 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 New 'Mystery Google' search engine delivers random results Looking for an Internet search engine that delivers totally random results? Probably not. But if you are, there's one out there for you. [...] October 14, 2009 06:37 PM Internet British probe after Twitter helps lift legal 'gag' British premier Gordon Brown Wednesday acknowledged an "unfortunate" legal grey area after Twitter users helped thwart a controversial reporting "gag" granted to an oil company. [...] October 14, 2009 05:22 PM Internet Venezuela, Cuba to start laying fiber optic cable Installation of 1,630 kilometers (1,013 miles) of fiber optic cable between Cuba and Venezuela will start Wednesday, Venezuela's science and technology chief said. Caracas is communist Cuba's... October 14, 2009 04:03 PM Internet Cut down on Facebook use, Taiwan PM tells civil servants Taiwan Premier Wu Den-yih on Wednesday urged civil servants to focus on their work after reports said that a growing number of them were spending office time on Facebook. [...] October 14, 2009 04:00 PM Internet Microsoft search engine makes steady progress Bing, Microsoft's new search engine, is making steady if unspectacular progress in its bid to wrest a bigger share of the lucrative US search and advertising market away from Google. [...] October 14, 2009 03:57 PM Internet Twitter still seeking ways to cash in Micro-blogging pioneer Twitter is still looking for ways to make money despite taking much of the world by storm, co-founder Biz Stone said. [...] October 14, 2009 07:19 AM Internet Twitter launches tool for nailing spammers Twitter added a tool that lets users flag accounts of spammers at the globally-popular microblogging service. [...] October 14, 2009 02:20 AM Internet NASA invites Twitter fans to space shuttle launch NASA invited fans on Twitter to get front-row seats for next month's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. [...] October 14, 2009 12:46 AM Internet Intel shares higher on earnings, outlook Intel shares soared in after-hours trading Tuesday after the world's biggest computer chipmaker delivered earnings that beat estimates and an upbeat forecast for the remainder of the year. [...] October 13, 2009 11:21 PM Internet Bloomberg buying BusinessWeek magazine Bloomberg announced Tuesday it has agreed to buy BusinessWeek magazine from McGraw-Hill Cos. in a move that allows the news agency to expand beyond its core business of supplying financial data to... October 13, 2009 10:01 PM Internet Some Sidekick users may recover data: Microsoft Microsoft said Tuesday that some Sidekick mobile phone users may recover personal data such as contacts, calendar items and digital photos believed to have been permanently lost in a server... October 13, 2009 08:05 PM Internet Pepsi apologizes for girl-getting iPhone app US soft drink giant PepsiCo has apologized for a free iPhone application crafted to help men seduce women and keep records of conquests but the program remained available on Tuesday. Pepsi's "AMP... October 13, 2009 07:36 PM Internet Gmail tool catches misdirected messages Google on Tuesday added an embarrassment-avoidance tool that catches misdirected Gmail messages before they are fired off by users of the free Web-based email service. A feature playfully dubbed... October 13, 2009 07:04 PM Internet |
