 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 information service, defended plans to turn... October 18, 2009 05:26 AM Internet Windows 7 to salvage Vista "train wreck" Microsoft releases Windows 7 to the world on Thursday as the US software giant tries to regain its stride after an embarrassing stumble with the previous generation operating system Vista. "It's a... October 18, 2009 04:53 AM Internet Rio youth use GPS phones to put favelas on map Rio's favelas are home to a third of the city's population, but are almost invisible on maps -- a situation five young women are trying to change with the help of GPS and the Internet. [...] October 17, 2009 07:13 PM Internet British hacker gets more time to fight US extradition A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA space agency computers was on Saturday given more time to fight his extradition to the United States, officials and lawyers said. [...] October 17, 2009 06:41 PM Internet Mum's the word at Vegas blogging convention For years, the stereotypical blogger was a geek yammering on about the latest technoglogy or a celebrity-obsessed scribe dishing about Paris, Lindsay and Madonna. But the powerhouses in blogging... October 17, 2009 04:17 PM Internet Apple lets iPhone apps get down to business Apple said Friday that it is allowing businesses to sell content or services through applications given away for free at the iPhone maker's online App Store. The shift of policy is seen as a boon... October 16, 2009 10:01 PM Internet Jackson "This Is It" album to sell at iTunes Five-year-old Victor Chupina holds the first ticket sold for a special screening of Michael Jackson's "This Is It" at L.A. Live in September 2009 in Los Angeles, California. Apple on Friday... October 16, 2009 09:53 PM Internet White House criticism of Fox increasing ratings: Murdoch News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch said on Friday that White House criticism of commentators on his Fox News television channel had served to "tremendously" increase their ratings. [...] October 16, 2009 04:46 PM Internet Google Editions to be up and running next year Google's online service Google Editions enabling electronic books to be downloaded to mobile telephones and readers will have some half-a-million publications available in the first half of next... October 16, 2009 03:06 PM Internet IBM revenue down but net profit and forecast up US computer giant IBM reported a 14-percent rise in quarterly net profit Thursday and delivered a more optimistic forecast for the full year. IBM said net profit rose to 3.2 billion dollars, or... October 15, 2009 09:29 PM Internet Google sees economic revival in rising revenues Google chief executive Eric Schmidt proclaimed the worst of the economic storm over Thursday as the Internet powerhouse reported its quarterly revenues surged seven percent to 5.94 billion US... October 15, 2009 08:40 PM Internet McCain daughter sorry for Twitter cleavage snap Meghan McCain, one of the daughters of former Republican presidential candidate John McCain, has apologized for using Twitter to post a picture in which she displayed an ample amount of cleavage.... October 15, 2009 07:27 PM Internet Amid newspaper woes, NY Times launches San Francisco edition The New York Times launches a San Francisco edition on Friday as US newspapers, facing a precipitous decline in advertising and the challenge of the Web, search for new markets and new revenue. [...] October 15, 2009 07:21 PM Internet Auschwitz-Birkenau museum launches Facebook profile The museum of the World War II-era Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp has launched its profile, "Auschwitz Memorial", on the Facebook social networking website, a museum spokesman said... October 15, 2009 05:36 PM Internet Nokia posts first quarterly loss this decade The world's biggest mobile phone maker Nokia reported Thursday its first loss in a decade amid rising competition in the smartphone market and problems with its Nokia Siemens Networks joint... October 15, 2009 04:19 PM Internet Taiwan bans civil servants' web games Taiwan on Thursday issued a blanket ban on Internet games in government offices, following reports of civil servants immersing themselves in a Facebook game in office hours. "Civil servants are... October 15, 2009 04:16 PM Internet British TV channel says to broadcast on YouTube British independent television network Channel 4 on Thursday announced a "pioneering" deal to broadcast its shows on YouTube after first being viewed on TV. [...] October 15, 2009 04:12 PM Internet Schwarzenegger praises tech, chides wife in Oracle cameo A gala Oracle conference ended Wednesday with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger praising technology and joking about online video of his wife driving while chatting on a mobile phone. "Can... October 15, 2009 04:01 PM Internet Twitter partners with Indian firm for SMS tweets Twitter announced a deal with India's top mobile company Bharti Airtel on Wednesday that will allow users of the hot micro-blogging service to send "tweets" at standard SMS message rates and... October 14, 2009 11:21 PM Internet New York Times decides not to sell Boston Globe The New York Times Co. has decided not to sell the Boston Globe in a move the newspaper said was apparently due to low bids for the struggling daily. [...] October 14, 2009 10:01 PM Internet |
