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The new black -- cell phone bling

23.10.2006 05:30

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Digital age may bring total recall in future

23.10.2006 05:30

Have you ever wished for a backup brain -- a device that could remember everything in your life from the smallest of details to your most memorable moments? Read more…

 

Scientists say video games can reshape education

23.10.2006 05:30

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Innovation, independence mark new breed of inventors

23.10.2006 05:30

Six geeks + one laboratory + 24-hour workdays = success. Read more…

 

Microsoft releases new Internet Explorer

23.10.2006 05:30

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Mac attacks rare but rising

23.10.2006 05:30

Apple computers have long been prized for being relatively virus-free. But as more people use Apple products, experts say the company is increasingly becoming a target for cyber pranksters and criminals writing viruses and other forms of malware. Read more…

 

YouTube Purges 30,000 Copyright Files

23.10.2006 06:21

The popular video-sharing site YouTube deleted nearly 30,000 files after a Japanese entertainment group complained of copyright infringement. Read more…

 

Sony Shows Off PlayStation 3, New Games

23.10.2006 06:21

As the countdown to its Nov. 17 U.S. launch neared, Sony Corp. showed off its PlayStation 3 game console Thursday and named 22 titles that will be available at the same time. Read more…

 

Microsoft Partners Fuming Over Vista

23.10.2006 06:22

Microsoft Corp. is no stranger to antitrust skirmishes and complaints from competitors about unfair business practices. Read more…

 

Wanna Direct? Get Out Your Cell Phone

23.10.2006 06:22

"Silence on the set," ordered movie director Xavier Mussel as he grabbed his cell phone - not to make a call but to film another scene for his short film. Read more…

 

Be Loyal, Kind and Don't Steal Movies

23.10.2006 06:22

A Boy Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, etc., etc. He is also respectful of copyrights. Boy Scouts in the Los Angeles area will now be able to earn an activity patch for learning about the evils of downloading pirated movies and music. Read more…

 

Goldman, Hearst Lead Jingle Investors

23.10.2006 06:22

Jingle Networks, a provider of free directory assistance supported by ads, has raised $30 million in new funding from a group of investors led by Goldman Sachs & Co. and Hearst Corp., the company planned to announced Monday. Read more…

 

Flat Panels Drive Old TVs From Market

23.10.2006 06:22

The lone conventional television set at Anderson's TV store sat along a side wall like a castoff. Its screen was dark as dozens of other gleaming flat-panel and big-screen models flashed nearby with vivid color images. Read more…

 

Cisco Launching Virtual Meetings Tool

23.10.2006 06:22

Video conferencing has long been plagued by the detached feel of talking to a television set, often with awkward audio delays and jerky video. Read more…

 

AOL to Offer Downloads for Movie, TV Shows

23.10.2006 06:22

Movies and television shows from Paramount Pictures will be available for sale through AOL's new video portal under a deal announced Monday. Read more…

 

The End User: AOL - Free at last?

23.10.2006 06:34

AOL executives announced Wednesday that the Internet access company would give for free virtually every service for which it now charges a monthly fee, with income coming instead from advertising. Read more…

 

The End User: Cellphones get direction

23.10.2006 06:34

Quite a few gadget lovers must have been green with envy after reading a recent New York Times article that underscored just how far ahead the Japanese are when it comes to cellphone technology. Read more…

 

The End User: Tunes with no strings

23.10.2006 06:34

Digital music, legal and licensed, for a modest price and no strings attached? Burn it to multiple CDs, copy it to unlimited computers, make personal copies to your heart's content? A wide range of undiscovered talent to choose from, with genres targeted to a discerning listener? What's the catch? Read more…

 

The End User: A wiki way to profit

23.10.2006 06:34

Wikia, founded by Jimmy Wales the father of Wikipedia, plans to hire as many as 20 engineers in Poland next year. The two-year-old company builds community Web sites and software now used by more than 1,500 communities in 48 languages. Read more…

 

The End User: Of tails and walls

23.10.2006 06:34

You know already that the Internet can connect you with esoteric purchases. What you may not know is that these products help make up "the long tail," a descriptive phrase that defines the never-ending shelf life of products that are not mass-market, top-40 favorites. Read more…

 

The End User: Video craze spans globe

23.10.2006 06:34

Many of the most popular clips posted on YouTube, the largest of the user-generated video sites, come from Asia, and Poland is a standout among European countries for its use of Google Video, the second-biggest site. Read more…

 

Intel posts lower profit but expects turnaround

23.10.2006 06:34

Saying the worst is over, Intel has reported that its third- quarter profit fell 35 percent as it sought to reverse a slide in its market share. Read more…

 

Motorola shares plunge as profit declines 45%

23.10.2006 06:35

Shares of Motorola, the world's second-biggest maker of mobile phones after Nokia, plunged Wednesday, dragging down technology stocks in Asia and Europe, after the company reported a 45 percent decline in profit. Read more…

 

MP3 Web site in Russia goes from cheap to free amid legal battles

23.10.2006 06:35

A Web site based in Moscow that the U.S. Commerce Department has branded as the world's highest- volume online seller of pirated music plans to release hundreds of thousands of albums free, the site said. Read more…

 

Time Warner seeks to raise about $7 billion in cable IPO

23.10.2006 06:35

Time Warner's cable unit filed for an initial public offering on Wednesday that might value the business at more than $40 billion and give investors a stake in the second-largest U.S. cable-TV provider for the first time. Read more…



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