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Thursday, May 8, 2008
  1. Cosmetics are seen at the backstage of a New York Fashion Week show September 7, 2007. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
    Free software takes on Microsoft Office Reuters - Thu May 8, 3:50 PM ET Sent 42 times

    BOSTON (Reuters) - Pierre Avignon is no pirate, but he does not believe in paying for software. His computer is filled with programs like Symphony -- a free suite that he downloaded from an International Business Machines Corp website (http://symphony.lotus.com).

  2. Hackers' posts on epilepsy forum cause migraines, seizures AP - Wed May 7, 7:29 PM ET Sent 21 times

    SAN FRANCISCO - Computer attacks typically don't inflict physical pain on their victims.

  3. Connecticut state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announces an agreement with Facebook to make changes to better protect children from predators and inappropriate content and to participate in a task force on implementation of age and identity software during a news conference in his office in Hartfdord, Conn., Thursday, May 8, 2008. The agreement was reached with 49 states and the District of Columbia. (AP Photo/Bob Child)
    Facebook, states set bullying, predator safeguards AP - Fri May 9, 2:52 AM ET Sent 10 times

    HARTFORD, Conn. - Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, is adding more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies under an agreement with officials nationwide that was announced Thursday.

  4. An advertisement for the 'Grand Theft Auto 4' video game sits on display at a store in New York April 28, 2008. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
    U.S. game sales jump 47 percent in April on GTA4 Reuters - Thu May 15, 8:41 PM ET Sent 9 times

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 47 percent from a year earlier, as Take-Two Interactive Software Inc's "Grand Theft Auto 4" and Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii console stole the show.

  5. Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd gathered in Saint Peter's square before his Regina Coeli prayers at the Vatican May 4, 2008. (Chris Helgren/Reuters)
    Pope goes digital to better connect with youth Reuters - Wed May 7, 4:57 AM ET Sent 6 times

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict will text message thousands of young Catholics on their mobile phones during World Youth Day in Sydney in July, hoping going digital will help him connect better with a younger audience.

  6. Mozilla: Firefox Plugin Shipped With Malicious Code PC World - Wed May 7, 7:20 PM ET Sent 4 times

    Mozilla warned Wednesday that a malicious program inserted adware code into a Firefox plugin that has been downloaded...

  7. Four Microsoft Security Patches Due Next Week PC World - Thu May 8, 6:40 PM ET Sent 3 times

    Microsoft plans to fix critical bugs in its Word, Publisher and Jet database software next week.

  8. Cablevision plans wireless broadband network AP - Thu May 8, 4:41 PM ET Sent 3 times

    NEW YORK - Cable TV provider Cablevision Systems Corp. disclosed plans Thursday to offer high-speed wireless Internet service across its coverage area in the New York region.

  9. A screenshot of Fashionspace.com, taken on May 8, 2008. (www.fashionspace.com/Reuters)
    MySpace's fashionable child launches new designers Reuters - Thu May 8, 10:24 AM ET Sent 3 times

    LONDON (Reuters) - Young designers competing to get noticed by fashion labels can now launch their careers online through the fashion world's answer to the social networking Web site MySpace.com.

  10. Best Buy Invests $2.1 Billion in European Retailer PC World - Thu May 8, 3:00 PM ET Sent 2 times

    U.S. retailer Best Buy is buying a 50 percent stake in an established European retailer to expand its worldwide consumer...

  11. In this Sept. 23, 2005 file photo, Rich Butler, general manager of a downtown Louisville, Ky., Papa John's restaurant, puts toppings on a deep-dish pizza. Papa John's reported surpassing $1 billion in online pizza sales Wednesday, May 7, 2008, seven years after it began offering the service. (AP Photo/Patti Longmire, file)
    Papa John's surpasses $1 billion in online pizza sales AP - Thu May 8, 12:17 AM ET Sent 2 times

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Sometimes during peak hours, the phones are silent in Andy Freitas' pizza restaurants, yet the cooks are busy keeping pace with hungry customers.

  12. A generic picture of a computer keyboard. OFFPO (Catherine Benson/Reuters)
    Extremists hone Internet skills: Senate report Reuters - Thu May 8, 5:18 PM ET Sent 2 times

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda and other radical groups have dramatically increased their use of the Internet in recent years to lure and train recruits worldwide, a U.S. Senate report warned on Thursday.

