Microsoft's recently released Bing search engine has begun adding real-time Twitter updates from celebrities to its results. So far, it has indexed the Twitter accounts of a few thousand people, Bing director Whitney Burk told TechNewsWorld. Search results are tied directly to online ads. While adding real-time tweets may get more people to use Bing, it's not yet clear whether that will help Microsoft get more ads. That will depend on Bing's growth, notes analyst Greg Sterling.

2009-07-02T13:16:48-07:00

With 200 million members who double as very vocal quality assurance officers, Facebook knows that any tinkering with its privacy policy is going to receive a lot of attention. So, its Wednesday announcement of an upcoming series of tests regarding its new privacy settings was carefully marketed as a matter of control, simplicity and connection by chief privacy officer Chris Kelly. The power to share is the cornerstone of Facebook, Kelly wrote in the Facebook Blog.

2009-07-02T11:21:01-07:00

For seven months, a New York Times reporter named David Rohde was held prisoner by Taliban kidnappers. However, you wouldn't learn that from reading The New York Times -- or even Wikipedia, for that matter. In addition to other news organizations, the Times reportedly asked Wikipedia not to publish information on the abduction. For Wikipedia, that meant monitoring Rohde's entry and quickly deleting information regarding the kidnapping as soon as anyone put it up. Everyone involved seemed to have good intentions.

2009-07-02T09:06:22-07:00

You know a controversy is a big one when none other than RMS weighs in with his opinion, and sure enough, that's what happened in the Mono debate late last week. Debian's decision to include Mono in the default installation, for the sake of Tomboy which is an application written in C#, leads the community in a risky direction, RMS wrote on the Free Software Foundation's site. Of course, rather than settling the debate, Stallman's proclamation only fanned the flames higher, resulting in a raging inferno.

2009-07-02T04:00:00-07:00

Companies are seeking to establish electronic relationships with as many business partners as possible to enhance competitiveness, make it easier for important third parties to engage with them, cut time and space out of transaction cycle times and drive down the cost of doing business. As a result of exponential growth in electronic information sharing, it's no surprise that higher volumes of sensitive and confidential data are being exchanged, and correspondingly, there are many more opportunities for cybercriminals to steal valuable information.

2009-07-02T04:00:00-07:00

The world's largest commercial satellite was launched into space Wednesday, with a mission to provide phone service to cellular dead zones in North America. The satellite, owned by TerreStar of Reston, Va., blasted off from Kourou in the South American territory of French Guiana shortly before 2 p.m. Eastern time, carried through pink clouds. Half an hour later, French satellite launcher Arianespace announced that the TerreStar-1 had separated successfully from the rocket, on its way to an orbit 22,000 miles above the Earth.

2009-07-02T09:19:59-07:00

After the raging blog activity surrounding the launch of iPhone OS 3.0 and the new iPhone 3GS, the Apple-focused blogosphere has finally slowed down to catch its collective breath. Still, there's plenty to talk about, like Michael Jackson music sales going through the roof on iTunes, CEO Steve Jobs returning to Apple's Cupertino campus, the Mac mini's relatively high build cost, and MacBooks selling like text books in Maine. Michael Jackson is likely make more money in death than he ever did in life -- the Elvis effect, writes Cult of Mac blogger Leander Kahney.

2009-07-02T04:00:00-07:00

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Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:39:01 GMT

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Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:21:33 GMT

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Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:22:11 GMT

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Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:03:56 GMT

