en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/home/users/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/tech/companies_reject_vista/ Among corporate users, it's nothing new for companies like GM to skip releases of Windows, says Mike Nash, a corporate vice-president at Microsoft. He points to customers including Continental Airlines, Bank of America, Cerner, and Royal Dutch Shell, whic news tech 2008-05-14 08:16:12 http://www.newsique.com/tech/companies_reject_vista/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24596745/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/companies_reject_vista/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/virtual_telescope_opens_night_sk/ Twirling galaxies, exotic nebulae and exploding stars are now just a mouse click away for amateur astronomers. Microsoft has launched WorldWide Telescope, a free tool that stitches together images from some of the best ground- and space-based telescope news science 2008-05-13 08:21:39 http://www.newsique.com/science/virtual_telescope_opens_night_sk/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/7397811.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/virtual_telescope_opens_night_sk/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/yahoo_search_to_alert_users_to_b/ Yahoo Inc. and McAfee Inc. are joining to offer alerts about potentially dangerous Web sites alongside search results generated at Yahoo.com. With the new security feature — slated to take effect Tuesday — people who search the Internet using Yahoo news tech 2008-05-07 08:21:19 http://www.newsique.com/tech/yahoo_search_to_alert_users_to_b/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24483015/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/yahoo_search_to_alert_users_to_b/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/facebook_adds_privacy_controls/ Facebook said on Tuesday it is introducing new privacy controls that give users of the fast-growing social networking site the ability to preserve social distinctions between friends, family and co-workers online. Facebook executives told reporters at news tech 2008-03-19 08:08:37 http://www.newsique.com/tech/facebook_adds_privacy_controls/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23695476/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [8] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/facebook_adds_privacy_controls/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/uk_iphone_users_get_better_deals/ Better deals for UK users of Apple's iPhone are being launched as operator O2 overhauls tariffs less than three months after the mobile hit the stores. The lowest �35 monthly tariff is to offer about three times as many texts and minutes, while the c news tech 2008-01-30 08:28:41 http://www.newsique.com/tech/uk_iphone_users_get_better_deals/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/7217184.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [6] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/uk_iphone_users_get_better_deals/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/does_japan_need_the_iphone/ The world's most sophisticated users of wireless technology may be unimpressed by Apple's high-tech gadget The Japanese fell for the iPod. So why should they not embrace the iPhone, too? It's tempting to think that Japan's love affair with Apple's (AAP news tech 2007-12-21 08:16:21 http://www.newsique.com/tech/does_japan_need_the_iphone/ BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/dec2007/gb20071220_152247.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/businessweek/ 94 Insightful [6] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/does_japan_need_the_iphone/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/facebook_founder_apology_over_ad/ The founder of social networking site Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to users for the way it launched a social advertising system. Called Beacon, the system tracks web shopping on partner sites outside Facebook and then sells adverts to the so news tech 2007-12-06 08:28:48 http://www.newsique.com/tech/facebook_founder_apology_over_ad/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/7130349.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [9] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/facebook_founder_apology_over_ad/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/net_users_want_film_downloads/ Net users in the UK have rated the ability to download DVD-quality films quickly as the service they most want from next-generation broadband. In a survey conducted by Broadbandchoices.co.uk, users put it ahead of video calls, High Definition video dow news tech 2007-12-04 08:19:48 http://www.newsique.com/tech/net_users_want_film_downloads/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/7117155.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Insightful [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/net_users_want_film_downloads/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/facebook_dims_the_beacon_spotlig/ The social network gives in to complaints, granting users greater control over a system that shares information about Web activity Facebook made modifications to a controversial advertising system that many users considered an invasion of privacy. On N news tech 2007-11-30 08:15:34 http://www.newsique.com/tech/facebook_dims_the_beacon_spotlig/ BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2007/tc20071130_977788.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/businessweek/ 94 Interesting [8] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/facebook_dims_the_beacon_spotlig/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/new_facebook_ad_program_draws_co/ Some users of the online hangout Facebook are complaining that its two-week-old marketing program is publicizing their purchases for friends to see. Those users say they never noticed a small box that appears on a corner of their Web browsers following news tech 2007-11-22 08:15:50 http://www.newsique.com/tech/new_facebook_ad_program_draws_co/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21919208/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Insightful [7] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/new_facebook_ad_program_draws_co/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/bbc_must_offer_iplayer_for_all/ The BBC must deliver an online TV catch-up service that lets users of all computers download programmes, the corporation's regulators have said. It comes after the BBC said a download service for Mac and Linux users was not 100% definite and would depe news tech 2007-10-17 08:25:42 http://www.newsique.com/tech/bbc_must_offer_iplayer_for_all/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/7047381.