WASHINGTON (AFP) - New York Times executive editor Bill Keller has rejected a call by the newspaper's ombudsman for the Jerusalem bureau chief of the Times to be reassigned because his son is serving in the Israeli army.
February 10, 2010, 9:19 amVANCOUVER (Reuters) - An electronic graffiti wall, Wii consoles, DJ mash-ups and iPods for massage time -- the Vancouver Olympic Village is plugged in to this generation of hip, digital athletes.
33 minutes agoMOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc is tapping its huge network of Gmail users and Web surfers to create a Buzz that it hopes will help it catch up with online social networking leaders Facebook and Twitter.
1 hour, 42 minutes agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lung cancer is often dramatically different in women than it is in men, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday in another study that suggests ways to tailor treatment for cancer patients.
February 10, 2010, 1:38 pm
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google on Tuesday gave its free email service a "Buzz," adding Twitter and Facebook style social networking features.
February 10, 2010, 8:55 am
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc injected social networking features into its popular Web email product as the world's No. 1 search engine seeks to fend off competition from Facebook and Twitter.
February 10, 2010, 8:13 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People are afraid to lose money and an unusual study released on Monday explains why -- the brain's fear center controls the response to a gamble.
February 10, 2010, 7:50 am
(Corrects Camerer's name and affiliation, 11th paragraph)
February 10, 2010, 7:46 am
NEW YORK (AFP) - US videogame giant Electronic Arts was unable to fight its way out of the red over the Christmas holidays, posting a net loss for the 12th consecutive quarter on Monday.
February 10, 2010, 6:26 amBEIJING (AFP) - China has said it will launch a six-month crackdown on rampant online gambling, saying the growing industry was causing large flows of money out of the country.
February 10, 2010, 6:26 am
SHANGHAI (AFP) - Chinese Internet portal NetEase has said it will reapply for a licence to operate "World of Warcraft", one of the most popular online role-playing games with millions of users in China alone.
February 10, 2010, 6:26 am
MUMBAI (AFP) - India's flagship software and services exports industry is facing rising protectionist sentiment in key markets, officials of a trade body warned Tuesday.
February 10, 2010, 6:26 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found specific genetic variants which may explain why some people age earlier than others and say their findings have important implications for understanding cancer and age-related diseases.
February 10, 2010, 3:07 amSHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google Inc has sent a cease and desist letter to the operators of a Chinese search website whose logo bears a close resemblance to its own.
February 9, 2010, 10:13 pm
TEHRAN (Reuters) - With their paths through the Internet increasingly blocked by government filters, Nooshin and her fellow Iranian opposition-supporters say their information on planned protests now comes in emails.
February 9, 2010, 9:04 pmHONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A consortium led by Walt Disney Co is in advanced talks to buy into China's largest in-bus digital media and advertising company, a deal that could offer the U.S. entertainment giant a new platform to promote Mickey Mouse in China, three sources told Reuters.
February 9, 2010, 3:55 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US magazine circulation fell in the final six months of 2009 with both newsstand sales and paid subscriptions showing a drop-off, the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) reported on Monday.
February 9, 2010, 11:09 am
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Thousands of US videogame shops will be open the instant Tuesday arrives for expected hordes of "Bioshock" fans eager to return to the grim, morally-tattered undersea world of Rapture.
February 9, 2010, 10:50 am
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Vitamin D Video on Monday released a finished version of software that detects people in surveillance footage recorded by common Web cameras.
February 9, 2010, 9:41 am
PARIS (AFP) - Google has filed an appeal of a court decision that ordered the US Internet giant to stop digitising French books without publishers' approval, its lawyers said Monday.
February 9, 2010, 7:19 am
And so the worst kept secret in technology is finally out of the bag and it's... Slightly underwhelming. The iPad. The iPad? I guess it makes sense given it's essentially a giant iPod touch, but did they really have to make it sound like an Apple...
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