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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Ventura County Star Stories: Tech &amp; Science</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/tech/</link><atom:link href="http://venturacountystar.com/news/tech/" type="application/rss+xml" rel="self"></atom:link><description>Ventura County Star Stories: Tech &amp; Science</description><language>en-us</language><category>tech</category><item><title>In tight economy, these programs won't break your budget
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/08/in-tight-economy-these-programs-wont-break-your/</link><description><![CDATA[ The economy has me scrounging around more than usual. I haven't yet checked the Dumpster behind the Kroger for discarded vegetables, but I keep my eyes open for any way to save some coins.  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/08/in-tight-economy-these-programs-wont-break-your/</guid><category>tech</category></item><item><title>Tech Bits
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/08/tech-bits/</link><description><![CDATA[   ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/08/tech-bits/</guid><category>tech</category></item><item><title>Social networking sites could prove beneficial 
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/08/social-networking-sites-could-prove-beneficial/</link><description><![CDATA[ University of Minnesota researchers say they have discovered educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook.  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/08/social-networking-sites-could-prove-beneficial/</guid><category>tech</category></item><item><title> ISP guidelines can go beyond normal rules
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/08/online-but-censored/</link><description><![CDATA[ Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative. Say it on the Internet, and you'll find that free speech and other constitutional rights are anything but guaranteed.  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/08/online-but-censored/</guid><category>tech</category></item><item><title>EA plans authorized online Scrabble
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/08/ea-plans-authorized-online-scrabble/</link><description><![CDATA[ As Facebook has blossomed into a hot Internet hangout, its users have passed countless hours playing Scrabble with friends &#8212; or, at least, an unauthorized version of the word game that Scrabble's owners have tried to shut down.  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/08/ea-plans-authorized-online-scrabble/</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>Microsoft backs Icahn in battle with Yahoo
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/08/microsoft-backs-icahn-in-battle-with-yahoo/</link><description><![CDATA[ Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to dump Yahoo Inc.'s board, saying Monday that a successful shareholder rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its bid to buy Yahoo's Internet search engine or possibly the entire company.  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/08/microsoft-backs-icahn-in-battle-with-yahoo/</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>Recording engineers at Capitol Studios fear effects of condo project
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/05/recording-engineers-at-famed-capitol-studios-of/</link><description><![CDATA[ LOS ANGELES — Standing in the photo-lined hallway, you can almost hear the history.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/05/recording-engineers-at-famed-capitol-studios-of/</guid><category>tech</category></item><item><title>YouTube must tell data on viewing
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/04/youtube-must-tell-data-on-viewing/</link><description><![CDATA[ Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/04/youtube-must-tell-data-on-viewing/</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>Market for brain fitness exercises is booming
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/02/market-for-brain-fitness-exercises-is-booming/</link><description><![CDATA[ Teen cramming for tests and people worried about &quot;senior moments&quot; can now turn to an explosion of brain-assisting video games, such as Nintendo's Brain Age; puzzles said to ward off dementia, such as Sudoku and crosswords; and online tips that claim to train the brain.  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/02/market-for-brain-fitness-exercises-is-booming/</guid><category>tech</category></item><item><title>PIN thefts show ATM security gaps
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/02/pin-thefts-show-atm-security-gaps/</link><description><![CDATA[  Hackers broke into Citibank's network of ATMs inside 7-Eleven stores and stole customers' personal identification numbers, according to recent court filings that revealed a disturbing security hole in the most sensitive part of a banking record.  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/02/pin-thefts-show-atm-security-gaps/</guid><category>tech</category></item><item><title>Women's site offers tidbits from all over
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/01/no-headline---ld2techbits01/</link><description><![CDATA[ Yahoo has introduced a new Web site, Shine, targeting &quot;chief household officers&quot;: women 25 to 54 who are heavy Internet users and make most of the household purchasing decisions.  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/01/no-headline---ld2techbits01/</guid><category>tech</category></item><item><title>With less compression, an antenna goes well with HDTV
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/01/with-less-compression-an-antenna-goes-well-with/</link><description><![CDATA[ I'm not sure what's happening here. Maybe some of my readers blew all their money on an HDTV. For whatever reason, a number are writing to ask about using an antenna with their new HDTVs.  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/01/with-less-compression-an-antenna-goes-well-with/</guid><category>tech</category></item><item><title>Motorists will need to put down hand-held devices 
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/01/stick-it-in-your-ear/</link><description><![CDATA[Nowhere is it more obvious that people cannot sit still than in their cars. That is why, even with today's new cell phone law that prohibits talking on a handset while driving, some doubt it will make much difference. Just watch others tinker with their toys while flying through traffic. Scary, isn't it?   ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jul/01/stick-it-in-your-ear/</guid><category>tech</category></item><item><title>Cyber neighborhood: June 30
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/30/no-headline---bd4vhood30/</link><description><![CDATA[   ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/30/no-headline---bd4vhood30/</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>For startup, electronic parts are no big deal
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/30/for-startup-electronic-parts-are-no-big-deal/</link><description><![CDATA[Someday in the not too distant future, a TV as thin as a poster could hang on your wall. There's a good chance, too, that a Platteville, Wis.-area company, founded in part by a 17-year-old, will have played a critical role in creating that product.  ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/30/for-startup-electronic-parts-are-no-big-deal/</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>Wild computer conversions win fame among gamers
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/30/wild-computer-conversions-win-fame-among-gamers/</link><description><![CDATA[Benjamin Heckendorn takes the average video game system or computer, tears it apart and transforms it into a work of art. Anything from a Commodore 64 to Microsoft's Xbox 360 is fair game. He can turn an ancient Atari 2600 into a hand-held or morph Sony's state-of-the-art PlayStation 3 into a laptop.  ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/30/wild-computer-conversions-win-fame-among-gamers/</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>IBM developing miniature pipes of water for chip cooling
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/30/ibm-developing-miniature-pipes-of-water-for-chip/</link><description><![CDATA[Since a computer microprocessor is veined with electric circuitry, it might seem like a bad place to put water. But IBM Corp. researchers believe that sloshing water through hair-thin pipes inside chips will solve a vexing problem facing next-generation computers. That problem is heat.  ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/30/ibm-developing-miniature-pipes-of-water-for-chip/</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>Console makers open the door for independent developers
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/29/game-on-for-indies/</link><description><![CDATA[In the second grade, James Silva didn't just play "Mario" and "Zelda" on his Nintendo but drew pictures of new levels and cooked up ideas for future games. While other kids dreamed of becoming an astronaut or president, he felt destined to be a video game designer.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/29/game-on-for-indies/</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>Car fans find the unusual in Agoura Hills
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/29/virtual-races/</link><description><![CDATA[The roar of Porsche Spyders speeding on the Paramount Ranch Racetrack in the Santa Monica Mountains ended when the track closed in 1957. But five decades later and three miles away, vintage sports cars from that era have found a new destination.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/29/virtual-races/</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>Sony pledges return to glamour, profit
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/29/sony-pledges-return-to-glamour-profit/</link><description><![CDATA[Chief Executive Howard Stringer said Sony Corp. will win back its electronic leadership by improving its Internet-linked gadgets, wiping out losses in video games and TVs, and pushing services and software, not just hardware.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/29/sony-pledges-return-to-glamour-profit/</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item></channel></rss>