 World solar car race begins in Australia A 3,000-kilometre (1,860-mile) solar car race across Australia's desert heartland began in the northern city of Darwin Sunday, organisers said. [...] October 25, 2009 05:33 AM Internet India says will start 3G auction in January India said Saturday a long-delayed auction of radio bandwidth for third generation (3G) telecommunications services will start in January and will be open to foreign firms. [...] October 24, 2009 05:42 PM Internet Icahn resigns from Yahoo! board Billionaire investor Carl Icahn resigned from his position on the Yahoo! board, saying the US Internet giant no longer needed an "activist" director like him. [...] October 24, 2009 02:38 AM Internet Facebook revamps home page feed Facebook has modified its news feed feature to let members of the world's leading social-networking service catch up on tidbits they may have missed while away from the website. Facebook now lets... October 24, 2009 01:19 AM Internet Microsoft beats expectations to cap off big week Microsoft on Friday capped off a rousing week in which it released Windows 7, snagged a deal with Twitter and released quarterly earnings that easily beat the expectations of Wall Street analysts.... October 23, 2009 09:31 PM Internet Italy's intelligences services launch website Italy's intelligence services announced Friday the launch of an Internet website to explain their duties and shed light on the organisation within the interior ministry. [...] October 23, 2009 06:12 PM Internet New from NASA, an iPhone application NASA is coming to the iPhone. [...] October 23, 2009 06:05 PM Internet France approves broadside to digital pirates France will send out the first warnings to digital pirates early next year after passing tough legislation allowing for Internet access to be cut for those who illegally download movies and music,... October 23, 2009 04:09 PM Internet Microsoft launches Windows 7 Microsoft's much-heralded Windows 7 went on sale around the world as the US software giant seeks to reboot after the disappointment of its previous generation operating system Vista. [...] October 23, 2009 02:50 AM Internet Google co-founder Brin prefers Yahoo! without Bing Google co-founder Sergey Brin has expressed amazement at resistance to the Internet giant's efforts to digitize the world's books and lamented a deal to have Microsoft handle online search at... October 23, 2009 12:42 AM Internet News non-profit links with NY Times for Chicago edition A newly formed non-profit news organization announced on Thursday that it will provide local stories to a Chicago edition of The New York Times to be launched next month. [...] October 22, 2009 11:19 PM Internet Amazon's Bezos says Kindle is number one Amazon crowned a new king on Thursday -- the Kindle, its electronic book reader. "Kindle has become the number one bestselling item by both unit sales and dollars -- not just in our electronics... October 22, 2009 09:53 PM Internet Newsday.com to begin charging readers New York newspaper Newsday announced on Thursday it would begin charging readers of its website next week in a move that will be closely watched by other struggling US dailies. Newsday said... October 22, 2009 08:44 PM Internet US regulators move to protect 'net neutrality' US government regulators agreed on Thursday to begin drafting rules that would require Internet service providers (ISPs) to treat all Web traffic equally. [...] October 22, 2009 07:38 PM Internet Judge rejects sheriff's prostitution suit against Craigslist A federal judge has thrown out a local sheriff's lawsuit accusing the online classified group Craigslist of facilitating prostitution, court records showed. "We welcome the judge's ruling," a... October 22, 2009 06:00 PM Internet Dutch court orders Pirate Bay to remove links A Dutch court Thursday ordered Sweden's The Pirate Bay filesharing website to remove links to works of members of a Netherlands-based music and film copyright protection group. [...] October 22, 2009 05:52 PM Internet Nigeria's anti graft police shuts 800 scam websites Nigeria's anti-corruption police said Friday they had shut down some 800 scam websites and busted 18 syndicates of email fraudsters in a drive to curb cyber-crime the country is notorious for. [...] October 22, 2009 05:02 PM Internet Microsoft launches Windows 7 Microsoft's much-heralded Windows 7 went on sale around the world Thursday as the US software giant seeks to reboot after the disappointment of its previous generation operating system Vista. [...] October 22, 2009 04:31 PM Internet NY Times posts net loss but sees improved ad climate The New York Times Co. reported a quarterly net loss on Thursday on plunging advertising revenue, but said there were signs the ad slump may be easing. [...] October 22, 2009 04:14 PM Internet Mobile phone giant Nokia sues Apple over iPhone Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, took on the iconic iPhone on Thursday by suing US rival Apple for infringing 10 Nokia patents on mobile phone technology. "The patents cover... October 22, 2009 04:11 PM Internet |
