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Yahoo! News: Technology News
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AP - China without Google — a prospect that looks increasingly likely — could mean no more maps on mobile phones. A free music service that has helped to fight piracy might be in jeopardy. China's fledgling Web outfits would face less pressure to improve, eroding their ability to one day compete abroad.
 AP - More corners of the country would have high-speed Internet access and existing connections would become much faster under a sweeping proposal to overhaul U.S. broadband policy that is being unveiled Tuesday.
 AP - Kristie McNealy blogs from her suburban Denver home about raising four children and health issues. Her husband, Rob, a floor installer, runs another Web site offering product reviews and advice on hardwood floors.
AP - Apple says it will replace iPads with dying batteries for about $100.
AP - Twitter is working on a way to allow Chinese users to sign up to the social networking site in their own language, a co-founder of the site said Monday night, but access to the popular site remains blocked in the country.
AP - A Venezuelan Web site that was accused by President Hugo Chavez of spreading false reports of killings said Sunday the government is trying to restrict criticism, but announced it had banned the visitors who posted the inaccurate rumors.
 AFP - China on Tuesday again warned Google not to stop filtering its web search engine results, as speculation mounted about the company's plans following its threat to leave over censorship and cyberattacks.
Reuters - Google Inc said that it expects the rates that companies pay for search ads on mobile phones could surpass the rates of its existing PC-based ad business thanks to the growing popularity of powerful smartphones.
Reuters - U.S. regulators released a blueprint for upgrading Internet access for all Americans, with Internet speeds up to 25 times the current average, expanded coverage and more airwaves for mobile services.
 AFP - Sony and the estate of late music legend Michael Jackson have signed a record-breaking 250-million-dollar deal for distribution rights through 2017, US media said Tuesday.
 AP - At first touch, the PlayStation Move feels awfully familiar.
Macworld.com - Canon released a firmware update today for its EOS 5D Mark II camera. The free firmware update 2.0.3 adds a handful of new video capabilities to the 5D Mark II, including the ability to shoot at 24 frames per second, which creates a more film-like look. Additionally, the camera's 30 fps rate has been changed to 29.97 fps to make it compatible with current television standards.
PC World - Wep Solutions, an Indian security software and services startup, is offering its unified threat management appliance software free to small businesses around the world.
PC World - Intel introduced a line of Xeon server chips that operate up to 60 percent faster than previous server processors, the company said on Tuesday.
PC World - Security vendor Trusteer's latest product will allow banks to remotely investigate their customers' computers if it is suspected the PC has been hacked.
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Sick of slow Internet connections? The federal government hears you. The FCC on Monday unveiled some details of its "broadband plan," which aims to make high-speed Internet available to more Americans.
    
Like a photographer without a camera, or a mechanic who doesn't own a car, Kelli Fields is a webmaster without high-speed Internet access.
 
Twitter CEO Evan Williams announced a product Monday that will further integrate Twitter feeds into other Web sites.
 
The unregulated nature of the Web has aided a proliferation of cyber-hate, according to a report the Simon Wiesenthal Center for Tolerance released Monday.
 
More air travelers may soon be scanning their smartphones instead of paper slips at airport gates.
 
These days, when everyone seems to have a Facebook friend, is LinkedIn or can Google themselves, it's hard to remember the old days, before the dot-com revolution.
 
Rafael Fernandez walks into the Bronx, New York, medical clinic, with his eyes wide open.
 
The popular news-sharing site Digg is getting an overhaul that will personalize results, dramatically expand content and, most importantly, make the site "wicked fast," according to its makers.
 
An Internet that gives people the information they want virtually as soon as it's created is getting closer, according to Internet professionals.
 
The company behind the Web browser Opera is weeks away from submitting it to Apple's iPhone store for approval, a spokesman said Friday.
 
TIME.com Gadget of the Week
Reviews of the latest electronic devices
The first-class way to travel across Google's globe
No-Mistake Tech Buying for the Holidays and Beyond
Some last minute advice about the hot tech toys
The newest digital SLR camera might teach you a thing or two
Ups and downs with a music and messaging phone
Can the latest high-powered consoles offer more than videogames? You bet.
Rather than being something truly special, the anti-Apple initiative is just another non-iPod
Enough with the smartphones, here comes an easy phone for older folks
Are smart phones ready for the masses?
Place shifting in the age of high-definition television
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The Company Offers a New Way to integrate Twitter Data into Partner Sites
     
A former LA gang member found a new start when he decided to help kids by using pigeons. Steve Hartman has this week's "Assignment America."
  
Toyota engineers are questioning the validity of a Calif. man's claims to have lost control of his Prius as it unintentionally accelerated to over 90 mph on a freeway. Dean Reynolds reports.
  
