Copyright (c) 2007 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/738 Technology News en-us Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:33:25 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/738 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070901/ap_on_hi_te/computer_virus_anniversary ap/20070901/computer_virus_anniversary Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:33:25 GMT AP - What began as a ninth-grade prank, a way to trick already-suspicious friends who had fallen for his earlier practical jokes, has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to let loose a personal computer virus. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_hi_te/monster_data_breach ap/20070831/monster_data_breach Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:27:39 GMT AP - By now, the perils of securing online data with little more than user names and passwords should be well known. Monster.com learned that lesson late and the hard way, prompting this week's disclosure that the Web jobs board will spend millions of dollars to improve its security. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_hi_te/google_news ap/20070831/google_news Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:22:25 GMT AP - Internet search leader Google Inc. on Friday began hosting material produced by The Associated Press and three other news services on its own Web site instead of only sending readers to other destinations. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_hi_te/nbc_itunes ap/20070831/nbc_itunes Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:55:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_hi_te/nbc_itunes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t022505_450x296_us_apple_nbc.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=sLWKoiCjiKWJTgWIP40TEQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A customer checks out Music Store (on a screen) with Apple iTunes at an Apple store in Tokyo in this August 25, 2006 file photo. NBC Universal has decided against renewing its contract to sell digital downloads of television shows on Apple Inc's (Kiyoshi Ota/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - Apple Inc. escalated a dispute with NBC Universal over the pricing of television shows by announcing Friday it would not sell any of NBC's programs for this fall season on iTunes.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_hi_te/nbc_itunes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070831/2007_08_31t022505_450x296_us_apple_nbc.jpg?x=130&y=85&sig=sLWKoiCjiKWJTgWIP40TEQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A customer checks out Music Store (on a screen) with Apple iTunes at an Apple store in Tokyo in this August 25, 2006 file photo. NBC Universal has decided against renewing its contract to sell digital downloads of television shows on Apple Inc's (Kiyoshi Ota/Files/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_hi_te/arkansas_internet_edits ap/20070831/arkansas_internet_edits Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:28:26 GMT AP - Internet criticism of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's involvement in the pardon of a castrated rapist and his heavy use of a state airplane disappeared with a mouse click. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070901/wr_nm/thailand_youtube_dc nm/20070901/thailand_youtube_dc Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:14:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070901/wr_nm/thailand_youtube_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070901/2007_09_01t011054_450x364_uk_thailand_youtube.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=xzFagxO_EkomIpNcPPz3Ug--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="In this file photo Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej reviews a parade to mark his 79th birthday in Bangkok December 2, 2006. Thailand has lifted a five-month ban on the video-sharing Web site YouTube after it agreed to block any video clips deemed offensive to the nation's revered King . (Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Thailand has lifted a five-month ban on the video-sharing Web site YouTube after it agreed to block any video clips deemed offensive to the nation&#39;s revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070901/wr_nm/thailand_youtube_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070901/2007_09_01t011054_450x364_uk_thailand_youtube.jpg?x=130&y=105&sig=xzFagxO_EkomIpNcPPz3Ug--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this file photo Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej reviews a parade to mark his 79th birthday in Bangkok December 2, 2006. Thailand has lifted a five-month ban on the video-sharing Web site YouTube after it agreed to block any video clips deemed offensive to the nation's revered King . (Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070831/wr_nm/iraq_refugees_un_dc nm/20070831/iraq_refugees_un_dc Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:00:05 GMT Reuters - The U.N. refugee agency is alerting more than 33,000 vulnerable Iraqi refugees in Damascus through text messages on cell phones, which many of them use to keep in touch with family and friends. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/tc_afp/japantelecomtechnologycompanydocomo afp/20070831/japantelecomtechnologycompanydocomo Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:41:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/tc_afp/japantelecomtechnologycompanydocomo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.ptu16.310807142829.photo00.photo.default-350x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=Fh.HodIh2WjdnmDgL2rX1Q--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="An NTT DoCoMo employee displays the &quot;F1100&quot; mobile phone during a press conference in Tokyo. NTT DoCoMo says it will tie up with broadband provider ACCA Networks to introduce ultra-fast mobile WiMAX technology.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Leading Japanese mobile phone carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. said Friday it will tie up with broadband provider ACCA Networks to introduce ultra-fast mobile WiMAX technology.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070831/tc_afp/japantelecomtechnologycompanydocomo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070831/capt.sge.ptu16.310807142829.photo00.photo.default-350x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&sig=Fh.HodIh2WjdnmDgL2rX1Q--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="An NTT DoCoMo employee displays the &quot;F1100&quot; mobile phone during a press conference in Tokyo. NTT DoCoMo says it will tie up with broadband provider ACCA Networks to introduce ultra-fast mobile WiMAX technology.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070831/tc_infoworld/91468 infoworld/20070831/91468 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:00:22 GMT InfoWorld - Sun&#160;has ambitious plans for the commercial and open-source versions of its Solaris operating system, hoping to achieve for Solaris the kind of ubiquity already enjoyed by Java. To come close to reaching that goal, Sun needs to reach out more to developers and endeavor to overcome some long-held prejudices against the OS. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070831/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_doj ap/20070831/microsoft_doj Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:55:23 GMT AP - Microsoft Corp. has submitted a test version of its Windows Vista operating system with features that make it easier to use non-Microsoft programs to search PC hard drives, according to a report issued by the Justice Department Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070901/tc_cmp/201803565 cmp/20070901/201803565 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:58:00 GMT TechWeb - While no one is saying the update is fixing flaws, HP said it decided to wait until the better version of the software was available. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20070831/bs_ibd_ibd/2007831tech01 ibd/20070831/2007831tech01 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:00:00 GMT Investor's Business Daily - If you missed Monday&#39;s rerun of &quot;CSI: Miami,&quot; don&#39;t worry. You can always catch the show on CBS.com. Or iTunes. Or Amazon.com. Or Xbox Live Marketplace.