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Re-activateCombing through hundreds of blog posts and news articles daily, Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, sifts through the noise to bring you the tech news most important to consumers. If you have a tip on a story you want to share, leave a comment below.
Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Gets Green Light (InformationWeek)
The most notable part of the pact will see Yahoo effectively outsource search on its Web sites to Microsoft's Bing search engine. Still, Yahoo officials insisted their company isn't abandoning search for good and will continue to invest in the technology.
Google slapped with class-action lawsuit over Buzz (ComputerWorld)
Eva Hibnick, a resident of Sarasota County, Fla., filed the suit in a San Jose, Calif., federal court on behalf of herself and the approximately 31 million U.S. users of Google's popular Gmail e-mail service. The lawsuit alleges that Google violated federal privacy and computer fraud laws by adding Buzz to the Gmail service last week.
First AT&T Android cellphone on the way (USA Today)
AT&T is the latest wireless carrier to embrace Google's Android operating system. On March 7, AT&T will start selling the new Motorola Backflip smartphone...You can access more than 20,000 apps through Android Market. AT&T says this is the first of five Android handsets the carrier expects to bring out this year.
Social Networking Now More Popular on Mobile than Desktop (ReadWriteWeb)
A recent study from Ruder Finn revealed that Americans are spending nearly three hours per day on their mobile phones...[P]erhaps the most interesting finding from the new data is the fact that more people are using the mobile web to socialize (91%) compared to the 79% of desktop users who do the same. It appears that the mobile phone is actually a better platform for social networking than the PC.
TechBytes: HBO Goes Online (ABC News)
The premium cable channel HBO is now online. It is offering its movies and TV shows to subscribers through the new Web site hbogo.com. The service offers more than 600 hours of programming and is available starting today for Verizon FiOS video and Internet customers. The site will eventually expand to other cable companies. Comcast unveiled a similar service for its subscribers in December.
Lighter side: Onion Sports Guide to Team USA (The Onion)
[Nick Mandle filling in.]
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