Provides the latest RSS feeds for Breaking Technology News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Knoxville Times.com http://www.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/10/id/d805653303cbbba8/ en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:40:56 -0500 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:40:56 -0500 30 1 of 2. Micron Technology Inc. COO Mark Durcan listens to a question during the Reuters Technology Summit in San Francisco, California May 17, ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203243063/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:31:54 -0500 Reuters http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203243063/ (Credit: Micron Technology) Steve Appleton mirrored the survivalist streak in the company he led. Micron Technology CEO Appleton died Friday at 51 years old when a ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203242029/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:29:29 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203242029/ When Facebook cannonballs into the pool of publicly traded companies this year, most of the big money will belong to Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and an elite group of 10 top executives ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203243064/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:15:57 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203243064/ I have glimpsed the future - and it looks a lot like free hot chocolate. Late last month, I ordered the beverage at Sightglass Coffee in SoMa, grabbed it from the counter and walked out without ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203243065/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:15:52 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203243065/ Most of Facebook Inc.'s more than 800 million users are women. You wouldn't know it from looking at the board, whose seven directors are all men. The disconnect puts the social-media ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203243067/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:15:41 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203243067/ (02-04) 16:46 PST Daly City -- The California Highway Patrol is searching for dark blue Prius and its driver following an incident this morning on Interstate 280 that resulted in the death of a San ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203243066/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:15:28 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203243066/ But something from nothing, physicists are finding, may be the ultimate secret of the universe. "The surprising fact is that we live in a universe that has all the characteristics of being created ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203242926/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:00:00 -0500 USA Today http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203242926/ Even a millimeter misdirection of a microphone or a minor adjustment in bass can mean the difference between a good recording and an inferior one to his ears. By the time a recording makes its way ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203240117/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:29:22 -0500 USA Today http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203240117/ (02-04) 10:02 PST Hope Mills, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina deputies say they used a stun gun on a woman who blocked a McDonalds drive-thru for 20 minutes after employees refused to serve her because ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203239975/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:22:26 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203239975/ (02-04) 10:23 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for a missing crabber from San Ramon whose boat was found off the coast near Ano Nuevo State Park. The 18-foot ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203239976/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:22:14 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203239976/ Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Blackstone Group LP, the world’s largest private-equity firm, is studying a leveraged buyout of Brocade Communications Systems Inc., said a person with knowledge of the ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203239862/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:02:49 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203239862/ Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Lightspeed Venture Partners, an investor in LivingSocial.com, has almost completed raising two funds, one in the U.S. and one in China, totaling about $875 million, according ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238861/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:02:47 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238861/ iPhone 4, but the iPhone 4S integrates Audience's "EarSmart" technology directly into the A5 processor, the company's S-1 filing said. The details answered a question that ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238646/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:49:10 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238646/ (Credit: Screenshot by CNET) For the first time ever, the Super Bowl will be officially live-streamed online this year. Viewers will be able to watch the Giants battle the Patriots on their ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238648/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:49:07 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238648/ (Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) What do you desire most right now? A drink? A cigarette? A nap? That hottie at the next table? Come on, be honest. What you really want to do this instant, ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238647/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:49:04 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238647/ (02-04) 10:18 PST San Francisco, CA (AP) -- Two casino-owning tribes in California have thinned their membership ranks over the last several months, cutting off scores of people from a share of ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238611/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:34:23 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238611/ Alzheimer's disease seems to spread like an infection from brain cell to brain cell, two new studies find. But instead of viruses or bacteria, what is being spread is a distorted protein known ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238612/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:34:18 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238612/ Lawmakers, administration officials and other policy makers with a role in deciding NASA spending will be watching as well. The launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from Cape ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203239729/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:28:43 -0500 USA Today http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203239729/ Recyclebank , for example, use game incentives, like points and rewards, to prompt consumers to perform eco-friendly activities. Other businesses offer awards like virtual badges to induce their ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238394/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:25:50 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238394/ EVERY sphere of life, it seems, can be turned into a game - including the way physicians offer medical advice and build a public ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238393/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:25:48 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238393/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- AutoTrader.com Inc., which runs a website linking buyers and sellers of new and used cars, is talking to banks about a potential initial public offering, a person with ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238392/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:05:33 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203238392/ You certainly can't call the past few days boring for Apple. The company filled a vacancy left on its executive team, was handed a fairly major setback in a German court, and maybe had its ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203236998/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:51:07 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203236998/ If the New York Giants finish their season with a win in Super Bowl XLVI, they'll have a San Francisco high school cross country team and runner partially to thank. According to a story in the ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203236954/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:36:07 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203236954/ Looking back on it, a high-end French restaurant was probably not a good fit for Sixth Street. The Passion Cafe opened with high hopes and a menu that ran from croque monsieur to beef bourguignon. ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203236955/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:36:00 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203236955/ Facebook's No. 2 executive, Sheryl Sandberg,will reap a fortune in its stock offering. And she hasn't stopped telling the world how women should take responsibility for their ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203236824/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:11:17 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203236824/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Inotera Memories Inc. expects no impact on its operations after the death of Micron Technology Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235107/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:49:44 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235107/ , eventually pushing annual tablet volumes above those of traditional PCs. We have wondered whether Apple might offer an ARM-based version of MacBook Air at some point; we walked away from this ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235137/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:35:49 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235137/ (Credit: Audiobooks.com) Audiobooks are a great way to pass the time on long drives. Audiobook prices, on the other hand, are a great way to drain your wallet. For example, want to listen to ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235136/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:35:47 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235136/ (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg may be on the hook for $2 billion in taxes with his company going public. But he's not necessarily all that upset about it. As ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235138/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:35:44 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235138/ (Credit: Hammacher Schlemmer) Freshly squeezed orange juice is a refreshing delicious beverage that there almost never seems to be enough of. After all, it takes a lot of oranges to squeeze ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235139/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:35:40 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235139/ Rover may yet get a reprieve in areas of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area where dogs were going to get the heave-ho. Park service representatives announced this week they are going to ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235089/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:18:31 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235089/ Las Vegas -- As Joseph and Christina Hetherton listened to Newt Gingrich speak this week at the Las Vegas factory where Joseph was laid off last summer, they thought about how their home could go ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235090/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:18:26 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203235090/ For Facebook, though, hacker means something different. It's an ideal that permeates the company's culture. It explains the push to try new ideas (even if they fail), and to promote new ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203236572/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:01:40 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203236572/ . It was a grooved, carbon-loaded PVC disc. The grooves were 48 times smaller than an LP groove, but they were still tracked with a diamond "needle"! That was possible because unlike an ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233304/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:17:43 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233304/ In this undated police booking photo released by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department shows former Los Angeles teacher Mark Berndt, 61, who was arrested for felony molestation of 23 kids after ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233216/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:00:49 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233216/ (02-04) 03:07 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is rallying support for his plan to expand government assistance to homeowners, pressuring Congress to help lower lending rates for ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233217/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:00:42 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233217/ Indianapolis Colts' Peyton Manning watches as students exercise at Frederick Douglass School during a BOKS function Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233220/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:00:35 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233220/ Young Occupy Cal protesters clash with UC Berkeley police officers and Alameda County sheriff's deputies on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, in Berkeley, ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233219/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:00:30 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233219/ The storied silver salmon of West Marin - long considered a bellwether of salmon health in California - are laying eggs and carrying on in Lagunitas Creek this week almost as if they weren't ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233218/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:00:24 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233218/ STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government's website and shut it down by overloading ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233997/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:43:23 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233997/ SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Saboteurs stole passwords and sensitive information on tipsters while hacking into the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233221/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:43:22 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233221/ Dyson HotNo fireplace? No problem. The Dyson Hot is a favorite among deep-pocketed techies with an appreciation for design. With a heat-projecting fan, the Hot rapidly warms up any room. Around the ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203234977/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:00:00 -0500 USA Today http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203234977/ Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Most of Facebook Inc.’s more than 800 million users are women. You wouldn’t know it from looking at the board, whose seven directors are all ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203232835/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:55:28 -0500 Business Week http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203232835/ Bonnie Cha is chief correspondent for Crave, covering every kind of tech toy imaginable (with a special obsession for robots and Star Wars-related stuff). When she's not scoping out stories, ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231316/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:39:06 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231316/ Romo, a quirky smartphone robot with big ambitions Here's a novel way to pitch potential investors: "Do you realize how young we are? Do you realize that we're going to f**k up ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231315/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:39:02 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231315/ As the content team at leading sports site Bleacher Report prepared for the Super Bowl on Sunday, they laid out how the sites front page would look after ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231318/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:38:56 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231318/ If the price is right, you don't need to look any further than the 830 series to upgrade your computer's internal storage to the best possible ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233061/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:23:30 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233061/ Texas Rangers outfielder and recovering drug addict Josh Hamilton said Friday that he had a relapse that started with "three or four" drinks at a Dallas-area bar this week, apologizing for ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231227/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:23:24 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231227/ There must have been a lot of interesting give-and-take when the Big Ten football coaches met at the conference offices Friday. New Ohio State coach Urban Meyer faced off with at least a couple of ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231226/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:23:18 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231226/ Aficionados howled, particularly over the game's linear nature; you didn't really get a chance to explore the world of XIII until you were most of the way through. Where were the wacky characters ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233062/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:00:00 -0500 USA Today http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203233062/ That's been the prediction for a while now, born of numbers showing that fewer than one in 10 teens were using Twitter early on. But then their parents, grandparents, neighbors, parents' friends and ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203232837/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:15:00 -0500 USA Today http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203232837/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Telenor ASA has enlisted the help of the Norwegian government to protect its investment in India following the cancellation of 122 mobile-phone licenses by the nation’s ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203229065/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:25:41 -0500 Business Week http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203229065/ Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Panasonic Corp. almost doubled its annual loss forecast to a record 780 billion yen ($10 billion), the latest Japanese electronics company to predict weaker earnings because of ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231014/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:25:38 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231014/ Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Douglas Creutz, analyst at Cowen & Co., and Paul Kedrosky, author of the Infectious Greed Blog and a Bloomberg contributing editor, talk about the relationship between ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203230636/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:25:33 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203230636/ In 2007, while on a medical research trip to Malawi, Stanford undergraduate Josh Nesbit made two startling realizations. First, residents' access to health care was much worse than he was used ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231016/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:50:25 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231016/ Yelp, the user-generated review site that's planning an initial public offering, reported a wider loss in 2011 after increasing spending to attract reviewers and make the service easier to ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231017/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:50:18 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231017/ Wi-Fi radio with built-in speaker and color LCD display; stylish exterior design and outstanding button placement on front panel; can access thousands of freely available Internet radio stations; ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231018/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:50:12 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231018/ Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- Iran's supreme leader lashed out at the United States in a defiant speech Friday, vowing to retaliate against oil sanctions and threats of war over Iran's ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203228016/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:50:05 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203228016/ CORRECTS YEAR OF FILE PHOTO TO 2004, NOT, 2005 - FILE - In this July 22, 2004, file photo, overall leader Lance Armstrong reacts as he crosses the finish line to win the 17th stage of the Tour de ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203228015/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:49:57 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203228015/ Even as Susan G. Komen for the Cure reversed course Friday on its plans to deny funding to Planned Parenthood, questions remained about whether it was enough to control the damage that three days of ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203228014/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:49:50 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203228014/ A convicted murderer has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a fellow inmate who had just been incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison for killing a 9-year-old Novato girl in a drunken crash. ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231019/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:49:44 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203231019/ LONDON (AP) -- Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203229335/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:30:15 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203229335/ Google, which has always maintained that the Android Market, although not immune to malware, was not heavily affected by it, revealed Thursday it has been using ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203226379/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:47:31 -0500 TechWeb http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203226379/ Slideshow: Best Government Web Sites A virus has caused the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) to disable its email and Internet access indefinitely while the ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227077/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:47:26 -0500 Tech Web http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227077/ KDE , the software community that produces its namesake desktop environment for Linux, is planning to release a tablet that runs a completely open and unlocked Linux software stack. The Spark ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227079/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:47:19 -0500 Tech Web http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227079/ (click image for larger view and for slideshow) A European regulatory group focused on data protection has asked Google to delay its planned privacy policy consolidation, which is scheduled to take ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203226380/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:47:15 -0500 TechWeb http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203226380/ Today, strict security requirements mean most employees at the National Security Agency have to leave their mobile devices in their cars in the parking lot rather than bringing them in to work. ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227080/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:47:11 -0500 Tech Web http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227080/ Want to know who your real Facebook Friends are and are not? Turns out there are some common characteristics of the fake Friend, according to new data revealed Thursday by Barracuda Networks. For ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203226361/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:47:07 -0500 TechWeb http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203226361/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Steve Appleton, who took charge of Micron Technology Inc. at 34 and went on to become the memory- chip industry’s longest-serving chief executive officer, died after ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227073/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:50:37 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227073/ Nokia CEO Stephen Elop put it best: ';The industry has shifted from a battle of devices, to a war of ecosystems.'; In other words, a smartphone or a tablet is only as good as the apps it ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227083/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:40:24 -0500 Wired News http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227083/ Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com At Gadget