Technology: Afternoon Edition

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Most Viewed Articles in Technology 1) Charting morally murky waters Could Aristotle handle a drunk buddy in a bar? Would Socrates remain loyal to a friend in trouble, or honor his duty to Athens? And could Plato embrace a noble lie that put his future at risk? 2) Bing Bombs Wow. Bing is completely and utterly down right now and has been for several minutes. The tweets about it are flying in at a massive pace as are the tips to us. [Update below, it's back after about 30 mins of downtime.] 3) GameStop shares tumble on Wal-Mart game deals NEW YORK -- Investors sent GameStop shares sharply lower Wednesday amid worries that the Wal-Mart's video game promotions could undercut holiday sales at GameStop Corp.'s more than 6,000 retail stores nationwide. 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) TuneUp Utilities 2010 Replaces Many Other Utilities Those looking to tune up their PCs should give a long look to the latest version of TuneUp Utilities. It does an comprehensive job of cleaning up your PC to make sure it runs faster, more smoothly, and without problems. This suite includes everything from a startup optimizer to a driver... 6) Eric Schmidt: Government Too Slow For Me, Comcast Made A Pretty Smart Move In a brief interview with FOX Business Network, Google CEO Eric Schmidt talked about his views on the talking points of Obama's Jobs Summit at The White House, which he attended. 7) Google Gets Into The DNS Business. Here's What That Means Google just announced Google Public DNS , a new service that lets consumers use Google as their DNS service provider. The benefits to users are a theoretically faster and more stable browsing experience, and some additional security against malware type sites. The benefit to Google ? tons more... 8) As Google Backs Away From A Plug-in, Microsoft Rushes Towards One Today at their Bing Fall Release event , Microsoft showed off some nice updates to their search engine, including further information about how the much anticipated Twitter and Facebook data integration will work. But by far the most interesting thing they showed was the new beta version of Bing... 9) Review: 'Hawk' offers wireless skateboard control ATLANTA -- "Tony Hawk: Ride" ($120; Xbox360, Wii, PS3) is a groundbreaking video game that fits right in with the namesake skating legend's no-rough-edges appeal. It's a silky smooth experience with an inventive wireless skate deck controller and a friendly learning curve. 10) Twitter Is So In Vogue Right Now Who says Twitter isn't mainstream? Vogue Italia has just dedicated an issue to the microblogging network. The magazine's December cover features a montage of TwitPics of some of the world's most famous models, including Gisele Bundchen, Christy Turlington, and Natalia Vodianova. UNSUBSCRIBE | Additional Newsletter Services | Advertising | Subscribe to the Paper | Privacy Policy

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