Technology: Afternoon Edition

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Most Viewed Articles in Technology 1) Google Publishes Zeitgeist 2009 ? Michael Jackson Crowned King Again Microsoft already featured the top search terms entered in its Bing search engine this year, leading us to conclude that "Michael Jackson Beats Out Twitter" . On Bing, that is. 2) The End Of The CrunchPad It was so close I could taste it. Two weeks ago we were ready to publicly launch the CrunchPad . The device was stable enough for a demo. It went hours without crashing. We could even let people play with the device themselves ? the user interface was intuitive enough that people "got it" without... 3)  Fring Brings Free Video Calling To The iPhone, Nokia Smartphones Apple has long been rumored to integrate video conferencing capabilities in the iPhone, and most expected Skype to incorporate such a feature in its free application for iPhone and iPod Touch devices sooner or later, but Israel's fring is first to actually do it . 4) Need Help Selecting a Payment Processor? Look No Further Than Payments-R-Us More and more startups are finally focusing on real business models, ones that are based on actually selling a product or service. You know, for money. 5) Is there a history lesson from the swine flu of '76? As more and more people receive the H1N1 shot, an earlier vaccine is casting a mysterious shadow over the attempt to immunize 200 million people in the next few months. 6) Nokia sues top LCD, CRT display makers HELSINKI -- Nokia Corp., the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said Tuesday it has filed suits against several leading liquid crystal display makers - including Philips, Toshiba, Sharp and Samsung - for alleged price fixing. 7)  A new kind of company, a new challenge for feds One is a giant of the entertainment world -- a tangle of television networks, a film studio and a stable of hit shows. The other is a cable colossus, the nation's largest provider of cable TV and Internet access. Together, the possibilities are endless. 8)  Facebook Investor DST Expands Mail.ru With Astrum Online Merger Digital Sky Technologies (aka DST), the Russian Internet holding company that holds stakes in several major Russian-language social networking and communication players and notably also recently invested in Facebook , is melting two of its largest portfolio companies together into one online... 9) Jay Leno losing his audience to DVR machines NEW YORK -- Much of the prime-time audience lost to NBC when Jay Leno moved into prime-time has gone not to its rivals but the digital video recorder. 10) iDroid app rejected by Apple. Well, duh. Here's a tip for all you iPhone app developers out there. If you want to make sure your app doesn't join the long list of rejected iPhone apps out there, make sure it doesn't advertise a competing product, especially if that product runs the Android operating system. Swavv Apps (creators of Beer ... UNSUBSCRIBE | Additional Newsletter Services | Advertising | Subscribe to the Paper | Privacy Policy

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