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Moon crash works - there is water there
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists who crashed two spacecraft into a crater on the moon said on Friday they found water in the dust they kicked up, just as they had hoped.
November 14, 2009, 7:32 am -
YouTube going high-definition video
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - High-definition video is coming to YouTube.
November 14, 2009, 6:19 am -
China Mobile, Brazil's Claro to sell new smartphone
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US computer giant Dell announced on Friday it is teaming up with China Mobile and Brazil's Claro to market a new touchscreen smartphone powered by Google's Android operating system.
November 14, 2009, 5:23 am -
Iran creates Internet crime unit
TEHRAN (AFP) - The Iranian police have created a special unit to monitor Internet crime, particularly political offences, a senior police officer was quoted by the ILNA news agency as saying on Friday.
November 14, 2009, 4:43 am -
Dell to introduce smartphone based on Android
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dell Inc said on Friday it will sell smartphones equipped with Google Inc's Android mobile software, as the computer maker enters a market that is growing fast but crowded with competitors.
November 14, 2009, 4:12 am -
Welcome to the Clone Farm
ENID, Oklahoma (Reuters) - To the untrained eye, Pollard Farms looks much like any other cattle ranch.
November 14, 2009, 1:38 am -
French iPhone user seeks probe into 'explosion'
CANNES, France (AFP) - A French businessman who claims the screen of his iPhone shattered spontaneously has asked a court to appoint an independent expert to investigate the device's safety, his lawyer said on Friday.
November 14, 2009, 1:00 am -
Google to be taken to court by Swiss watchdog
GENEVA (AFP) - Switzerland's data protection commissioner on Friday announced that he was taking Google to court in a dispute over privacy concerns on the US Internet giant's "Street View" facility.
November 13, 2009, 11:40 pm -
'Modern Warfare 2' blows away launch records
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - "Call of Duty:
November 13, 2009, 8:02 pm -
Facebook alibi gets teen off the hook
A US teenager has Facebook to thank for having criminal charges against him dropped.
November 13, 2009, 2:55 pm -
October U.S. video game sales down 19 percent: NPD
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sales of video game equipment and software in the United States tumbled 19 percent in October to $1.07 billion, research group NPD said on Thursday, troubling figures as the industry heads into the most important selling weeks of the year.
November 13, 2009, 1:51 pm -
FDA tackles gray area of social media
WASHINGTON (Reuters)- Drug makers, Internet companies and nonprofits called for clarity on what is a gray area for U.S. health regulators: how drug promotion on Twitter, Wikipedia, blogs and other social media can be regulated.
November 13, 2009, 1:41 pm -
Xbox Live boots pirate videogame players
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Internet classified ad and auction websites were rife Thursday with Xbox 360 consoles modified to play pirated videogames in the wake of the devices being banned from Microsoft's online game community.
November 13, 2009, 1:07 pm -
Xbox Live will link to Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Microsoft said Thursday that its Xbox 360 videogame console will be able to link online starting next week with Twitter and Facebook along with Internet radio star Last.fm.
November 13, 2009, 12:10 pm -
Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion, settle disputes
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp will pay rival chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc $1.25 billion to settle all outstanding legal disputes, in a move that can hasten the resolution of Intel's antitrust troubles.
November 13, 2009, 11:51 am -
Clicker.com, a guide for TV and movies on the Web
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Amid an explosion in TV and movie viewing online, a California startup launched Thursday billing itself as the "complete guide" to Internet television.
November 13, 2009, 11:38 am -
Facebook provides alibi for robbery suspect
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 19-year-old New York man who was arrested for armed robbery has been exonerated thanks to a status update he posted on social networking site Facebook.
November 13, 2009, 11:08 am -
Catholic Church needs more Internet savvy: bishop
VATICAN CITY (AFP) - The Roman Catholic Church should leave its "ghetto" and recognise the importance and reach of the Internet, a French bishop said Thursday.
November 13, 2009, 10:20 am -
Yahoo! launches Spanish mobile home page
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Yahoo! on Thursday launched a Spanish version of its Internet home page for mobile devices in a move to court the growing US Hispanic population.
November 13, 2009, 9:32 am -
Canada doctor uses glue to aid open-heart recovery
TORONTO (Reuters) - A new surgical technique using glue to repair breastbones intentionally broken during open-heart surgery speeds up recovery time and is "substantially less painful" for patients, a University of Calgary scientist said on Thursday.
November 13, 2009, 8:10 am
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