Hackers apparently hit Swedish government site (AP)

AP - A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government's website and shut it down by overloading it.

Categories: News | Technology | Technology News | Yahoo News | Yahoo News Technology
New version of Showyou is a Flipboard for video (Appolicious)

Appolicious - While there is no shortage of video to consume online and via mobile devices - 60 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute! - finding clips and programs most relevant to you is challenging.

Categories: News | Technology | Technology News | Yahoo News | Yahoo News Technology
For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life (AP)

This Dec. 13, 2011 file photo, shows of worker inside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook, the social network that changed 'friend' from a noun to a verb, is expected to file as early as Wednesday to sell stock on the open market. Its debut is likely to be the most talked-about initial public offering since Google in 2004. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker.




Categories: News | Technology | Technology News | Yahoo News | Yahoo News Technology
Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (AP)

A general view of New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police Britain's for-most and largest police serviceFriday, Feb., 3, 2012. Hackers have intercepted a conference call between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Scotland Yard it has emerged . At the heart of the conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was a strategy aimed at bringing down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, which has launched a series of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.




Categories: News | Technology | Technology News | Yahoo News | Yahoo News Technology
Group seeks to save data on Megaupload servers (Reuters)

Reuters - The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Thursday asked federal prosecutors and lawyers for the Megaupload.com file-sharing service to allow users who uploaded material to retrieve it as long as it was not copyrighted material.

Categories: News | Technology | Technology News | Yahoo News | Yahoo News Technology
Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany (AP)

AP - Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies.

Categories: News | Technology | Technology News | Yahoo News | Yahoo News Technology
Singapore's Artivision says in tie-up with Intel (Reuters)

Reuters - Artivision Technologies Ltd, a Singapore firm that specializes in online video advertising, said on Sunday its technology may be incorporated into a software kit being developed by Intel Corp.

Categories: News | Technology | Technology News | Yahoo News | Yahoo News Technology
WillCall and other iPhone apps are changing the ticket game (Appolicious)

Appolicious - The other day, TechCrunch tipped us off to a hot new last-minute ticket-selling app called WillCall. The app currently lets users choose their purchases from a select list of concerts, but will soon expand to include tickets to plays and symphonies as well. WillCall is currently only available in San Francisco but will expand to Los Angeles and New York City in March.

Categories: News | Technology | Technology News | Yahoo News | Yahoo News Technology
Going mobile: Travel's eventual high-tech future (Reuters)

Reuters - Welcome to the airport terminal of the future.

Categories: News | Technology | Technology News | Yahoo News | Yahoo News Technology
Super Bowl bust: U.S. government seizes 307 domains for violating NFL copyrights (Yahoo! News)

Yahoo! News - While many sports fans are preparing for  Sunday's Super Bowl by organizing parties and  shopping for TVs, the U.S. government is preparing in a different way. Just yesterday, the  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency seized 307 different domains suspected of violating  NFL copyrights. ...

Categories: News | Technology | Technology News | Yahoo News | Yahoo News Technology
NASA Launches Facebook Game to Test Space Program Knowledge (Mashable)

Mashable - How much do you know about the NASA space program, Earthling?

Categories: News | Technology | Technology News | Yahoo News | Yahoo News Technology
TouchPal Keyboard Tablet tops Android Apps of the Week (Appolicious)

Appolicious - The touchscreen keyboard gets an upgrade with TouchPal's Keyboard for Android tablets. It lets you easily switch between swiping and tapping, as well as gestures to get the most out of your finger follies. This week also brought some big name updates to the Android Market, including special upgrades from McAfee Security and Mint's personal finance app. Salesforce debuted its Rypple app this week, as did Eventbrite for managing events on-the-go.

Categories: News | Technology | Technology News | Yahoo News | Yahoo News Technology
Are Apple, Google and Facebook Natural Monopolies? (ContributorNetwork)

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | They may not be the power company, but you won't find too many threats to their dominance. All three are not only at the top of their game, they have few, if any, competitors. And the law helps keep newbies out of the market.

Categories: News | Technology | Technology News | Yahoo News | Yahoo News Technology
Canalys: Smartphones outship PCs for first time in 2011. Or did they? (Appolicious)

Appolicious - Take a break from Android-iPhone wars for a moment and focus on another battle smartphones vs. PCs.

Categories: News | Technology | Technology News | Yahoo News | Yahoo News Technology
Celebs suit up for DirecTV Beach Bowl (AP)

Actor David Arquette arrives at DIRECTV's Sixth Annual Celebrity Beach Bowl on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 at Victory Field in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Nekesa Moody)AP - Deion Sanders said he wasn't worried. Joe Montana went in with his game face on and Jordin Sparks just hoped sand did not end up in her eyes.




Categories: News | Technology | Technology News | Yahoo News | Yahoo News Technology
Facebook Timeline feature unpopular, especially among Baby Boomers (Yahoo! News)

Yahoo! News - The new  mandatory Facebook Timeline is a surprisingly controversial feature. You either love it, or you hate it. And according to a new poll, it appears that almost all of you  hate it. Overall, only 20% of those surveyed said they liked ...

Categories: News | Technology | Technology News | Yahoo News | Yahoo News Technology
Four of the Strangest New Video Game Controllers (ContributorNetwork)

ContributorNetwork - Back when home video games were still new, every new console's controller was an experiment. And before people settled on things like the Atari 2600's joystick and the Nintendo Entertainment System's gamepad, which influenced everything that came after them, they tried out some ... unusual form factors. Like the Fairchild Channel F's hybrid paddle-joystick, or the Mattel Intellivision's disc-and-touchpad arrangement.

Categories: News | Technology | Technology News | Yahoo News | Yahoo News Technology
Android Games from Capcom and Square-Enix on Their Way ... In Japan (ContributorNetwork)

ContributorNetwork - States-side fans of video game consoles, from the first Nintendo Entertainment System to its modern successor the Wii, know what it's like for a game that looks awesome to only come out in Japan.

Categories: News | Technology | Technology News | Yahoo News | Yahoo News Technology