September 5th 2010, Technology News

Taiwan's HTC: iPhone's `quiet' challenger (AP)

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:51:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100905/ap_on_re_as/as_apple_s_challenger"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100905/capt.a4111cd1a06a4e259da9bed171ba76da-59a185254e554076ba6e278cd6e98ad9-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=xi4Rf0H_Mjdz4q73zplDOQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="FILE - In this July 27, 2010 file photo, Peter Chou, chief executive officer of Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp., or HTC Corp., talks about the introduction of the brand into China's market during a press conference held in Beijing, China. East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are anonymous. Now HTC Corp., the Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone.</p><br clear="all"/>

Craigslist strikes adult services under pressure (AP)

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:51:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100905/ap_on_hi_te/us_craigslist_adult_services"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100904/capt.photo_1283628652939-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=SVywnAqSA3M11kaBdDTxkQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Craigslist founder Craig Newmark stands in front of the Craigslist office in San Francisco, California in 2006. Online classifieds website Craigslist has blocked US access to its "adult services" listings, replacing the section tab with a "censored" label after criticism it was facilitating prostitution.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says "censored."</p><br clear="all"/>

Texas opens inquiry into Google search rankings (AP)

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:54:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100904/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_texas_search_inquiry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100903/capt.aa3f87c872ba4caeaf530626ec3de7a0-aa3f87c872ba4caeaf530626ec3de7a0-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=qoGSNepjcBM2ElKqmrsrkg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="FILE - This file photo taken April 9, 2010,, shows a Google sign at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc.'s methods for recommending websites are being reviewed by Texas' attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet's dominant search engine.</p><br clear="all"/>

Able to unplug from work while you’re on vacation? (Ben Patterson)

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:19:43 GMT Ben Patterson - Fighting the urge to check your work e-mail while you’re on holiday doesn’t exactly qualify as the worst problem in the world; after all, it’s pretty nice to have a job at all in this tough economy, right? Then again, the pressure to hang onto a job seems to be driving more and more connected workers to stay plugged in even while they’re trying to tune out.

Mobile users still wary of being found, survey says (Ben Patterson)

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:58:20 GMT Ben Patterson - Feel the need to "check in" on Foursquare or Facebook every time you saunter into a restaurant, browse the goods at your neighborhood grocery store, or cram into a rock concert? Well, if you, you’re still in the minority — and you’re also probably a guy below 40 — according to the latest research.

iPhone 4 sales in S.Korea start this week (AFP)

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:20:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100905/bs_afp/skoreausittelecomappleiphone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100905/capt.photo_1283665178824-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=MYrpEaaJic_fns5aP0ySjA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="South Korean telecom operator KT Corp said on Sunday it planned to begin selling Apple's iPhone 4 this week amid growing competition to expand in the potentially lucrative smartphone market.(AFP/File/Ryan Anson)" border="0" /></a>AFP - South Korean telecom operator KT Corp said on Sunday it planned to begin selling Apple's iPhone 4 this week amid growing competition to expand in the potentially lucrative smartphone market.</p><br clear="all"/>

Review: mTrip iPhone app uses augmented reality (AP)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:48:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100903/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_digital_life_tech_test_augmented_reality"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100902/capt.1adc913cfde349bca3980fda2e119e6f-1adc913cfde349bca3980fda2e119e6f-0.jpg?x=72&y=130&q=85&sig=x9nU_Ag44KRY5sMmEz59Hg--" align="left" height="130" width="72" alt="This product image provided by mTrip Travel Guides shows the mTrip Travel Guide application. The new iPhone application, mTrip, is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smartphone technology to make it easier to stay on track in a foreign locale. (AP Photo/mTrip Travel Guides) NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - The new iPhone application mTrip is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smart phone technology to make it easier to stay on track in a foreign locale.</p><br clear="all"/>

GoGear Connect Plays Music and Movies, Runs Android (PC World)

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:20:09 GMT PC World - Philips introduced the GoGear Connect, an Android-powered device that can play music and movies, take pictures and surf the web, during the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.

Google plans to sell music online (Investor's Business Daily)

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:31:00 GMT Investor's Business Daily - The search giant is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would let its mobile phone users play songs wherever they are. Google (NMS:GOOG) hopes to launch the service by Christmas, according to sources. Google is trying to compete with Apple, which dominates via its iTunes Music Stores, accounting for 70% of all U.S. digital music sales. It rose 1.5% to 470.30.

Over one million join Apple's music social network Ping (AFP)

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:09:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100904/ts_alt_afp/usitcompanymusicinternetappleping"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100904/capt.photo_1283627348736-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kOd1RRpmc.vYWq7IWxfYzA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Steve Jobs (C), chief executive officer of Apple Inc., speaks to reporters after announcing the release of new upgrades for the iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle, iPod Touch, and iTunes in San Francisco, California, on September 1. More than one million users joined Apple's new music-focused social network Ping in the 48 hours following its launch, the company said.(AFP/File/Ryan Anson)" border="0" /></a>AFP - More than one million users joined Apple's new music-focused social network Ping in the 48 hours following its launch, the company said.</p><br clear="all"/>

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