<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://cbs13.com/technology/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>CBS13/CW31: Sacramento's Source For Breaking News, Weather and Traffic</title><link>http://cbs13.com/technology</link><description><![CDATA[CBS13/CW31: Sacramento's Source For Breaking News, Weather and Traffic]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX Sacramento Television Stations Inc. All rights reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:59 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Bloggers Who Sell Online May Face New Guidelines ]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/technology/bloggers.guidelines.web.2.1326645.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/technology/bloggers.guidelines.web.2.1326645.html</link><description><![CDATA[It's a form of advertising that has exploded in recent years: companies using bloggers to promote their products or services, using classic the word-of-mouth technique.
"We can get the word out that's not just advertising on a billboard
somewhere that just says buy tickets," said Tracy Graf with Feld
Entertainment. When the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus came
to Denver, the company used "mommy bloggers" to get the word out about
their show.
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:22:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Minute: Watching Out For Phishing Scams]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/technology/phishing.scams.spyware.2.1325202.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/technology/phishing.scams.spyware.2.1325202.html</link><description><![CDATA[Phishing scams -- spelled with a P-H instead of an F but sounding just like "fishing" -- can get you into some hot water. It starts when you get an honest looking e-mail that tries to trick you into revealing your usernames, passwords and credit card details. According to CNET.com, more than 55,000 phishing attacks were launched in the first half of 2009. In this week's CNET Tech Minute, CNET.com's Brian Cooley tells us how to avoid getting hooked.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:16:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[eBay Sets Skype Loose At $2.75 B Valuation]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/technology/eBay.Skype.acquisition.2.1323294.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/technology/eBay.Skype.acquisition.2.1323294.html</link><description><![CDATA[Auction site eBay has, as long anticipated, sold off the Skype telephony service to a group of investors that includes Marc Andreessen's new Andreessen Horowitz group, Silver Lake, and the Skype co-founders' Joltid Ltd. The investor group now holds about 70 percent of the company; eBay retains the rest in a minority stake.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:07:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AT&T Loses First Legal Battle Against Verizon Ads]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/technology/ATT.Verizon.advertisements.2.1321178.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/technology/ATT.Verizon.advertisements.2.1321178.html</link><description><![CDATA[AT&amp;T has lost the first battle in a legal war against Verizon Wireless to force the company to stop showing advertisements that compare its 3G wireless network coverage with Verizon's coverage. A federal judge in Atlanta Wednesday declined to grant AT&amp;T a temporary restraining order that would force Verizon to stop showing the ads.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:42:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Williams: Cronkite Would Not Succeed Today]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/technology/walter.cronkite.brian.2.1320733.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/technology/walter.cronkite.brian.2.1320733.html</link><description><![CDATA[NBC newsman Brian Williams said Wednesday he's not sure if Walter Cronkite would have succeeded in the age of cable news, blogs and Twitter. "I am convinced that had he come along today, I don't think he would have cracked through. I think there's too much noise, too much to cut through for a modest man from Missouri," Williams told an audience in Phoenix. "But God and history combined to give him to us right when we needed him."<br />
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]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:38:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atlantis Docks At International Space Station]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/technology/atlantis.space.shuttle.2.1320040.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/technology/atlantis.space.shuttle.2.1320040.html</link><description><![CDATA[Space shuttle Atlantis is arriving at the International Space Station. Atlantis docked just before noon Wednesday. Before pulling up, the
shuttle performed a pirouette for the space station cameras to check
for any damage to the thermal tiles on its belly. NASA says so far, all
indications are that Atlantis made it through Monday's liftoff just
fine.
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astronauts Check For Damage To Atlantis Shuttle]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/technology/atlantis.space.shuttle.2.1318205.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/technology/atlantis.space.shuttle.2.1318205.html</link><description><![CDATA[Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts scoured their ship Tuesday for any signs of launch damage while pursuing the International Space Station. Atlantis and its crew of six will hook up with the space station Wednesday. The shuttle gradually was gaining on the station, and the two craft were on opposite sides of Earth at midday Tuesday, not quite 24 hours into the chase. "You've got 8,000 miles of rock between you and it," Mission Control informed shuttle commander Charles Hobaugh.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:04:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[YouTube Launches API For Media To Find News Video]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/technology/youtube.media.video.2.1318037.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/technology/youtube.media.video.2.1318037.html</link><description><![CDATA[YouTube is trying to help shrinking newsrooms expand their video coverage without increasing their payrolls. The
assist comes in the form of "YouTube Direct," a free tool made for
media interested in amateur video of calamities, protests or other
newsworthy events. The application launched Tuesday as a way for news
organizations to solicit and show videos on their own Web sites.
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:02:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA['Unfriend' Oxford Dictionary's 'Word Of The Year']]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/technology/oxford.english.dictionary.2.1316280.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/technology/oxford.english.dictionary.2.1316280.html</link><description><![CDATA[What word sums up the year 2009? How about "unfriend?" That's the New Oxford American Dictionary's 2009 Word of the Year. It means to remove someone as a friend on a social networking site such as Facebook. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:13:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple Relents On Mad Caricature App]]></title><guid>http://cbs13.com/technology/politcians.caricature.app.2.1312992.html</guid><link>http://cbs13.com/technology/politcians.caricature.app.2.1312992.html</link><description><![CDATA[Apple's App Store has given the nod to an application that features bobble-headed caricatures of congressional politicians and provides contact information. <br />
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