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Web security company warns of 'cyber arms race'
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Warning of a "cyber arms race," top Web security firm McAfee Inc.
November 18, 2009, 11:50 am -
Virtual pioneers: Macedonia schools to get wired
SKOPJE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - "Practical English Grammar by Correspondence" -- a 1973 tome published by the Soviet Union -- sits atop a pile of books on the librarian's desk in Macedonia's Grigor Prlichev elementary school.
November 18, 2009, 1:19 pm -
Microsoft 'cloud' service Azure to launch January 1
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - US software giant Microsoft announced Tuesday that its Internet-based cloud computing service Windows Azure will launch on January 1.
November 18, 2009, 11:48 am -
RIM security chief sees smartphone attacks on horizon
TORONTO/BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers could one day turn ordinary smartphones into "rogue" devices to attack major wireless networks, Research In Motion's security chief warned.
November 18, 2009, 10:32 am -
Cyber laws must punish individuals not society: specialist
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - Laws regulating cybercrimes must target individuals and not society as a whole, an IT specialist told an Internet governance forum at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday.
November 18, 2009, 8:54 am -
Qualcomm CEO pins hopes on China
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Qualcomm, the world's biggest chip maker, said on Tuesday that it expects to sell its TD-SCDMA chips in mainland China within the next year.
November 18, 2009, 8:41 am -
Google image search gets a 'swirl'
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google Labs on Tuesday brought more focus to finding pictures online, adding a "Swirl" tool that automatically groups similar images into categories presented on results pages.
November 18, 2009, 8:39 am -
In Amazon, a frustrated search for cancer cures
SAO SEBASTIAO DE CUIEIRAS, Brazil (Reuters) - The task of harvesting the secrets of Brazil's vast Amazon rain forest that could help in the battle against cancer largely falls to Osmar Barbosa Ferreira and a big pair of clippers.
November 18, 2009, 8:11 am -
Microsoft to launch Azure cloud service early next year
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it will launch its long-awaited Windows Azure cloud computing system on Jan 1, as it looks to take advantage of the growing interest in internet-based software and services.
November 18, 2009, 7:51 am -
T-Mobile admits employee sold private data
LONDON (Reuters) - A employee of mobile phone operator T-Mobile is facing prosecution after selling personal details of thousands of British customers to rival companies in an alleged major breach of data protection laws.
November 18, 2009, 7:47 am -
EU shuts down ringtone scam sites targeting youngsters
BRUSSELS (AFP) - European nations have closed down over 50 Internet websites after a crackdown on mobile phone ringtone scams often targeting youngsters.
November 18, 2009, 7:31 am -
Arrow Electronics to buy specialty wire firm A.E. Petsche
(Reuters) - Arrow Electronics, an electronic parts and computer products distributor, said it agreed to buy A.E. Petsche Co, an Arlington, Texas-based supplier of specialty wire and cable, to boost its presence in the aerospace and defense markets.
November 18, 2009, 7:07 am -
Bing gains search market share, nears 10 percent
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Microsoft's new Internet search engine Bing increased its share of the US search market in October, edging up half-a-point to nearly 10 percent, online tracking firm comScore said Tuesday.
November 18, 2009, 6:41 am -
YouTube to connect 'citizen journalists' with media outlets
WASHINGTON (AFP) - YouTube launched a free tool on Tuesday that allows news organizations to highlight newsworthy video footage from "citizen journalists" on their websites.
November 18, 2009, 6:20 am -
Technology failing disabled net surfers: forum
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - Technology should be harnessed better to give the world's estimated 650 million disabled people improved access to the Internet, experts said here on Tuesday.
November 18, 2009, 6:20 am -
China's Internet users hail Obama's Web show
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese Internet users have hailed the webcast town hall meeting held by Barack Obama, expressing hopes the US president can help them convince authorities to tear down the "Great Firewall of China."
November 18, 2009, 6:09 am -
Amazon to launch Kindle in Canada
TORONTO (Reuters) - U.S. Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday that it was introducing Kindle, its wireless electronic reader, in Canada.
November 18, 2009, 3:41 am -
Internet access 'can be matter of life and death'
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - The inability to access to the Internet in one's own language can be life-threatening, a forum at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh heard on Tuesday.
November 18, 2009, 2:56 am -
British town to offer free wi-fi to all residents
LONDON (AFP) - Swindon has become the first place in Britain to offer free wireless Internet access to all its 186,000 residents, in what is thought to be the first such scheme, officials said on Tuesday.
November 18, 2009, 2:56 am -
Had flu? You may have H1N1 protection
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who have had repeated flu infections -- or repeated flu vaccines -- may have some protection against the new pandemic swine influenza, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
November 18, 2009, 2:50 am
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