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Google, others Silicon Valley firms nurture app developers

 

Published 23 hours ago by

By Mike Swift

mswift@mercurynews.com at Technology

Giant tech firms are hoping to emulate Facebook's success at creating programs that bring users to their sites. Apple's App Store is another model closely watched.

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iPhone generates buzz in South Korea

 

Published 25 hours ago by

By Kelly Olsen

Associated Press at Technology

SEOUL, South Korea — The iPhone's arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers and industry watchers amid expectations it will shake up a market dominated by world-beating domestic manufacturers.

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Italian prosecutors seek jail time for Google executives

 

Published 3 days ago by

By Colleen Barry

Associated Press at Technology

MILAN — An Italian prosecutor demanded jail time Wednesday for four Google executives charged in absentia with defamation and violating privacy for allowing a video to be posted online showing an autistic youth being abused.

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Google apologizes for offensive first lady image

 

Published 3 days ago by

Associated Press at Technology

Google is apologizing for a racially offensive image of the first lady that appears at the top of the list when users search for pictures of Michelle Obama on its site.

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Yahoo Santa Clara campus could house 12,000 workers

 

Published 3 days ago by

By Mike Swift

mswift@mercurynews.com at Technology

Despite a rocky three years, Yahoo is moving forward with plans to build a new campus that would house as many as 12,000 workers in Santa Clara, potentially the largest single real estate development in the city's history.

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Yahoo Santa Clara campus could house 12,000 workers

 

Published 3 days ago by

By Mike Swift

mswift@mercurynews.com at Technology

By Mike SwiftDespite a rocky three years, Yahoo is moving forward with plans to build a new campus that would house up to 12,000 workers in Santa Clara, potentially the largest single real estate development in the city's history.

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Hurry up with Oracle probe, U.S. senators tell EU

 

Published 4 days ago by

By Jordan Robertson

Associated Press at Technology

SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.

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Google announces project to document Iraq's national museum

 

Published 4 days ago by

By Ryan Lucas

Associated Press at Technology

BAGHDAD — Google is documenting Iraq's national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday.

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HP profit jumps 14 percent

 

Published 5 days ago by

By Brandon Bailey

bbailey@mercurynews.com at Technology

Hewlett-Packard said today its quarterly profit rose 14 percent on the strength of lucrative service contracts, even as sales in its other business divisions showed a decline from the previous year.

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Tech gifts for $100 or less

 

Published 5 days ago by

By Jessica Mintz

Associated Press at Technology

No one's going to blame you for keeping holiday gifts minimal this year. But if you want to round out your handmade cards, scarves, pickles and jam with a gadget or gizmo, here are a handful of our $100-and-under favorites.

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Google buys display-ad specialist Teracent

 

Published 5 days ago by

Associated Press at Technology

Google has bought a Silicon Valley startup that customizes the online billboards known as display advertising.

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Drobo offers new data storage device

 

Published 5 days ago by

By Troy Wolverton

twolverton@mercurynews.com at Technology

The new Drobo S storage device adds a fifth hard-drive slot and an eSATA port and can transfer data up to 50 percent faster than the original Drobo.

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Roku adds more 'channels' of video and other digital content

 

Published 6 days ago by

By Troy Wolverton

twolverton@mercurynews.com at Technology

Software update coming in next two weeks

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Cyber criminals lurk on social networking sites

 

Published 6 days ago by

By Larry Magid

for Mercury News at Technology

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Wolverton: Suggestions for a tech-happy holidays

 

Published 7 days ago by

By Troy Wolverton

Mercury News Columnist at Technology

Looking for holiday gift ideas? Tech Files columnist Troy Wolverton has some suggestions for the gadget-hounds in your life.    Books for the techies on your list    Black Friday deals on social media    ...

