|
ZaaBiz launches in India
CHENNAI, INDIA: Networking has been around since the dawn of civilization, but new technology has brought it into the Internet age. Companies and individuals have realized that networks can be created, traversed, searched and analyzed for unlimited and unknown benefits.
CIOL |
|
The Internet Makes Old Time Radio New Again
The Internet and its ability to put almost any kind of content on any user's desktop or broadband-equipped TV has effectively created the world's largest multimedia archive. At OTRCAT.com thousands...
About.com |
|
Supercomputer Huygens beats Go professional: no one is safe
Filed under: Gaming You know how Go nerds are always going on about how magical they are since supercomputer AI hasn't yet cracked the ancient board game, and rarely beats even an average Go player? No? Maybe those are just our nerdy friends. Well, those folks can wipe the smug grins off their faces as they're faced with the sobering reality of defeat: Dutch supercomputer "Huygens" ...
Engadget |
|
T-Mobile USA to Carry Google's New Mobile Phone, NYT Reports
Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Telekom AG 's T-Mobile USA unit will be the first carrier of Google Inc .'s mobile phone, which is expected to hit U.S. stores this year, the New York Times reported, citing people briefed on the company's plans.
Bloomberg.com |
|
SEC settles record-altering case
WASHINGTON - The former top attorney at Apple Inc. agreed Thursday to pay $2.2 million to settle federal regulators' charges that she altered company records to conceal improper backdating of stock options for senior executives including Steve Jobs.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
|
Court says copyrights valid on free software
SAN FRANCISCO - In a crucial victory for the free software movement, a federal appeals court has ruled that even software developers who give away the programming code for their works can sue for copyright infringement if someone misappropriates that material.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
|
Lost when they came home
While the Bush administration is busy once again antagonizing Superpower Russia and inciting Georgia’s attack on South Ossetia, let us turn to some of the administration’s less flashy claims to fame: the shocking suicide rates of soldiers returning from Iraq, more than twice the number of US civilian suicides.
Online Journal |
|
Technology Briefing
Microsoft is now TPG-Axon's sixth-biggest holding ... PlayStation 3 sales outpace Xbox 360 for third month ... Warner Music adding its videos to Sony game console ... BlackBerry's new Bold model expected within a month ... Apple working on iPhone update over dropped calls.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
|
NBC builds online audience even as TV ratings soar
NEW YORK -- For NBC Universal, balancing TV and online coverage of the Beijing Olympic Games has been as tricky as any maneuver on the balance beam, parallel bars or vault.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
|
Pioneer may outsource ODD production to Taiwan-based makers
Since the contract between Pioneer and Asustek Computer for ODM/OEM optical disc drive (ODD) production expired in July 2008, Pioneer is very likely to select one or more new ODM/OEM partners to make less profitable models, and the priority may be given to Taiwan-based makers, especially Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Digi Times |
|
DRAM pricing downhill through August, says Nanya
Pei-Lin Pai, spokesperson and vice president of global sales and marketing at Nanya Technology, has said it is very likely DRAM prices will continue downhill in the second half of August. Despite consistently weak average selling prices (ASPs), he anticipated the recent rebound of the US dollar will help keep sales stable.
Digi Times |
|
Yahoo spends $36M on advisers in Microsoft dance
SEATTLE - Yahoo Inc. shelled out $36 million in the first half of 2008 to the outside advisers that helped the company navigate stormy buyout talks with Microsoft Corp. and the ensuing proxy threat from activist investor Carl Icahn.
Canoe Technology |
|
Yahoo made Fire Eagle available to the public this week
NEW YORK - Yahoo Inc. is riding the wave of location-based services with the launch of a service intended to help users share their real-world location with their friends online.
Canoe Technology |
|
Leuthold to seek Knox County commission chair
Commissioner Craig Leuthold made public his desire for the chairmanship Thursday on the commission's internet forum.
WATE 6 Knoxville |
|
Customer Service
NEW YORK - Looking at its size, shape, white wrist strap and B-button on the bottom, it's easy to compare the Stix with the Wiimote, the wireless controller for the popular Nintendo gaming console. Except the Stix is for your PC.
Brandon Sun |
|
Obama now has 2 million donors
U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama's campaign announced Thursday that it has reached a new milestone of 2 million individual donors. The presumptive Democratic nominee, harnessing the power of the Internet like no candidate before him, has been smashing all presidential fund-raising records. He had brought in about 340 million U.S. dollars by the end of June. Sine Obama is ...
People's Daily |
|
Experts: Pacemaker identity thefts possible
The most worrisome security gap exposed by a UMass team of researchers that hacked into a pacemaker-type device has nothing to do with your ticker, according to one security...
Boston Herald |
|
Intergen delighted to win Partner of the Year Awar
Intergen was delighted to be announced Microsoft New Zealand’s Partner of the Year at an awards ceremony in Auckland last night.
Scoop.co.nz |
|
University of Massachusetts professor hacks heart device to expose risks
A UMass professor has found a way to remotely control an implantable heart defibrillator, proving that hell-bent hackers could some day terrorize the millions of people who...
Boston Herald |
|
What's Behind the iPhone 3G Glitches
Dropped calls and choppy Web surfing on Apple's latest smartphone may stem from an Infineon chip. A fix is on the way
BusinessWeek |
|
HP's New Tack on Research Grants
Hewlett-Packard awards 41 university professors as much as $100,000 apiece and plans to be more involved in the research projects
BusinessWeek |
|
American Airlines waives baggage fee for soldiers
FORT WORTH, Texas - Facing a public relations nightmare, American Airlines said it would waive fees on excess baggage checked by soldiers traveling on duty, after being excoriated online and in the national media as unpatriotic.
Reading Eagle |
|
Even Yoda can't save 'Clone Wars'
"Star Wars" for kiddies and helplessly addicted adults, the computer-generated "The Clone Wars" exists for no discernible reason other than to recharge...
Boston Herald |
|
Internet lounges and Lenovo PCs attract athletes
Fierce competition at the Olympic Games has attracted TV audiences from all over the world - and the athletes themselves staying in the Olympic Village. At the Lenovo Internet Lounges in the Village athletes no longer sit at random seats and browse the Web. They are now more selective. They hope to find a seat that also provides a good view of a television so they can see both the Internet and ...
People's Daily |
|
Gallery: 10 Years of Cuddly, Friendly iMacs
: Photo: Apple Apple released its first iMac on Aug. 15, 1998. The cute, translucent blue, all-in-one PC was easily the most influential personal computer of the 1990s, heralding a return to simplicity and ease of use and briefly sparking an industrial design fad around clear, colored plastic. It also marked the return of Steve Jobs as the visionary, design-obsessed leader that Apple ...
Wired News |
|
|