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Data from Columbia shuttle survives accident
Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires ...
'Pirates' director will make movie version of 'BioShock'
Take-Two Interactive Software said Friday that Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski will make a movie version ...
EBay to Australia: Buy with PayPal only
EBay Inc. is exploring whether to require customers to use its online payment service PayPal, a move that has angered users and ...
Gates: Microsoft shifts focus after Yahoo offer
Microsoft will focus on growing its own advertising and Internet search business after it withdrew its takeover offer for Yahoo, ...
Tech tools bring big success for small businesses
Millions of U.S. small-business owners are geeking out in the digital bazaar. As online commerce grows and technology gets cheaper ...
Toss 'Iron Man' in scrap heap
We've seen this plot before: Blockbuster summer film hits theaters. Mediocre video game tie-in hitches along for the ride. The ...
Let a GPS unit guide your travel
Many of us will be hitting the road for vacation this summer. Whether you're going across town or across the country, GPS units ...
Finding God in your inbox? Spam goes spiritual
You're e-mailed a prayer. Then, slipped into the cyber-epistle, the kicker: If you love God and/or are not ashamed of your religious ...
Spielberg's 'Boom Blox' offers charm, challenge on Wii
Steven Spielberg is more than just an Academy Award-winning film producer and director he's a video game creator as well. On ...
Meal remains may point to earliest American settlement
Remains of meals that included seaweed are helping confirm the date of a settlement in southern Chile that may offer the earliest ...
New in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye
Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest dissolving ...
Facebook adds new bullying, predator safeguards
Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking website, is adding more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users ...
MySpace users can share profiles with Yahoo, Twitter
Social networking site MySpace says it will soon enable users to quickly share profile data with other sites, including Yahoo ...
Comcast considers cap on Net usage
Comcast, the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, is considering setting an official limit on the amount of data ...
Gene map proves platypus is part bird, mammal and reptile
Scientists said they have mapped the genetic makeup of the platypus one of nature's strangest animals with a bill like a duck's, ...
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Facebook to let users carry profiles with them
(AP)
AP - Facebook Inc. is loosening its grip on millions of personal profiles to allow inhabitants of its popular Internet hangout to transplant the information and applications to other Web sites.
EBay's PayPal rule in Australia draws fire
(AP)
 AP - EBay Inc. is exploring whether to require customers to use its online payment service PayPal, a move that has angered users and prompted antitrust scrutiny in Australia, where a PayPal-only rule takes effect next month.
Apple agrees to settle iPod lawsuit
(AP)
AP - Apple Inc. has agreed to settle a pair of class-action lawsuits in Canada alleging it misled customers about the staying power of their iPods, the latest courtroom truce over the dwindling battery life of early generations of the device.
Microsoft appeals $1.4B EU antitrust fine
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. on Friday said it has appealed a $1.39 billion fine imposed in February by the European Commission for the company's failure to comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
70 people sickened during San Francisco conference
(AP)
AP - It's a new kind of virus for Sun Microsystems Inc.
Lohan withdraws from Manson family movie: spokeswoman
(AFP)
 AFP - Lindsay Lohan has withdrawn from an upcoming movie about convicted murderer Charles Manson, her publicist said Friday, following an Internet report she had been axed from the project.
Toshiba's Growth Plans Hinge on Cell TVs, Fuel Cells
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Reeling from the aftermath of its HD DVD debacle, Toshiba laid out a plan for growth that leans heavily on its other strengths, namely its Cell processor and improvements in notebook technologies, including fuel cells. On tap: auto-upscaling TVs, more SSDs, and some nifty notebook tech.
Virgin Mobile USA and Korea's SK in talks: source
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile USA
Inc and South Korea's SK Telecom Co, which controls U.S. mobile
service Helio, are in early talks on a deal, a person familiar
with the discussions said on Friday.
Sun exec ponders OpenSolaris, Linux
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Ian Murdock is vice president of developer and community marketing at Sun Microsystems. Prior to that, he was the founder of the Debian Linux distribution and CTO at the Linux Foundation. InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill met with Murdock at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco this week to talk about open source and how Sun, with its OpenSolaris version of the Solaris Unix platform, will fare in the open-source arena versus Linux.
Hackers Find a New Place to Hide Rootkits
(PC World)
PC World - Security researchers have developed a new type of malicious rootkit software that hides itself in an obscure part of a...
Executive Briefing
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - A global study from IBM says that top executives are eyeing major investments in the next three years to meet changing customer demands.
Trends & Innovations - Friday
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - U.S. retailers are getting better at blocking underage teens from buying M-rated video games, says an FTC survey using undercover 13- to 16-year-old shoppers. Just 20% of the undercover teens were able to buy M-rated games, vs. 42% in '06. Retailer GameStop was the best at blocking underage sales of video games, stopping 94% of them. Less-diligent retailers included Hollywood Video, which blocked 60%. ...
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Spam Moves to Cellphones and Gets More Invasive
If you thought spam on your computer was a bother, brace yourself for round two: spammers want to find you on your cellphone.
Bits: Can Facebook Build a Better Passport?
Facebook said that it will let users bring information from their profiles onto other sites. It is also reviving the possibility of a universal logon, an idea tried unsuccessfully years ago by Microsoft.
Circuit City Opens Its Books to Blockbuster
The electronics chain’s move is a shift from its initial, highly skeptical stance toward Blockbuster’s unsolicited takeover bid.