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Genetic love matches go cheek swab to cheek swab

 

Published 7 days ago by

By Megan K. Scott

Associated Press at Technology

Companies say cheek swabs can help pinpoint good match

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Law firms in legal dispute over keyword ads on Google, Bing

 

Published 7 days ago by

By Dinesh Ramde

Associated Press at Technology

MILWAUKEE — A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's.

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Microsoft's cloud computing system is growing up

 

Published 7 days ago by

By Jessica Mintz

Associated Press at Technology

Software moving away from programs installed on PCs

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Tech books for your holiday shopping list

 

Published 8 days ago by

By Michael Liedtke

Associated Press at Technology

By Michael Liedtke Associated Press Your holiday shopping list probably includes gadgets, games and gizmos that illustrate how technology is changing the way we work, play and communicate.

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Law firms in legal dispute over keyword ads on Google, Bing

 

Published 8 days ago by

By Dinesh Ramde

Associated Press at Technology

MILWAUKEE — A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's.

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Nook e-readers sold out for holidays

 

Published 8 days ago by

Associated Press at Technology

NEW YORK — Consumers who haven't yet ordered Barnes & Noble's electronic book reader, the Nook, won't see one before Christmas.

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Oracle's $7.4B Sun Microsystems deal: EU extends review deadline

 

Published 8 days ago by

Associated Press at Technology

BRUSSELS — European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle's planned $7.

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Google, Authors Settlement Gets Preliminary Approval (Update1)

 

Published 8 days ago by

Bloomberg News

at Technology

Judge grants preliminary OK for online plan

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Published 9 days ago by

By Michael Liedtke

Associated Press at Technology

Yahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon to improve search

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Google's Chrome OS to be ready for 2010 holidays

 

Published 9 days ago by

Associated Press at Technology

Google expects lightweight computers powered by its new operating system to be on sale in time for next year's holiday season.

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Google adding automatic captions to YouTube videos

 

Published 9 days ago by

Associated Press at Technology

WASHINGTON — Think of it as closed captioning for the new media world. Google said Thursday it is beginning to add automatic, machine-generated captions for videos on its YouTube site.

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Intel, AMD agree to get along

 

Published 9 days ago by

By Steve Johnson

sjohnson@mercurynews.com at Technology

Can Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, Silicon Valley's version of the long-squabbling Hatfields and McCoys, really get along?

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Nintendo's Mario endures in new release even as games come and go

 

Published 10 days ago by

By Barbara Ortutay

Associated Press at Technology

NEW YORK — You might call him the Mickey Mouse of video games. He's reminiscent of a doughnut, round and sweet and comforting.

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California adopts first-in-nation rules to cut energy use by new TVs

 

Published 10 days ago by

By Dana Hull

dhull@mercurynews.com at Technology

New TV sets sold in California must reduce electricity consumption 33 percent by 2011 and 49 percent by 2013.

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Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 connect to Facebook

 

Published 10 days ago by

Associated Press at Technology

NEW YORK — Users of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles can now brag about their achievements on Facebook.

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'Uncharted 2' leads Video Game Award nominations

 

Published 10 days ago by

By Frazier Moore

Associated Press at Technology

NEW YORK — "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" has seized a leading eight nominations for this year's Video Game Awards, Spike TV announced Wednesday.

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South Korean regulator approves Apple's iPhone

 

Published 10 days ago by

By Kelly Olsen

Associated Press at Technology

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's telecommunications regulator cleared the way Wednesday for the launch of Apple's iPhone amid reports the hit device could reach consumers late next week.

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Microsoft told to stop some Windows sales in China

 

Published 10 days ago by

By Joe McDonald

Associated Press at Technology

AP Business Writer BEIJING — A Beijing court has ordered Microsoft to stop selling some versions of its Windows operating system in China in a licensing dispute with a local supplier.

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Strach: 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2' one of best first-person shooters ever

 

Published 10 days ago by

By Chris Strach

cstrach@mercurynews.com at Technology

The visuals are stunning, the action is gripping and the musical score is perfect. And nearly every object in the game is "physics enabled," which gives it a realistic appearance and a degree of interactivity.