=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-rover3-2009jul03,0,6530804.storyamp;usg=AFQjCNE51_p00G92UuH5JZH2m1wvKBiktQimg src=http://nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/tE-_5ZfNaRL19M/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2Los Angeles Times/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http://news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-10001144.htmlamp;usg=AFQjCNFYd9POJmcU8pTudDDVhmIRmqL0tQbPhotos: Mars rover Spirit down but not out/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fCNET News/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1The Mars rover Spirit is gathering strength from its solar collectors, but for now remains stuck in place while engineers back on Earth attempt to free the wayward robot. Spirit got stuck in the soft soil about two months ago at a location called Troy b.../b/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-rover3-2009jul03,0,6530804.storyamp;usg=AFQjCNE51_p00G92UuH5JZH2m1wvKBiktQRoadside assistance for Mars Rover/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrLos Angeles Times/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/07/02/138237/NASA-Suggests-Nano-Robots-To-Explore-Marsamp;usg=AFQjCNFG6s0yYCsm_XxVbl4RrCBx7otXNAPosted by samzenpus on Thursday July 02, @09:15AM/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrSlashdot/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2009-106amp;usg=AFQjCNF0jv-17il3Ev6-04sGXBZUYzMUdwNASA Phoenix Results Point to Martian Climate Cycles/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrJet Propulsion Laboratory/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1 class=pa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/07/02/20090702mars0702ONL.htmlamp;usg=AFQjCNFrA6PIbYC9h-bnJyMRgUwEJqlbEgnobrAZ Central.com/nobr/anbsp;-a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/images/phx-17067.htmlamp;usg=AFQjCNH6MfEdONcsAvbM4n2al_RtggvFyQnobrNASA/nobr/anbsp;-a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/explorer-caught-in-tight-spot-but-its-not-over-red-rover-20090703-d7ru.htmlamp;usg=AFQjCNE8HZBy-iswBw2ew9dDigsOPtcMIQnobrSydney Morning Herald/nobr/a/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;topic=tamp;ncl=d4FlZ2cIQcboKqMI5Rl1rX72m4pVMnobrball 56 news articlesnbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:03:28 GMT

=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http://topnews.us/content/25950-lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-sends-back-lunar-photographsamp;usg=AFQjCNEg65yHHy3XyZeiAkWvIDDqoxgTjgimg src=http://nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/9MPSU4oSJFiIWM/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2TopNews United States/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7015685829?Satellite%20Offers%20New%20View%20of%20Dark,%20Light%20Sides%20of%20Moonamp;usg=AFQjCNH440nuTxSUsTKgwDDtbV-x3S4b1QbSatellite Offers New View of Dark, Light Sides of Moon/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fAHN/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1Cape Canaveral, FL (AHN) - The first close-up photographs of the Moon in a decade have been transmitted to Earth from the latest spacecraft to orbit it. Images from NASA#39;s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC), released Thursday, show the dividing b.../b/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529958,00.htmlamp;usg=AFQjCNFu5ZaooZh7kvntxpIljiK04IHkuwNew Moon Orbiter Sends First Lunar Snapshots/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrFOXNews/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-19514_3-10278326-239.htmlamp;usg=AFQjCNF1jEpNW5eL5Us1cQDtRK8W5DCR4wLunar mapping satellite snaps first test images/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrCNET News/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/02/1985241.aspxamp;usg=AFQjCNEDCPPaM3EOW7SYmgMsOtH9Q2oOQgNew moon vistas revealed/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrmsnbc.com/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1 class=pa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/lroimages/amp;usg=AFQjCNGYC6tkOP88gYda4tSc22WoyujohwnobrWired News/nobr/anbsp;-a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http://topnews.us/content/25950-lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-sends-back-lunar-photographsamp;usg=AFQjCNEg65yHHy3XyZeiAkWvIDDqoxgTjgnobrTopNews United States/nobr/anbsp;-a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2009/07/03/20090703moonphotos0703.htmlamp;usg=AFQjCNFZ3Sufqitzdqn5mm2FOkLnP18cnwnobrAZ Central.com/nobr/a/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1amp;ned=usamp;topic=tamp;ncl=ds_ijoXyDWnA2KMx6QrcbyNR8EXGMnobrball 82 news articlesnbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:37:59 GMT

f=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31694190/ns/technology_and_science-science/img align=left border=0 src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-tec-090702-volcano-storm-9a.thumb.jpg alt= style=margin:0 5px 5px 0 //aIn honor of July 4, we've cobbled together a collection of nature's best fireworks displays. Get an an eyeful of red-hot volcanic eruptions, dazzling lightning storms and more./pbr clear

