Startup Zuora wants to rescue newspapers Tien Tzuo on Wednesday called on fellow technology entrepreneurs to join him on a quest to rescue newspapers that are dying as their readers get stories free on the Internet. [...] September 24, 2009 06:21 AM InternetStartup rates people's online clout A pair of French entrepreneurs has come up with a way to identify people whose Internet comments carry weight. [...] September 24, 2009 03:16 AM InternetNintendo cuts Wii price by a fifth Nintendo said Thursday it was cutting the price of its Wii video game console by a fifth in Japan and the United States, following similar moves by rivals Sony and Microsoft. [...] September 24, 2009 03:03 AM InternetIREX latest entrant in US e-reader field Dutch company IREX Technologies, a spinoff of Royal Philips Electronics, unveiled a new electronic reader for the US market on Wednesday, the latest entrant in an increasingly crowded field. [...] September 24, 2009 12:55 AM InternetGoogle introduces new commenting tool 'Sidewiki' Google unveiled a new tool on Wednesday which allows notes and comments to be posted alongside Web pages for others to read. "Google Sidewiki" appears as a narrow pop-up browser panel on the left... September 23, 2009 09:54 PM InternetComputer sales show signs of recovery: Gartner The global computer market is showing signs of recovery, with sales forecast to decline just 2.0 percent this year, much better than a June prediction of 6.0 percent, the Gartner research group... September 23, 2009 07:52 PM Internet'Acquisitions are back on': Google CEO US Internet giant Google is ready to begin buying up other companies again as the world economy begins to recover, chairman and chief executive Eric Schmidt said Wednesday. "Acquisitions are back... September 23, 2009 06:36 PM InternetIBM offers low-cost computing solution for Africa US computer giant IBM and South Africa's Canonical on Wednesday announced the launch of a Web-based service aimed at helping African businesses that cannot afford traditional personal computers. [...] September 23, 2009 05:53 PM InternetHP renames EDS, now HP Enterprise Services US computer giant Hewlett-Packard announced on Wednesday that business services titan EDS, which it acquired a year ago, has been renamed HP Enterprise Services "The name change marks the next... September 23, 2009 04:20 PM InternetGoogle faces book case trial in France French publishers and authors face off in court against Google on Thursday when their three-year bid to fight the Internet giant's plan to scan and sell books online goes to trial. [...] September 23, 2009 03:14 PM InternetComputer sales show signs of recovery: Gartner The global computer market is showing signs of recovery, with sales forecast to decline just 2.0 percent to 285 million this year, much better than a June prediction of 6.0 percent, the Gartner... September 23, 2009 12:23 PM InternetDate Check turns smart phones into "sleaze detectors" People in the dating scene will be able to use iPhones as "sleaze detectors" to quickly check whether aspiring mates are creeps or gems. [...] September 23, 2009 07:23 AM InternetSouth Korea approves sale of iPhone South Korean telecom regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of Apple's iPhone in a market currently dominated by local handset manufacturers. [...] September 23, 2009 04:24 AM InternetDelay sought in Google book settlement hearing US authors and publishers asked a judge on Tuesday to delay the hearing scheduled for next month on their legal settlement with Google over its ambitious book-scanning project. [...] September 22, 2009 07:30 PM InternetFacebook, Nielsen team up to measure ad performance Facebook, in a move aimed at boosting its appeal to advertisers, teamed up with measurement company Nielsen on Tuesday to allow marketers to better gauge ad performance on the social network. [...] September 22, 2009 06:26 PM InternetFrench, US firms ally for electric car batteries French industrial group Dassault and US joint venture Dow Kokam on Tuesday announced a preliminary agreement on a partnership to create batteries for electric and hybrid cars. [...] September 22, 2009 06:07 PM InternetFrance approves ban for illegal downloaders The French parliament on Tuesday gave its final approval to an Internet piracy bill that has drawn attention from around the world with its provision to cut illegal downloaders off from the... September 22, 2009 05:31 PM InternetSKorea's Hyosung group bids for Hynix: report A minor business conglomerate in South Korea looks set to buy a major stake in the world's second biggest memory chip maker after becoming the only firm to submit a bid, a report said Tuesday. [...] September 22, 2009 04:08 PM InternetMicrosoft's Bing increases US search share Microsoft's new search engine Bing posted a slight increase in its share of the US search market in August, the third month in a row of modest gains, according to online tracking firm comScore. [...] September 22, 2009 03:25 PM InternetMicrosoft's Bing ups share of US search market Microsoft's new search engine Bing posted a slight increase in its share of the US search market in August, the third month in a row of modest gains, according to online tracking firm comScore. [...] September 22, 2009 03:06 PM Internet |