Sunday, November 8th, 2009

Technology

  • Microsoft, Google snag Twitter search deal

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and Google Inc have sealed separate agreements to access real-time content from Web phenomenon Twitter, intensifying their battle for a search market that Google now dominates.

    October 22, 2009, 11:26 am
  • Microsoft, Google integrating Twitter into search results

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Microsoft on Wednesday began integrating Twitter messages into its new Internet search engine Bing and arch rival Google announced plans to do the same.

    October 22, 2009, 10:50 am
  • Microsoft snags Facebook, Twitter search deals

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has sealed agreements to access real-time content on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter, a boost for its fledgling Bing search engine.

    October 22, 2009, 10:01 am
  • Key lawmaker backs FCC on eve of Web rule

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key U.S. lawmaker said on Wednesday that he backs a Federal Communications Commission proposal to establish an open Internet rule and would consider legislative action if the industry challenged it in court.

    October 22, 2009, 8:15 am
  • Microsoft's Bing seals Facebook, Twitter deals

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has sealed agreements to access real-time content on hot social networking sites Facebook and Twitter, a boost for its fledgling Bing search engine.

    October 22, 2009, 8:13 am
  • Google, partners to offer music downloads: reports

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Google plans to allow users to listen to songs or buy them directly from search results pages in a partnership to be unveiled next week with online music sites, according to reports Wednesday.

    October 22, 2009, 8:09 am
  • Canada allows Internet "throttling" as last resort

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main telecom regulator said on Wednesday it will let Internet service providers slow or "throttle" traffic such as file-sharing that the companies say threatens to overwhelm their networks -- but only as a last resort.

    October 22, 2009, 7:52 am
  • Canada allows Web traffic "throttling" as last resort

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main telecom regulator said on Wednesday it will let Internet service providers slow or "throttle" traffic such as file-sharing that the companies say threatens to overwhelm their networks -- but only as a last resort.

    October 22, 2009, 7:49 am
  • Google, labels partner on music search: sources

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc is partnering with major music labels to launch a new feature to make it easier to discover, sample and buy songs on the search engine, according to two people familiar with the plan.

    October 22, 2009, 7:04 am
  • HP partners with university to print digital books

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Hewlett-Packard is stepping up its out-of-print book publishing business and taking on Google.

    October 22, 2009, 6:23 am
  • Wikipedia founder in HP online magazine print deal

    JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The founder of online encyclopedia Wikipedia said on Wednesday he had entered into a partnership with computer company Hewlett Packard that will allow users to create and print magazines.

    October 22, 2009, 6:14 am
  • RIM launches new Bold, but challenge looms for Storm

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion has rolled out an updated version of its top-end BlackBerry Bold, aiming to reassert its dominance in the professional market at a time when its retail consumer business has come under growing pressure from Apple's iPhone.

    October 22, 2009, 6:13 am
  • Skype working on business sector expansion

    JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Internet telephony company Skype aims to open up its platform to boost access to services by the business sector, Chief Executive Josh Silverman said on Wednesday.

    October 22, 2009, 5:32 am
  • Google and major labels partner on music search: sources

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc is partnering with major music labels to launch a new feature to make it easier for music fans to discover, sample and buy songs on the search engine, according to two people familiar with the plan.

    October 22, 2009, 5:25 am
  • Electric cars take on hybrids at Tokyo show

    CHIBA, Japan (AFP) - Futuristic concept cars, plug-in hybrids, zero-emission electric vehicles and even a hydrogen-powered scooter jostled for the limelight as the Tokyo Motor Show kicked off on Wednesday.

    October 22, 2009, 5:13 am
  • Experts study thriving HIV "controllers" in vaccine search

    PARIS (Reuters) - AIDS researchers want to expand their study of a rare group of HIV-infected people, whose immune systems naturally and mysteriously prevent the virus thriving in their bodies, to span the globe.

    October 22, 2009, 4:56 am
  • RIM launching updated top-end BlackBerry Bold

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion is rolling out an updated version of its top-end BlackBerry Bold smartphone, aimed at the company's base of professional users as well as wealthier retail consumers.

    October 22, 2009, 12:06 am
  • Dell sees Windows 7 boost starting mid 2010

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - Demand for computers from large companies is likely to pick up by as soon as mid-2010 as a result of Microsoft's launch this week of its Windows 7 operating system, a senior Dell executive said on Wednesday.

    October 21, 2009, 9:15 pm
  • General Electric unveils pocket-sized ultrasound tool

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - General Electric (GE) on Tuesday unveiled an ultrasound device about the size of an iPhone, saying the gadget could become "the stethoscope of the 21st century."

    October 21, 2009, 8:57 pm

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