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Monday, May 2, 2011 12:01 AM PDT

Today's Technology News: Customers stay despite high-profile data breaches Apple juggernaut sends ripples through tech world Amazon apologizes for server outage, offers credit 5 mind-blowing Portal 2 craft projects Apple Weekly: White iPhone 4 finally available Foursquare Users Check in to Post-Osama Bin Laden World Youth-led Internet campaigns step up before Canadian poll Location Tracking: Looking Past the Hype Sony shares up after it says PlayStation network to restart Game Companies Choosing Android Over Apple Typo: MSNBC correspondent accidentally reports on Twitter that ‘Obama’ killed Sony Finds No Apparent Anonymous Link to PlayStation Attack Hitpad — See What's Up: more reference tool than news app Being Square never seemed so cool Sony boss Kaz Hirai publicly addresses ongoing PSN and Qrirocity service outage Apple's Popular Apps Not Exclusive to iPhone: Analysis Infosys eyes buys in Europe, Japan, and healthcare sector Amazon launches 69-cent song store Customers stay despite high-profile data breaches Sun, 1 May 2011 12:13 pm PDT AP - Week after week, thieves break into corporate computer systems to steal customer lists, email addresses and credit card numbers. Large data breaches get overshadowed by even larger ones. Full Story Top Apple juggernaut sends ripples through tech world Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:55 pm PDT AP - Consumer technology companies reporting financial results this week are looking like rowboats bobbing in the wake of Apple Inc.'s supertanker. Full Story Top Amazon apologizes for server outage, offers credit Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:14 am PDT AP - Amazon.com Inc. apologized Friday for a data-center outage that brought down major websites including Foursquare and Reddit and offered Web services customers a 10-day credit. Full Story Top 5 mind-blowing Portal 2 craft projects Fri, 29 Apr 2011 06:27 pm PDT Yahoo! News - Portal 2 is on store shelves and gamers around the world are wracking their brains on the game's complicated puzzles. But sometimes a game just isn't enough to satisfy our love for a virtual world like the one that the … Full Story Top Apple Weekly: White iPhone 4 finally available Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:24 pm PDT Yahoo! News - White iPhone now available The white version of the iPhone 4 officially went on sale Wednesday. The iPhone 4 was originally set to launch in June 2010 in both white and black; however, the white version was delayed for over … Full Story Top Foursquare Users Check in to Post-Osama Bin Laden World Sun, 1 May 2011 05:28 pm PDT Mashable - [More from Mashable: Timeline: How News of Osama Bin Laden’s Death Unfolded on Twitter] Full Story Top Youth-led Internet campaigns step up before Canadian poll Sun, 1 May 2011 11:57 am PDT AFP - Canada's election campaign has unleashed a flurry of online, youth-led political activity showing no signs of abating before national polls on Monday. Full Story Top Location Tracking: Looking Past the Hype Sun, 1 May 2011 10:44 am PDT PC World - I sat down at my computer, prepared to sync my iPhone 4 with iTunes. But I looked at the simple white cord I use to connect the phone, and it suddenly seemed more ominous -- like it was some sort of spy transmitter, sending the private details of my life directly to Apple. Full Story Top Sony shares up after it says PlayStation network to restart Sun, 1 May 2011 08:48 pm PDT Reuters - Shares of Sony rose on Monday, a day after the firm said it would resume some services on its PlayStation Network this week and offer customer incentives following the theft of personal information from 78 million user accounts. Full Story Top Game Companies Choosing Android Over Apple Sun, 1 May 2011 02:38 pm PDT ContributorNetwork - Everyone knows the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch are taking over the mobile gaming world -- even Nintendo knows that. So who in the world would think of Android as a great gaming platform, let alone better than Apple's? Full Story Top Typo: MSNBC correspondent accidentally reports on Twitter that ‘Obama’ killed Sun, 1 May 2011 10:05 pm PDT Daily Caller - In an attempt to release the news of Osama bin Laden’s death quickly late Sunday night, MSNBC correspondent Norah O’Donnell accidentally reported on Twitter that “Obama” had been “killed” instead. Full Story Top Sony Finds No Apparent Anonymous Link to PlayStation Attack Sun, 1 May 2011 07:40 am PDT PC World - Sony said it has found no link between an attack on its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services and Internet activist group Anonymous, which had earlier targeted its systems. Full Story Top Hitpad — See What's Up: more reference tool than news app Sun, 1 May 2011 05:15 pm PDT Appolicious - One of the latest apps to enter the news-curation market for iPad is Hitpad — See What's Up. Hitpad aims to give users the news they need, seeking out trending topics and analyzing sources, without requiring any effort on the user's part. Users willing to relinquish control of the news they see should like that Hitpad selects topics for them, but control freaks might not like the inability to customize. Full Story Top Being Square never seemed so cool Sun, 1 May 2011 06:00 am PDT Appolicious - Mobile payment company Square just announced their partnership with Visa (V), and the credit card giant will invest an amount in the “single-digit millions.” Full Story Top Sony boss Kaz Hirai publicly addresses ongoing PSN and Qrirocity service outage Sun, 1 May 2011 06:33 am PDT Digital Trends - Even if you don’t own a Sony gaming device and don’t subscribe to the company’s music streaming service, you’ve still probably heard about the “external intrusion” (read: hacking) of PlayStation Network and Qrirocity that has left 77 million users without access to the services or their personal data stored there, which is known to have been compromised. Access to both networks was cut off on the company side late last Wednesday after it was learned that a hacker or hackers had broken through security. Many observers feel that Sony’s response thus far has been inadequate, a growing sentiment which certainly at least in part prompted company CEO and president Kaz Hirai to publicly address the issue in a press conference held last night (in our time zone, that is). Full Story Top Apple's Popular Apps Not Exclusive to iPhone: Analysis Sun, 1 May 2011 09:00 pm PDT PC World - Apple has the largest app store by a long shot: Currently iPhone users can choose from 350,000 apps. But how many apps do people really use--and should the size of the Apple App Store sway your next smartphone purchase? It shouldn't. Full Story Top Infosys eyes buys in Europe, Japan, and healthcare sector Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:04 pm PDT Reuters - Infosys Technologies Ltd, India's No. 2 software services exporter, is on the hunt for acquisitions in Europe and Japan and in industries including healthcare and public services, its chief executive said on Sunday. Full Story Top Amazon launches 69-cent song store Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:57 pm PDT AP - Amazon.com Inc. this week launched a store that sells digital songs for 69 cents, an attempt to bring more people to its e-commerce website and bolster its plan to eventually charge people to store tunes on distant servers known as the cloud. Full Story Top

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