2009-07-02T08:20:01-07:00

f=http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/02/1985241.aspximg align=left border=0 src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090702-coslog-moonpic-466px-1015a.thumb.jpg alt=Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The first images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter provide a fresh perspective on the moon, just weeks before the 40th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing. style=margin:0 5px 5px 0 //aScience editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The first images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter provide a fresh perspective on the moon, just weeks before the 40th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing./pbr clear

2009-07-02T10:21:44-07:00

f=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31684082/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/img align=left border=0 src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/TECH/Projects/Illustrations/FacebookFriend.thumb.jpg alt=quot;Look. I'm sick of you and you obviously loathe me. But Facebook seems to think we still have something, so what say we give it another go?quot; style=margin:0 5px 5px 0 //aUsers are beginning to notice that the social network's  'friend suggestions' are getting a little ... um ... inappropriate. What's up with that?/pbr clear

2009-07-02T07:58:01-07:00

f=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31569340/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/img align=left border=0 src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090626-KindleDXsidebyside-hmed-1136a.thumb.jpg alt=The 9.7-inch display of the Kindle DX, left, as compared to the 6-inch screen of the Kindle 2, right. The larger electronic reader costs $489, compared to $359 for the Kindle 2. The DX will be used for textbooks on some college campuses this fall. style=margin:0 5px 5px 0 //aThe Kindle DX is not a rock star like its sibling, the Kindle 2. The DX is bigger, more expensive, and can be tedious to use./pbr clear

2009-07-02T06:06:45-07:00

f=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31715590/ns/technology_and_science-space/img align=left border=0 src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090702-space-hernandez-hmed-330p.thumb.jpg alt=Astronaut Jose Hernandez gets help with the donning of a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit in preparation for a training session at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas. Hernandez is due to fly on the shuttle Discovery in August. style=margin:0 5px 5px 0 //aNASA has tweeted in space, but now one of its astronauts will tweet what no one has tweeted in orbit before: He€ll be sending his Twitter updates in Spanish as well as English./pbr clear

2009-07-02T16:09:24-07:00

f=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31712634/ns/technology_and_science-wireless/img align=left border=0 src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/tb-090608-iphone-4p.thumb.jpg alt=Apple iPhone users can now fight back against thieves who want their gadgets. style=margin:0 5px 5px 0 //aOne device allows a user to remotely activate a loud siren designed to rattle the thief. Another application, designed for iPhones, can reveal the phone's location./pbr clear

2009-07-02T12:27:45-07:00

f=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31713000/ns/technology_and_science-space/img align=left border=0 src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photo/_new/080902-mars-clouds-vsmall-230p.thumb.JPG alt=Clouds scoot across the Martian sky in a movie clip consisting of 10 frames taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. This clip accelerates the motion. The camera took these 10 frames over a 10-minute period. Particles of water ice make up these clouds, like ice-crystal cirrus clouds on Earth.#xA; style=margin:0 5px 5px 0 //aScientists say the Red Planet's scant snow falls from clouds that are similar to the thin clouds of ice crystals seen over Earth's polar regions./pbr clear

2009-07-02T13:15:49-07:00

f=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31712980/ns/technology_and_science-space/img align=left border=0 src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090702-mars-phoenix-vlarge-1245p.thumb.jpg alt=A mosaic of images shows a series of trenches dug by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, with the Martian Arctic landscape stretching out into the background and a corner of the spacecraft visible in the foreground. style=margin:0 5px 5px 0 //aIn a fresh set of research papers, scientists add perspective to the Phoenix Mars Lander's findings about Martian water and soil./pbr clear

2009-07-02T13:10:28-07:00

f=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31712853/ns/technology_and_science-science/img align=left border=0 src=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090702_hmed_blind-faults.thumb.jpg alt=Potentially catastrophic blind faults are still being discovered, including the Peunte Hills fault, which runs right under downtown Los Angeles. style=margin:0 5px 5px 0 //aOver the years, unusually powerful shaking born from faults buried several miles deep in Earth's crust has brought cities from California to Japan to their knees, without explanation. Until now./pbr clear

2009-07-02T12:45:30-07:00

The company behind the dark Irish beer Guinness will give loyal drinkers a taste of space along with their stout, but only if they win new contest.

