http://www.kansascity.com/446/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2013Kansas City Star Technology - Wire 60 Sat, 25 May 2013 09:32:20 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/25/4255690/girls-suicide-after-alleged-attack.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/25/4255690/girls-suicide-after-alleged-attack.html#storylink=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 08:45 CDT One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott walked up the driveway of a classmate's home alongside other teenagers. She'd told her parents she was spending the night with a friend. The friend claimed she was sleeping at Audrie's. Instead, the girls were having a party. A classic teenage ploy. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/25/4255726/la-stoplights-synchronized-but.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/25/4255726/la-stoplights-synchronized-but.html#storylink=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 09:05 CDT It seems that the impossible has occurred: The nation's most congested city has become a model for traffic control. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253413/taiwan-cuts-growth-forecast-on.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253413/taiwan-cuts-growth-forecast-on.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 04:50 CDT Taiwan has lowered its economic growth forecast for 2013 to a muted 2.4 percent as global demand for the island's electronics exports remained subdued. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4254260/details-on-how-news-corp-split.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4254260/details-on-how-news-corp-split.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 14:55 CDT News Corp. is planning to split into two companies. One company will operate as a newspaper and book publisher and will retain the News Corp. name. The other will be an entertainment company, called 21st Century Fox. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253734/news-corp-board-approves-split.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253734/news-corp-board-approves-split.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 09:45 CDT News Corp. said its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing businesses into two separate companies. The company also adopted a shareholder-rights plan designed to prevent a hostile takeover in the volatile trading period after the split is complete. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4254293/by-the-numbers-netflix-subscribers.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4254293/by-the-numbers-netflix-subscribers.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 15:15 CDT In the first three months of the year, Netflix gained 2 million U.S. Internet subscribers, thanks in part to the success of the political drama "House of Cards," which debuted in February. Netflix is expected to get another boost this weekend with the revival of "Arrested Development." Here's a breakdown of Netflix Inc.'s subscribers as of March 31 and details on its forecast: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253922/netflix-hoping-for-memorable-memorial.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4253922/netflix-hoping-for-memorable-memorial.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 12:50 CDT Netflix is hoping this weekend's release of the resurrected TV series "Arrested Development" will draw more subscribers to its Internet video service. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4254335/a-look-at-netflix-since-stock.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4254335/a-look-at-netflix-since-stock.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 15:45 CDT Here's a look at Netflix since its stock peaked in July 2011 at nearly $305. Netflix had just announced an unpopular price increase in the U.S., and investors got worried by the intensity of the customer backlash. Even after subscriber complaints subsided, investors remained concerned about intensifying competition at the same time the company is spending more to acquire Internet content and expand abroad. Despite those concerns, Netflix has been staging a comeback. Another boost is expected from Sunday's revival of the "Arrested Development" TV series. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4254009/schumer-urges-look-at-security.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4254009/schumer-urges-look-at-security.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 13:40 CDT Sen. Charles Schumer urged regulators to "use extreme caution" when reviewing the proposed acquisition of No. 3 cell carrier Sprint Nextel by Japan's Softbank, saying the Japanese company's use of Chinese networking equipment could open up U.S. networks to snooping and hacking. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4254589/report-yahoo-pay-tv-operators.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/24/4254589/report-yahoo-pay-tv-operators.html#storylink=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 17:20 CDT Online video site Hulu is again up for sale, with Yahoo and pay TV operators DirecTV and Time Warner Cable among the seven bidders, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251834/google-to-add-galapagos-islands.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251834/google-to-add-galapagos-islands.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 11:05 CDT Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4251186/review-google-music-plan-solid.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4251186/review-google-music-plan-solid.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 23:05 CDT Google's new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252279/pandora-posts-in-line-1q-loss.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252279/pandora-posts-in-line-1q-loss.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 15:25 CDT Internet radio company Pandora Media Inc. reported higher-than-expected revenue in the latest quarter, with losses in line with analysts' forecasts, as the number of subscribers who pay for ad-free listening more than doubled to exceed 2.5 million. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251322/lenovo-says-quarterly-profit-up.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4251322/lenovo-says-quarterly-profit-up.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 01:15 CDT Computer maker Lenovo Group said Thursday its latest quarterly profit rose 90 percent as sales of smartphones and mobile computing technology expanded. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252161/prosecutor-ipad-theft-defendants.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/23/4252161/prosecutor-ipad-theft-defendants.html#storylink=rss Thu, 23 May 2013 14:20 CDT Two men accused of killing a high school freshman who refused to let go of his iPad were like wild animals ambushing a weak victim, a prosecutor said Thursday. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249296/solar-plane-departs-phoenix-on.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249296/solar-plane-departs-phoenix-on.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 08:21 CDT A solar-powered plane has landed in Texas, completing the second leg of a trip across the United States. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4250540/jennifer-lopez-to-open-cellphone.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4250540/jennifer-lopez-to-open-cellphone.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00 CDT "Jenny from the Block" wants the block to buy Verizon phones from her. Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez on Wednesday announced she's opening a chain of 15 cellphone stores and a website under the Viva Movil brand. The aim is to sell Verizon phones and services to Latinos. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249221/tech-qa-which-tv-system-for-digital.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249221/tech-qa-which-tv-system-for-digital.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 03:00 CDT QUESTION: If you were to start from scratch with a TV system in your home, how would you do it? http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4250337/gadgets-protect-your-electronics.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4250337/gadgets-protect-your-electronics.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 03:00 CDT For the most part, portable electronic gadgets and water are a bad combination. But here are a bunch of waterproof accessories to keep your reading, music, photos or calls beach-, water- and even fishing-friendly this summer. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249052/restaurant-learns-online-reviews.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249052/restaurant-learns-online-reviews.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 02:28 CDT It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet.