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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 -
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 -
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 -
Google Books project draws fire in China
BEIJING (AFP) - A China copyright group Wednesday accused Internet giant Google of scanning Chinese books for its online library without authorisation, in the latest criticism hurled at the controversial project.
October 21, 2009, 8:57 pm -
World must use GM crops, says UK science academy
LONDON (Reuters) - The world needs genetically modified crops both to increase food yields and minimize the environmental impact of farming, Britain's top science academy said on Wednesday.
October 21, 2009, 1:50 pm -
Barnes & Noble's $259 e-reader challenges Kindle
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc on Tuesday unveiled its electronic reader in a challenge to Amazon.com Inc's dominant Kindle, featuring a color screen and the same $259 price, ahead of the holiday shopping season.
October 21, 2009, 12:38 pm -
Sun cutting 3,000 jobs, blames Oracle takeover delay
NEW YORK (AFP) - Sun Microsystems said Tuesday it is cutting 3,000 jobs over the next 12 months because of its delayed takeover by US business software giant Oracle.
October 21, 2009, 10:35 am -
Yahoo! posts 244 pct increase in net profit
NEW YORK (AFP) - Yahoo! reported Tuesday that net profit soared more than 244 percent in the third quarter, easily surpassing the expectations of Wall Street analysts.
October 21, 2009, 9:45 am -
Barnes and Noble unveils e-reader in Amazon challenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The biggest bookstore chain in the United States jumped into the increasingly crowded electronic book reader market on Tuesday, unveiling its own device in a challenge to Amazon's popular Kindle.
October 21, 2009, 9:15 am -
NASA rolls out new moon rocket for test flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA on Tuesday carted a sleek, towering rocket out to the launch pad to test the vehicle planned to replace the retiring space shuttles and return U.S. astronauts to the moon.
October 21, 2009, 8:49 am
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