Copyright 2009 http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:30:18 -0800 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:30:18 -0800 NBC Local Integrated Media http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local-beat/Twitter-Generation-on-Strike-at-UC-Schools-jw-70652337.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:26:04 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*80/4114806749_010a19d7be_b.jpg
As a student strike expands, here's what Internet-generation kids are saying.

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Beware, 'Twilight" fans: Hackers are trying to lure you in with malware that really sucks.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/Facebook-and-Gangs-Are-Now-Friends-70533422.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:10:21 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*90/Facebook_640x480.jpg
In Ontario, authorities are looking into the emergence of the cyberthug.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/around-town/shopping/Shopping-the-iPhone-Way-70425972.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:53:51 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*75/iphone+reading.JPG
This holiday season, you'll really need a smartphone to shop your best.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/Wargames_in_the_Age_of_Terrorism_Bay_Area.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:12:25 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*90/codmw2_640x480.jpg
4.7 million units of 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2' were sold in the first 24 hours of its release, according to Activision.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/blogs/want-this/Want-ThatAdd-an-Extra-Monitor-or-Twoor-Six-70416482.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:29:08 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*90/eyefinity.jpg
Meet the next generation of fun technology: surround gaming.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/blogs/want-this/Star-Wars-Game-Brings-1983-Back-to-Life-70330482.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:45:57 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*80/starwars-300x199.jpg
You know the story. To save the galaxy and get the princess, set your sites on the thermal exhaust port and fire your proton torpedoes. If you lucky, millions of Death Star citizens will explode in a fiery...

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For several hours, you could hear a pin drop at Google's Mountain View, Calif. headquarters, as geeks from around the world worked to solve complex problems with computer code.

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You can be a NASA groupie using Twitter today as a group of users participate in the NASA Tweetup tied to the launch of Atlantis.

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In Shanghai, the president made a shocking admission: Those aren't his tweets.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/How-Music-Is-Stolen-In-2009-70193077.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:58:36 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*90/DECADE+REALITY+American+Idol.jpg
A group of online file-hosting services are using music theft to grow even bigger than Facebook. Here's how they're doing it.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/green/Hot-Sexy-and-Green-on-Twitter-70163442.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:00:40 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*90/hotecowomenoftwitter.jpg
Check out the top ten hot eco-evangelistas on Twitter.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/Wise-Cracking-Spokesrobot-Visits-Long-Beach-69989187.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:04:43 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*90/robot_terri.jpg
It can dance if it wants to, but TERRI the robot would rather talk about ecosystems.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/Dell-Introduces-an-iClone-69986507.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:19:44 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*90/dellmini3.jpg
The PC maker's new smartphone looks awfully familiar.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/Hot-Startups-Rocked-With-Lawsuit-Threat-69923697.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:06:14 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*80/3116296915_e00b3b4155_b.jpg
Zynga, Facebook and other players in social games could face a class-action suit.

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Now all you friends can know instantly when you get slaughtered on Modern Warefare 2.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/Legos_That_Rock_Bay_Area.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:22:11 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*90/legovid_640x480.jpg
Lego has gone well beyond blocks and is now enrolling in the school of rock, while 27 gold medal events are being waged on the Wii.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/Did-Intel-Get-Off-Cheap-in-AMD-Settlement-69873872.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:33:36 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*80/amd.jpg
Exiting the courtroom, Silicon Valley's rival chipmakers get back to slugging each other in the market.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/The-Coolest-and-Creepiest-Thing-on-Facebook-69868102.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:24:50 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*94/79493977.jpg
A new Facebook app tags your photos. Cool, or disturbing?

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Why bother carrying a video camera when you can look good wearing one. Tokyo-based gadget maker OTAS is selling some snazzy sunglasses that, of course, have a built-in video camera.

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The social networking site is exploding in popularity with the African American community.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/entertainment/music/Grumpy-Old-Tweeters-69682377.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:00:02 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*90/steven+tyler+and+joe+perry-640.jpg
Aerosmith feud plays out on Twitter as an old man's musings spur a "twitcom." When did social media get invaded by cranky guys?

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/Gamers-Heed-the-Newest-Call-of-Duty-69708532.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:25:12 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*90/modernwarfare21.jpg
Checking out "Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," and why it could be the best seller ever.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/Pucker-Up-and-You-May-Be-Called-a-Duckface-69703272.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:25:43 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*90/duckface01.jpg
It seems to have become all the rage on popular networking sites such as Facebook and Twitpics: people posting pictures of themselves puckering up instead of smiling for the camera.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/entertainment/celebrity/Levi-Johnston-Puts-Twitter-On-Notice-jw-69680212.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:20:11 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*80/826651722.jpg
More evidence that the drama in Wasilla is a story of "stupid is as stupid does."

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/When_Tweeting_Costs_You_Your_Job_San_Diego.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:00:20 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*90/KNSD_When_Tweeting_Costs_You_Your_Jo_111009_30_mezzn_640x480.jpg
Jenn Van Grove explains what can go wrong when your boss, and his customers, don't like your tweets.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/Will-Facebook-be-Less-Friendly-to-Scammers-jw-69410717.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:52:58 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*80/3116296915_e00b3b4155_b.jpg
Have you fallen prey to scams on social networks? Here's one possible scapegoat.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/Ex-Cisco-Star-the-Big-Loser-in-Skype-Battle-69392012.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:12:47 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*98/skypefounders.jpg
eBay and the founders of Skype have ended lawsuits that threatened the Internet phone service's multibillion-dollar spinoff.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/_This_Is_The_Phone_I_ve_Been_Waiting_For__Chicago.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:01:32 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*90/KNTV_This_Is_The_Phone_I_ve_Been_Wa_110609_34_mezzn_640x480.jpg
Alexandra Micuda waited outside a Verizon store in San Francisco since before 3 a.m. to get the store's very first Google Android phone.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/Twitter-Adds-Convenience-Features-to-Homepage-69379197.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:09:59 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*90/Phone+Tweets.jpg
In the week after rolling out the new Lists feature Twitter has announced a string of new improvements to their homepage, most of which offer users the convenience that they already find on many desktop and...

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/blogs/want-this/Thin-is-In-69331942.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:32:54 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*90/sony-x-series.jpg
In Los Angeles, you can never be thin enough. Just when you thought Apple's lighter-than-light Macbook Air would be crowned the sveltest laptop around, along comes the Sony X series.

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From DJ Hero to a fitness boot camp with Jillian Michaels, several new video games are about timing, dexterity and motion.

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DJ Hero and Jillian Michaels' fitness game require catlike reflexes.

]]> http://www.nbclosangeles.com/blogs/want-this/Look-Ma-No-Wires-69234752.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:33:42 -0800 http://media.nbclosangeles.com/images/120*120/iphone+powermat.jpg
If you're like most of us, a spaghetti of wires is taking over your desktop. A new charger from Powermat promises to solve some of that problem by charging your devices sans-cords.

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