 Did you see that unicycling clown? Mobile phone users didn't Pedestrians who talk on a mobile phone are slower, change direction more, have difficulty navigating -- and are less likely to notice obvious distractions like a unicycling clown, a study showed... October 20, 2009 05:47 PM Internet PC sales in Asia-Pacific rise to 23.4 million in Q3: report Sales of personal computers (PCs) in the Asia-Pacific region rose 17 percent from a year ago to 23.4 million units in the third quarter, an industry monitor said Tuesday. [...] October 20, 2009 04:03 PM Internet Apple surges on strong results Apple stock rallied Tuesday a day after the maker of the iPod and iPhone reported record profits, overcoming difficult global economic conditions. Apple shares vaulted 4.7 percent to 198.85... October 20, 2009 03:02 PM Internet Yahoo! apologises for lap dance at event in Taiwan US Internet company Yahoo! has apologised to Taiwanese clients over a lap dance show organised during a brainstorming meeting for Internet engineers in Taipei over the weekend. [...] October 20, 2009 11:31 AM Internet US videogame sales break losing streak: NPD Industry-tracker NPD reported that US videogame sales showed a "modest increase" in September, breaking a six-month losing streak. US sales of videogame software and hardware rose to 1.28 billion... October 20, 2009 01:09 AM Internet U2 concert to be streamed live on YouTube Irish rock megastars U2 announced Monday that their upcoming concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California will be streamed live on YouTube. "The band has wanted to do something like this for a... October 19, 2009 11:19 PM Internet US consumer electronics spending to rise this Christmas: CEA US consumer electronics spending is expected to be slightly better this Christmas season than last year, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) said Monday in its annual survey. [...] October 19, 2009 09:41 PM Internet Apple net profit soars on record iPhone-Macintosh sales Apple on Monday reported quarterly net profit of 1.67 billion dollars on record sales of iPhones and Macintosh computers. Apple recorded 9.87 billion dollars in revenue during its fourth quarter,... October 19, 2009 08:55 PM Internet "Assassin's Creed" films to premier on YouTube Ubisoft said Monday that a short film based on its blockbuster "Assassin's Creed" videogame will premier online at YouTube on October 27. The first "Assassin's Creed" animated short film created... October 19, 2009 07:52 PM Internet Google wooing Microsoft business customers Google on Monday ramped up a campaign to convert businesses worldwide into users of email, calendar, document and other software programs it offers online as services on the Internet. [...] October 19, 2009 06:30 PM Internet IT spending to rebound in 2010: Gartner Information technology (IT) spending is expected to rebound in 2010 from its worst year ever, market research firm Gartner said Monday. Gartner said worldwide IT spending was forecast to total 3.3... October 19, 2009 05:42 PM Internet Plastic Logic to unveil first e-reader in January Plastic Logic, a US company whose planned electronic reader has attracted a lot of media buzz, said Monday that it will announce the availability and pricing of the device for business... October 19, 2009 04:56 PM Internet Abu Dhabi Media Co. invests in music video site VEVO Abu Dhabi Media Co. (ADMC) announced Monday that it has made a "strategic investment" in VEVO, the online music video partnership between Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. [...] October 19, 2009 04:44 PM Internet Parents, care groups venture into children's digital limbo Twenty years after the international community expanded the frontiers of protection for children, child carers and officialdom are slowly venturing into uncharted territory: cyberspace. [...] October 19, 2009 04:18 PM Internet Japanese car makers out to electrify Tokyo show Move over hybrids -- the biggest buzz at this year's Tokyo Motor Show looks set to come from electric cars as the dream of affordable zero-emission vehicles moves closer to reality. [...] October 18, 2009 06:53 PM Internet Microsoft hopeful technology will spur growth A top Microsoft official expressed hope Sunday that technology will spur economic growth around the world as the US software giant launches its latest operating system. [...] October 18, 2009 03:27 PM Internet EU launches digital library at Frankfurt Book Fair The European Union used the world's biggest book fair to launch the EU Bookshop's digital library, making more than 50 years of documents in about 50 languages available for free on the Internet.... October 18, 2009 02:53 PM Internet Fury in Frankfurt at Google's global library project "Garbage" and "hysterical propaganda" was one angry reaction at the world's biggest book fair this year when Google, the world's biggest Internet search service, defended plans to turn millions of... October 18, 2009 02:48 PM Internet EU launches digital library at Frankfut Book Fair The European Union used the world's biggest book fair to launch the EU Bookshop's digital library, making more than 50 years of documents in about 50 languages available for free on the Internet.... October 18, 2009 12:56 PM Internet EU launches digital library at Frankfut Book Fair The European Union used the world's biggest book fair to launch the EU Bookshop's digital library, making more than 50 years of documents in about 50 languages available for free on the Internet.... October 18, 2009 08:33 AM Internet |
