 India plans fingerprint IDs for billion-plus citizens India's 1.16 billion people are each to receive their own identity number under a monumental plan designed to cut corruption and improve distribution of state benefits. [...] November 16, 2009 03:58 PM Internet Cisco raises offer on Norway's Tandberg US networking giant Cisco said on Monday it had raised its bid for Norwegian video-conference company Tandberg from 3.0 billion dollars (2.0 billion euros) to 3.4 billion dollars. The American... November 16, 2009 03:58 PM Internet IBM makes Big Blue cloud IBM on Monday announced it has created the world's largest business computing "cloud" capable of holding an amount of digital data on a par with 250 billion iTunes songs. [...] November 16, 2009 03:57 PM Internet "Assassin's Creed 2" hits stores on Tuesday "Assassin's Creed 2," a new videogame from Ubisoft, hits stores on Tuesday in a hotly anticipated swirl of treachery, swordplay, history, and artistry set in scenic Renaissance Italy. [...] November 15, 2009 10:25 PM Internet All eyes on Murdoch as newspapers ponder digital future Is Rupert Murdoch bluffing? Making a bold high-stakes gamble that will save the troubled newspaper industry? Or pursuing a pipe dream that can only end in failure? [...] November 15, 2009 10:12 PM Internet Chinese online users bombard Obama with questions The state of Barack Obama's marriage and Tibet are just two of the topics raised in thousands of questions submitted by Chinese Internet users ahead of the US president's maiden visit to China. [...] November 15, 2009 10:06 PM Internet Internet to 'speak Arabic' Egyptian Minister of Communication Tarek Kamel announced on Sunday the introduction of the first Arabic domain, in a step that would ease Internet access to millions of Arabic speakers around the... November 15, 2009 01:51 PM Internet Internet supermarket booms in bad times The Internet global supermarket is booming because people and businesses are looking for bargains and new outlets in bad times, a new report says. And the this great global shopping mall can only... November 15, 2009 05:05 AM Internet Underwater robot probes depths for Istanbul quake clues French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER) team prepares to put in water the robot BOB (Bubbles OBservatory module) to observe and study the link between gas bubble... November 14, 2009 05:41 PM Internet Google submits revised digital book settlement Google and US authors and publishers submitted a revised settlement to a US judge Friday seeking approval of an agreement that would clear the way for millions of books to be sold online. [...] November 14, 2009 05:22 AM Internet France's Vivendi takes control of Brazil's GVT France's Vivendi said Friday it had acquired 37.9 percent of Brazilian telecom operator GVT and irrevocable options to buy another 19.6 percent, giving it control of the group. [...] November 13, 2009 10:00 PM Internet Security heightened ahead of Ubisoft's 'Avatar' game release Security cameras in hallways, double locked doors and strict confidentiality clauses, Ubisoft employees are working in a veritable bunker in downtown Montreal to create their latest 3D video game.... November 13, 2009 08:35 PM Internet Logitech buys video conferencing firm Switzerland-based Logitech is buying video-conferencing equipment firm LifeSize Communications in a 405-million-dollar deal expected to close next month. [...] November 13, 2009 06:47 PM Internet YouTube going high-definition video High-definition video is coming to YouTube. The Google-owned online video sharing website said Thursday that it will begin supporting snippets shot in formats as graphics rich as 1080 pixels next... November 13, 2009 04:13 PM Internet China Mobile, Brazil's Claro to sell new smartphone US computer giant Dell announced on Friday it is teaming up with China Mobile and Brazil's Claro to market a new touchscreen smartphone powered by Google's Android operating system. [...] November 13, 2009 03:20 PM Internet Iran creates Internet crime unit The Iranian police have created a special unit to monitor Internet crime, particularly political offences, a senior police officer was quoted by the ILNA news agency as saying on Friday. [...] November 13, 2009 02:40 PM Internet Google to face Swiss court over "Street View" Switzerland's data protection commissioner on Friday announced that he was taking Google to court in a dispute over privacy concerns on the US Internet giant's "Street View" facility. [...] November 13, 2009 11:46 AM Internet French iPhone user seeks probe into 'explosion' A French businessman who claims the screen of his iPhone shattered spontaneously has asked a court to appoint an independent expert to investigate the device's safety, his lawyer said on Friday. [...] November 13, 2009 10:58 AM Internet Google to be taken to court by Swiss watchdog Switzerland's data protection commissioner on Friday announced that he was taking Google to court in a dispute over privacy concerns on the US Internet giant's "Street View" facility. [...] November 13, 2009 09:36 AM Internet 'Modern Warfare 2' blows away launch records A customer buys a copy of the highly-anticipated video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" at a store in Las Vegas, Nevada. "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" blasted past 300 million dollars... November 13, 2009 06:01 AM Internet |
