Technical problems disrupt Google's Gmail Google's Gmail suffered a disruption on Thursday, the second time in a month that the Internet giant's email service has gone down. "We're aware of a problem with Google Mail affecting a small... September 24, 2009 04:01 PM InternetNintendo joins console price war Nintendo said Thursday it was cutting the price of its Wii console as the world's video game giants step up the battle for a share of the multi-billion dollar industry. [...] September 24, 2009 09:49 AM InternetAnswers.com launches website for inquiring minds Answers.com on Wednesday debuted a website that merges the power of crowds with knowledge from encyclopedias to sate the curiosity of inquiring minds. [...] September 24, 2009 09:18 AM InternetPlayStation 3 sales hit one million in three weeks Japan's Sony said Thursday that global retail sales of its latest, cut-price model of the PlayStation 3 videogame console had hit one million in the three weeks since its launch. The new PS3 was... September 24, 2009 07:40 AM InternetMicrosoft agrees to invest in SKorea games industry US software giant Microsoft has agreed to invest more than 19 million dollars to develop South Korea's online games industry, a government agency said Thursday. At least 25 local games developers... September 24, 2009 07:28 AM InternetJapan's Honda unveils futuristic unicyle It looks a bit like a plastic figure of eight, and its Japanese designers say it could revolutionise the way we get around, in total comfort and without breaking a sweat. [...] September 24, 2009 07:01 AM InternetStartup 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 Internet |