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Thursday, December 31, 2009

• Hacker Gonzalez pleads guilty in Heartland breach
• Apple wins appeal in earbud hearing-loss lawsuit
• Green-tech venture investing cools off in 2009
• In 2009, Web goes on a diet

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

• More attacks expected on Facebook, Twitter in 2010
• Top 10 news stories of the decade
• Unannounced HP 210 Netbook ‘in stock’
• Nokia hits Apple with latest patent complaint

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

• The brawn of Facebook, the brains of Twitter
• AT&T resumes online iPhone sales in NY
• Consumer groups urge block of Google-AdMob deal
• App store downloads shine on Christmas
• Speculating on Chrome OS Netbook specs
• GSM crypto code cracked, engineer says

Monday, December 28, 2009

• Master Google Android: 40 Tips and Tricks
• TooManyTabs Firefox Add-on Speeds Up Browsing
• Flexing the boundaries of flash memory
• Google makes its home page a Chrome page

Sunday, December 27, 2009

• Gift for Googlers: $2.3 billion
• Microsoft, Intel to cede tablet market to Apple?
• The 10 best new Firefox add-ons of 2009
• Kindle is most gifted Amazon item, ever

Thursday, December 24, 2009

• Twitter buys developers of GeoAPI
• Using Facebook and Twitter safely
• Tablet hint? Apple developers supersizing apps for January event
• Hackers claim to crack Kindle copyright armor
• Facebook COO nominated to Disney board

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

• Soyuz craft docks, boosts space station crew
• Yahoo shutting down for the holidays
• Report: FBI investigating Citibank cyberattack
• Comcast settles class-action suit on traffic blocking

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

• Big Facebook privacy void: Controls on Connect
• Virtual world designer Metaplace to shutter
• Google’s creed: ‘Open will win’
• Twitter? Profitable? Really?
• Year in review: All eyes on e-readers
• Microsoft CFO heads to new post at GM
• Ford cars to become wi fi hot spots
• Yelp bails on Google deal?
• First Solar opens utility-scale power plant

Monday, December 21, 2009

• Intel launches redesigned Atom chip for Netbooks
• Report: O2 to buy VoIP start-up Jajah
• Cybercrooks Target File-Sharing Networks
• The best Tiger Woods online gift ideas
• Microsoft sued over Bing name
• Three station fliers set off on flight to lab complex
• iPhone, Blackberry Storm offer contrast in browsers

Sunday, December 20, 2009

• ILM steps in to help finish ‘Avatar’ visual effects
• Open house? Google has also been eying Trulia
• Twitter’s DNS Provider Denies Hack
• Novell Releases Open-Source Moonlight 2
• Italian police arrest hacker sought for fraud
• Philadelphia plans to buy its Wi-Fi network
• Mozilla ships Firefox 3.6 Beta 5, pushes final into 2010

Saturday, December 19, 2009

• Why Google may want Yelp
• Undersea robot captures rare deep-sea eruption
• Mozilla hopes to finish Thunderbird 3.1 in April
• Visual Studio launch delayed by ‘a few weeks’
• iTunes U breaks 100 million downloads
• Facebook to hold spring F8 dev conference
• Sex, porn, Jacko top kids’ searches in 2009
• Google loses French copyright case
• Japanese robot helps out with grocery shopping

Friday, December 18, 2009

• What’s next for social gaming on the iPhone?
• FTC may enter latest Facebook privacy debacle
• Firefox, Adobe top buggiest software list
• Microsoft to fix Zune HD censoring issue
• Apple update embraces Canon, Nikon raw files
• Palm’s losses decline for second quarter
• Intel: New graphics, ‘Core’ chips coming
• Ubuntu Linux founder stepping down as CEO

Thursday, December 17, 2009

• Twitter touts top trends of 2009
• Apple wins permanent injunction against Psystar
• Firefox 3.5.6 patches critical security holes
• Adobe to patch zero-day Reader, Acrobat hole
• FTC pursues Intel on new front: Graphics chips
• Microsoft top lawyer: EU deal opens new chapter

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

• Keeping Uncle Sam from spying on citizens
• A long year for Sun–and tech in general
• Scammers exploit Google Doodle to spread malware
• Microsoft’s Bing app debuts on iPhone
• Facebook sues men for allegedly phishing, spamming
• Russians buy stake in Web games
• Hitwise: ‘Facebook’ the year’s top search term

