 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 New Republican Party 2.0 website unveiled The Republican Party launched a redesigned website Tuesday with a heavy emphasis on the social media tools that Democrat Barack Obama used so effectively to win the last presidential election. [...] October 13, 2009 05:22 PM Internet Swedish court overturns landmark file sharing ruling A Swedish appeals court on Tuesday overturned a landmark file sharing ruling that forced an Internet service provider to reveal an Internet user's identity to five publishers. [...] October 13, 2009 05:07 PM Internet State-owned firm says Vietnam's first 3G service launched State-owned mobile network operator Vinaphone said Tuesday it has begun offering Vietnam's first 3G service, bringing "a revolution" to the country's mobile system. The company is the first to... October 13, 2009 04:11 PM Internet German firm offers Europe's first 'personalised paper' Two young German entrepreneurs presented what they described as a Europe-wide first on Tuesday: a newspaper tailored to readers' individual wishes and delivered to their door before 8:00 am. [...] October 13, 2009 04:08 PM Internet Gamers get Hollywood-esque touch in Uncharted 2 "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves", the video game released this week by California studio Naughty Dog, transports gamers into an action-adventure with pacing, effects and storytelling worthy of a... October 13, 2009 04:07 PM Internet Cisco to buy wireless maker Starent for $2.9 bln Cisco announced Tuesday it has agreed to buy wireless equipment maker Starent Networks for 2.9 billion dollars, the latest in a string of acquisitions by the US networking giant. [...] October 13, 2009 02:32 PM Internet T-Mobile halts Sidekick sales after data loss US wireless carrier T-Mobile temporarily halted sales of the Sidekick mobile phone Monday after a server failure caused many customers to lose personal data such as contacts and calendar items. [...] October 12, 2009 08:46 PM Internet |
