 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 Worms infesting computers worldwide: Microsoft A Microsoft security report released Monday warns that cyber crooks are digging into computers for weak spots to penetrate with worms -- malicious software that steals control or data. [...] November 2, 2009 07:42 PM Internet Google voice search learns Chinese Google's voice search tool now understands Chinese. The Internet giant announced on Monday that users of Nokia S60 series mobile phones could now search the Internet using voice commands in... November 2, 2009 05:33 PM Internet S.Korea seeks Chinese help to track cyber attacks South Korean police said Monday they would request help from China to track the origins of cyber attacks that briefly crippled US and South Korean government and commercial websites in July. "We... November 2, 2009 10:06 AM Internet Global crisis hitting IT spending: Microsoft chief Companies worldwide are slashing spending on information technology because of the global downturn and will have to learn to do more with less, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Monday.... November 2, 2009 06:42 AM Internet Japan aims to bury greenhouse gas emissions Kensuke Suzuki, an engineer for Japan's high-tech giant Toshiba, displaying the pilot site of a coal plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at the Mikawa power station at Omuta,... November 1, 2009 09:42 PM Internet US boots up new unified cybersecurity center US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano cut the ribbon Friday on a state-of-the-art unified command center for government cybersecurity efforts. [...] October 30, 2009 06:37 PM Internet Major layoffs loom at Time Inc.: reports Time Inc., publisher of Time, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, People and other magazines, plans to lay off some 540 employees starting next week, or six percent of its workforce, The New York Post... October 30, 2009 06:29 PM Internet Verizon launches TV-online movie channel US telecom firm Verizon launched a high-definition movie channel on Friday, letting subscribers watch films on-demand on televisions or on the Internet. EPIX debuts on Verizon's FiOS TV and online... October 30, 2009 05:52 PM Internet "Spam King" ordered to pay Facebook 711 million dollars A US judge has ordered a self-crowned "Spam King" to pay Facebook 711 million dollars for slipping uninvited into people's accounts to send bogus marketing messages. [...] October 30, 2009 04:16 PM Internet Sweden to crack down on SMS loans The Swedish government said Friday it would crack down on highly popular youth-targeted SMS loans, as the left-wing opposition demanded a total ban on the loans to minors. [...] October 30, 2009 03:16 PM Internet Pre-paid mobile phones banned in Indian Kashmir: state TV India banned pre-paid mobile telephones in Kashmir on Friday, state television reported, following concerns that militants were using them to trigger bombs and hide their identities. [...] October 30, 2009 02:37 PM Internet |
