WMHQ http://wmhq.com/technology WMHQ.com: Technology News Daily Update en robin@wmhq.com (Robin Nixon) Copyright 2008 WMHQ.com Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT http://wmhq.com/images/rssfeed.gif http://wmhq.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_hi_te/facebook_safeguards http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_hi_te/facebook_safeguards Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT <img src=http://wmhq.com/technology/2008/05/09-1.jpg width=160 height=120 border=1 align=left>Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, is adding more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies under an agreement with officials nationwide that was announced Thursday.<br clear=all> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_hi_te/google http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_hi_te/google Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT <img src=http://wmhq.com/technology/2008/05/09-2.jpg width=160 height=120 border=1 align=left>Google Inc.'s top executives expressed hope Thursday that the Internet search leader will be able to form a potentially lucrative advertising partnership with Yahoo Inc. — a deal that would lower the odds of Microsoft Corp. renewing its attempts to buy Yahoo.<br clear=all> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_plan_c http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_plan_c Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT <img src=http://wmhq.com/technology/2008/05/09-3.jpg width=160 height=120 border=1 align=left>Without the influx of Web traffic that Microsoft bet would quickly follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker is facing a long slog if it wants to turn its money-losing online services business into a Google-killer.<br clear=all> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_hi_te/cablevision_wireless http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_hi_te/cablevision_wireless Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT <img src=http://wmhq.com/technology/2008/05/09-4.jpg width=160 height=120 border=1 align=left>Cable TV provider Cablevision Systems Corp. disclosed plans Thursday to offer high-speed wireless Internet service across its coverage area in the New York region.<br clear=all> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_epilepsy_foundation_hacked http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_hi_te/techbit_epilepsy_foundation_hacked Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT <img src=http://wmhq.com/technology/2008/05/09-5.jpg width=160 height=120 border=1 align=left>Computer attacks typically don't inflict physical pain on their victims.<br clear=all> http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080509/tc_pcworld/145672 http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080509/tc_pcworld/145672 Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT <img src=http://wmhq.com/technology/2008/05/09-6.jpg width=160 height=120 border=1 align=left>Two giant offers for free Wi-Fi extended, one from AT&T to iPhone users, and another from Cablevision for its millions of home territory broadband subscribers.<br clear=all> http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080509/tc_cmp/207601211 http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080509/tc_cmp/207601211 Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT <img src=http://wmhq.com/technology/2008/05/09-7.jpg width=160 height=120 border=1 align=left>InformationWeek<br clear=all> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080508/bs_ibd_ibd/20080508trends http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080508/bs_ibd_ibd/20080508trends Fri, 09 May 9th 2008 GMT <img src=http://wmhq.com/technology/2008/05/09-8.jpg width=160 height=120 border=1 align=left>New software for cell phones can analyze documents and extract key phrases. Viewing documents on a cell phone's small screen can be difficult, but software created by Fuji Xerox Palo Alto Lab enlarges images and section headers to make documents more legible. When a user taps on a paragraph, the text is enlarged. If embedded photos appear too small, the software automatically zooms in on them.<br clear=all>