 Lead US disaster agency reaches out electronically The lead US federal disaster agency is hoping to both inform and gather information through social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, its top official said Wednesday. [...] November 18, 2009 05:27 PM Internet State pressure affecting Internet social networks: forum Government pressure on companies linked to social media networks is threatening to infringe civil liberties, an Internet forum in Egypt heard on Wednesday. [...] November 18, 2009 05:03 PM Internet Hackers hit Latvian president's site on independence day Hackers broke into the website of Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers on Wednesday, leaving a message urging the head of state to save the recession-afflicted Baltic state, his office said. Instead... November 18, 2009 05:00 PM Internet 'Modern Warfare 2' sets entertainment industry records "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," the new videogame from Activision Blizzard, keeps blowing away sales records. [...] November 18, 2009 04:40 PM Internet Probe launched into British T-Mobile data breach Britain's information watchdog is investigating claims that thousands of personal details from British users of German mobile telephone giant T-Mobile have been sold to competitors. [...] November 18, 2009 04:32 PM Internet EU mishandled Intel case: ombudsman The European Commission was guilty of maladministration in its its record-busting anti-trust action against Intel, the European ombudsman said Wednesday. [...] November 18, 2009 04:30 PM Internet EMI music videos, concerts coming to Hulu.com EMI Music announced Wednesday it will offer free music videos and concerts on Hulu.com, making it the first major label to strike a deal with the increasingly popular US-based online video site.... November 18, 2009 04:09 PM Internet Video spurs explosion of Internet traffic Internet traffic will have increased six fold by 2012 in a five-year period as more users view and post videos online, delegates at an Internet forum heard on Wednesday. [...] November 18, 2009 09:19 AM Internet China Mobile says still in iPhone talks with Apple China Mobile, the country's largest mobile operator, said Wednesday it is still in negotiations with Apple over the sale of iPhones in China. "We really are still in talks with Apple...In our... November 18, 2009 07:31 AM Internet China defence website gets 2 mln hack attacks: report The website of China's defence ministry has been hacked more than two million times since it was launched three months ago, state media said on Wednesday. [...] November 18, 2009 07:08 AM Internet NASA, Microsoft take Web surfers to Mars NASA and Microsoft launched an interactive website that allows Web surfers to become Mars explorers. The "Be a Martian" website invites members of the public to help scientists perform such... November 18, 2009 03:45 AM Internet Telecom giants converge at Asia's top mobile show Manoj Kohli, the CEO of Bharti Airtel, attends the Mobile Asia Congress, the Asian segment of the world's premier telecom event held in Barcelona every year, in Hong Kong, on November 18.... November 18, 2009 03:05 AM Internet Web security company warns of 'cyber arms race' Warning of a "cyber arms race," a leading Web security firm said that China, France, Israel, Russia and the United States were among countries that have developed "cyber weapons." "McAfee began to... November 18, 2009 02:37 AM Internet 'Dozens' of layoffs at Associated Press: Guild The US news agency the Associated Press (AP) laid off dozens of employees on Tuesday as part of a plan to reduce its global payroll by 10 percent this year, a union statement said. The News Media... November 17, 2009 10:53 PM Internet Web security company warns of 'cyber arms race' Warning of a "cyber arms race," top Web security firm McAfee Inc. said Tuesday that China, France, Israel, Russia and the United States have developed "cyber weapons." "McAfee began to warn of the... November 17, 2009 09:49 PM Internet Microsoft 'cloud' service Azure to launch January 1 US software giant Microsoft announced Tuesday that its Internet-based cloud computing service Windows Azure will launch on January 1. [...] November 17, 2009 09:48 PM Internet Cyber laws must punish individuals not society: specialist Laws regulating cybercrimes must target individuals and not society as a whole, an IT specialist told an Internet governance forum at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday. Gisele Da... November 17, 2009 06:53 PM Internet Google image search gets a 'swirl' Google Labs on Tuesday brought more focus to finding pictures online, adding a "Swirl" tool that automatically groups similar images into categories presented on results pages. "What Image Swirl... November 17, 2009 06:36 PM Internet EU shuts down ringtone scam sites targeting youngsters European nations have closed down over 50 Internet websites after a crackdown on mobile phone ringtone scams often targeting youngsters. In an 18-month "consumer crackdown" 300 websites were... November 17, 2009 05:27 PM Internet Bing gains search market share, nears 10 percent Microsoft's new Internet search engine Bing increased its share of the US search market in October, edging up half-a-point to nearly 10 percent, online tracking firm comScore said Tuesday. It was... November 17, 2009 04:34 PM Internet |
