Technology News

Newspaper circulation may be worse than it looks

AP - Mon Nov 23, 12:00 AM ET

SAN FRANCISCO - While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising. But they aren't necessarily selling more copies.

Internet News

  • Tweets or bleats? Tool measures importance on Twitter Reuters - 2 hours, 42 minutes ago

    SINGAPORE (Reuters) - You've got followers and post regularly, but ever wondered how popular you are on Twitter? An online tool that evaluates "tweets" can tell.

  • Report: Microsoft May Pay News Corp. to Delist From Google PC World - 2 hours, 47 minutes ago

    Microsoft has discussed paying News Corp. to remove its news Web sites from Google's search results and list them on its Bing search engine instead, The Financial Times reported Sunday on its Web site.

  • Microsoft, News Corp weigh web pact: source Reuters - Mon Nov 23, 1:27 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has had talks with News Corp about a tie up, which would involve News Corp getting paid to take its news websites off Google Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

Personal Technology News

  • KT to Sell IPhone in South Korea PC World - Sun Nov 22, 11:10 PM ET

    South Korean carrier KT will start selling the iPhone this month, the company said Monday, bringing the hit device to another Asian country.

  • An Uruguayan schoolboy tries the new laptop that is being distributed to all public primary school students, during a demonstration in May 2009. A laptop is now finding its place alongside a notebook and pen in schoolbags in Uruguay, the first and only country to offer an Internet-connected computers to all public primary school students.(AFP/Panta Astiazaran)
    Laptop becomes reality for Uruguay's schoolchildren AFP - Sun Nov 22, 7:13 PM ET

    LAS PIEDRAS, Uruguay (AFP) - A laptop is now finding its place alongside a notebook and pen in schoolbags in Uruguay, the first and only country to offer an Internet-connected computers to all public primary school students.

  • Renelly Morel (R), digital marketing manager for Ubisoft, works out with Your Shape on November 6, in San Francisco. French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft will have a virtual fitness coach whipping Wii users into shape. "Your Shape" ramp-up the healthy videogame genre by using a camera to put people on-screen and under the scrutiny of an animated coach devoted to making workouts go strong.(AFP/File/Glenn Chapman)
    Ubisoft steps up videogame fitness with virtual coach AFP - Sun Nov 22, 6:46 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft will have a virtual fitness coach whipping Wii users into shape starting Tuesday.

Video Games

  • Ubisoft steps up videogame fitness with virtual coach AFP - Sun Nov 22, 6:46 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft will have a virtual fitness coach whipping Wii users into shape starting Tuesday.

  • Xbox LIVE Gold Free Today Through Monday PC World - Fri Nov 20, 12:15 PM ET

    Microsoft wants you on Xbox LIVE for the weekend with, of course, a view toward forever, and it's prepared to temporarily waive the cover fee to grab your attention.

  • You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz InfoWorld - Fri Nov 20, 6:00 AM ET

    San Francisco - Vapor was in the air this week as rumors swirled around two products that exist only as pixels, not molecules: the Google Phone and the Apple Tablet. In its war over 3G ads, AT&T fired back at Verizon (and missed); Twitter got dissed; and Activision dodged a Kalashnikov bullet with its wildly popular Modern Warfare 2. Can you hit the bull's-eye with this week's quiz? Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer. Now: ready, aim ... fire!

Digital Audio/Video

  • Moody's downgrades Liberty Media LLC ratings AP - Fri Nov 20, 7:13 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Moody's Investors Service downgraded ratings for Liberty Media Corp. subsidiary Liberty Media LLC on Friday. The changes come shortly after shareholders approved the formation of a new company out of DirecTV Group Inc. and some of Liberty's entertainment businesses.

  • Gephardt pushes for investment in health research AP - Fri Nov 20, 4:42 PM ET

    JOHNSTON, Iowa - Former U.S. Rep. Richard Gephardt pushed Friday for Iowa to expand its focus on public health, arguing the state has the medical infrastructure in place to make it a leader in the field.

  • Malone says DirecTV is not for sale: report Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 3:51 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Media mogul John Malone said the U.S. No.1 satellite TV operator DirecTV Group is not up for sale in an interview with business cable network CNBC on Friday.