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/bbc_must_offer_iplayer_for_all/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/microsoft_aims_patent_guns_at_re/ Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has warned users of Red Hat Linux that they will have to pay Microsoft for its intellectual property. "People who use Red Hat, at least with respect to our intellectual property, in a sense have an obligation to news tech 2007-10-09 14:19:16 http://www.newsique.com/tech/microsoft_aims_patent_guns_at_re/ www.vnunet.com http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2200717/microsoft-sharpens-aims-patent Important [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/microsoft_aims_patent_guns_at_re/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/ebay_buys_stumbleupon/ Internet auction site eBay has bought StumbleUpon, a website that recommends other websites, for $75m. The deal means eBay will get access to almost 2.5 million registered users, who recommend sites to each other. Users get search results that are b news tech 2007-05-31 10:13:33 http://www.newsique.com/tech/ebay_buys_stumbleupon/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/6707397.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/ebay_buys_stumbleupon/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/no_charges_over_suicide_on_web/ Chatroom users who watched a man apparently commit suicide over the internet will not face charges, the Crown Prosecution Service has said. Kevin Whitrick, 42, of Wellington, Shropshire, broadcast his death over the internet in March. The father-of- news tech 2007-05-26 17:07:58 http://www.newsique.com/tech/no_charges_over_suicide_on_web/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/shropshire/6695197.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Shocking [6] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/no_charges_over_suicide_on_web/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/google_to_show_daily_list_of_hot/ Google Inc. is going to start sharing more insights about what's on its users' minds by showing a daily list of the 100 hottest topics on its Internet-leading search engine. The new rankings will be unveiled late Monday in an upgrade of Google's "trend news tech 2007-05-22 11:28:31 http://www.newsique.com/tech/google_to_show_daily_list_of_hot/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18798594/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [9] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/google_to_show_daily_list_of_hot/#comments http://www.newsique.com/health/vaporized_marijuana_may_be_easie/ Users of marijuana (also called cannabis) who vaporize the drug have fewer lung symptoms than those who smoke it, researchers report. Based on his research, Dr. Mitch Earleywine said: "The argument that the medical use of cannabis is inappropriate beca news health 2007-05-05 10:07:52 http://www.newsique.com/health/vaporized_marijuana_may_be_easie/ Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSCOL46069720070504 http://www.newsique.com/sources/reuters/ 93 Amazing [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/health/vaporized_marijuana_may_be_easie/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/myspace_plays_chicken_with_users/ The popular social network is showing third-party widget makers—and its users—who really decides what content gets added to pages Late on Apr. 10, photo-sharing site Photobucket began receiving complaints from users that slide shows and videos they news tech 2007-04-12 09:26:51 http://www.newsique.com/tech/myspace_plays_chicken_with_users/ BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2007/tc20070411_439812.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/businessweek/ 94 Interesting [6] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/myspace_plays_chicken_with_users/#comments http://www.newsique.com/life/meh_-_the_word_thats_sweeping_th/ How was my weekend? Meh. The mehness of it is indescribable. Just one big, fat meh. If you are an old-media kind of reader, "meh" won't mean a whole lot to you. The word has appeared in the national press three times in the past year. If you gain new voca opinion life 2007-03-06 22:10:52 http://www.newsique.com/life/meh_-_the_word_thats_sweeping_th/ Guardian Unlimited http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2026533,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/guardian/ 92 Interesting [8] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/life/meh_-_the_word_thats_sweeping_th/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/irs_urged_to_go_after_ebay_selle/ When it comes to paying income taxes, eBay's legions of small-time entrepreneurs are on an honor system in which they are supposed to declare their profits to the Internal Revenue Service. Many users, however, ignore the law or are unaware of their obliga news tech 2007-02-25 12:27:30 http://www.newsique.com/tech/irs_urged_to_go_after_ebay_selle/ SF Gate http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/02/24/MNGMPOAK5C1.DTL http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Important [7] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/irs_urged_to_go_after_ebay_selle/#comments http://www.newsique.com/tech/vista_security_a_close_look/ In last week's column about Windows users becoming increasingly disenchanted with Microsoft because of security issues, I suggested that the improvements in Windows Vista may have come too late and may not be enough. news tech 2006-12-26 18:19:38 http://www.newsique.com/tech/vista_security_a_close_look/ Houston Chronicle http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/silverman/4425731.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/chron/ 95 Insightful [6] 100 izgood http://www.newsique.com/profiles/izgood/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/tech/vista_security_a_close_look/#comments