Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Technology

  • Facebook measuring the mood in the US

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Facebook is tracking how happy people are in the United States.

    October 7, 2009, 6:52 am
  • Verizon to sell 2 Google phones this year

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless said on Tuesday it will sell two mobile phones with Google Inc's Android operating system this year, part of a partnership that could boost Google's efforts to challenge Apple Inc in the fast-growing smartphone market.

    October 7, 2009, 5:42 am
  • WB to help develop high-speed Internet in Africa

    GENEVA (AFP) - The World Bank said on Tuesday it would invest 215 million dollars (146 million euros) to help develop high-speed Internet infrastructure in central Africa and make the service more accessible to people in the region.

    October 7, 2009, 5:21 am
  • German election Twitter 'leaks' not from exit polls: official

    BERLIN (AFP) - Broadly accurate results from Germany's general election that surfaced on the Twitter microblogging site hours before polling closed were not based on exit poll data, officials said Tuesday after a probe.

    October 7, 2009, 5:11 am
  • Microsoft launches new phone software

    SEATTLE/PARIS (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp introduced new software for mobile phones on Tuesday, promising a range of devices to compete with Apple Inc's iPhone and Research in Motion Ltd's BlackBerry.

    October 7, 2009, 5:03 am
  • Microsoft vs Google Internet war to benefit media: AP chief

    HONG KONG (AFP) - Microsoft's Internet search engine war with Google will revitalise the ailing media industry by helping it profit more from online news, the head of US news agency the Associated Press said Tuesday.

    October 7, 2009, 5:01 am
  • U.S. approves Adobe, Omniture tie-up

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. antitrust regulators have approved Adobe Systems Inc's deal to buy web analytics firm Omniture Inc, the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday.

    October 7, 2009, 4:57 am
  • 'Masters of light' win Nobel Physics Prize

    STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Three physicists won the 2009 Nobel Prize on Tuesday for work on fibre optics and light sensing that helped unleash the Information Technology revolution.

    October 7, 2009, 3:47 am
  • Verizon Wireless, Google to release Android phone

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Verizon Wireless and Google announced on Tuesday that mobile phones powered by the Internet giant's Android software will be introduced in the next few weeks.

    October 7, 2009, 3:39 am
  • Google, Verizon to develop Android mobile phones

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless said on Tuesday it will develop and sell mobile phones and services using Google Inc's Android operating system software.

    October 7, 2009, 3:00 am
  • Communication pioneers win 2009 physics Nobel

    STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A pioneer in fiber optics and two scientists who figured out how to turn light into electronic signals -- work that paved the way for the Internet age -- were awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday.

    October 7, 2009, 2:49 am
  • Mobile subscriptions at 4.6 billion by year-end: ITU

    GENEVA (Reuters) - Mobile subscriptions will rise to 4.6 billion by the end of this year, boosted by a continuing mobile phone boom in emerging economies, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said on Tuesday.

    October 6, 2009, 11:08 pm
  • Kao, Boyle and Smith win 2009 physics Nobel

    STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Charles Kao, Willard Boyle and George Smith shared the 2009 Nobel Prize for physics for work in fiber-optics and in semiconductors, the prize committee said on Tuesday.

    October 6, 2009, 11:00 pm
  • Google partners on device to monitor home energy

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Google Inc is partnering with privately held Energy Inc to provide households with free energy management software, bypassing utilities' smart meters and potentially boosting energy efficiency, the company said on its blog on Monday.

    October 6, 2009, 2:31 pm
  • Economy erodes Internet advertising revenue

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - US spending on Internet ads was dragged down by the dire economy in the first half of 2009, according to a report which has been released by Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

    October 6, 2009, 2:29 pm
  • Bloggers must reveal ties behind endorsements: FTC

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A series of US Federal Trade Commission guideline updates, which have been recently approved, require bloggers to reveal freebies or pay related to online commentary or else face hefty fines.

    October 6, 2009, 2:27 pm
  • Nobel prize-winning medical research long and costly

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Nobel-winning medical science that points the way to a cancer cure was sparked by curiosity, not business sense, a new laureate said on Monday.

    October 6, 2009, 1:43 pm
  • Hackers expose slew of Hotmail acount passwords

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Microsoft on Monday blocked access to thousands of Hotmail accounts in response to hackers plundering password information and posting it online.

    October 6, 2009, 12:37 pm
  • Microsoft says some Hotmail passwords exposed

    SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Monday that passwords belonging to some users of its Hotmail email service were exposed on an Internet site, but had since been taken down.

    October 6, 2009, 12:32 pm

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