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EBay's PayPal rule in Australia draws fire (AP)

In this July 17, 2006 file photo, an eBay and PayPal sign is seen at the eBay offices in San Jose, Calif..  EBay is exploring whether to require customers to use its online payment service PayPal, a move that has angered users and prompted antitrust scrutiny in Australia, where a PayPal-only rule takes effect in June 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - EBay Inc. is exploring whether to require customers to use its online payment service PayPal, a move that has angered users and prompted antitrust scrutiny in Australia, where a PayPal-only rule takes effect next month.



Facebook to let users carry profiles with them (AP)

AP - Facebook Inc. is loosening its grip on millions of personal profiles to allow inhabitants of its popular Internet hangout to transplant the information and applications to other Web sites.

Data from Columbia disk drives survived the shuttle accident (AP)

In this photo provided by Kroll Ontrack Inc., a data drive that fell from the space shuttle Columbia when it was destroyed in 2003 is shown. During Columbia's fateful final mission, the drive had been used to capture data from a scientific experiment on the way xenon gas flows. (AP Photo/Kroll Ontrack Inc.)AP - Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003.



Apple agrees to settle iPod lawsuit (AP)

AP - Apple Inc. has agreed to settle a pair of class-action lawsuits in Canada alleging it misled customers about the staying power of their iPods, the latest courtroom truce over the dwindling battery life of early generations of the device.

Microsoft appeals $1.4B EU antitrust fine (AP)

AP - Microsoft Corp. on Friday said it has appealed a $1.39 billion fine imposed in February by the European Commission for the company's failure to comply with a 2004 antitrust order.

Once shunned by academics, Wikipedia now a teaching tool (AFP)

Wikipedia, the upstart Internet encyclopedia that most universities forbid students to use, has suddenly become a teaching tool for professors.(afp.com)AFP - Wikipedia, the upstart Internet encyclopedia that most universities forbid students to use, has suddenly become a teaching tool for professors.



Apple Reportedly Agrees To Refunds In Mac-User Suit (TechWeb)

TechWeb - InformationWeek - The payout was based on user complaints that led to Apple recalling 570,000 power adapters and offering replacements at no charge.

Virgin Mobile USA and Korea's SK in talks: source (Reuters)

Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson poses with a mobile phone during the launch of Virgin Mobile services in Mumbai March 2, 2008. (Punit Paranjpe/Reuters)Reuters - Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile USA Inc and South Korea's SK Telecom Co, which controls U.S. mobile service Helio, are in early talks on a deal, a person familiar with the discussions said on Friday.



Sun exec ponders OpenSolaris, Linux (InfoWorld)

InfoWorld - Ian Murdock is vice president of developer and community marketing at Sun Microsystems. Prior to that, he was the founder of the Debian Linux distribution and CTO at the Linux Foundation. InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill met with Murdock at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco this week to talk about open source and how Sun, with its OpenSolaris version of the Solaris Unix platform, will fare in the open-source arena versus Linux.

Next generation of business software could get more fun (AP)

AP - Once upon a time, people bonded with their co-workers on office softball teams and traded gossip at the watercooler.



The science of amazing moms

Science has linked strong mom-and-baby bonds to smarter, healthier and happier children. Turns out, nature ? our DNA ? alone might not guarantee these coveted characteristics.



When Mom packs a gadget

If your mom needs some quality alone time, hook her up with a kid-watching robot from Japanese robotics company Tmsuk. Currently deployed in a department store in Japan, this robot calls kids by name--after it scans badges they wear--and converses with them in simple robot-speak. They're not cheaper than a baby sitter but they won't ever leave you in the lurch on a Friday night. Bonus: They won't ever serve kids mac and cheese.If you've ever fielded frantic technical support calls from your mom (everything from operating the DVD player to sending e-mail), you're bound to think all mothers are technologically inept. They're not. And Beth Blecherman, mother of three boys, wants to prove it.



Oldest gorilla looks fabulous at 55

Jenny, a western lowland gorilla and the world's oldest captive gorilla, carries around her birthday cake as the Dallas Zoo celebrates her 55th birthday, Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)A gorilla recognized as the world's oldest in captivity celebrated her 55th birthday by munching down a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats.



Your boss declares martial law on Facebook

Where would these United States be if the first Continental Congress convened to efficiently jot down a petition to King George delineating the colony rights and grievances, but never got around to it because they got too distracted poking Betsey Ross and checking out Thomas Jefferson?s Twitter feed?



Facebook users will let employers see profiles

While many Facebook users may be secretly surfing the social networking site on the job, many Canadians say they are willing to let their employer look at their profiles, according to a poll released on Wednesday.

Share your MySpace profile with everyone

Social networking site MySpace said Thursday it will soon enable users to quickly share profile data with Web sites operated by Yahoo Inc., eBay Inc. and others.

Perils of the pocket call

Pocket calling, the accidental dialing of a cell phone, is an all-too-common 21st-century phenomenon. It's not hard to find anecdotes of pocket calls placed during the most embarrassing ? and intimate ? moments.

'Pirates' maker to turn 'BioShock' into film

Take-Two Interactive Software said on Friday that "Pirates of the Caribbean" director Gore Verbinski will make a movie version of "BioShock," its hit video game about an underwater utopia gone disastrously wrong.

Small TV stations lose appeal

A federal appeals court has denied a request from owners of thousands of low-power television stations to force a ban on government-subsidized converter boxes that can't display their signals.

A crash course in true political science

Paul Bunje a Californian who earned his doctorate studying snail evolution is photographed, Friday, May 9, 2008, in Washington. On Saturday he heads back to school to learn a trickier task: How to get elected to public office.   Daniel Suson has a doctorate in astrophysics and has worked on the superconducting super collider and a forthcoming NASA probe. Now he's heading back to school to take on an even trickier task ? getting elected to public office.








High Class Blogs Bookmarks - Technology


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Technology @ NY Times - Features and columnists from the newspaper are supplemented with breaking news from CNet, Reuters and AP.

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