Cuba Says US Ruling Loosening Internet Services To Island Meant To Aid 'subversion'
  
Twice As Many Countries Singled Out as in 2008
  
Leaked Report: Site Poses Both Operational, Information Security Threats
  
Sealed In Batteries Mean It Will Cost a Pretty Penny to Replace Dying Units
  
NASA: Leaky Valves Could Delay April Launch Of Space Shuttle Discovery, Extra Tests Planned
  
A Thaw in the Red Planet's Carbon Dioxide Ice is Dislodging Rock and Debris
  
Q&A: With Electricity As His Analogy, Julius Genachowski Wants To Push Faster Broadband To More Places
  
Forensic Experts Hope To Use Bacteria to Prove Who May Have Touched An Object
  
Researchers Can Now Pick Patterns of Brain Activity Indicating Whether a Person Remembers A Movie
  
She Died in 1951, Yet Her Cells Continue to Grow and Multiply, Becoming a Cornerstone of Scientific Research
  
Top United Nations Official Says World Has "Failed Miserably" in Protecting Endangered Cat
  
Now Ubiquitous Domain Celebrates Silver Anniversary as FCC Prepares to Unveil Broadband Proposal
  
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Twitter CEO Evan Williams announces @anywhere at South by Southwest in Austin.
Evan Williams - South by Southwest - Twitter - Austin - United States
Online app helps teens draw line between innocent and inappropriate digital behavior.
Social Sciences - Associations - Video game - Advertising - Andre Agassi
Web site helps socially responsible local businesses and consumers find each other.
Twitter - Social responsibility - Online Communities - Social Networking - Trending and Popularity
Web sites honored at annual social media conference.
South by Southwest - Twitter - Austin Texas - Evan Williams - SXSW Interactive
No cash, no credit card? No problem. TabbedOut lets you settle tabs, bills with iPhone.
IPhone - Credit card - Apple - Smartphones - Handhelds
Is blogging going out of style? In December 2007, 28 percent of all 18-to-29-year-olds with an Internet connection kept some sort of blog. By the same time last year, that number hovered around 15 percent. Meanwhile, the number of teens who say they blog regularly continues to shrink, as the Web's youngest users ditch the blogosphere for the frantic pace of the social-media world.
Twitter - Social media - Blog - Online Communities - Social network
The volume of Internet crime has continued to rise steadily since 2007, with victims reporting $559 million in losses in 2009, a 110 percent increase compared to losses in 2008. Investigators and officials say part of the reason may be the economic downturn. Scammers are increasingly using social networking sites -- such as Twitter, Facebook and MySpace-- and smartphones such as the iPhone.
Facebook - Twitter - iPhone - MySpace - Social network service
Sony unveils new motion controller for PlayStation.
PlayStation - Sony - PlayStation Move - Nintendo - Games
Web service matches animations, pictures to messages on Twitter.
Twitter - Online Communities - Social Networking - Trending and Popularity - Browser Plugins
A U.K. proposal for mandatory microchipping of dogs brings about outcry.
Dog - Pets - Recreation - Animal welfare - Law
Smart phone malware could tap into your phone's microphone, GPS, battery.
Global Positioning System - GPS - Business - Telecommunications - Geomatics
The number of photos printed worldwide is dropping by the billions as Facebook makes the glossy print old-fashioned.
Facebook - print - Math - Recreations - Specific Numbers
Caroline McCarthy explains platforms for location based social networking.
Caroline McCarthy - Online Communities - United States - Social network - Services
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Google should obey Chinese government rules even if it decides to retreat from the country over hacking and censorship complaints, a Chinese government spokesman said on Tuesday.
  
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said that it expects the rates that companies pay for search ads on mobile phones could surpass the rates of its existing PC-based ad business thanks to the growing popularity of powerful smartphones.
 
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's head of North American revenue and market development is leaving the company to join private online content start-up Demand Media, becoming the latest executive to depart the Web giant's ranks.
 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators released a blueprint for upgrading Internet access for all Americans, with Internet speeds up to 25 times the current average, expanded coverage and more airwaves for mobile services.
 
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube by militant and hate groups grew by almost 20 percent in the past year, a report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center found on Monday.
 
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Canadian 3D map maker, Intermap Technologies Corp, signed a three year contract with top U.S. navigation device maker Garmin Ltd, in a deal that could make its technology a must-have in the hot navigation market, sending its shares up as much as 18 percent.
 
TOKYO (Reuters) - Dell Inc, the world's third-largest PC maker, has filed a lawsuit against Sharp Corp, Hitachi Ltd, Toshiba Corp and two other companies for alleged price fixing of LCD displays.
 
