http://www.latimes.com/technology/?track=rss Headlines from latimes.com en ©2009, latimes.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 latimes/technologyhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/technology/~3/kZARjMwzJ7g/la-fi-google-chrome20-2009nov20,0,5768455.story Google Inc.'s new Chrome operating system, which is designed to bypass computer hard drives and work totally by way of an Internet connection, got its first public preview Thursday. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WCsJhAjV4NRohUrR4Y1GUo5f7P0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WCsJhAjV4NRohUrR4Y1GUo5f7P0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WCsJhAjV4NRohUrR4Y1GUo5f7P0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WCsJhAjV4NRohUrR4Y1GUo5f7P0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/technology/~4/kZARjMwzJ7g" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-google-chrome20-2009nov20,0,5768455.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/technology/~3/1Ko0qDQ8UzY/la-fi-lazarus18-2009nov18,0,6513394.column If pharmaceutical companies are allowed to send abbreviated pitches, they'll emphasize the benefits of their medications and send consumers elsewhere to find out the risks. <br/><br/> Google, Yahoo and the pharmaceutical industry are pushing to change how prescription drugs are hawked online. That's not a bad thing necessarily. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pdee-EMA8Hynbl13Z1D2Yrk9Ypo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pdee-EMA8Hynbl13Z1D2Yrk9Ypo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pdee-EMA8Hynbl13Z1D2Yrk9Ypo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/pdee-EMA8Hynbl13Z1D2Yrk9Ypo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/technology/~4/1Ko0qDQ8UzY" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-lazarus18-2009nov18,0,6513394.column?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/technology/~3/wrGRgYjw5SM/la-fi-ct-duty18-2009nov18,0,6222466.story Activision Blizzard's marketing and publicity campaign has featured all of the trappings of a modern movie effort, a further sign that the two businesses are coming to rival each other in popularity. <br/><br/> On a cloudy Friday afternoon on Venice Boulevard in West Los Angeles nearly two weeks ago, about 50 people were waiting to buy a video game that wasn't supposed to go on sale for four days. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4lRgSRH-0532kLNw90Cc1kh6-jY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4lRgSRH-0532kLNw90Cc1kh6-jY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4lRgSRH-0532kLNw90Cc1kh6-jY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/4lRgSRH-0532kLNw90Cc1kh6-jY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/technology/~4/wrGRgYjw5SM" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-ct-duty18-2009nov18,0,6222466.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/technology/~3/rLZFtmgwGHw/la-fi-internet-ads18-2009nov18,0,6982591.story Legislation targets unethical, aggressive sales tactics that result in countless 'mystery charges' for consumers. A Senate probe focused on online marketing firms Affinion, Vertrue and Webloyalty. <br/><br/> Linda Lindquist was in Atlanta, where she had taken her 19-year-old daughter for therapy after a skiing accident left her a quadriplegic, when she decided to treat the teenager to a movie. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cx9y1PRmVhtodS9tYdWrxn0mMNY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cx9y1PRmVhtodS9tYdWrxn0mMNY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cx9y1PRmVhtodS9tYdWrxn0mMNY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cx9y1PRmVhtodS9tYdWrxn0mMNY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/technology/~4/rLZFtmgwGHw" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-internet-ads18-2009nov18,0,6982591.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/technology/~3/dm4btStiuCs/la-me-cal-poly18-2009nov18,0,1015249.story Personal information on up to 355 applicants to the school in 2003, including Social Security numbers, was potentially accessible online until recently, the school says. <br/><br/> The Social Security numbers, home addresses and phone contacts for at least 300 students who applied for admission to Cal Poly Pomona six years ago were unintentionally disclosed online, according to the university. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ZLhytUZ-5vuySSWCOzxFPpRt16Y/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ZLhytUZ-5vuySSWCOzxFPpRt16Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ZLhytUZ-5vuySSWCOzxFPpRt16Y/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/ZLhytUZ-5vuySSWCOzxFPpRt16Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/technology/~4/dm4btStiuCs" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:19:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-me-cal-poly18-2009nov18,0,1015249.