 Facebook, 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 Internet French, 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 Internet France 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 Internet SKorea'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 Internet Microsoft'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 Internet Microsoft'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 EU court adviser backs Google in ads row with LMVH An adviser to Europe's top court on Tuesday backed US Internet giant Google in a row with French luxury product maker LMVH over online advertising. [...] September 22, 2009 10:18 AM Internet Thai teacher caught on cellphone beating pupil A Thai teacher faces prosecution after cellphone footage showed him beating a pupil and slamming the boy's head into a whiteboard for forgetting his textbook, officials and reports said Tuesday. [...] September 22, 2009 07:02 AM Internet Video game classics need museum, say "Retrogamers" A group of self-styled French "Retrogamers" is calling for the creation of a special museum for the classic video arcade games that bewitched millions of teenagers in the 1980s. [...] September 22, 2009 04:20 AM Internet Google pays homage to H.G. Wells Google provided an explanation Monday for flying saucers invading its celebrated logo -- the Internet giant was paying homage to British science fiction writer H.G. Wells. The Mountain View,... September 21, 2009 07:08 PM Internet FCC chairman outlines rules for 'free and open Internet' The head of the US Federal Communications Commission proposed new rules Monday that would require Internet service providers (ISPs) to treat all Web traffic equally. [...] September 21, 2009 06:31 PM Internet MySpace syncs updates with Twitter MySpace on Monday began synchronizing user status updates with wildly popular microblogging service Twitter. The News Corp-owned online social networking service said it is rolling out a test... September 21, 2009 05:06 PM Internet Dell buys Perot Systems for 3.9 billion dollars US computer giant Dell said Monday it is buying computer services firm Perot Systems for 3.9 billion dollars in a move seen as a bid to counter rivals IBM and Hewlett-Packard and expand beyond its... September 21, 2009 05:02 PM Internet Dell buys Perot Systems for $3.9 billion Computer giant Dell announced on Monday it has acquired computer services firm Perot Systems, founded by Texas billionaire Ross Perot, for 3.9 billion dollars. "Dell and Perot Systems have entered... September 21, 2009 12:47 PM Internet EU publishes e-mails to back case against Intel The European Commission on Monday published e-mails and other company records to back a record-busting anti-trust action against Intel, which the US computer chip giant is contesting. [...] September 21, 2009 12:44 PM Internet FCC chairman to outline rules for 'net neutrality' The head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to outline rules on Monday requiring Internet providers to respect "net neutrality," the principle that all Web traffic should... September 20, 2009 06:56 PM Internet New social network with French touch unfurls in Brazil An upmarket, invitation-only social network with a French touch expanded into Brazil this month and is setting its sights on Asia, one of its founding partners told AFP. [...] September 20, 2009 06:52 AM Internet US Justice Dept wants changes to Google book deal The US Justice Department advised a court to reject a legal settlement between Google and authors and publishers that would allow the Internet giant to scan and sell millions of books online. [...] September 19, 2009 06:07 AM Internet EBay fined again for selling fake Louis Vuitton goods online A French court on Friday ordered online auction site eBay to pay 80,000 euros (118,000 dollars) to Louis Vuitton for selling fake luxury perfumes, LVMH said. "The court found that in using key... September 18, 2009 06:32 PM Internet Skype founders file another suit over eBay sale The founders of Skype fired another salvo Friday against online auction giant eBay's plans to sell the Web communications service. [...] September 18, 2009 06:06 PM Internet |
