SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Monday it is taking the next step to make its Web-based software useful in the real world of spotty Internet access by allowing users to edit word processing documents offline.
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HELSINKI (Reuters) - A continuing mobile phone boom in emerging markets in Asia and Africa mostly offset a drop in demand for expensive models caused by global market turmoil, a survey showed on Monday.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) said it would reveal on Wednesday whether Microsoft had won the support needed to have its document format made into a global industry standard.
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PARIS (Reuters) - French defence electronics firm Thales denied accusations by human rights campaigners it sold equipment to China that has helped Beijing scramble radio broadcasts.
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LAS VEGAS (Hollywood Reporter) - Sony Pictures Television is looking to launch the first movie network on mobile phones in the United States.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Bloggers mixed wild rumors with gallows humor on Monday as Zimbabweans waited on tenterhooks for the result of the most crucial election since independence.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp expects that shipments to China of handsets with its software will more than double in the next year amid an expected boom in demand for Web access once the country launches 3G wireless services.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The Apple brand has the biggest impact on the world’s consumers, while Microsoft and the United States nation brand are those considered most in need of a remake, a survey showed on Monday.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Internet jobs site CareerBuilder.com is teaming up with Facebook to help clients run job recruiting campaigns within the online social network, the two companies said on Monday.
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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland’s foreign minister faced calls for his resignation on Saturday after a tabloid newspaper published a suggestive text message he had sent to an erotic dancer.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - 50 Cent has more than 1 million friends on MySpace, but if the rapper ever decides to leave the social network, he’ll be leaving behind those friends, too. So like a growing number of artists, he’s started his own social networking site.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - IAC/InterActiveCorp chief Barry Diller won a bitter legal dispute with Liberty Media Corp’s John Malone on Friday, paving the way for him to proceed with efforts to spin off four of IAC’s largest units.
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DENVER (Billboard) - At first glance, Nokia’s Tero Ojanpera and Dave Stewart might seem like an odd pair.
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HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba said on Friday it will allow all Cubans to buy and use mobile telephones for the first time in the latest step by new President Raul Castro to improve access to consumer goods.
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LONDON, March 28 (Reuters) - A national competition, a selection of real super cars and a mocked up “pit lane” in London greeted the European preview of Sony PlayStation’s newest version of race driving videogame Gran Turismo this week.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The parent of China Mobile , the country’s top wireless operator, will start commercial trials of a homegrown third-generation wireless standard, TD-SCDMA, in eight cities on April 1, state media said on Friday.
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If you everthought it would be cool to have an Xbox laptop, or wished thoseAtari games in your attic could be reborn on a handheld device, talk to Benjamin Heckendorn.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple is expected to launch a high-speed wireless version of iPhone in the second quarter and to produce as many as 8 million of the devices in the third quarter, according to Bank of America.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Friday it had opened an in-depth investigation of plans by Nokia to buy U.S.-based digital map supplier Navteq for $8.1 billion.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Social networking site Facebook has closed a second $60 million investment round with Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing through his foundation, a source familiar with the deal confirmed on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. audio historians have discovered and played back a French inventor’s historic 1860 recording of a folk song — the oldest-known audio recording — made 17 years before Thomas Edison invented the phonograph.
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - Hackers have defaced the Web site of Indonesia’s information ministry in response to a government move to restrict access to pornographic material on the Internet, an official said on Friday.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Paintings and sculptures long stored away are finding a new audience as museums strive for mass appeal with high-tech Web sites packed with video, podcasts and interactive elements.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) ousted a record number of “cybersquatters” from Web sites with domain names referring to trademarked companies, foundations and celebrities in 2007.
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(Reuters) - Internet services company VeriSign Inc said registry fees for .com and .net domain names would increase as per its agreements with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), effective October 1.
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 27 (Reuters) - If you ever thought it would be cool to have an Xbox laptop, or wished those old Atari games in your attic could be reborn on a retro handheld device, you might want to talk to Benjamin Heckendorn.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc on Wednesday unveiled new microprocessors for the desktop personal computer market, in a move that could sharpen its competitive edge against rival Intel Corp .
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cable operator Comcast Corp promised on Thursday to change how it manages its network in response to accusations it blocks some Internet file-sharing services because they require large amounts of bandwidth.
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Right-wing Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders launched a film on Thursday that accuses the Koran of inciting violence, despite government fears that it will offend Muslims worldwide and stoke unrest.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Think your family going green won’t make a difference? Wrong, says a U.S. study released on Thursday that shows one household ditching paper statements for Web transactions would save 24 square feet of forest a year.