  13. A Google worker rides a company bike in front of Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., during its annual shareholders meeting Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
    Google execs hope for long-term ad deal with Yahoo AP - Fri May 9, 2:48 AM ET Sent 2 times

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google Inc.'s top executives expressed hope Thursday that the Internet search leader will be able to form a potentially lucrative advertising partnership with Yahoo Inc. — a deal that would lower the odds of Microsoft Corp. renewing its attempts to buy Yahoo.

  14. People ride their bikes past Google Inc. headquarters in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2008. (Kimberly White/Reuters)
    Google sees YouTube products soon; warm on Yahoo Reuters - Thu May 8, 7:57 PM ET Sent 2 times

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc expects to launch new products for its YouTube Web video service in the next few months and sees reason for closer cooperation with Yahoo Inc, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Thursday.

  15. Five Software Tools to Speed Up Your Day PC World - Thu May 8, 1:00 AM ET Sent 2 times

    Check out a handful of the Geek's favorite productivity-boosting applications, plug-ins, and Web services.

  16. In this Nov. 7, 2007 file photo, Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer reacts during Tech.Ed, a technology conference, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Without the influx of Web traffic Microsoft bet would quickly follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker is facing a long slog if it wants to turn its money-losing online services business into a Google-killer. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, file)
    With Microsoft mum, analysts mull next moves for Live Search AP - Thu May 8, 5:04 PM ET Sent 2 times

    SEATTLE - Without the influx of Web traffic that Microsoft bet would quickly follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker is facing a long slog if it wants to turn its money-losing online services business into a Google-killer.

  17. OpenOffice.org Beta Fails the Office 2007 Test PC World - Thu May 8, 7:11 PM ET Sent 2 times

    The free office suite's support for Microsoft's XML-based Office 2007 file formats leaves much to be desired.

  18. Toshiba Makes MacBook Air Look Like a Brick PC Magazine - Thu May 8, 8:53 AM ET Sent 1 times

    The Toshiba Portégé laptop sports a 12-inch screen, a full-size keyboard, and yet weighs only 1.7 pounds -- about half the weight of the MacBook Air and ThinkPad X300.

  19. Microsoft to Increase Focus on Handsets for Poor PC World - Thu May 8, 9:50 AM ET Sent 1 times

    Microsoft will increase its focus on making mobile phones part of its strategy to spread IT to people in developing nations...

  20. Indigo home automation software supports new devices Macworld.com - Wed May 7, 3:45 AM ET Sent 1 times

    Perceptive Automation on Wednesday announced Indigo 3.0, a new version of their home automation software for Mac OS X. Indigo 3 costs $179.95l; version 2.0 users can upgrade for free. A 30-day trial version is available.

  21. China 3G System to Grow After Olympics PC World - Thu May 8, 6:30 AM ET Sent 1 times

    China's 3G (third generation telephony) system will expand service to 10 cities after August's Olympic Games, the nation's...

  22. AMD Must Rebuild Momentum, Despite Customer Loyalty PC World - Thu May 8, 2:40 AM ET Sent 1 times

    Advanced Micro Devices must work hard to rebuild its momentum in the Asian server market, even though the chip maker managed...

  23. An iPhone is displayed at an Apple Store in San Francisco, in January. British mobile phone giant Vodafone announced Tuesday that it will distribute Apple's wildly popular iPhone in 10 new countries including Australia, India and South Africa.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)
    Vodafone to distribute iPhones in ten new countries AFP - Tue May 6, 8:21 AM ET Sent 1 times

    LONDON (AFP) - British mobile phone giant Vodafone announced Tuesday that it will distribute Apple's iPhone in 10 new countries including Australia, India and South Africa.

  24. Joint Sprint, Clearwire network could boost consumer power AP - Wed May 7, 6:16 PM ET Sent 1 times

    NEW YORK - Sprint Nextel Corp. has finally rounded up the financial backing it needs to build a faster wireless network. But for consumers and the electronics industry, speed may be the least important thing about the new network.

  25. Sanyo, Panasonic Deny Tie-up Report PC World - Sun Apr 27, 11:10 PM ET Sent 1 times

    Sanyo and Panasonic are not considering a tie-up of their operations, the electronics companies said Monday in response to a...

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