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http://news.yahoo.com/techblog/ en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedTue, 23 Oct 2012 12:42:34 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/techblog/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif[Updated at 2:30 p.m. ET] Check out the chat window below for a replay of the Yahoo! News/ABC News live-blog during Apple's press conference on Tuesday. The computer maker revealed upgrades to its MacBook, iPad, iBook app, and a new ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/ipad-mini-join-live-blog-details-apple-announcement-215134352.htmlTue, 23 Oct 2012 12:42:34 -0400blogs/technology-blog/ipad-mini-join-live-blog-details-apple-announcement-215134352Is it just me, or do the Christmas decorations come out earlier every year? It's not even Halloween yet, and already the largest U.S. specialty toy store is urging parents to reserve the top toys of the season, or face ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/top-holiday-trend-10-smart-toys-connected-kids-220456157.htmlTue, 16 Oct 2012 18:04:56 -0400blogs/technology-blog/top-holiday-trend-10-smart-toys-connected-kids-220456157Have your taste buds ever wanted to blast off into outer space? Want a dessert treat that's out of this world? No need to try to shoot the moon this holiday season?? we've got a scrumptious delight that's sure to ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/moon-shaped-ice-cream-insanely-cool-impossible-eat-205857237.htmlThu, 04 Oct 2012 16:58:57 -0400blogs/technology-blog/moon-shaped-ice-cream-insanely-cool-impossible-eat-205857237He knows when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He knows when you've been bad or good. But we're not talking about Santa Claus here?? we're talking about barely legal pop sensation Justin Bieber, whose official fan website was ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/official-bieber-fan-fined-1-million-illegally-tracking-205512675.htmlThu, 04 Oct 2012 16:55:12 -0400blogs/technology-blog/official-bieber-fan-fined-1-million-illegally-tracking-205512675Our Apple rumor sense is tingling! The Wall Street Journal cites unnamed sources who claim that Apple's suppliers in Asia have started production on components for the mysterious iPad mini. For an as yet unconfirmed gadget, there has been a ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/rumor-mill-says-apple-plants-started-producing-ipad-004821089.htmlWed, 03 Oct 2012 20:48:21 -0400blogs/technology-blog/rumor-mill-says-apple-plants-started-producing-ipad-004821089You've probably never heard the name Kristy Ross before, but we're willing to bet you're very familiar with her work. You may have even given her money. For the last five years (at least), Ross has been flooding the internet ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/pop-ad-queen-caught-u-government-fined-163-004235276.htmlWed, 03 Oct 2012 20:42:35 -0400blogs/technology-blog/pop-ad-queen-caught-u-government-fined-163-004235276Though many of us like the app and use it regularly, it's hard to argue that there aren't problems with Apple's new Maps application bundled in its latest iOS 6 operating system. Between melted bridges, closed restaurants, and farms being ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/apple-recruiting-retail-employees-fix-maps-174421634.htmlWed, 03 Oct 2012 13:44:21 -0400blogs/technology-blog/apple-recruiting-retail-employees-fix-maps-174421634You might want to think twice the next time you Like those Facebook pictures of your cousin's new baby or retweet something funny from your friends ? especially if you live in the Philippines. According to the new Cybercrime Prevention ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/something-facebook-directly-jail-173610811.htmlWed, 03 Oct 2012 13:36:10 -0400blogs/technology-blog/something-facebook-directly-jail-173610811We've heard some great stories about smart kids?building cool things, but here are two teenagers building a business. Tyler Simpson and Brandon Keller launched a startup called OrbitFront that's designed to connect companies with people who will review their products ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/two-enterprising-teenagers-create-startup-crowdsourcing-product-reviews-001959355.htmlTue, 02 Oct 2012 20:19:59 -0400blogs/technology-blog/two-enterprising-teenagers-create-startup-crowdsourcing-product-reviews-001959355Coffee drinkers sure are passionate about their coffee, as three engineering masterminds have proven with their newest $11,000 coffee maker, the Blossom One Limited. MIT graduate Jeremy Kuempel, former NASA intern Matt Walliser, and all-around industrial design expert Joey Roth ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/perfect-cup-coffee-only-11-000-001604307.htmlTue, 02 Oct 2012 20:16:04 -0400blogs/technology-blog/perfect-cup-coffee-only-11-000-001604307It's official. After months of debate and study, the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM) will include "internet use disorder" as an area "recommended for further study." The fifth edition of the DSM, the ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/internet-addict-psychologists-working-much-online-time-too-205450661.htmlTue, 02 Oct 2012 16:54:50 -0400blogs/technology-blog/internet-addict-psychologists-working-much-online-time-too-205450661Japanese researchers have discovered a way to make rechargeable batteries more effective for less money by using the sucrose found in common sugar. Not only would this ideally make the latest battery-powered technology more accessible to more people, but the ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/sugar-based-rechargeable-battery-pretty-sweet-205131473.htmlTue, 02 Oct 2012 16:51:31 -0400blogs/technology-blog/sugar-based-rechargeable-battery-pretty-sweet-205131473It's impossible to do anything online without running into a picture of an aww-inducing kitten, baby otter, or other painfully cute animal. Distracting as those pictures may seem, there's a reason to keep looking:?Scientists recently proved that all those painfully ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/cute-cat-photos-article-scientifically-proven-improve-concentration-180910500.htmlTue, 02 Oct 2012 14:09:10 -0400blogs/technology-blog/cute-cat-photos-article-scientifically-proven-improve-concentration-180910500For a device that's barely a week old, the Apple iPhone 5 sure has seen its share of controversies. Among the (arguably minor) issues experienced by the Apple faithful is a now-notorious purple haze artifact that appears when you try ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/apple-iphone-5-defect-normal-180031918.htmlTue, 02 Oct 2012 14:00:31 -0400blogs/technology-blog/apple-iphone-5-defect-normal-180031918Ikea has long been known for its easy-to-assemble modern furniture and its Swedish meatballs, but the company is also pushing to establish itself as a leader for green living. The company announced that it plans to sell only LED lights ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/ikea-going-green-bright-way-012008221.htmlMon, 01 Oct 2012 21:20:08 -0400blogs/technology-blog/ikea-going-green-bright-way-012008221YouTube announced that it will offer a live stream of the presidential debates leading up to the 2012 election. That means you can see President Barack Obama go toe to toe with Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney four times during ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/youtube-bringing-obama-vs-romney-debates-october-011516452.htmlMon, 01 Oct 2012 21:15:16 -0400blogs/technology-blog/youtube-bringing-obama-vs-romney-debates-october-011516452When it comes to home security, few ? if any ? places in the world are safer than the White House. But, as it turns out, even the office and residence of the president of the United States of America ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/chinese-hackers-broke-white-house-233835939.htmlMon, 01 Oct 2012 19:38:35 -0400blogs/technology-blog/chinese-hackers-broke-white-house-233835939Window shopping has just been redefined by Adidas with the rollout of its new interactive storefront window. The window is a fully functional touchscreen that lets you drag life-size products directly to your smartphone, which acts as a shopping cart. ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/interactive-storefront-lets-redefine-window-shopping-233300597.htmlMon, 01 Oct 2012 19:33:00 -0400blogs/technology-blog/interactive-storefront-lets-redefine-window-shopping-233300597DISH Network has announced its new nationwide broadband service launching today for rural communities. Named dishNET, the service starts at $39.99 a month for those customers with a qualifying DISH TV package. Non-bundled packages are $10 more per month. The ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/dish-network-offers-broadband-internet-rural-customers-180408685.htmlMon, 01 Oct 2012 14:04:08 -0400blogs/technology-blog/dish-network-offers-broadband-internet-rural-customers-180408685Tired of that mundane desk job? Want a more exciting internship experience than ferrying around coffee at a downtown law firm? Then we may have just the thing: Out-of-this-world asteroid-mining startup Planetary Resources is seeking college juniors and seniors eager ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/asteroid-mining-industry-hiring-needs-175928948.htmlMon, 01 Oct 2012 13:59:28 -0400blogs/technology-blog/asteroid-mining-industry-hiring-needs-175928948In the classic sci-fi action movie "RoboCop" (watch on Netflix), severely injured police officer Alex Murphy returns to duty as a cyborg ? a robot body with a human mind. Where the film's fictional doctors placed Murphy's brain into a ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/robot-police-drones-could-put-disabled-cops-back-042902220.htmlSat, 29 Sep 2012 00:29:02 -0400blogs/technology-blog/robot-police-drones-could-put-disabled-cops-back-042902220The younger generations may one day never need to lug around heavy and expensive textbooks for their classes. California Governor Jerry Brown signed two bills yesterday that will fund the creation of 50 open source digital textbooks and will launch ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/california-governor-signs-bills-textbooks-lighter-wallets-backpacks-042327791.htmlSat, 29 Sep 2012 00:23:27 -0400blogs/technology-blog/california-governor-signs-bills-textbooks-lighter-wallets-backpacks-042327791We've all?sent a text message to the wrong person at some point in our lives. Sometimes, it can be very embarrassing. But when 24-year-old swimming coach Craig Evans accidentally sent a sexually explicit message to his entire BlackBerry address book ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/accidental-text-message-lands-swimming-coach-behind-bars-214551954.htmlFri, 28 Sep 2012 17:45:51 -0400blogs/technology-blog/accidental-text-message-lands-swimming-coach-behind-bars-214551954There's so much to do if you go on vacation to the Maldives. You could work on your tan at the beautiful beaches, go swimming in the clear blue waters, or get hammered at what is being billed as the ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/check-coolest-place-cocktail-underwater-214230566.htmlFri, 28 Sep 2012 17:42:30 -0400blogs/technology-blog/check-coolest-place-cocktail-underwater-214230566There's one inescapable truth about our gadget-filled culture?? all that tech, from iPhone to iPad to big-screen TV, has to be plugged into an electrical outlet at some point. And while feeding 1980s-era electronic devices battery after battery was an ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/sticker-shock-much-costs-charge-favorite-electronics-182733562.htmlFri, 28 Sep 2012 14:27:33 -0400blogs/technology-blog/sticker-shock-much-costs-charge-favorite-electronics-182733562Well, this is certainly... odd. Apple CEO Tim Cook took to his company's website earlier today, posting a letter apologizing for the now-infamous Maps debacle, suggesting that upset iPhone owners try other mapping applications such as the web version of ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/apple-ceo-apologizes-maps-recommends-google-instead-182143889.htmlFri, 28 Sep 2012 14:21:43 -0400blogs/technology-blog/apple-ceo-apologizes-maps-recommends-google-instead-182143889There are a lot of terrific camera apps out there. Most people prefer Instagram for its filters and ability to share your photos with others, while some prefer the more powerful set of tools Snapseed offers. One of the newest ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/art-house-app-lets-just-one-picture-ever-002912889.htmlThu, 27 Sep 2012 20:29:12 -0400blogs/technology-blog/art-house-app-lets-just-one-picture-ever-002912889Remember that one time when our internet freedom was about to be severely stifled by the government, but then pretty much the entire internet rallied against it? House Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) remembers, and she wants to make sure the ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/congresswoman-wants-protect-silly-internet-laws-002611165.htmlThu, 27 Sep 2012 20:26:11 -0400blogs/technology-blog/congresswoman-wants-protect-silly-internet-laws-002611165We already know that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, but there are a lot of similarities between the sexes, too. Earlier in the year, we learned that women are affected by testosterone similar to how men ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/study-female-brains-commonly-flooded-male-dna-225612162.htmlThu, 27 Sep 2012 18:56:12 -0400blogs/technology-blog/study-female-brains-commonly-flooded-male-dna-225612162Most of us who have Facebook accounts are no strangers to wishing our friends a "happy birthday" on the site?? after all, since the creepily omniscient site tells you who's celebrating what, it really is the least we can do. ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/facebook-gets-generous-facebook-gifts-feature-224855030.htmlThu, 27 Sep 2012 18:48:55 -0400blogs/technology-blog/facebook-gets-generous-facebook-gifts-feature-224855030The war between Apple and Android wages on, and now the battlefield is the online app market. Google Play, the marketplace for Android devices,?has always trailed the App Store in number of offerings, even though it launched just three months ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/google-play-gaining-itunes-app-store-race-most-200024424.htmlThu, 27 Sep 2012 16:00:24 -0400blogs/technology-blog/google-play-gaining-itunes-app-store-race-most-200024424Don't think the new iPhone 5 was enough of a leap over the previous generation of Apple's smartphone in terms of design? Well, a new patent by the Cupertino, Calif. tech powerhouse should have you very excited. The company has ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/apple-eyes-flexible-iphone-screens-195742525.htmlThu, 27 Sep 2012 15:57:42 -0400blogs/technology-blog/apple-eyes-flexible-iphone-screens-195742525Late next year, there will be a new object in the night sky nearly 10 times brighter than the full moon. This temporary attraction, called C/2012 S1, is a comet that has likely never passed through our inner solar system ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/comet-due-2013-could-brighter-full-moon-004852031.htmlWed, 26 Sep 2012 20:48:52 -0400blogs/technology-blog/comet-due-2013-could-brighter-full-moon-004852031Here in the United States, Google's YouTube has taken up arms in defense of the First Amendment, refusing to take down a highly controversial anti-Muslim video in the name of free speech. In countries where free speech does not apply, ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/google-president-arrested-brazil-over-youtube-videos-004602694.htmlWed, 26 Sep 2012 20:46:02 -0400blogs/technology-blog/google-president-arrested-brazil-over-youtube-videos-004602694What happens when you mix science and fashion? Aside from some bad sweaters and pocket protectors, you get clothing that is coated in nanoparticles designed to eat pollution. First introduced in March of this year, the concept revolves around the ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/pollution-eating-clothing-coming-retail-store-near-223200002.htmlWed, 26 Sep 2012 18:32:00 -0400blogs/technology-blog/pollution-eating-clothing-coming-retail-store-near-223200002Sometimes it can seem like Twitter is chock full of phony or silent feeds. In fact, only 1 in 4 accounts actively posts tweets, according to research by social media research firm Semiocast. The leaders of the popular social network ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/twitter-stop-obsessing-many-followers-222738265.htmlWed, 26 Sep 2012 18:27:38 -0400blogs/technology-blog/twitter-stop-obsessing-many-followers-222738265Facebook is a great way to connect with long-lost friends, and an even better way to connect with new ones. But not everyone who uses the world's most popular social network has good intentions: Police in Texas today are warning ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/police-warn-gangs-recruiting-prostitutes-via-facebook-180449666.htmlWed, 26 Sep 2012 14:04:49 -0400blogs/technology-blog/police-warn-gangs-recruiting-prostitutes-via-facebook-180449666Google has announced today that it has surpassed the 25 billion download mark for Android apps and games on its Google Play platform. To celebrate, the company is offering some generous discounts for the next five days. Running with that ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/google-offers-25-cent-android-apps-celebrate-25-180228365.htmlWed, 26 Sep 2012 14:02:28 -0400blogs/technology-blog/google-offers-25-cent-android-apps-celebrate-25-180228365California has become the third state to welcome driverless cars with open arms. Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law today that officially legalized self-driving vehicles, following in the footsteps of Nevada and Florida. The signing event was held ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/self-driving-cars-now-street-legal-california-011626395.htmlTue, 25 Sep 2012 21:16:26 -0400blogs/technology-blog/self-driving-cars-now-street-legal-california-011626395A potentially devastating security flaw has been uncovered that affects a sizeable number of Android-based smartphones, including Samsung's flagship Galaxy S III. The exploit allows web pages to make your phone believe that a special service number called a Unstructured ? Continue reading ?http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/newly-discovered-android-security-flaw-wipe-phone-click-010830893.htmlTue, 25 Sep 2012 21:08:30 -0400blogs/technology-blog/newly-discovered-android-security-flaw-wipe-phone-click-010830893

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