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Today's Technology News: Journalists in China say Yahoo accounts hacked Google: Critics of Vietnam mine face online attack Facebook to scrap `become a fan of' for `like' In search of the greenest big-screen TV iPhone rumor roulette, part deux Verizon report sends Apple shares to all-time high Some Yahoo email accounts hacked in China, Taiwan Apple's iPhone on Verizon: 4 Reasons to Think Twice Ericsson wins 1.3 billion dollar India contract The top 10 singles and albums on iTunes No Joke! Sony's April 1 PS3 Update Kills Linux Support The Great Wait: Firms Gear Up to Ride iPad Coattails Utah jury decides Unix battle in favor of Novell Server Vendors Focus on Memory in Nehalem-EX Servers Google: Malware Targets Vietnamese Activists Jury Sides With Novell in Long-running SCO Battle Apple posts QuickTime 7.6.6 update Journalists in China say Yahoo accounts hacked Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:49 pm PDT AP - Yahoo e-mail accounts belonging to foreign journalists appeared to have been hacked and Google's Chinese search engine was intermittently blocked Tuesday, the latest troubles in China's heavily censored Internet market. Full Story Top Google: Critics of Vietnam mine face online attack Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:52 pm PDT AP - Google Inc. says malicious software has been used to spy on Vietnamese computer users opposed to a controversial bauxite mine in the Southeast Asian country. Computer security firm McAfee said the perpetrators may be linked to the communist government. Full Story Top Facebook to scrap `become a fan of' for `like' Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:33 pm PDT AP - Facebook is about to change the way it asks its users to connect to brands and celebrities on the site. Rather than ask people to "become a fan" of say, Starbucks or Lady Gaga, Facebook will instead let users click that they like the subject. Full Story Top In search of the greenest big-screen TV Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:02 pm PDT Christopher Null - When it comes to energy hogs in your home, few devices are as harmful to the environment and your utility bill as a big-screen TV. While the move from CRT to flat panel technology has generally meant some power savings, that's ultimately been outweighed by the much larger sizes of these sets. It just doesn't matter if the core technology uses less power if the new set is four times as big. Full Story Top iPhone rumor roulette, part deux Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:21 pm PDT Ben Patterson - It's impossible to predict whether Apple will finally announce an iPhone for Verizon Wireless this summer, but it's a pretty safe bet that we'll at least see some kind of next-generation iPhone in the coming months. Let the guessing game begin! Full Story Top Verizon report sends Apple shares to all-time high Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:30 pm PDT AP - Apple Inc. shares reached an all-time high Tuesday after a newspaper report said the iPhone could find a new U.S. sales outlet through Verizon Wireless. Full Story Top Some Yahoo email accounts hacked in China, Taiwan Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:31 pm PDT Reuters - Yahoo email accounts of some journalists and other users whose work relates to China were compromised in an attack discovered this week, days after Google announced it would move its Chinese-language search services out of China due to censorship concerns. Full Story Top Apple's iPhone on Verizon: 4 Reasons to Think Twice Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:26 pm PDT PC World - Crank up the rumor machine, kiddos -- it's déjà vu all over again. Full Story Top Ericsson wins 1.3 billion dollar India contract Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:49 pm PDT AFP - Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson said on Wednesday it has won a 1.3-billion-dollar (960-million-euro) contract to upgrade the network of Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel. Full Story Top The top 10 singles and albums on iTunes Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:55 am PDT AP - iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending March 29, 2010: Full Story Top No Joke! Sony's April 1 PS3 Update Kills Linux Support Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:48 pm PDT NewsFactor - Sony Computer Entertainment recently slashed the price of its popular PlayStation 3 gaming console, and now it is slashing a feature from the device: PS3 gamers no longer will have the option to use other operating systems, including Linux, according to Sony. Full Story Top The Great Wait: Firms Gear Up to Ride iPad Coattails Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:05 pm PDT PC World - With the Apple iPad launch just days away, third-party developers and peripheral makers are scurrying to get their iPad-friendly wares to market in time. Speed and aggressiveness are essential. The first firms to piggyback on a heavily-hyped device such as the iPad can generate a lot of media buzz, which often translates into strong sales. Here are several companies already making noise: Full Story Top Utah jury decides Unix battle in favor of Novell Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:50 pm PDT AP - Novell Inc. never sold ownership rights to Unix computer software code when it allowed another company to take over the servicing of the venerable server operating system used by large corporations, a jury in Utah decided Tuesday. Full Story Top Server Vendors Focus on Memory in Nehalem-EX Servers Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:00 pm PDT PC World - Orthodox server designs are receiving a face-lift with Intel's Nehalem-EX processor, with vendors implementing new memory features to boost application performance. Full Story Top Google: Malware Targets Vietnamese Activists Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:20 pm PDT PC World - Google says that politically motivated malware has been used to spy on Vietnamese computer users and attack activist blogs over the past several months. Full Story Top Jury Sides With Novell in Long-running SCO Battle Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:30 pm PDT PC World - On Tuesday, a jury in Nevada sided with Novell in its long-running legal dispute with SCO. Full Story Top Apple posts QuickTime 7.6.6 update Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:05 pm PDT Macworld.com - There’s another Apple software update coming down the pipe, and this one’s for an old favorite. QuickTime 7.6.6 is for users of Mac OS X Leopard, Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Full Story Top

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