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'Cloud' computing market 14 bln dollars by 2014: Gartner
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Industry tracker Gartner forecast on Monday that revenue from Internet-based "cloud computing" will top 14 billion dollars annually by the end of 2013.
November 10, 2009, 9:51 am -
Parties in Google books deal need more time
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc and a group representing authors and publishers have asked the court for more time to revise a controversial deal that would allow Google to create a vast library of electronic books, according to a source close to the parties involved.
November 10, 2009, 8:53 am -
Nokia to replace 14 million phone chargers
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia is replacing 14 million cellphone chargers which it says could give users an electric shock.
November 10, 2009, 6:48 am -
Google says won't give Clearwire more financing
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Monday that it could best help wireless service provider Clearwire Corp by cooperating on products and strategy rather than giving it more financial assistance.
November 10, 2009, 6:42 am -
RIM to help app developers use ads, micropayments
TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion is making it easier for software developers make money from the applications they develop for its popular BlackBerry smartphone as the company falters in the face of stiff competition from rivals like Apple Inc.
November 10, 2009, 6:02 am -
Online auction site launches for rich and famous
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Millionaires down on their luck now have a place to sell their mega-yachts, super-cars and family jewels without having to resort to the pawn shop.
November 10, 2009, 4:09 am -
Russia fires police YouTube whistleblower
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A junior Russian policeman was fired on Sunday after making a YouTube appeal to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accusing senior officers of corruption, a claim dismissed by authorities as false, news agencies reported.
November 10, 2009, 3:20 am -
Burberry taps social media with trench coat site
LONDON (Reuters) - Luxury goods group Burberry has hooked up with social networking company Facebook to launch a Web site celebrating its trench coat, becoming the latest retailer to use social media in a bid to boost its brand.
November 9, 2009, 11:05 pm -
Scientists devise early treatment for spine injury
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Injecting tiny polymer spheres into rats right after a spinal cord injury helped the animals recover movement and prevented secondary nerve damage that often follows such injuries, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.
November 9, 2009, 9:44 pm -
Soviet H-bomb scientist Ginzburg dies
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vitaly Ginzburg, a Russian physicist who survived Stalin's purges by working on the Soviet atomic bomb project and later won the Nobel Prize for physics, died in Moscow late on Sunday after a long illness.
November 9, 2009, 9:43 pm -
Genetic tests help track food web, climate change
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - New uses of genetic testing can help track how animal diets may change due to global warming and are helping crack down on wildlife smuggling, experts said on Saturday.
November 9, 2009, 9:41 pm -
French driver suspected in bank heist becomes Internet star
A French security van driver suspected of making off with $17.2 million in cash has become a rising star on the web.
November 9, 2009, 9:06 am -
French bank heist suspect becomes Internet star
LYON, France (AFP) - A French security van driver suspected of making off with 11.
November 9, 2009, 5:24 am -
Award-winning Cuban blogger says she was beaten, detained
HAVANA (AFP) - Secret police agents abducted and beat award-winning blogger Yoani Sanchez, whose online reports chronicle the dark side of everyday life in communist Cuba, on her way to a march for non-violence, she said Saturday.
November 8, 2009, 11:15 am -
Microsoft websites top spots in September: comScore
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.
November 7, 2009, 12:26 pm -
"Call of Duty" game shoots to make history
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forget the buzz over the next "Twilight" film or James Cameron's "Avatar." The biggest entertainment hit of the holiday season may come on Tuesday, when "Call of Duty.
November 7, 2009, 11:34 am -
Another reason to cover your cough: pets at risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who think they may have H1N1 flu need to stay away from work, avoid sneezing on their spouses and children and now, they have someone else to worry about infecting too -- their pets.
November 7, 2009, 10:56 am -
Norway court snubs call to block The Pirate Bay
OSLO (AFP) - A court in Norway on Friday rejected calls from the entertainment industry to force communications giant Telenor to block its customers from accessing popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay.
November 7, 2009, 10:26 am -
Pioneering Swiss solar-powered plane rolled out
GENEVA (AFP) - Solar Impulse, the Swiss bid to make the first solar-powered flight around the world, rolled out its prototype on Friday at an airbase near Zurich and powered up the engines.
November 7, 2009, 10:23 am -
Study suggests peat CO2 credits more valuable
JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesia-based study shows carbon-rich tropical peat lands trap more greenhouse gases than first thought, driving up their potential value on the carbon market and strengthening a case for their protection.
November 7, 2009, 8:03 am
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