Tech Update: Iran Denies Malware Connection to Nuclear Delay

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October 06, 2010 Tech Update

Iran Denies Malware Connection to Nuclear Delay By WILLIAM YONG Iranian officials announced that a "small leak" - rather than a malicious computer worm - caused the setback. For Those Near, the Miserable Hum of Clean Energy By TOM ZELLER Jr. Lawsuits and complaints about turbine noise, vibrations and lost property value have cropped up in several states. ADVERTISEMENT Media Writer at The Post Is Headed to a Web Site By JEREMY W. PETERS Howard Kurtz will become Washington bureau chief for The Daily Beast, which is rumored to be near a merger with Newsweek magazine. A Shifting Oscar Race Heats Up By MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNES "The Social Network," favored by some as the movie to beat for best picture in 2011, opened weaker than expected, shifting the playing field. Physics Nobel Honors Work on Ultra-Thin Carbon By DENNIS OVERBYE Two Russian-born scientists working in Britain won the prize for investigating the strange properties of graphene, a form of carbon one atom thick. Video via Reuters Heat-Knicks to Be First N.B.A. Game Broadcast in 3-D By JOSHUA BRUSTEIN ESPN's 3-D network plans to broadcast eight regular-season N.B.A. games and another six during the playoffs. Sun Co-Founder Uses Capitalism to Help Poor By VIKAS BAJAJ Vinod Khosla invested heavily in a microfinance company, expecting it to profit poor people - and himself. Technology Most E-Mailed Pogue's Posts: Line2: Turn an iPod Touch into an iPhone 2 Brothers Await Broad Use of Medical E-Records The Social Network That Gets Down to Business Bits: The iPhone Has a Real Fight on Its Hands Google TV Announces Its Programming Partners, but the Top Networks Are Absent State of the Art: A Simple Swipe on a Phone, and You're Paid State of the Art: IPhone App to Sidestep AT&T Apple Challenges Big Award Over Patents Verizon Wireless to Pay Millions in Refunds Gadgetwise: What to Do If Hackers Steal Your Online Accounts ADVERTISEMENT Get home delivery of The New York Times for as low as $3.15 a week.

Opinionator Zuckerberg: Non-Evil Non-Genius? By ROBERT WRIGHT The co-star that made Facebook a runaway success. Personal Tech Gadgetwise Blog A VoIP Spat Means Lower Prices By ROY FURCHGOTT A spat between VoIP providers Skype and Fring may mean lower prices for international calls. Gadgetwise Blog Can Technology Make or Break A Relationship? By JENNA WORTHAM For some singles, smoking is an immediate dating dealbreaker. For others, it could be a love of Ke$sha. Are some people beginning to add techno-illiteracy to the list? Tech Chiefs Present a Deficit-Reduction Plan October 06, 2010, 9:00 AM Online Ticketing Start-up Books More Cash October 06, 2010, 8:00 AM The iPhone Has a Real Fight on Its Hands October 05, 2010, 3:01 PM Media Decoder: New Leaders for Disney's Interactive Media Group October 03, 2010, 3:40 PM Go to the Bits Blog » Technology Headlines From Around the Web What's This? TechCrunch A Facebook Redesign Likely Being Unveiled Tomorrow After An Employee "Lockdown" Engadget Sony's Google TV controller outed on ABC's Nightline (video) Nielsen Wire Android Most Popular Operating System in U.S. Among Recent Smartphone Buyers Mashable! Skype Now Available for Android Devices Official Google Mobile Blog Open your eyes: Google Goggles now available on iPhone in Google Mobile App More at Blogrunner » ADVERTISEMENT

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