 India registers 500 mln phone customers: official figures India's telephone customer base has crossed the 500 million mark 15 months ahead of target, official figures released Wednesday showed. [...] November 4, 2009 04:12 PM Internet Mobile phone inventor wants devices to go back to basics The inventor of the mobile phone said Wednesday the devices have become too complex, with a range of features from cameras to music, since he made the first-ever wireless call over three decades... November 4, 2009 04:11 PM Internet Time Warner net profit down but raises outlook US media and entertainment giant Time Warner posted a 38 percent decline in quarterly net profit on Wednesday, dragged down by weak results in its publishing division and at Internet unit AOL.... November 4, 2009 04:07 PM Internet New York attorney general files antitrust suit against Intel New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel Corp. on Wednesday alleging the US computer chip giant engaged in a "worldwide, systematic campaign of illegal... November 4, 2009 04:06 PM Internet Microsoft, Taiwan to set up cloud computing centre US software giant Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday signed an agreement with Taiwan to jointly establish a research centre here for the development of Internet computing technology. [...] November 4, 2009 02:48 PM Internet Experts meet to hash out web privacy rules Hundreds of privacy experts from around the world met in Madrid on Wednesday for a three-day conference which aims to arrive at a global standard for the protection of personal data. [...] November 4, 2009 11:54 AM Internet Outrage at photo of naked woman in China prostitute bust A photo showing a plainclothes policeman pulling a naked woman by the hair during a prostitution bust in central China has caused outrage on the Internet, where it has been widely circulated. [...] November 4, 2009 06:17 AM Internet PayPal courts outside developers PayPal has opened its software platform to outside developers in a move designed to unleash a flood of creative uses for the online financial transaction service. The company owned by online... November 4, 2009 01:42 AM Internet Box office boost shows 3D is here to stay Attendees are seen wearing 3D glasses to watch images during ShoWest, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, in Las Vegas, Nevada, in March. Once regarded as a... November 4, 2009 01:21 AM Internet Touchscreen smartphones being snatched up in US US smartphone buyers can't wait to get their hands on touchscreen devices, according to figures released Tuesday by industry tracker comScore. [...] November 3, 2009 07:57 PM Internet Cisco-EMC-VMware alliance in 350-bln-dollar market Technology titans Cisco, EMC and VMware on Tuesday announced an alliance to peddle the wonders of cloud computing and virtualization in a 350-billion-dollar business market. The US firms said they... November 3, 2009 06:58 PM Internet US company offers Twitter-dedicated mobile device A US company which makes mobile devices is offering a gadget solely dedicated to sending and receiving Twitter messages. The "TwitterPeek," made by New York-based Peek, costs 100 dollars with six... November 3, 2009 06:54 PM Internet Cisco buys China cable box maker DVN US computer networking colossus Cisco has inked a deal to buy Hong Kong-based DVN Holdings Limited, bolstering its place in the China market and adding to a growing list of acquisitions. [...] November 3, 2009 05:39 PM Internet Apple, Orange drop exclusive iPhone sales: regulator The US computer group Apple and French mobile-telephone operator Orange are abandoning an exclusive sales deal for the iPhone in France, the French competition authority said on Tuesday. The... November 3, 2009 04:29 PM Internet Four years in US prison for BetOnSports founder The founder of online gambling company BetOnSports PLC has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after agreeing to forfeit more than 43 million dollars. [...] November 3, 2009 04:11 PM Internet Experts to hash out global data privacy rules in Spain Experts from around the world gather from Wednesday in Madrid for a three-day conference that aims to hash out international standards for the protection of privacy and personal data. [...] November 3, 2009 04:04 PM Internet China regulator rejects World of Warcraft game: official Chinese players of World of Warcraft, one of the world's most popular online games, may be out of luck after a government regulator rejected an application from the game's new licensed operator. [...] November 3, 2009 04:02 PM Internet Robots primed for 'are you being served' role A laboratory in the UAE has built what it says is the world's first Arabic-speaking robot which could soon go into mass production to serve as staff in shopping malls. [...] November 3, 2009 02:42 PM Internet China police chief urges harsher Internet controls China's police chief has called for a reinforced nationwide Internet security system, in the nation's latest effort to oversee the activities of the world's largest online population. [...] November 3, 2009 05:16 AM Internet 575-million-dollar fund targets technology startups Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock Partners said Monday it has 575 million dollars in a new fund to back promising technology startups. Greylock also announced that LinkedIn co-founder... November 2, 2009 11:25 PM Internet |