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

• Microsoft pulls China blog site amid code-theft charges
• MySpace eyes Flixster for acquisition
• Yfrog’s top searches of ‘09 are full of teen angst
• Blippy launches the Twitter of personal finance
• Futuristic tech for daily living outshines outer space
• Adobe investigating Reader, Acrobat exploit reports
• Google ponders risky Android solo act

Monday, December 14, 2009

• Apple apologizes for iMac delays
• Man turns Christmas lights into Guitar Hero game
• How to use math to park a car
• Report: Russian investor in talks to buy ICQ

Sunday, December 13, 2009

• Google phone looks ’supersharp’
• Craigslist vs. eBay: Who’s telling the truth?
• iPhone users are delusional, consultants say
• AT&T 3G service disruption hits San Francsico

Saturday,  December 12, 2009

• Intel to preview new chips on December 17
• Bug keeps some Office users from their files
• Report: PS3 design cost finally nearing break-even
• Microsoft buys data center software firm Opalis
• Facebook backtracks on public friend lists
• Lala chief could steer iTunes away from downloads
• What a $5,900 lens says about photography

Friday,  December 11, 2009

• How to fix Facebook’s new privacy settings
• Video games sales drop, but still strong
• 13 more sites expel NY sex offenders
• Adobe to drop Flash Player support for PowerPC G3
• Microsoft licenses another flash file format
• For AOL and Yahoo, it’s deja vu all over again

Thursday, December 10, 2009

• Friendster finds buyer in Asian payment company
• Microsoft reposts Windows 7 download tool
• AT&T considers incentives to curb heavy data usage
• Facebook details new privacy settings
• Twitter working on fix for ‘misdirected’ tweets
• Mobile-app makers prepare for a gold rush
• Facebook in Vietnam: Social-networking blues

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

• Dell earns $6.5 million, thanks to Twitter
• Mozilla lets Thunderbird 3 fly
• Google brings Groups to Google Apps Premier
• Microsoft plugs zero-day IE hole
• Offline Gmail access now a full-fledged feature

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

• PicScout expands catalog; adds Ito as adviser
• How to fit a pharmacist in your pocket
• Google sues over alleged work-at-home scams
• Seagate enters solid-state drive market
• Google hopes to turn the river into a canal
• Intel shifts focus to laptop graphics technology
• Hands-on with the JooJoo

Monday, December 07, 2009

• Google backtracks on EtherPad closure
• Yahoo adds privacy tool, in time for FTC meetings
• IBM: Envisioning the world’s fastest supercomputer
• Get a 5GB iRiver MP3 player with FM for $34
• Google Favorite Places coming to window near you
• Facebook forms safety advisory board
• Apple confirms acquisition of music site Lala
• Amazon to open bricks-and-mortar stores?

Friday, December 04, 2009

• Acer 17-inch, Intel dual-core laptop falls to $479
• Facebook notifies members about Beacon settlement
• Friendster gets a face-lift, looks for love?
• Hardware for Gmail: The ‘Gboard’ keyboard
• Sony unveils online plan for recovery
• Microsoft’s Bing goes down
• The yogurt makers of tech: Gadgets to avoid
• Google wants to unclog Net’s DNS plumbing

Thursday, December 03, 2009

• Wireless operators stop whining about ads
• Apple OKs Super Mario app; expect removal
• Acer: We’ll have the first Chrome OS Netbook
• Google runs a fade pattern on home page
• Intel sees rush to Netbook app store
• Microsoft Bing Maps Beta adds much richer images
• Intel hopes 48-core chip will solve new challenges

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

• Put your Flip videos on the big(ger) screen
• Mark Zuckerberg’s grand missive: The translation
• One of Google Chrome OS’s hardest tasks? Printing
• Microsoft: November security updates are fine
• Study: Cyber Monday sees strong gains
• Fake CDC vaccine e-mail leads to malware
• Twitter founder formally unveils ‘Square’ project
• Facebook and MySpace delete NY sex offenders

Wednesday, December 01, 2009

• Inside the Apple, er, Microsoft Store
• Big marketing budget drives Moto Droid sales
• Michael Jackson tops Google, Yahoo search in 2009
• Prime time for YouTube? Google wants to stream TV, for a fee
• Report: Apple accused of NAND price manipulation
• Nintendo primed for holiday console dominance
• IBM buys database security firm Guardium
• 2012 Olympics showpiece: Big bubbles in the sky

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