Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Perplexing puzzle: Can Yahoo's luster be restored? (AP)

Perplexing puzzle: Can Yahoo's luster be restored? (AP)

Perplexing puzzle: Can Yahoo's luster be restored? (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:44 PM PDT

AP - Yahoo Inc. has gone through three different CEOs in five years. Whoever takes the helm now will face the same challenge: Solve one of the Internet's most perplexing puzzles.

Possible CEOs to succeed Carol Bartz at Yahoo (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2010 file photo shows an employee leaves a Yahoo headquarters building in Sunnyvale, Calif. Carol Bartz was fired from Yahoo Monday after two and a half years as CEO. Tim Morse, the company's chief financial officer, was named interim CEO. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - The search has now begun for a person willing to lead one of the world's most popular Internet properties, Yahoo Inc., whose problems have deepened under its three previous leaders.

Just Show Me: How to set up wifi on your Windows 7 computer (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:52 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to connect your Windows 7 computer up to your wifi network. …

What you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy S II (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:00 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - It seems like new Android devices come out every day â€" and with so many of them floating around, it's hard to get very excited about the launch of the "next great phone." But there's a new mobile lineup that's definitely …

Tagstand Wants to Make NFC Technology Simple for Businesses (Mashable)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 04:32 PM PDT

Mashable - The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Tagstand

Analysis: Why would anyone want to be Yahoo's CEO? (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 07:20 PM PDT

A Yahoo! billboard is seen in New York's Time's Square January 25, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - There are few surer ways for an executive to lose a good reputation than to be CEO of Yahoo Inc. Just ask Carol Bartz or Terry Semel.

Amazon's Selipsky bullish on AWS profitability (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:12 PM PDT

Reuters - Ever since Amazon Web Services emerged as the next big thing for e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc a few years ago, Wall Street has debated whether the business mints money or just breaks even.

Amazon site redesign is final puzzle piece for Kindle tablet (Digital Trends)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 08:13 PM PDT

Digital Trends -  After HP’s TouchPad withered and died (before returning from the dead for one last wild ride) there were worries afoot that the tablet wars were cooling off before they even got hot. Now a fresh salvo has rocketed out of the cloud: Amazon announced today it is redesigning its site to be more tablet friendly. With Amazon set to release its Kindle tablet in the next few weeks, the coming redesign suggests the company is ready to put its full weight behind tablet computing.

Eric Shmidt says Android's Ice Cream Sandwich is coming in October or November (Digital Trends)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 06:21 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Ever since Google announced Ice Cream Sandwich in May there have been rumors floating around the blogosphere about when Google will release its new operating system. We have finally heard a release time frame from Eric Schmidt, and he is saying that we should expect to see it released in October or November. To be exact he said, “We have a new operating system, internally known as Ice Cream Sandwich for some reason, which is being released in October/November, which everyone’s really excited about.”

StumbleUpon engineers help man propose to girlfriend (Digital Trends)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 08:59 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Noted in a recent post on the official StumbleUpon blog, the employees at the social media company lent a helping hand to a lovesick Stumbler from Wyoming. A group of engineers at the company assisted 25-year-old Tyrel in proposing to his 23-year-old girlfriend Marquita through a seemingly random collection of Internet pages. The engineers created a specific stumble session of Internet sites onto Marquita’s StumbleUpon account and collaborated with Tyrel to pick out a preset time when the session would be active.

Sony ushers in the 4K home theater with VW1000ES projector (Digital Trends)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:21 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Don’t get too comfortable with your Blu-ray collection. Not content to let lowly home theater owns wallow in 1080p while digital cinemas deliver full 4K resolution, Sony has hits its commercial projectors with a shrink ray to produce the first 4K projector suitable for the home: The VPL-VW1000ES.

Shop til your wallet drops with these iPhone deal apps (Appolicious)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Appolicious - September means a lot of things to a lot of different people. For kids it's back to school time. For football fanatics, it means the start of about five months of lost weekends. For me? The fall is my shopping season. It starts to get too rainy or cold to go out and I sit around and I look for deals. Why yes, I am an old maid, thanks for asking. But this old maid will save you some money with these five deal-friendly apps.

HTC sues Apple for patent infringement on patents from Google (Digital Trends)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:46 PM PDT

Digital Trends - It wouldn’t be a normal day in the tech world without some sort of legal dispute between mobile phone makers. Today’s news comes courtesy of HTC who has filed yet another lawsuit against Apple. What makes this news even more juicy is the fact that HTC obtained the patents that it is basing its case on from Google. On September 1 Google transferred nine patents over to HTC, and today’s suit focuses on four of those patents. At this time we do not know what each of the nine patents cover, or how Apple is infringing on those patents.

TiVo Premier Elite DVR packs 2TB storage, four tuners (Digital Trends)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 09:47 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Day one of CEDIA 2011 kicks off today and TiVo is marking the occasion by announcing the latest addition to its DVR family, the TiVo Premier Elite. Interestingly, the new unit reads a lot like the Premier Q, a similarly equipped DVR we reported on earlier this year, which is slated to be provided only to cable partners. 

Review: Seeking a keyboard that enhances the iPad (AP)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 01:19 PM PDT

An Associated Press reporter demonstrates the Targus Versave Keyboard and Case for iPad 2 during a product review in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - The great thing about using an iPad is that you can tote around a skinny device instead of lugging your laptop. The bad thing is that the iPad's virtual keyboard isn't great for extended typing sessions. It's fine for dashing off emails, but I wouldn't use it to type up this article.

Global cybercrimes cost $114 billion annually: Symantec (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 01:11 AM PDT

Reuters - A study by Symantec Corp, the maker of Norton computer security software, estimates the cost of global cybercrimes at $114 billion annually.

IBM, Vodafone extend India outsourcing deal for up to $1 billion (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 08:33 PM PDT

A worker is pictured behind a logo at the IBM stand on the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover February 26, 2011. REUTERS/Tobias SchwarzReuters - IBM has signed an extended deal estimated at up to $1 billion to manage the information technology systems of Vodafone's Indian unit until 2017, the Economic Times reported on Thursday.
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