Technology: Afternoon Edition

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Most Viewed Articles in Technology 1) Get Photoshop-Caliber Image Editing from Paint.NET For everyday image-tweaking chores--cropping, resizing, and the like--I use IrfanView, one of my all-time favorite freeware apps. 2) 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. 3) Alicia Keys Streams New Album On Facebook Alicia Keys fans will have another reason to compulsively check her Facebook fan page today: Keys is releasing her new album The Element of Freedom exclusively through the world's largest social network. ?Fans will be able to tune in to her Facebook Fan page beginning today, where they'll be able to... 4) Samsung looks for software boost in smartphones HELSINKI (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics hopes to boost its position in smartphones by opening up its software, but analysts doubt it can challenge Apple as the platforms favored by application developers. 5) 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? 6) 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. 7) Google search results to include 'real-time' data MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Fresh information from blogs, news sites, Twitter and other popular hangouts will appear in Google's search results more quickly as the company aims to give people a more comprehensive look at what's happening on the Web. 8) Digg's Money Guy Joins High Gear Media Board High Gear Media , a publishing company focused on automotive digital media, is having a great year. The Palo Alto, CA-based vertical content startup raised a second round of funding last Summer to the tune of $5.5 million and has been growing like a weed. 9) Google Fully Embraces Realtime In Search Results Today, at its Search Event in Mountain View, Google Fellow Amit Singhal took the stage to announce a big new feature for the search giant: Realtime. "It?s Google?s relevance technology meeting the realtime web," is how Singhal described it. 10) China Mobile, RIM to offer BlackBerry to China consumer BEIJING (Reuters) - China Mobile <0941.HK> and Research in Motion will offer BlackBerry handsets and Internet service to consumers as well as smaller firms in China, the two firms said on Tuesday. UNSUBSCRIBE | Additional Newsletter Services | Advertising | Subscribe to the Paper | Privacy Policy

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