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Google ventures into virtual reality with 'Lively' (AP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080708/ap_on_hi_te/tec_google_virtual_reality"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080704/capt.cps.mxc25.040708101853.photo00.photo.default-512x317.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=5exiTyPS1ciaWuI5HSgSkw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A woman walks past the logo of Internet search engine giant Google at a trade fair. Google expressed disappointment and privacy groups voiced outrage Thursday after a judge ordered Google to give entertainment giant Viacom details of video-watching habits of visitors to its popular video-sharing website YouTube.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Gottschalk)" border="0" /></a>AP - In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more fantasizing on the Web. 

NebuAd to come under spotlight at Senate hearing (AP)
AP - Executives from major Internet players Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Silicon Valley startup called NebuAd Inc.

Court keeps cell tower backup rules on hold (AP)
AP - More than a year after they were introduced, federal rules intended to keep cell phone towers operating during natural disasters remain in limbo.

VMware shares plunge on CEO change, slowing growth (AP)
AP - VMware Inc. abruptly replaced co-founder Diane Greene as chief executive Tuesday and lowered its sales outlook, triggering alarms that pounded the business software maker's shares to their lowest depths since the company's lucrative public offering 11 months ago.

Bank of America may finally embrace Firefox (CNET)
CNET - The largest bank in the United States has officially ignored the second most popular Web browser--until recently.

Internet flaw could let hackers take over the Web (AFP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080709/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwarecrime"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080709/capt.cps.myd35.090708085633.photo00.photo.default-512x392.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=2IaOZeapvzdfR4avG8PHqg--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="A man tries to access a website at an Internet cafe during a disruption of Internet service. Computer industry heavyweights are hustling to fix a flaw in the foundation of the Internet that would let hackers control traffic on the World Wide Web.(AFP/File/Amro Maraghi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Computer industry heavyweights are hustling to fix a flaw in the foundation of the Internet that would let hackers control traffic on the World Wide Web. 

Investors play the market for hot video games (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - If you see your nephew or daughter waving a plastic wand like a crazy person at the TV, rather than calling a shrink, you might want to dial your broker. Novel types of controllers, like the motion sensitive wand used to move on-screen characters on the Nintendo Wii console, have shown investors that video games have burst light years beyond the dark basements of geeks.

Reliance and MTN extend tie-up talks (AFP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080709/bs_afp/indiasafricatelecomcompanyreliancemtntalksextension"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080709/capt.cps.mye06.090708121406.photo00.photo.default-376x512.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=0Qiob.1zTk_HvfoOLF2YWA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Chairman of India's Reliance Communications Anil Ambani addresses a press conference in Mumbai, April 2008. Indian mobile phone giant Reliance said the deadline for talks that could lead to a blockbuster merger with Africa's largest cellular firm MTN had been extended.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Indian mobile phone giant Reliance Communications said Wednesday the deadline for talks that could lead to a blockbuster merger with Africa's largest cellular firm MTN had been extended. 

IBM, Second Life Demo Virtual World Interoperability (TechWeb)
TechWeb - <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/cmp/tc_cmp/storytext/208803274/28169742/SIG=131enl830/*http://www.informationweek.com/;jsessionid=YD3B4EIC52KTUQSNDLRCKH0CJUNN2JVN?cid=feed-yahoo-news">InformationWeek</a> - The extensions used to connect Second life to the OpenSim server will be made available to the open source community and the OpenSim community.

Google lets people create custom virtual realms (AFP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080709/bs_afp/lifestyleusitinternetcompanygoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080709/capt.cps.myd13.090708082845.photo00.photo.default-512x301.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=sICQLVXJnTPWrL0WiP.MlQ--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="File photo shows a virtual rendition of US Congressman Edward Markey on Second Life for the UNs climate change convention in Bali, Indonesia. Web firm Google has rolled out a challenge to virtual world giant Second Life with free software that lets people create their own online 3D worlds(AFP/OneWorld.net/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google has rolled out a challenge to virtual world giant Second Life with free software that lets people create their own online 3D worlds that can be embedded on websites and melded with other online functions. 

Real Software, Veryant bolster dev tools (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Real Software and Veryant are upgrading development tools this week, with Real Software focused on its RealBasic platform and Veryant on Cobol.

Scrabble poised for Facebook face-off with Scrabulous (AFP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080709/bs_afp/lifestyleitinternetgamecompanyfacebook"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080709/capt.cps.myc03.090708031408.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=US1kTl4hCm74ogJCv4DLMw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Toy-makers Hasbro and Mattel have demanded that social networking website Facebook remove the online game Scrabulous due to alleged copyright infringement(AFP/File/Leon Neal)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Videogame colossus Electronic Arts has said an online Scrabble game customized for Facebook will be released this month to challenge the popular unauthorized version Scrabulous.