Newser - Technologyhttp://www.newser.com/2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorMon, 23 Nov 2009 4:09:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74589/microsoft-offers-news-corp-cash-for-bing-content.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tecMicrosoft is offering News Corp and other media companies money to yank their content from Google’s search engine and list it instead on Bing. The offer, likely prompted by a threat from Rupert Murdoch to remove content from Google, “is all about Microsoft hurting Google’s margins,” said one publisher. But...http://www.newser.com/story/74589/microsoft-offers-news-corp-cash-for-bing-content.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tecMon, 23 Nov 2009 3:39:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74601/boy-beaten-on-facebook-kick-a-ginger-day.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tecPolice suspect a boy was attacked at his southern California middle school because a Facebook site urged assaults on redheads. The boy, 12, was beaten twice on a day declared "Kick a Ginger Day" on the Facebook site, inspired by an episode of South Park . Police are continuing to investigate....http://www.newser.com/story/74601/boy-beaten-on-facebook-kick-a-ginger-day.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tecMon, 23 Nov 2009 2:07:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74546/twitter-crack-and-other-web-equivalents.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tecWe all have our favorite Internet time-wasters; now, Patrick Moberg gives us their equivalents in real-world vices: Twitter is crack cocaine: “Fucking ANYONE is your friend. Yuppies do it on their iPhone. Cheap. Short. Fruitless.” Tumblr is a bottle of wine: “A quiet night in with a couple friends …...http://www.newser.com/story/74546/twitter-crack-and-other-web-equivalents.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tecSun, 22 Nov 2009 13:28:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74562/beware-12-scams-of-christmas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tecThe holiday season brings out the best in online scammers. CNET runs down common schemes to beware of, courtesy of McAfee: Fake delivery invoices: They look like legit emails from UPS, Federal Express, and the like, asking for address confirmation and credit card info to ensure delivery. Holiday e-cards: Make...http://www.newser.com/story/74562/beware-12-scams-of-christmas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tecSat, 21 Nov 2009 15:12:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74500/anonymous-posters-bedevil-tripadvisor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tecSome recent snafus have taught TripAdvisor the hard way that crowdsourcing may be powerful, but it isn’t always reliable. In one recent incident, a new boutique hotel shot to the top of the site’s Miami Beach hotel rankings on a flood of positive reviews—until one reviewer implied they’d all...http://www.newser.com/story/74500/anonymous-posters-bedevil-tripadvisor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tecFri, 20 Nov 2009 14:35:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74493/microsoft-office-2010-worthy-but-not-worth-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tecThe latest edition of the Fantastic Four of productivity—Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook—is worthy but not actually worth buying, writes Farhad Manjoo for Slate . Out next year but now available in a beta edition, Microsoft Office 2010 offers some definite improvements: It lets you preview how text or...http://www.newser.com/story/74493/microsoft-office-2010-worthy-but-not-worth-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tecFri, 20 Nov 2009 9:45:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74496/vulgar-online-comment-costs-man-his-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tecCommenters, beware. A St. Louis man who posted a vulgarity at a newspaper website soon found himself out of a job. When the St. Louis Post-Dispatch asked readers to weigh in with the strangest thing they've ever eaten, one guy responded with what the paper describes as a "vulgar expression...http://www.newser.com/story/74496/vulgar-online-comment-costs-man-his-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tecFri, 20 Nov 2009 8:40:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74435/cops-use-facebook-to-bust-underage-drinkers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tecWisconsin college student Adam Bauer should represent a cautionary tale for Facebook users under 21, or otherwise on the wrong side of the law: be careful what you post, and whom you friend. Shortly after accepting a request from an unfamiliar, “good-looking girl,” Bauer was invited to the local police...http://www.newser.com/story/74435/cops-use-facebook-to-bust-underage-drinkers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tecThu, 19 Nov 2009 18:19:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74419/twitter-founder-murdoch-will-fail-fast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tecBiz Stone says he’d “love to see what happens” if Rupert Murdoch really yanks his newspapers from Google, predicting that he’ll “fail fast.” The Twitter co-founder thinks News Corp would be better off trying “to make a ton of money from being radically open rather than some money from being...http://www.newser.com/story/74419/twitter-founder-murdoch-will-fail-fast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tecThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:35 CST