Technology: Afternoon Edition

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Most Viewed Articles in Technology 1) With iTunes, Apple Conditioned Us For The App Store As you may have read by now , Apple decided to grace The New York Times with its presence for a long post about the App Store this weekend. There's really isn't anything new in the story (though a side story does reveal what apps Apple SVP of Product Marketing Phil Schiller actually uses), but there... 2) Washington to Verizon Wireless: Can you hear us now? The Federal Communications Commission sent a letter to Verizon Wireless Friday morning asking the company to explain why it has more than doubled its penalties for customers switching carriers. 3) Cope with PC Problems without Losing Your Mind Some days I feel like technology is conspiring against me. In the past couple weeks I've been through the wringer with my media-center PC, my iPhone, and my Nintendo Wii. 4) Google's Coolest 20% Project: Liquid Galaxy At Google I/O this year, one demo booth stood out above all others: The Holodeck . It was basically eight giant, long screens arranged in a circle that displayed Google Street View imagery. When you stepped into the contraption, it was a bit like zooming around outside. Today, Google has taken the... 5) Can OpenID Be Commercialized? Investors Bet $3.25 Million On JanRain JanRain has always been on the forefront evangelizing OpenID , the decentralized authentication method for the new Web, as a founding member of the OpenID Foundation . But the company is not a non-profit, and aims to turn the deployment of online identification technology in enterprise environments... 6) Trial set in eBay-Craigslist dispute GEORGETOWN, Del. -- Internet heavyweights eBay and Craigslist are set to square off in a Delaware courtroom over a business deal gone bad. 7) Windows Access Panel Helps You Find Arcane Settings In Vista and 7 Windows Access Panel is a free, moderately useful program that can make it easier for you to change Windows settings that you otherwise wouldn't know how to alter. It doesn't actually give you any tools or access to settings that aren't otherwise available in Windows. Rather, it gives you one-click... 8) Scientists, lawyers mull effects of home robots PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Eric Horvitz illustrates the potential dilemmas of living with robots by telling the story of how he once got stuck in an elevator at Stanford Hospital with a droid the size of a washing machine. 9) You've Got Freedom: AOL ends ties with Time Warner SAN FRANCISCO -- AOL is shaking loose from Time Warner Inc. and heading into the next decade the way it began this one, as an independent company. Unlike the 1990s, though, when AOL got rich selling dial-up Internet access, it starts the 2010s as an underdog, trying to beef up its Web sites and grab... 10) 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? UNSUBSCRIBE | Additional Newsletter Services | Advertising | Subscribe to the Paper | Privacy Policy

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