 Yahoo! posts 244 pct increase in net profit Yahoo! reported Tuesday that net profit soared more than 244 percent in the third quarter, easily surpassing the expectations of Wall Street analysts. The Sunnyvale, California-based Internet firm... October 20, 2009 08:44 PM Internet Barnes and Noble unveils e-reader, the 'Nook' US bookstore giant Barnes and Noble on Tuesday jumped into the electronic book reader market dominated by Amazon's Kindle, unveiling a wireless touchscreen device called the "Nook." [...] October 20, 2009 07:18 PM Internet Personal contacts restored to Sidekick users Microsoft began restoring personal contacts information Tuesday to users of T-Mobile Sidekick mobile phones who lost data in a server failure. [...] October 20, 2009 06:26 PM Internet Heavily armed "Borderlands" videogame hits US "Borderlands," a videogame brimming with weaponry and battle, hit North America on Tuesday. It takes aim at the rest of the world on Friday. [...] October 20, 2009 06:21 PM Internet Apple puts touch "Magic" in computer mouse Apple on Tuesday unveiled a new generation computer mouse with touch controls similar to those in wildly popular iPhones and iPod Touch devices. Magic Mouse lets people use finger gestures instead... October 20, 2009 06:08 PM Internet German team develop instant liquid explosive detector A German airport employee explains the new security regulations concerning the packaging of liquids for flights at Frankfurt's international airport in 2006. German scientists said on Tuesday... October 20, 2009 06:04 PM Internet 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 |