DealBook: Did Microsoft Overpay for Its Facebook Stake?
Some are asking if Microsoft overpaid last year for its 1.6 percent stake in Facebook, the popular social networking Web site.
Microsoft Appeals $1.4 Billion EU Antitrust Fine
Microsoft said it has appealed a $1.39 billion fine imposed in February by the European Commission for the company’s failure to comply with a 2004 antitrust order.
F.B.I. Says the Military Had Bogus Computer Gear
The prospect of an electronic Trojan horse, lurking in the circuitry of a computer and allowing attackers clandestine access or control, was raised again recently by the F.B.I. and the Pentagon.
Facebook Agrees to Devise Tools to Protect Young Users
The company will require users under 18 to confirm they have read Facebook’s safety tips when they sign up; the site will also display a prominent “report abuse” icon.
S.E.C. Fines Marvell $10 Million
The Marvell Technology Group, a maker of semiconductors, agreed to pay a $10 million civil fine to settle regulators’ accusations of improper backdating of stock options.
Bits: AT&T’s Wi-Fi Tease for iPhone Users
IPhone customers found free Wi-Fi access at Starbucks. Then they didn’t. AT&T’s Web site promised free Wi-Fi. Then it didn’t. AT&T is likely going to offer free Wi-Fi, but it is mum about when the teasing will stop.
Bits: MySpace Turns Social Network Sharing in the Right Direction
MySpace will make it easy to take photos and information from your profile and display it on profile pages of other Web sites.
City Room: Digital TV Brings Hassles for Some
The switch to digital television broadcasting could mean unexpected hassles not only for people who still rely on old-fashioned rabbit ears, but for apartment buildings with old-style rooftop antennas.
Cablevision Plans Wireless Broadband Network
Cable TV provider Cablevision Systems disclosed plans to offer high-speed wireless Internet service across its coverage area in the New York region.
Bits: Google: We Like Yahoo, and We Like It Independent
Google executives answer (some) questions about the Yahoo-Microsoft meltdown at a meeting with reporters.
Bits: NBC Bypasses Apple to Stream TV Shows to the iPhone
NBC is experimenting with offering its TV shows free to iPhone users using streaming technology. This will allow NBC to make money from advertising and avoid selling downloads through Apple's iTunes Store.
Lawmakers Introduce New Net Neutrality Bill
The legislation calls for Internet service providers to interconnect with the facilities of other network providers on a reasonable and nondiscriminatory basis.
Bits: The New Hacker Economics
Company e-mail, business documents and personal health information are the new targets of choice for hackers, according to a maker of Web security software and appliances.
World Business Briefing | Europe: Germany: Telekom Earnings Up
Deutsche Telekom said first-quarter profit rose more than 33 percent on the sale of its media and broadcast unit and lower interest expenses. The company, which provides landline, mobile phone and Internet access, earned 750 million euros ($1.16 billion) in the period, compared with 563 million euros in the year-earlier period. Revenue fell 3 percent to 15 billion euros ($23.2 billion) from 15.5 billion euros.
Technology Group Plans Wireless Network
A consortium plans to build the first of a new generation of nationwide wireless data networks in a $14.5 billion deal.
Advertising: Your Chance to Finish a Movie Microsoft Started
Microsoft Corporation is underwriting an online movie-making contest to stimulate sales and burnish the reputation of its Windows Vista operating system.
$271 Million for Research on Stem Cells in California
The awards represent the largest chunk of money given at one time by California’s taxpayer-backed stem cell program, which plans to spend about $3 billion over a decade.
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Microhoo Tea Leaf Watch: Proxy Directors Set Free
Microsoft has released potential directors in a hostile takeover of Yahoo, in what the Wall Street Journal calls a "clear sign" the Redmond giant is really, truly walking away. Will this defining moment end once and for all the speculation which has helped Yahoo shares to remain comfortably above pre-takeover-talk levels? Of course not.
Verbinski to Direct 'BioShock' Film
The Pirates of the Caribbean director gets set to train his lens on a much creepier underwater world.
Los Angeles Says Piracy 'Detrimental to the Public Health, Safety'
Los Angeles County, following New York's lead, is declaring property a public nuisance if it's used to counterfeit copyrighted music and videos. Among the reasons: "It's detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare" of the public at large. Penalties range up to $1,000 for violation and properties can be shuttered.
Pirate Music, Lose Your House
Digital music pirates are the same as drug dealers, prostitutes and gangs in New York and Los Angeles -- at least as it relates to the government's ability to declare your place a public nuisance, shut it down for as long as a year (or worse) and fine you. So it's time to knock on your teenager's door and pray he's just downloading porn.
'Batmanime' Is a Blast in 'Batman: Gotham Knight'
Get a peek at the dark visual style of the upcoming straight-to-DVD animated flick.
Review: Olympus E-420 Is One Smokin' DSLR
Olympus' E-420 is the lightest and smallest DSLR on the market. It also happens to take some damn fine pictures, thanks to top-notch optics and easy usability.
Google Wants a Yahoo Ad Deal
Google still hopes to link up with Yahoo on advertising, a deal that would almost certainly be lucrative to both companies and make Yahoo a tougher takeover target for, say, a certain Redmond software concern. Google co-founder Sergei Brin says there was a two-week test last month but doesn't say how far along the talks are.
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