 Google books hearing set for February 18 A US judge set February 18 for a hearing on the revised legal settlement between Google and US authors and publishers that would allow the Internet giant to scan and sell millions of books online.... November 20, 2009 04:02 PM Internet Cisco releases Web security app for iPhone Cisco on Friday announced the release of a free iPhone application for anyone who wants to stay on top of the latest trojans, worms, or other threats marauding on the Internet. The application... November 20, 2009 03:56 PM Internet Sony to launch online download service for TVs Sony Corp. aims to launch next year a new online service that will allow people to download content such as music and movies to their televisions and other electronic gadgets, a top executive said... November 20, 2009 12:46 PM Internet Nokia to axe 330 jobs in Finland, Denmark Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said on Friday it would shed about 330 jobs in Finland and Denmark as part of a streamlining of its research and development operations. "The planned... November 20, 2009 10:04 AM Internet eBay completes Skype sale Online auction giant eBay announced it had completed its sale of Skype to an investment group that includes the two founders of the Web communications company. The previously announced sale of a... November 20, 2009 04:58 AM Internet Dell shares down as net profit dips 54 percent Shares in Dell fell sharply on Thursday after the US computer giant said quarterly net profit declined 54 percent and revenue dropped 15 percent. Dell shares were trading 6.05 percent lower in... November 19, 2009 11:21 PM Internet AP lays off 90 to reach payroll reduction target The Associated Press said Thursday that 90 news department staffers were laid off this week in a move that helped the US news agency reach its cost-cutting target. AP president and chief executive... November 19, 2009 10:27 PM Internet "What's happening?" Twitter wants to know Twitter used to ask "What are you doing?" No longer. The micro-blogging service now wants to know "What's happening?" Twitter co-founder Biz Stone announced the change in Twitter's tag line in a... November 19, 2009 09:40 PM Internet Google-powered netbooks to debut next year Google on Thursday provided a peek beneath the hood of its new Chrome operating system, making the software public and promising it will run netbooks by the end of next year. [...] November 19, 2009 08:11 PM Internet Google adds automatic captions to YouTube Google, in a significant development for the deaf, announced on Thursday it was adding automatic caption capability to videos on YouTube. Google said machine-generated captions would initially be... November 19, 2009 07:49 PM Internet US senator urges TVs that use less power Televisions, which account for 10 percent and rising of US household energy use, must be made more efficient through a national standard, Senator Dianne Feinstein said in a letter released... November 19, 2009 05:13 PM Internet Semi-conductor giant Infineon upgrades outlook German semi-conductor maker Infineon on Thursday upgraded its turnover and profits forecast over the next 12 months because of higher demand from the auto industry and cost cuts. [...] November 19, 2009 04:26 PM Internet China ramps up espionage against US: study China is sharply stepping up espionage against the United States as the rising Asian power grows more sophisticated in cyber warfare and spy recruitment, a report to Congress warned Thursday. [...] November 19, 2009 04:13 PM Internet US computer glitch causes major flight delays A major computer glitch triggered huge flight delays and cancellations across the United States Thursday as airlines were forced to input flight plans manually, officials said. [...] November 19, 2009 04:05 PM Internet China tightens supervision of online games China has vowed to tighten supervision of its fast-growing online games market, saying some games contained content that was "harmful" to players. Some online games used "bloody, violent and... November 19, 2009 04:04 PM Internet French publishers slam new Google book proposals French book publishers gave a hostile reception Thursday to new proposals by the Internet giant Google to clear the way for millions of books to be sold online. [...] November 19, 2009 03:56 PM Internet California sets new energy standards on TV sets California on Wednesday became the first US state to set energy-efficiency standards for television sets, a move designed to save billion of dollars in energy costs. [...] November 18, 2009 11:16 PM Internet Webby Awards name top 10 Internet moments of the decade The birth of Wikipedia, the death of Napster, the iPhone, Facebook, and Twitter were named by the Webby Awards on Wednesday as among the top 10 Internet moments of the decade. [...] November 18, 2009 11:09 PM Internet eBay founder launching online Hawaii news service EBay founder Pierre Omidyar announced on Wednesday that he was launching an online news service about his adopted home Hawaii. "We're still very early in the process of building this new... November 18, 2009 06:54 PM Internet Internet still under US grip: forum delegates The Internet is still under the control of the United States, participants at a governance forum said, despite a move by America to loosen its grip over the private corporation that administers... November 18, 2009 06:48 PM Internet |
