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Quick Hit football video game gets NFL makeover (AP)
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:16:06 GMT
... <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_sp_ot/us_tec_techbit_quickhit_nfl"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.4e998e68d58c4712a4450de2238b81a5-4e998e68d58c4712a4450de2238b81a5-0.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=s8W3CoAbz6Vel03bcVDXRg--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="FILE - In a May 27, 2010, file photo, the San Diego Chargers' No. 1 draft pick, Ryan Mathews, hauls in a pass during NFL football minicamp in San Diego. Mathews wants to be clear--he's merely following LaDainian Tomlinson, not trying to replicate the great running back's career with the Chargers. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Thursday marks the kickoff of the 2010 NFL season, and along with it, a renewed interest in fantasy leagues and video games that let Monday-morning quarterbacks feel as if they're part of the action.</p><br clear="all"/> ...
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Google search accelerates with 'instant' results (AP)
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:27:40 GMT
... <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_google_instant_search"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.5587e3b0d8e84ac4854767ff4a8c13fd-5587e3b0d8e84ac4854767ff4a8c13fd-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=OcfonVAev7z5nwSB.1uVtQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This screen grab taken from Google, shows Google Inc.'s Instant Search introduced Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Google is accelerating its search engine by displaying the results as soon as users begin to type in their requests. (AP Photo) NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - Google Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests.</p><br clear="all"/> ...
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Microsoft's Xbox ready for bigger battle in Japan (AP)
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:38:00 GMT
... <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100909/ap_on_hi_te/as_japan_xbox"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100908/capt.ea38ba71e3e3410ca76ca12203abbe4a-ea38ba71e3e3410ca76ca12203abbe4a-0.jpg?x=130&y=67&q=85&sig=YmQYjELqFhwB7I.Enn81kg--" align="left" height="67" width="130" alt="A model shows a Microsoft's new Kinect motion-sensing system for the Xbox 360 videogame console at a press briefing in Tokyo Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. The new Kinect, featuring a 3-D camra and motion recognition software, people can play videogames by body movements without using any hand-held controllers. It will hit the Japanese market on Nov. 20. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Battling its Japanese gaming rivals on their home turf hasn't been easy for Microsoft Corp. Its Xbox 360 game console runs a distant third in sales here behind Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 console and Nintendo Co.'s Wii.</p><br clear="all"/> ...
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Able to unplug from work while you’re on vacation? (Ben Patterson)
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:19:43 GMT
... Ben Patterson - Fighting the urge to check your work e-mail while you&rsquo;re on holiday doesn&rsquo;t exactly qualify as the worst problem in the world; after all, it&rsquo;s pretty nice to have a job at all in this tough economy, right? Then again, the pressure to hang onto a job seems to be driving more and more connected workers to stay plugged in even while they&rsquo;re trying to tune out. ...
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Mobile users still wary of being found, survey says (Ben Patterson)
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:58:20 GMT
... Ben Patterson - Feel the need to "check in" on Foursquare or Facebook every time you saunter into a restaurant, browse the goods at your neighborhood grocery store, or cram into a rock concert? Well, if you, you&rsquo;re still in the minority &mdash; and you&rsquo;re also probably a guy below 40 &mdash; according to the latest research. ...
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