Security

  • New Attack Fells Internet Explorer PC World - Sun Nov 22, 3:30 AM ET

    A hacker has posted attack code that could be used to break into a PC running older versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.

  • Security Pro Says New SSL Attack Can Hit Many Sites PC World - Fri Nov 20, 2:40 AM ET

    A Seattle computer security consultant says he's developed a new way to exploit a recently disclosed bug in the SSL protocol, used to secure communications on the Internet. The attack, while difficult to execute, could give attackers a very powerful phishing attack.

  • UK police make 2 Trojan computer virus arrests AP - Wed Nov 18, 12:05 PM ET

    LONDON - A couple suspected of helping spread some of the Internet's most aggressive computer viruses has been arrested in the English city of Manchester, police said Wednesday.

Apple/Macintosh News

  • KT to Sell IPhone in South Korea PC World - Sun Nov 22, 11:10 PM ET

    South Korean carrier KT will start selling the iPhone this month, the company said Monday, bringing the hit device to another Asian country.

  • Hands on: Roku's updated Player software and new Channel Store Macworld.com - Sun Nov 22, 9:00 PM ET

    Roku will announce on Monday a major update to the software powering the company’s Roku Player models. As part of that update, the company will also introduce the new Roku Channel Store.

  • Apple's Vice President of iPod and iPhone Product Marketing, Greg Joswiak speaks during an event to officially launch the Apple iPhone for the first time on Mainland China in Beijing, China, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. The mobile device which has been available for years through unofficial channels in China will finally be accessible to millions of user in one of the world's largest mobile phone market. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
    South Koreans to get Apple's iPhone this week AP - Sun Nov 22, 2:49 AM ET

    SEOUL, South Korea - Apple Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, a local carrier announced Sunday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets.

Linux/Open Source News

  • Underwhelmed By Chrome OS? That's Kinda the Point PC World - Sun Nov 22, 1:36 AM ET

    When Google unveiled its open source Chrome OS on Thursday, many commentators were quick to dismiss the new operating system as unimpressive and underwhelming.

  • Ruby shining on Java, Windows, and Mac OS InfoWorld - Fri Nov 20, 8:11 PM ET

    San Francisco - Ruby, the popular open source dynamic language, is making headway not only on Java but also on the Windows and Mac platforms.

  • Get Chrome OS Now PC World - Fri Nov 20, 2:02 PM ET

    The open source version of Google Chrome OS was released on Thursday, and tech wizards didn't waste any time turning the code into a workable test version of the new operating system. If you don't want to wait until next year to see what's going on with Chrome OS, then follow this handy guide to find all the information you need to get the new system up and running on almost any computer.

Most Popular Technology News

  • This undated photo released by Census of Marine Life and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows a transparent sea cucumber, Enypniastes, creeping forward on its many tentacles at about 2 cm per minute while sweeping detritus-rich sediment into its mouth at 2,750 meters in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Thousands of marine species eke out an existence in the ocean's pitch-black depths by feeding on the snowlike decaying matter that cascades down, and even sunken whale bones, according to a report released Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Larry Madin) NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT, EDITORIAL USE ONLY
    Thousands of strange creatures found deep in ocean AP - Sun Nov 22, 3:51 PM ET

    NEW ORLEANS - The creatures living in the depths of the ocean are as weird and outlandish as the creations in a Dr. Seuss book: tentacled transparent sea cucumbers, primitive "dumbos" that flap ear-like fins, and tubeworms that feed on oil deposits.

  • In this photo released by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, scientists react in the CERN Control Center after successfully restarting the Large Hadron Collider, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Scientists moved Saturday to prepare the world's largest atom smasher for exploring the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs. (AP Photo/Keystone, Brice, CERN)
    Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang AP - Sat Nov 21, 2:06 PM ET

    GENEVA - Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.

  • Smoke billows from factories in Moscow. Braking the rise in Earth's population would be a major help in the fight against global warming, according to an unprecedented UN report that draws a link between demographic pressure and climate change.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)
    Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate AP - Sat Nov 21, 2:34 PM ET

    LONDON - Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online — stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.