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Popular social-networking site Facebook will open an office in India, joining a long list of international firms that have looked to tap a skilled workforce that provides support services at relatively cheap wages.
 
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China Mobile's 3G outlook will take center stage this week as China's three telecoms carriers begin to kick off quarterly results, with market focus on whether the nation's dominant player will turn up the volume in its low-key 3G roll-out.
 
LONDON (Reuters) - British songwriters, composers and music publishers earned 623 million pounds ($944.8 million) in royalties in 2009, up 2.6 percent on 2008 and the first time the growth in digital revenues outperformed the drop in CD and DVD earnings.
 
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 Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Fresh imagery from Europe's Mars Express orbiter focuses on the Martian moon Phobos, which has become a prime destination for space exploration.
 Although it?s not uncommon to see movies adapted into video games, several new games got their start, instead, as works of literature.
 Getting a movie (or an entire season of "Lost") delivered in the mail used be the height of convenience, but discs are so last decade. If you're ready to stream Netflix into your living room, the following hardware list includes the key specs you need to know.
More corners of the country would have high-speed Internet access and existing connections would become much faster under a sweeping proposal to overhaul U.S. broadband policy that is being unveiled Tuesday.
 Take a look at some of the most prominent claims made on the showroom floors of big-box retailers and learn the realities, along with tips and details for buying an HDTV, selecting the best content and more.
 A Swiss watchmaker is hoping to raise a stink with an expensive timepiece that eschews the trade's standard gold, diamond or titanium fittings for a more earthy substance ? dinosaur dung.
 Warning to criminals: Rubbing out your fingerprints may no longer be enough. Your germs could still give you away.
 For astronauts worried about their future with NASA, good news: A private company is hiring.
 A "rock" initially tossed aside at a FedEx site in Pennsylvania turns out to be the skull of a meat-eating amphibian that lived 70 million years before the first dinosaurs.
Apple says it will replace iPads with dying batteries for about $100.
 Scientists who want to conduct research on Mars, the moon, and in space don't have to travel that far anymore.
Today, the 15th of March, marks the 25th anniversary of the registration of the first .com domain name in the history of the Internet.
The use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube by militant and hate groups grew by almost 20 percent in the past year, a report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center said on Monday.
 In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists for the first time found a shrimp-like creature and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet.
 Scientists were able to identify neurons and cerebral cells from the brain preserved from the 13th century.
CNET Reviews - Top Rated Computer Systems
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Apple's new 27-inch iMac will charm plenty of you with its screen size alone. Fortunately, that won't lead you astray. Behind its expansive display, Apple has packed one of the fastest all-in-ones available, and added a few useful extras to sweeten the deal. This iMac isn't perfect, but its positives far outweigh its negatives. We can think of few users to whom we wouldn't recommend this system.
For a reasonable price, the HP MediaSmart Server EX495 is a great network storage, content managing, and backup device for home and small business environments. It offers stellar performance, a great backup solution, and remote access options that are easy to use.
Previously known as the MacBook, Apple's basic 13-inch aluminum unibody laptop has been promoted to the "Pro" series, all while adding features and cutting the base price.
The Lexmark Impact S305's low price tag, simple setup, and straightforward features are sure to draw in budget customers with intermittent printing needs. With extra features like wireless printing and a media card reader, the Impact earns a solid recommendation.
Asus hits nearly all the marks in the 1005HA, the latest version of its iconic Eee PC, highlighted by a 6-hour-plus battery life.
Sony's top-of-the-line 13-inch Vaio VPCZ116GX/S has a speedy Core i5 CPU, discrete graphics, a huge 256GB SSD, and a sky-high price to match.
Previously known as the MacBook, Apple's basic 13-inch aluminum unibody laptop has been promoted to the "Pro" series, all while adding features and cutting the base price.
The HP Photosmart Premium Fax All-in-One printer makes it easy to increase productivity thanks to its streamlined user interface. The fax, copy, print, and scanning features boast helpful extras like double-sided printing, wireless connectivity, separate photo trays, and quick-access control panel buttons, all while maintaining lab-quality photos and a low cost to print. We highly recommend this printer to anyone who can benefit from its multifunctionality.
The HP Officejet Pro 8500 wireless makes a convincing inkjet argument for offices with a high volume of prints. With a function touch screen, multiple networking options, and an astoundingly fast print speed, it makes perfect sense to give this workhorse an Editors' Choice award.
Apple's 15-inch MacBook Pro makes only minor tweaks to the previous version, but cutting prices and swapping the ExpressCard slot for an SD card slot are enough to make it a solid improvement over its predecessor.
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