Technorati Technology Channel http://technorati.com/technology/ Rising all from the Technorati Technology Channel. Fri, 09 May 2008 06:12:27 -0700 Technorati v1.0 http://static.technorati.com/pix/logos/logo_sm.gif Technorati logo http://technorati.com/technology/ support@technorati.com (Technorati Support) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Four Microsoft security patches due next week http://technorati.com/posts/HeSm2B%2B5Y7jse2Yw65QiDXbt3RjIbNaqRUia6RRRyz8%3D http://technorati.com/posts/HeSm2B%2B5Y7jse2Yw65QiDXbt3RjIbNaqRUia6RRRyz8%3D Fri, 09 May 2008 02:47:37 -0700 Microsoft plans to fix critical bugs in its Word, Publisher, and Jet database software next week. The software vendor also plans to release a less-critical update for its antivirus products, fixing a flaw that attackers could use to launch a denial of $dotMobi[] = $Mowser http://technorati.com/posts/YWlVdfFsOHR8oPNrvNC38dzJkaqHzErRfxFB6DvdPxM%3D http://technorati.com/posts/YWlVdfFsOHR8oPNrvNC38dzJkaqHzErRfxFB6DvdPxM%3D Fri, 09 May 2008 01:53:14 -0700 The word is out now that dotMobi is picking up the Mowser assets. Like I said in my post about planning to shut down Mowser, the problem wasnt with Mowser itself or the technique of content adaption or the mobile web as a whole. We just werent able to BlackBerry Curve now available through Sprint http://technorati.com/posts/GRJjR3Y87dX%2FU4%2B%2Bv3WnMWLB4zYq2A7blTBvVf8i63E%3D http://technorati.com/posts/GRJjR3Y87dX%2FU4%2B%2Bv3WnMWLB4zYq2A7blTBvVf8i63E%3D Thu, 08 May 2008 23:15:00 -0700 Filed under: Handsets, RIM, Sprint, EV-DO, CDMA Late's better than never -- usually, anyway -- and a rumored release date finally stuck long enough for the BlackBerry Curve 8330 to make an appearance on Sprint's online store. In fact, as Yahoos Answer to Googles Universal Search is Glue (Coming Soon to America) http://technorati.com/posts/c%2FjRxNeKg1YLWAKyPHo%2FcfDoE3PYaoenA4WQJJBt1xw%3D http://technorati.com/posts/c%2FjRxNeKg1YLWAKyPHo%2FcfDoE3PYaoenA4WQJJBt1xw%3D Thu, 08 May 2008 22:36:24 -0700 Sometimes the only way to get new products out the door at a big company like Yahoo is to launch it far away from HQ. Thats what happened with Yahoo Glue, a new way to present search results more visually that Yahoo is experimenting with on its Yahoo Mashable's Pete Cashmore Moves to California, Set to Deepen Tech Coverage..without VC Funding http://technorati.com/posts/QLzI332wsf0s4KYP3ohDWVSxu2ov%2Fzi05iyUZMFLV18%3D http://technorati.com/posts/QLzI332wsf0s4KYP3ohDWVSxu2ov%2Fzi05iyUZMFLV18%3D Thu, 08 May 2008 21:47:57 -0700 It is amazing how Pete Cashmore started Mashable from his home in Scotland at the age of 19 just three years to become one of the most widely read blog about technology and social media. Pete recently moved to San Francisco and is hiring reporters to Jeff Han's Multitouch Screen Hits Mainstream http://technorati.com/posts/VCN%2BegJe4mDzO7CLfniZUwwnAWe2foBDUvFPbaDk5is%3D http://technorati.com/posts/VCN%2BegJe4mDzO7CLfniZUwwnAWe2foBDUvFPbaDk5is%3D Thu, 08 May 2008 21:02:39 -0700 Longtime MacRumors readers will remember the excitement surrounding Jeff Han's early multitouch videos which predated the launch of the Apple iPhone. Han and his team had explored new user interface designs surrounding the use of a large multi-touc... F.B.I. Says the Military Had Bogus Computer Gear http://technorati.com/articles/feiIvkzFcAhVrSv00H%2BeNhq8yAeAK6hpCIgAbCTVrOQ%3D http://technorati.com/articles/feiIvkzFcAhVrSv00H%2BeNhq8yAeAK6hpCIgAbCTVrOQ%3D Thu, 08 May 2008 20:20:13 -0700 The prospect of an electronic Trojan horse, lurking in the circuitry of a computer and allowing attackers clandestine access or control, was raised again recently by the F.B.I. and the Pentagon. Early Canadian iPod Owners Get $45 Credit from Apple http://technorati.com/posts/ygSPQ7GPqEvwM27pkXZ2VLHwIXw%2FQWu8g9y1HyxMTkA%3D http://technorati.com/posts/ygSPQ7GPqEvwM27pkXZ2VLHwIXw%2FQWu8g9y1HyxMTkA%3D Thu, 08 May 2008 20:10:20 -0700 Early Canadian iPod Owners Get $45 Credit from Apple Thursday May 08, 2008 11:10 PM EST; Category: iPod Written by arn The Gazette reports that two class-action lawsuits against Apple Canada have been settled with a $45 credit being offered to Canadian Facebook Shuts Down Human Pets http://technorati.com/posts/9FOITVWrt9Fy6hfy2RNM6KtJSX5R5q7MoIELrM%2BFhtI%3D http://technorati.com/posts/9FOITVWrt9Fy6hfy2RNM6KtJSX5R5q7MoIELrM%2BFhtI%3D Thu, 08 May 2008 19:58:57 -0700 Human Pets, an application with over 50,000 active daily users, was shut down by Facebook due to pornographic pictures that were supposedly showing up within the application occasionally. Patrick Shyu, the developer of the applicatoin, was notified at Does The GPL Still Matter? http://technorati.com/posts/CFipudB7UND4qjn%2B6xUu7ZhYvyk1N1orYmY9fJKmGTU%3D http://technorati.com/posts/CFipudB7UND4qjn%2B6xUu7ZhYvyk1N1orYmY9fJKmGTU%3D Thu, 08 May 2008 19:49:00 -0700 The GNU General Public License heads to court again today, as Skype attempts to defend its distribution of Linux-enabled SMC hardware handsets that appear to be in violation of the operating system's open source license. It's easy to guess why Skype is fighting the suit, which was brought by GPL activists: the company relies on a proprietary protocol, and releasing the code could give competitors an advantage. You can't blame them for trying. Although in the past few years the GPL has made impor