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Today's Technology News: Online news fees: financial salvation or suicide? With ex-Google exec, AOL seeks another fresh start Google increasingly battles Facebook in search Web service Twitter plans TV competition series Online magazine tries to be a lab for media future Recession suddenly humbles high-tech sector Nokia starts roll-out of Apple App Store rival Roxio releases Easy VHS to DVD for Mac video digitizer India's Bharti, SAfrica's MTN in fresh merger talks YouTube star who witnessed shooting comes clean China Sentences Virtual Currency Extorter to Prison New Yorker cover drawn entirely on an iPhone Trade Group: Stripping IE From Windows Harms ISVs Iranian moderate candidate criticizes Facebook ban Computer virus strikes US Marshals, FBI affected Mozilla's Jetpack Builds on Firefox's Top Strength Online news fees: financial salvation or suicide? Mon, 25 May 2009 06:12 pm PDT AP - The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is a rarity among large U.S. newspapers — it's selling more weekday copies than a decade ago. In Idaho, the Post Register's circulation has remained stable, while many other print publications have lost readers to the Internet. How can this be? Full Story Top With ex-Google exec, AOL seeks another fresh start Sun, 24 May 2009 05:05 am PDT AP - Shortly before taking over as head of AOL in April, Tim Armstrong ripped out some office doors. Full Story Top Google increasingly battles Facebook in search Mon, 25 May 2009 11:42 am PDT AP - Google has long been the king of search, dominating rivals including Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. But it increasingly sees social networks such as Facebook as challengers to its search engine, a company official said Monday. Full Story Top Web service Twitter plans TV competition series Mon, 25 May 2009 07:21 am PDT AP - Twitter, the Web site that asks what everybody's doing, says it wants to be doing a TV series. Full Story Top Online magazine tries to be a lab for media future Sun, 24 May 2009 10:59 am PDT AP - The Web edition of a cover story from Fortune this spring took a sharp turn from what you might expect at a 79-year-old magazine. Full Story Top Recession suddenly humbles high-tech sector Sun, 24 May 2009 10:11 am PDT AP - The $1.6 million red Bugatti crouches in the showroom, flanked by Lamborghinis, Bentleys and a Rolls-Royce all polished to a shimmer. The nearby potted plants, however, are dusty and wilting. With super-luxury car sales here just half of what they used to be, they had to cut something. Full Story Top Nokia starts roll-out of Apple App Store rival Mon, 25 May 2009 02:14 pm PDT Reuters - Nokia on Monday began rolling out its much-anticipated online software and content store, Ovi Store, as it aims to follow the success of Apple's App Store. Full Story Top Roxio releases Easy VHS to DVD for Mac video digitizer Mon, 25 May 2009 09:01 pm PDT Macworld.com - On Tuesday, Roxio introduced Easy VHS to DVD for Mac, a hardware and software combination for digitizing analog video for burning to DVD, putting on an iPhone or Apple TV, or uploading online. Full Story Top India's Bharti, SAfrica's MTN in fresh merger talks Mon, 25 May 2009 10:35 am PDT AFP - Indian mobile company Bharti said Monday it had renewed merger talks with South Africa's MTN to create "an emerging market telecom powerhouse" that would have more than 200 million subscribers. Full Story Top YouTube star who witnessed shooting comes clean Mon, 25 May 2009 07:48 am PDT Reuters - An Australia woman's account of a late night shooting in Sydney has turned her into an Internet sensation with T-shirts, mugs and a dance remix made in her honor but there's just one problem -- she made it up. Full Story Top China Sentences Virtual Currency Extorter to Prison Mon, 25 May 2009 02:40 am PDT PC World - A Chinese man who extorted virtual items and currency from a fellow Internet cafe user to improve his performance in online games was sentenced over the weekend, local media said. Full Story Top New Yorker cover drawn entirely on an iPhone Mon, 25 May 2009 04:50 pm PDT Macworld.com - Last fall, we told you that The New Yorker artist Bob Staake does his cover illustration using Adobe Photoshop 3.0—yes, a version from 1995. Full Story Top Trade Group: Stripping IE From Windows Harms ISVs Mon, 25 May 2009 08:30 am PDT PC World - A European Commission antitrust ruling against Microsoft's bundling of Internet Explorer into the Windows OS may be good for consumers, but it's a nightmare for independent software developers, said Jonathan Zuck, president of the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) Monday. Full Story Top Iranian moderate candidate criticizes Facebook ban Mon, 25 May 2009 07:43 am PDT Reuters - A moderate challenger to hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad condemned the authorities on Monday for blocking access to the Facebook social networking site ahead of the June 12 presidential election. Full Story Top Computer virus strikes US Marshals, FBI affected Fri, 22 May 2009 11:03 am PDT AP - Law enforcement computers were struck by a mystery computer virus Thursday, forcing the FBI and the U.S. Marshals to shut down part of their networks as a precaution. Full Story Top Mozilla's Jetpack Builds on Firefox's Top Strength Fri, 22 May 2009 07:08 am PDT PC World - Ask people what they like most about the Firefox browser and the answer is almost unanimous: The add-ons. Though blamed for slowing browser performance, the downloads allow users to customize the Firefox experience. Jetpack, announced yesterday, hopes to make these extensions easier to create. Full Story Top

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