Technology
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Apple lets iPhone apps get down to business
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Apple said Friday that it is allowing businesses to sell content or services through applications given away for free at the iPhone maker's online App Store.
October 17, 2009, 11:02 am -
British hacker gets more time to fight US extradition
LONDON (AFP) - A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA space agency computers was on Saturday given more time to fight his extradition to the United States, officials and lawyers said.
October 18, 2009, 7:41 am -
Jackson "This Is It" album to sell at iTunes
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Apple on Friday confirmed that Michael Jackson's "This Is It" music compilation will be available at online shop iTunes a day before the release of the compact disc version.
October 17, 2009, 10:53 am -
First Microsoft store looks set to open
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's first store looks ready to open in an upscale Phoenix valley city in the next few days, as the software maker takes its first step in trying to match rival Apple Inc's successful venture into retail.
October 17, 2009, 10:20 am -
White House criticism of Fox increasing ratings: Murdoch
NEW YORK (AFP) - News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch said on Friday that White House criticism of commentators on his Fox News television channel had served to "tremendously" increase their ratings.
October 17, 2009, 5:52 am -
Google Editions to be up and running next year
FRANKFURT (AFP) - Google's online service Google Editions enabling electronic books to be downloaded to mobile telephones and readers will have some half-a-million publications available in the first half of next year.
October 17, 2009, 4:09 am -
Pardon my bootleg: Navigating China's pirated waters
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - I confess, my copy of Windows 7 Ultimate, the latest version of Microsoft's Windows franchise, was just that: a copy.
October 17, 2009, 3:35 am -
Warner to distribute "Sesame Street" DVDs
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Sesame Street" is taking a detour on its way home.
October 16, 2009, 4:28 pm -
Mission finds bright ribbon at solar system border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bright ribbon of hydrogen atoms marks the edge of the solar system, where the Sun's wind meets emissions from the rest of the galaxy, researchers reported on Thursday.
October 16, 2009, 3:16 pm -
Oracle envisions rosy life with Sun
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Oracle Corp CEO Larry Ellison talked up his company's prospects after a planned purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc, saying he hopes the deal will help more than double revenue within five years.
October 16, 2009, 3:08 pm -
Google, IBM round out strong tech results week
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc and IBM rounded out a strong week of technology results, outstripping already high expectations and providing further evidence that a recovery is brewing.
October 16, 2009, 12:01 pm -
IBM revenue down but net profit and outlook up
NEW YORK (AFP) - US computer giant IBM reported a higher quarterly net profit on Thursday despite falling sales and delivered a more optimistic outlook for the full year.
October 16, 2009, 11:39 am -
Oracle places big bet on Web-based software
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Software giant Oracle Corp is making a big bet on Web-based computer programs, a fast-growing segment of the tech sector that it has been slow to enter.
October 16, 2009, 11:26 am -
Google sparks e-books fight with Kindle
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Google plans to launch an online store to deliver electronic books to any device with a Web browser, threatening to upset a burgeoning market for dedicated e-readers dominated by Amazon's Kindle.
October 16, 2009, 10:09 am -
McCain daughter sorry for Twitter cleavage snap
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Meghan McCain, one of the daughters of former Republican presidential candidate John McCain, has apologized for using Twitter to post a picture in which she displayed an ample amount of cleavage.
October 16, 2009, 9:08 am -
Amid newspaper woes, NY Times launches San Francisco edition
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The New York Times launches a San Francisco edition on Friday as US newspapers, facing a precipitous decline in advertising and the challenge of the Web, search for new markets and new revenue.
October 16, 2009, 8:21 am -
Study finds potential key to growing heart cells
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers looking for ways to turn stem cells into the types of heart cells they want said on Thursday they had found the key to making one important type in mice.
October 16, 2009, 8:08 am -
Placebo effect is in the spine as well as the mind
LONDON (Reuters) - It's not all in the mind -- the so-called placebo effect is real and reaches right down to the spine, German scientists said on Thursday.
October 16, 2009, 7:48 am -
Auschwitz-Birkenau museum launches Facebook profile
WARSAW (AFP) - The museum of the World War II-era Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp has launched its profile, "Auschwitz Memorial", on the Facebook social networking website, a museum spokesman said Thursday.
October 16, 2009, 6:42 am -
Taiwan bans civil servants' web games
TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan on Thursday issued a blanket ban on Internet games in government offices, following reports of civil servants immersing themselves in a Facebook game in office hours.
October 16, 2009, 5:26 am
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