2009-07-02T11:13:35-07:00

AP - The Obama administration is moving cautiously on a new pilot program that would both detect and stop cyber attacks against government computers, while trying to ensure citizen privacy protections.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:31:14 GMT

AP - In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:08:55 GMT

AP - Companies that track consumer behavior online for advertising purposes are vowing to make their practices more transparent and to give people a way to decline being shadowed.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:43:36 GMT

AP - Several PC makers were including controversial Internet-filtering software with computers shipped in China on Thursday despite a government decision to postpone its plan to make such a step mandatory.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:08:24 GMT

AP - Facebook is overhauling its privacy controls over the next several weeks in an attempt to simplify its users' ability to control who sees the information they share on the site.

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:14:15 GMT

AP - When the Sony Walkman went on sale 30 years ago, it was shown off by a skateboarder to illustrate how the portable cassette-tape player delivered music on-the-go — a totally innovative idea back in 1979.

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:27:20 GMT

AFP - Swedish mobile phone network supplier Ericsson won contracts to supply broadband Internet to millions of users in China by a deal with three operators there, it said Friday.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:08:40 GMT

PC World - The iPhone scored quite a few headlines related to overheating problems with the 3GS this week. Depending on whom you believe, those issues are either real, exaggerated, the fault of users or some combination of the three. Otherwise, as warm weather takes hold above the equator and Bostonians contemplate whether it's time to brush up on our ark-building skills (rain, rain go away), we find this week's IT news offerings cover a broad range.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:40:11 GMT

Reuters - Researchers are using Bluetooth technology to observe the meanderings of tens of thousands of festival-goers at a top European rock festival, hoping their findings will launch a new generation of tracking devices.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:59:45 GMT

AP - As much as he enjoys singing about the double lives of computer geeks (Online) and amorous country boys (Ticks), Brad Paisley says there's too much going on in the world to be too lighthearted on his new album, American Saturday Night.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:01:31 GMT

Reports say a blown transformer knocked out power to the Fisher Plaza data center, which is home to the Bing Travel servers, among others.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:14:00 PDT

Martin Veitch at CIO.co.uk riffs on how certain football clubs resemble software companies, to good and painful effect.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:11:00 PDT

Hacker who originally unlocked the iPhone has let loose a jailbreaking app for the iPhone 3GS ahead of the iPhone dev team. For now, its Windows-only, but a Mac version is supposedly on the way.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:54:00 PDT

Three just-published patent applications hint at the companys future plans. But it could be a while before we see any of the functionality built into iPhones or other Apple devices.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:43:00 PDT

qa From puzzles and chess to ciphers and antivirus software, Zulfikar Ramzan talks about how he got into the computer security business and where its headed.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:00:00 PDT

At the U.S. Armys Dugway Proving Grounds facility in the Utah desert, researchers look for ways to protect soldiers against bugs that could easily kill or sideline them.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:00:00 PDT

Mozillas latest version plays catch-up with the browser competition. Also: the latest in Windows 7 news, and a Yahoo data center in a new shade of green.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:00:00 PDT

Open source has a role to play in cloud computing, but its likely not to be the vanquisher of old, proprietary dominance.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:54:00 PDT

Firefox 3.5 introduces a new embeddable font feature that can make Web typography much more visually appealing. But type foundries have to play along.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:56:00 PDT

If youve been wronged or youre just not happy with the way you were treated, there are some sites on the Web that will help you get your voice heard.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:49:32 PDT