Lab we’re system-wiping fools. With new smartphones and tablets coming through the office every week, we’re religious about doing complete system ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227084/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:40:21 -0500 Wired News http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227084/ For a founder of a highly touted Internet company undertaking an IPO, the "Letter to Shareholders" in the S-1 prospectus has become a rarefied form of performance art. Going public is the ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227085/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:40:17 -0500 Wired News http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227085/ A "worrying number" of Facebook users are sharing a link to a malware-laden fake CNN news page reporting the U.S. has attacked Iran and Saudi ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227089/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:32:36 -0500 InfoWorld http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227089/ The world of hypervisors is complicated by the fact that there are proprietary and open source tools, each with different strengths and weaknesses. One expert says the difference between the two is ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227088/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:32:32 -0500 InfoWorld http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227088/ (Credit: Edward Moyer/CNET) Innovative Leisure is a startup with a singular purpose: Create great mobile-gaming experiences. To accomplish that mission, co-founder Seamus Blackley has ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221817/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:26:05 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221817/ (Credit: CNET) The big game is this weekend and most American's will tell you it's a lot more than just a football game. Many people make an event out of the game with parties, ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221819/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:25:59 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221819/ (Credit: Motive Industries) Transportation design firm Motive Industries released computer-generated images of what a pickup made of composite material could look like. The Bison is a ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221820/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:25:57 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221820/ (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) With the 2012 Ford Edge, the Ecoboost engine is like having your cake and icecream, too. The Edge is a tank of ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221815/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:25:47 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221815/ . Citing a source close to the project, CNN says that developers in a government program are working on smartphones that run a customized version of the OS with security improvements. Though ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221814/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:25:45 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221814/ (Credit: CNET) Apple has declared war on lookalikes in its App Store. The company today removed a handful of iOS applications that bore a resemblance to more popular apps, and had climbed the ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221813/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:25:43 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221813/ (Credit: SourceOne) By building a wind turbine to power a hydrogen production and fueling station, a little hamlet in Long Island is positioning itself as the bellwether for carbon-neutral ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221812/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:25:39 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221812/ Galaxy Nexus get caught in the middle of a lovers' quarrel between Google and Verizon today? That's the way it appeared at first with the news that Google had dumped the CDMA version ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221811/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:25:36 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221811/ (Credit: Williams-Sonoma) Despite the availability of a plethora of recipes online, many good old-fashioned cookbooks still quite often do the trick; they are easy to thumb through, they are ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221810/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:25:32 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221810/ (Credit: Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET) Mozilla engineers have begun work on a new API for Web sites that will allow them to notify you when they update, similar to how a mobile app ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221822/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:25:30 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221822/ Weather forecast icons can be cryptic. There's only so much that can be communicated by a picture of a gray but-not-too-gray cloud with some raindrops and a sun poking out behind it. All you ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221821/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:25:27 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221821/ (Credit: Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET) GloSpex have one-way illuminated lenses. That means that the light glows out, but doesn't shine into the wearer's eyes. A $20 pledge ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221823/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:25:23 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221823/ , is being targeted a second time: for championing legislation that would require Internet service providers to keep track of their customers, in case police want to review those logs in the future. ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221824/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:25:19 -0500 Cnet http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221824/ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. ushered in Meg Whitman as its CEO with a $16.5 million compensation package that hinges on the one-time politician's ability to lift the stumbling ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221702/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:44:08 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203221702/ FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203222911/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:44:06 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203222911/ VenusWhat it is: The second planet in our solar systemWhere: In the western sky, low on the horizonWhen: TwilightVenus is a very bright object in our sky that's always easy to spot. It's often ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227086/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:51:55 -0500 USA Today http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203227086/ IT managers at healthcare organizations say tablets pose challenges for entering data into enterprise healthcare applications and can raise IT support ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203220602/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:42:23 -0500 Tech Web http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203220602/ " style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,SunSans-Regular,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 59, 176); font-size: 11px;">Sentiment Tool Scans Twitter To Set Super Bowl ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203220603/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:42:16 -0500 Tech Web http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203220603/ It used to be that a major version bump for a major program was a major event. Major versions usually introduce new features and make other changes that cause incompatibilities. Big companies have ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203220605/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:42:07 -0500 Tech Web http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203220605/ (click image for larger view and for slideshow) Even as its market share in the U.S. business market slips, Research in Motion (RIM) said its BlackBerrys are holding steady in the government ... http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203220606/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:42:05 -0500 Tech Web http://story.knoxvilletimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d805653303cbbba8/id/203220606/