Technology
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Apple passes 2 billion app downloads
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Monday that downloads from its iTunes applications store had passed 2 billion and that it now has more than 85,000 apps available for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
September 29, 2009, 2:07 am -
Opera urges EU exec not to rush Microsoft case
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Norwegian browser maker Opera urged European Union antitrust regulators on Monday not to rush to close its antitrust case against Microsoft before ensuring a level playing field among browsers.
September 29, 2009, 2:53 am -
Jack Black and Ozzy Osbourne star in metal videogame
DENVER (Billboard) - Amid the din of all the other music-based games being released this fall comes a unique twist on the convergence between music and videogames.
September 29, 2009, 1:25 am -
China Unicom to launch iPhone in October
BEIJING (AFP) - China Unicom said on Monday it will start selling the iPhone in October, marking the official launch of the widely popular handset in the world's largest mobile market.
September 29, 2009, 12:07 am -
China finds bird-like dinosaur with four wings
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese researchers have unearthed the fossil of a bird-like dinosaur with four wings in northeastern China, which they suggest is a missing link in dinosaurs' evolution into birds.
September 28, 2009, 11:38 pm -
Unicom to sell Apple iPhones in China from October
BEIJING (Reuters) - China Unicom, the country's No. 2 mobile carrier, will begin to sell Apple Inc's iPhone in China for a retail price of 5,000 yuan ($732.50), as it leans on the phone to launch its 3G service.
September 28, 2009, 10:27 pm -
Unicom to sell iPhones in China from October
BEIJING (Reuters) - China Unicom, the country's No.2 mobile carrier, said on Monday that Apple's popular iPhone will retail in China for 5,000 yuan ($732.50), above market expectation, as it seeks to build up its 3G service.
September 28, 2009, 8:06 pm -
Mobile usage a rare highlight in music biz
DENVER (Billboard) - The mobile music landscape is very much a study in good news, bad news.
September 28, 2009, 7:45 pm -
Unicom says to sell iPhones in China from October
BEIJING (Reuters) - China Unicom, the country's No. 2 mobile carrier, said on Monday Apple's popular iPhone would be sold in China from October at a retail price of 5,000 yuan ($732.5).
September 28, 2009, 6:59 pm -
High tech may pinpoint Antarctica sea rise risks
OSLO (Reuters) - Dismayed by ice and storms, British explorer Captain James Cook had no regrets when he abandoned a voyage searching for a fabled southern continent in 1773.
September 28, 2009, 2:44 pm -
China Unicom to buy back stake from SK Telecom
NEW YORK (Reuters) - China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd said on Sunday it would buy back a 3.8 percent stake held by SK Telecom Co Ltd , South Korea's biggest mobile carrier, for about HK$10 billion (US$1.29 billion).
September 28, 2009, 11:49 am -
German officials to probe Twitter election leaks
BERLIN (AFP) - German election officials Sunday said they would investigate the appearance of broadly accurate exit poll results on the Twitter microblogging site before voting had ended.
September 28, 2009, 8:41 am -
Xinjiang authorities ban online separatist talk: state media
BEIJING (AFP) - Authorities in China's restive northwestern Xinjiang region on Sunday approved a bill making it a criminal offence for people there to discuss separatism on the Internet, state media reported.
September 28, 2009, 7:45 am -
Yahoo!Xtra announces new shopping partnership
New Zealand's online space is set to welcome a new shopping channel.
August 10, 2009, 10:00 am -
Heath Ledger targets whalers in new music video
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An animated music video directed by the late actor Heath Ledger debuted on the Web on Tuesday, and it's an attack on the whaling industry set to the song "King Rat" by alternative rock band Modest Mouse.
August 5, 2009, 12:40 pm -
Microsoft going after Google's home turf
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Microsoft, by entering into a partnership with Yahoo!, is seeking to do battle with Google on its home turf and in one of the few arenas it has failed to conquer -- the Web.
July 30, 2009, 11:16 am -
Sprint to buy Virgin Mobile USA
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp said on Tuesday it would buy out Virgin Mobile USA Inc in a deal that values the small wireless carrier at $483 million and pushes Sprint deeper into the low-end prepaid mobile market.
July 29, 2009, 6:56 am -
Telecom unveils new handsets and pricing structure
Telecom today revealed more of the services coming on the new XT Mobile network including innovative changes to mobile plan charging, and a range of exciting handset and content announcements.
May 20, 2009, 4:00 am -
XT Network launch lights up Town Hall
Auckland's Town Hall was transformed last night as Telecom celebrated the launch their new XT mobile phone network with a spectacular light show.
May 14, 2009, 2:57 am -
Comedian Fry offers support to NZ law campagin
British television star Stephen Fry has offered his support to a campaign against a New Zealand law designed to protect copyright holders from illegal internet downloading.
February 16, 2009, 6:27 am
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