Welcome back Yahoo. This is definitely a reflection of the confidence investors have in their new direction. Yahoo leadership has committed itself to innovation and to broadening its appeal to a wider audience. These moves (changing mail interface, homepage interface, acquiring tech startups, acquiring Tumblr, selling or discontinuing less successful ventures) have set the company up in a position to move forward rather than tread water.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2039444/yahoo-returns-to-list-of-most-valuable-brands.html

Still lamenting the lack of xbox legacy support? No problems here for Playstation users. Let the war of consoles begin!

http://www.techhive.com/article/2039500/sony-to-stream-playstation-games-to-nonconsoles-as-part-of-turnaround.html

Before selecting a infrastructure as a service provider, make sure they tell you if their data centers are in a stable country with strong laws to protect intellectual property. Not knowing and only looking at the dollar amount could devastate your business if the data center is in a less politically stable country or is not backed up by strong intellectual property rights.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2039554/study-ranks-us-least-riskiest-place-to-open-data-center.html

Darn! My old games won’t work.

Although this is a bummer, a console can only support these older title for so long. This is especially true if legacy support limits the capabilities of newer systems to offer more power and push the boundaries of the entertainment experience. Again, it stinks, but no one says you have to throw away your old XBOX.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-9020_7-57585541-222/xbox-360-games-wont-work-with-the-xbox-one/

With so many competitors in the streaming music business, one cannot sit idle and hope to maintain its customer base. Kudos to Pandora for trying to innovate and stay above the curve. Only time will tell if users prefer this or use other services to find the music they crave

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57585451-93/pandora-now-lets-you-listen-to-albums-before-theyre-released/

This is such a touching story. If you have ever thought that technology is all about entertainment and not about making our lives better or more fuller, take a look at this:

http://news.msn.com/world/chinese-man-finds-family-after-23-years-using-google-maps

(Please. No comments about Apple Maps. That would just take away from this story.)

Surprise, Surprise. Look who has come out on top in 3G?

With all of the excitement on 4G though, if T-Mobile is unable to scale up and begin to grow its user base, it won’t matter that T-Mobile came out on top in this survey. T-Mobile is going to need to continue to leverage Metro PCS and continue to promote its new contract free plans if it wants to move the market share needle.

http://www.techhive.com/article/2039307/t-mobile-wins-3g-shootout-sprint-and-verizon-speeds-fade.html