 French luxury preens on website in China France's creme de la creme luxury firms, hit by a drop in sales on traditional markets, on Thursday launched a China charm offensive, with a 3D website that gives a peek at the best France has to... October 29, 2009 03:57 PM Internet China blocks 'Berlin Wall' Twitter page: organisers China has blocked a website inviting users of microblogging site Twitter to comment on the fall of the Berlin Wall amid a deluge of protests at Beijing's Internet censorship, organisers said... October 29, 2009 03:55 PM Internet Motorola looks to Google-powered phones for turnaround Motorola reported a small quarterly net profit Thursday, a day after unveiling the second in a line of Google-powered smartphones seen as key to turning around the fortunes of the US handset... October 29, 2009 03:26 PM Internet Nintendo profits sink on Wii woes Nintendo Co. revealed Thursday a plunge in profits and slashed its full-year forecasts as sales of its blockbuster Wii video game console take a dive in the absence of hit new games. [...] October 29, 2009 07:56 AM Internet Nintendo interim profits plunge more than half Nintendo Co. said Thursday that interim net profit plunged by more than half and it slashed its full-year forecasts due to a sharp drop in sales of its hit Wii video game console. [...] October 29, 2009 06:32 AM Internet Zero-emission scooter to debut in Japan A Japanese zero-emission "hybrid" scooter to be released next year runs 10 times as economically as a petrol engine bike and can be assisted by human pedal power, its maker said Thursday. [...] October 29, 2009 05:11 AM Internet Google gets its groove on with music search Google stepped onto the Internet music stage, unveiling a service for finding, listening to or buying songs online. Google announced an alliance with Lala.com and MySpace-owned iLike at Capitol... October 28, 2009 11:45 PM Internet Yahoo!, Microsoft extend talks on Web search agreement Yahoo! and Microsoft have extended the deadline to finalize an agreement on their Internet search and advertising partnership, Yahoo! said Wednesday. [...] October 28, 2009 09:33 PM Internet Politico owner launching local Washington news website Allbritton Communications Co., the media company behind political news website Politico, plans to launch a site next year covering local news in the Washington area, Politico said Wednesday. [...] October 28, 2009 08:47 PM Internet Smokers could go virtual to kick the habit: study Battling one's cigarette demons in a virtual world may prove to be an effective way to help people quit smoking, a research team has found in a preliminary study. [...] October 28, 2009 08:40 PM Internet Google unveils free GPS navigation for mobile phones Google unveiled a free navigation system for mobile phones on Wednesday in a move seen as a potential challenge to the makers of GPS navigation devices. [...] October 28, 2009 03:21 PM Internet Japanese car wins World Solar Challenge in Australia A Japanese sun-powered car won the World Solar Challenge on Wednesday after averaging speeds of more than 100 kilometres (62 miles) per hour in a four-day race through Australia's desert Outback.... October 28, 2009 03:09 PM Internet iPhones everywhere in China ahead of launch At a Shanghai electronics market, row after row of iPhones -- real and fake -- are on display, as vendors cash in ahead of the official launch this week of Apple's trendy smart phone in China. [...] October 28, 2009 01:33 AM Internet Woman arrested for offering sex for World Series tickets Police charged a 43-year-old woman with prostitution on Tuesday after she offered sexual services in exchange for tickets to the upcoming World Series. [...] October 27, 2009 09:28 PM Internet "Forza Motorsport 3" off starting line in US Racing videogame "Forza Motorsport 3" blasted off the US starting line on Tuesday. The latest version of the hot franchise made by Turn 10 of Microsoft Game Studios revs up speed-demon thrills and... October 27, 2009 07:15 PM Internet Gizmodo duped by virus ad, apologizes Popular US gadget blog Gizmodo apologized to its readers on Tuesday after being duped by malware masquerading as an advertisement. "Guys, I'm really sorry but we had some malware running on our... October 27, 2009 06:04 PM Internet Examiner.com expanding into Canada Examiner.com, which operates a network of citizen journalism websites across the United States, is expanding into Canada. Examiner.com Canada will launch on Thursday providing local content on a... October 27, 2009 05:47 PM Internet Google marches deeper into telecom turf Google on Tuesday made it more tempting for people to try its nascent Voice service that lets users merge home, office and mobile phones into a single number. People can keep their current mobile... October 27, 2009 05:41 PM Internet Dead not forgotten at Facebook Facebook lets people leave their marks online after they have shuffled off their mortal coils, with profiles of the dead remaining as tributes in the global social networking community. [...] October 27, 2009 05:14 PM Internet China sets up website to recover trafficked children: report Police in China have set up a website aimed at locating the families of up to 60 children recovered during a six-month crackdown on human trafficking, state press reported Tuesday. Police have... October 27, 2009 03:14 PM Internet |