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Microsoft's cloud computing system is growing up

 

Published 11 days ago by

By Jessica Mintz

Associated Press at Technology

SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. leads its industry in part because a vast army of outside computer programmers design software that only runs on its Windows operating system.

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Gift Guide: Adventures in the video game aisle

 

Published 11 days ago by

By Lou Kesten

Associated Press at Technology

The video game aisle can be intimidating for aspiring Santas who haven't touched a joystick since "Pong.

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T-Mobile resumes sale of Sidekicks after Microsoft server meltdown

 

Published 11 days ago by

Associated Press at Technology

NEW YORK — T-Mobile USA resumed selling Sidekick phones Tuesday, more than a month after a server meltdown at Microsoft caused contact numbers, pictures and other personal information to disappear from many of the phones.

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YouTube tries to help media find free 'citizen journalism' videos

 

Published 11 days ago by

By Michael Liedtke

Associated Press at Technology

SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube is trying to help shrinking newsrooms expand their video coverage without increasing their payrolls.

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Twitter to scrap controversial Suggested Users List

 

Published 11 days ago by

By Patrick May

Mercury News at Technology

The microblogging site will trade in the much-maligned Suggested Users List for a "more relevant" tool, says a co-founder.

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Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder, has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

 

Published 11 days ago by

By Dina Bass

Bloomberg News at Technology

Paul Allen, Microsoft's co-founder, has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is undergoing chemotherapy.

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Univision to make shows available on YouTube

 

Published 12 days ago by

Associated Press at Technology

LOS ANGELES — Univision, the biggest Hispanic broadcaster in the U.S., said Monday its shows will be coming to YouTube in the new year.

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Intel raising its dividend 12.5 percent

 

Published 12 days ago by

Associated Press at Technology

Intel Corp., the world's biggest chip company, says it will raise its dividend by 12.5 percent starting next year.

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Cisco raises bid for Tandberg to $3.4 billion

 

Published 12 days ago by

Associated Press at Technology

NEW YORK (AP) — Cisco Systems Inc. said today it raised its bid for Norway's Tandberg ASA after only a fraction of Tandberg shareholders agreed to Cisco's initial offer.

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Switching cell phones takes emotional toll

 

Published 12 days ago by

By Patrick May

pmay@mercurynews.com at Technology

After building a long relationship with a mobile device, starting over can be soul-wrenching.

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Sezmi offers a new kind of TV service

 

Published 12 days ago by

By Troy Wolverton

twolverton@mercurynews.com at Technology

Sezmi, a Silicon Valley startup that's pioneering a new type of TV service, is opening up a public test of its system today in the Bay Area and Los Angeles.

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Geeky 'tweeters' to report on space shuttle launch

 

Published 12 days ago by

By Marcia Dunn

Associated Press

at Technology

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Fingers will be flying when space shuttle Atlantis blasts off today: About 100 of NASA's geekiest fans will be on hand, pecking away at iPhones, BlackBerrys, laptops and other Twittering gadgets.

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Keeping an eye on your home from far away

 

Published 13 days ago by

By Melissa Kissler Dutton

Associated Press at Technology

Tools include video feed, e-mail alerts

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Magid: It's time to start thinking about a news tax

 

Published 13 days ago by

By Larry Magid

for Mercury News at Technology

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Web-based e-mail features come to desktop software

 

Published 13 days ago by

By Anick Jesdanun

Associated Press at Technology

E-mail has taken a full circle. Over the years, Web-based e-mail services have gotten much better, sporting many features once available only with the e-mail programs that reside on the computer desktop.

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Tech Test Drive: PSPgo

 

Published 13 days ago by

By Chris Strach

Mercury News

at Technology

The new UMD-less PSPgo is a device that has the attention of many gamers — and game makers. It's a sleek redesign of the PSP but with a higher price tag and some interesting issues that may or may not work out well for Sony.

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