 EU ends Qualcomm 3G probe after rivals back down EU competition regulators ended antitrust action against Qualcomm on Tuesday after rivals withdrew complaints that the US microchip company had abused its dominant power in 3G markets. The... November 24, 2009 04:02 PM Internet Google explains racist, anti-Semitic search results Google is running advertisements to explain the appearance of racist and anti-Semitic material in search results, including a picture which depicts US First Lady Michelle Obama as a monkey. [...] November 24, 2009 02:11 PM Internet Google to digitise Iraq Museum archives: CEO US Internet giant Google will soon begin digitising artefacts and documents at Iraq's National Museum, its chief executive said on a visit to Baghdad on Tuesday. [...] November 24, 2009 10:22 AM Internet Hong Kong man, three others jailed for spam scheme A Hong Kong resident and three other men, including the self-proclaimed "Godfather of Spam," were sentenced to prison on Monday for their roles in an email stock fraud scheme, the Justice... November 23, 2009 11:00 PM Internet HP quarterly net profit up 14 percent US computer giant Hewlett-Packard posted a 14 percent rise in quarterly net profit Monday as slumping personal computer sales were offset by a solid performance in its services division. [...] November 23, 2009 10:08 PM Internet Gartner forecasts 2.8 percent growth in PC sales in 2009 Worldwide sales of personal computers, which had been forecast to decline this year, will instead post modest gains, Gartner research group said Monday. Gartner said worldwide PC shipments are... November 23, 2009 05:48 PM Internet Google buying display ad startup Teracent Google is acquiring Web display advertising startup Teracent, the Internet giant announced on Monday. The financial terms of Google's purchase of the San Mateo, California-based Teracent were not... November 23, 2009 05:47 PM Internet Few US firms ready for workforce disruption: survey A survey published Monday of information technology managers at over 500 US-based companies has found that only about one in four has enabled more than half their workforce to work remotely. [...] November 23, 2009 05:13 PM Internet Spotify launches application for Nokia phones Swedish streaming software Spotify announced on Monday the launch of a music application for the Symbian platform, used by the world's biggest mobile phone maker Nokia and other smartphones. Only... November 23, 2009 10:24 AM Internet Mobile multimedia revenues tipped to dethrone text Multimedia services will surpass text messaging this year as the main source of mobile operators' non-voice revenues in the Asia-Pacific region, industry analyst IDC said Monday. [...] November 23, 2009 05:26 AM Internet News Corp, Microsoft hold talks on Google: report Microsoft has held talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google, a report said Monday. [...] November 23, 2009 12:40 AM Internet eBay apologizes for technical glitch in search function Online auction giant eBay apologized Sunday for a technical glitch that caused a one-day crash of its website search functions it attributed to a surge in holiday shoppers. "The unanticipated... November 22, 2009 11:23 PM Internet Laptop becomes reality for Uruguay's schoolchildren A laptop is now finding its place alongside a notebook and pen in schoolbags in Uruguay, the first and only country to offer an Internet-connected computers to all public primary school students.... November 22, 2009 11:13 PM Internet Ubisoft steps up videogame fitness with virtual coach French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft will have a virtual fitness coach whipping Wii users into shape starting Tuesday. [...] November 22, 2009 10:46 PM Internet American Express takes aim at PayPal with Revolution With its deal to buy Revolution Money, American Express is taking aim at the growing market for online and alternative payments, in a challenge to recognized leader PayPal, analysts say. [...] November 22, 2009 03:37 AM Internet Austrian sets up online cattle auctions Austrian cattle farmers no longer have to travel long distances to sell or buy cattle: it can all be done at the click of a mouse, on a new auction website. "In talks with farmers, what always... November 21, 2009 07:04 PM Internet Barnes & Noble sells out of new e-reader US bookstore giant Barnes & Noble said Friday it had sold out of its new electronic book reader, the "Nook," and the next shipments would not be available until after the holidays. [...] November 20, 2009 09:11 PM Internet US newspaper ad revenue down nearly 28 percent US newspaper advertising revenue fell by nearly 28 percent in the third quarter, continuing a slide which has led to layoffs, bankruptcies and the closure of several dailies. [...] November 20, 2009 07:13 PM Internet Google books hearing set for February 18 A US judge set February 18 for a hearing on the revised legal settlement between Google and US authors and publishers that would allow the Internet giant to scan and sell millions of books online.... November 20, 2009 04:45 PM Internet Google books hearing set for February 18 A US judge set February 18 for a hearing on the revised legal settlement between Google and US authors and publishers that would allow the Internet giant to scan and sell millions of books online.... November 20, 2009 04:02 PM Internet |