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/technology/~3/EFZiDDtX0cc/la-fi-broadband18-2009nov18,0,4829026.story A $7.2-billion federal program to bring high-speed Internet service to areas without it lacks basic information and adequate safeguards to ensure that the money isn't wasted, a government report says. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WjEru7RPH7kAgPbAJUUEBMmO2aA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WjEru7RPH7kAgPbAJUUEBMmO2aA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WjEru7RPH7kAgPbAJUUEBMmO2aA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WjEru7RPH7kAgPbAJUUEBMmO2aA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/technology/~4/EFZiDDtX0cc" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-broadband18-2009nov18,0,4829026.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/technology/~3/YVdWMYoiZHg/la-fi-ct-pandemic18-2009nov18,0,6805485.story EA bought the Westwood firm two years ago along with its sibling Bioware Corp. for up to $775 million. The closure will put nearly 200 people out of work. <br/><br/> Electronic Arts Inc. is shutting down its Westwood-based game developer Pandemic Studios just two years after acquiring it, putting nearly 200 people out of work. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/c6bv2bHtL2L236lyPTJHtddvahU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/c6bv2bHtL2L236lyPTJHtddvahU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/c6bv2bHtL2L236lyPTJHtddvahU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/c6bv2bHtL2L236lyPTJHtddvahU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/technology/~4/YVdWMYoiZHg" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-ct-pandemic18-2009nov18,0,6805485.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/technology/~3/AwJtEXbxdXI/la-fi-smallbiz-greenwave17-2009nov17,0,6899855.story The company and investors are banking on the unconventional design of its microturbines that can generate energy by capturing breezes from any direction. <br/><br/> The potential for profit is blowing in the wind, and Green Wave Energy Corp. plans to catch it. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/zoWzpBIfrH7y0T6H9IDOLr5y3K8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/zoWzpBIfrH7y0T6H9IDOLr5y3K8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/zoWzpBIfrH7y0T6H9IDOLr5y3K8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/zoWzpBIfrH7y0T6H9IDOLr5y3K8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/technology/~4/AwJtEXbxdXI" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-smallbiz-greenwave17-2009nov17,0,6899855.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/technology/~3/fWWx_V3k3-g/la-fi-tonyhawk16-2009nov16,0,1418866.story He talks to The Times about his first title in two years as well as the unique sensor-board controller and $120 price tag that go with it. <br/><br/> Tony Hawk, the former professional skateboarder and the name behind a billion-dollar video game franchise, hasn't had a runaway hit in a while. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/KekQ_g04w5GwrGaHOtmbByF323c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/KekQ_g04w5GwrGaHOtmbByF323c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/KekQ_g04w5GwrGaHOtmbByF323c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/KekQ_g04w5GwrGaHOtmbByF323c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/technology/~4/fWWx_V3k3-g" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-tonyhawk16-2009nov16,0,1418866.story?track=rss http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/technology/~3/zTZ9lO8Ysgs/la-et-avatar15-2009nov15,0,4193136.story James Cameron's futuristic thriller, opening next month, may be the most expensive movie ever. And Hollywood is in sore need of a game changer. <br/><br/> Inside a dark mixing stage at 20th Century Fox a few weeks ago, writer-director James Cameron, surrounded by nearly a dozen colleagues, stared at a clip from his upcoming movie, "Avatar," unhappy with the look of the precipitous peaks on the horizon. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/F2zeGdC54loNviUIAoSU-8yxCLU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/F2zeGdC54loNviUIAoSU-8yxCLU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/F2zeGdC54loNviUIAoSU-8yxCLU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/F2zeGdC54loNviUIAoSU-8yxCLU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/technology/~4/zTZ9lO8Ysgs" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-et-avatar15-2009nov15,0,4193136.story?track=rss