most talked-about initial public offering since Google in 2004. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker.</p><br clear="all"/>

Hackers apparently hit Swedish government site (AP)

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:18:19 GMT

AP - A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government's website and shut it down by overloading it.

Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (AP)

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:04:08 GMT

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_hi_te/hacking_fbi"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120203/capt.8828f11fc66f4ea3974bdc9569fd2183-8828f11fc66f4ea3974bdc9569fd2183-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=MZXyVpYLue8p7mBB1wsVpA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A general view of New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police Britain's for-most and largest police serviceFriday, Feb., 3, 2012. Hackers have intercepted a conference call between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Scotland Yard it has emerged . At the heart of the conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was a strategy aimed at bringing down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, which has launched a series of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)" border="0" /></a>AP - Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/>

A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Feb. 4

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:01:00 GMT

Analysis: A sobering look at Facebook

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:26:14 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - It's the year's hottest initial public offering, but some wealth managers find themselves having a hard time recommending Facebook to their clients.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?a=iIFstRstLfg:k3Nbsqh1_XM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?a=iIFstRstLfg:k3Nbsqh1_XM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?i=iIFstRstLfg:k3Nbsqh1_XM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?a=iIFstRstLfg:k3Nbsqh1_XM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?i=iIFstRstLfg:k3Nbsqh1_XM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/INtechnologyNews/~4/iIFstRstLfg" height="1" width="1"/>

AMD Eyes ARM Alliance in War on Intel

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:54:00 GMT

How Windows Phone 8 'Apollo' Would Stack Up Against iOS 5, Android 4

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:52:00 GMT

Sugar May Be Bad, But Is the Alternative Worse?

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:15:00 GMT

FBI probes Anonymous phone hack

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:45:20 GMT

The FBI investigates how activists linked to Anonymous obtained a recording of a phone call between US and UK police on their operations against hacking.

Facebook Timeline feature unpopular, especially among Baby Boomers (Yahoo! News)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:15:40 GMT

Yahoo! News - The new mandatory Facebook Timeline is a surprisingly controversial feature. You either love it, or you hate it. And according to a new poll, it appears that almost all of you hate it. Overall, only 20% of those surveyed said they liked …

Super Bowl bust: U.S. government seizes 307 domains for violating NFL copyrights (Yahoo! News)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:08:23 GMT

Yahoo! News - While many sports fans are preparing for Sunday's Super Bowl by organizing parties and shopping for TVs, the U.S. government is preparing in a different way. Just yesterday, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency seized 307 different domains suspected of violating NFL copyrights. …

5 tech tools for the Super Bowl

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:01:02 GMT

When the Giants and Patriots take the field on Sunday in Indianapolis, they won't be doing battle in soft leather helmets with no face masks. And there definitely won't be some kid on the sideline ladling out water from a tin bucket to quench their thirst after a big play.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?a=qUA-MZMG1Dc:JcauLTUd7JI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?a=qUA-MZMG1Dc:JcauLTUd7JI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?a=qUA-MZMG1Dc:JcauLTUd7JI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?i=qUA-MZMG1Dc:JcauLTUd7JI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?a=qUA-MZMG1Dc:JcauLTUd7JI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?a=qUA-MZMG1Dc:JcauLTUd7JI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?i=qUA-MZMG1Dc:JcauLTUd7JI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_tech/~4/qUA-MZMG1Dc" height="1" width="1"/>

U.S. officials to get secure Android phones

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:49:18 GMT

Some U.S. officials this year are expected to get smartphones capable of handling classified government documents over cellular networks, according to people involved in the project.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?a=qZkxfWAgrDo:O2ntX6DxySc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?a=qZkxfWAgrDo:O2ntX6DxySc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?a=qZkxfWAgrDo:O2ntX6DxySc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?i=qZkxfWAgrDo:O2ntX6DxySc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?a=qZkxfWAgrDo:O2ntX6DxySc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?a=qZkxfWAgrDo:O2ntX6DxySc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_tech?i=qZkxfWAgrDo:O2ntX6DxySc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_tech/~4/qZkxfWAgrDo" height="1" width="1"/>

Hungarian gets 2-1/2 years in U.S. prison for hacking

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:29:36 GMT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Hungarian man was sentenced to 2-1/2 years in a U.S. prison on Friday after he pleaded guilty to hacking into Marriott International Inc computers and threatening to reveal confidential information if the hotel chain refused to give him a job maintaining the computers.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?a=6H_onXjcqA0:kiiQKFXdt3Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?a=6H_onXjcqA0:kiiQKFXdt3Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?i=6H_onXjcqA0:kiiQKFXdt3Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?a=6H_onXjcqA0:kiiQKFXdt3Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?i=6H_onXjcqA0:kiiQKFXdt3Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/INtechnologyNews/~4/6H_onXjcqA0" height="1" width="1"/>

Anonymous publishes FBI call on hacking

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:22:55 GMT

REUTERS - Internet activist group Anonymous published a recording on Friday of a confidential call between FBI agents and London detectives in which the law-enforcement agents discuss action they are taking against hacking.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?a=_AHZNyLvzA8:DC7aWCs2w7U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?a=_AHZNyLvzA8:DC7aWCs2w7U:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?i=_AHZNyLvzA8:DC7aWCs2w7U:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?a=_AHZNyLvzA8:DC7aWCs2w7U:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?i=_AHZNyLvzA8:DC7aWCs2w7U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/INtechnologyNews/~4/_AHZNyLvzA8" height="1" width="1"/>

BT fibre optic 'game changer' vow

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:20:17 GMT

Fibre optic broadband connections to at speeds of 300 Mbps will be available 'on demand' in the UK next year, BT says.

Disagreements on cyber risk East-West "Cold War"

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:02:37 GMT

LONDON - With worries growing over computer hacking, data theft and the risk of digital attacks destroying essential systems, western states and their allies are co-operating closer than ever on cyber security.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?a=zLvLmlz4hkY:RMa7FxAQ28E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?a=zLvLmlz4hkY:RMa7FxAQ28E:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?i=zLvLmlz4hkY:RMa7FxAQ28E:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?a=zLvLmlz4hkY:RMa7FxAQ28E:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?i=zLvLmlz4hkY:RMa7FxAQ28E:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/INtechnologyNews/~4/zLvLmlz4hkY" height="1" width="1"/>

Apple overturns Motorola's ban

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:10:08 GMT

Apple is granted a suspension of a sales ban imposed on some of its iPads and iPhones in Germany.

EU regulators want Google to halt new privacy policy

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:48:04 GMT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A group of European regulators has written to Google Inc calling on it to halt the introduction of its new privacy policy, saying it needs to investigate whether the proposals sufficiently protect users' data.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?a=7PfS3H0hVaM:eduG8-X_7Go:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?a=7PfS3H0hVaM:eduG8-X_7Go:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?i=7PfS3H0hVaM:eduG8-X_7Go:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?a=7PfS3H0hVaM:eduG8-X_7Go:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/INtechnologyNews?i=7PfS3H0hVaM:eduG8-X_7Go:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/INtechnologyNews/~4/7PfS3H0hVaM" height="1" width="1"/>