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SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - Memory chip technology designer Rambus Inc will seek an injunction to compel Hynix Semiconductor Inc to stop making memory chips that use some of Rambus’ technology, according to lawyers present in federal court here.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc said on Thursday it would launch mobile television services in May based on MediaFlo, a unit of Qualcomm Inc , in an effort to bolster revenue from services other than phone calls.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc said on Tuesday the personal-computer industry was experiencing a shortage of laptop batteries partly because of a recent fire at a major supplier, but the company was working with other suppliers to limit any price increases.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teenagers seem to know that loud music can damage their hearing, yet most see no reason to lower the volume on their iPods, a small study suggests.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday that it had approved the start of development of a next-generation radio system for aircraft, ships and ground stations, paving the way for a huge contract award to either Boeing Co or Lockheed Martin Corp in coming days.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Memory chip technology developer Rambus Inc said on Wednesday a U.S. jury ruled it was not anti-competitive and did not violate antitrust laws or commit fraud in its attempt to protect memory chip patents, sending Rambus shares higher 39 percent.
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MIAMI (Reuters) - Miami police could soon be the first in the United States to use cutting-edge, spy-in-the-sky technology to beef up their fight against crime.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable Inc, the two largest U.S. cable operators, are discussing a plan to fund a new wireless company that would be run by Sprint Nextel Corp and Clearwire Corp, people familiar with the discussions said on Tuesday.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Passengers on UK-registered aircraft could soon be able to use their mobile phones to make calls and send text messages, the telecommunications regulator Ofcom said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc said on Wednesday it would split into two publicly traded entities in 2009, indicating that it had no quick fix in sight for its money-losing handset division.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc wants the Federal Communications Commission to make it easier for consumers to switch video service providers, as competition with cable companies heats up.
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LONDON (Reuters) - A U.S. and British library plan to reproduce online all 75 editions of William Shakespeare’s plays printed in the quarto format before the year 1641.
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With the 8 day London vacation packages online, you will arrive in London and transfer to your own hotel. You then get to spend the next few days exploring the varied sights that the city offers. On your 8th day you can enjoy a leisurely breakfast, and take your return flight home.The Natural History Museum is a truly impressive place to visit. The enormous gothic building houses one of the world’s largest collections of dinosaur skeletons. These fascinating monsters tower within the building’s main halls and never cease to amaze visitors of all ages. Some of the other exhibitions include their assortment of 70 million natural history specimens, and a revamped geology museum. The London Tower has stood over the city for more than a thousand years. Visitors love the chance to view the crown jewels: crowns, scepters, plate, and the two largest cut diamonds in the world. As the best preserved medieval castle in Europe, the Tower is a wonderfully atmospheric locale. Don’t forget to stop by Westminster Abbey with its gothic architecture and fascinating literary history. The most famed of all London’s churches, it features beautiful murals, paintings, and tombs. For the vacation of a lifetime, browse through the many Italy vacation packages that are available online.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A used T-shirt bearing the Bear Stearns logo has sold for $151.76 online, worth about 14 or 15 shares in the once venerable Wall Street investment bank.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shareholders of Google Inc will propose that the Web search company take steps to ensure freedom of Internet access and establish a review of its operations’ effect on human rights, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Online DVD rental company Netflix Inc said it resumed shipping DVDs on Tuesday after a technological breakdown knocked out its site for much of Monday.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Turkish government has been blocking access nationwide to Slide Inc and its popular multimedia Web software after a local court ruled the site let users post photos and stories insulting the Turkish republic’s founder, the company said on Monday.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo said on Tuesday it supports a program by archrival Google to develop applications for social networks and will help create a joint foundation to keep it alive.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Dell Inc , the world’s No. 2 maker of personal computers, said on Tuesday it had tied up with Indian retailer Infinity Retail to sell its laptops and desktops through the Croma chain of stores from April.
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia plans to restrict access to pornographic and violent sites on the Internet after the country’s parliament passed a new information bill, officials said on Tuesday.
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THIMPU (Reuters) - As the reclusive Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan opens up gradually to the outside world and embraces democracy, it is finding the freedoms of the Internet both exciting and dangerous.
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(Reuters) - Citigroup said it is likely Microsoft Corp will raise its $31-per-share offer for Yahoo Inc and upgraded Yahoo shares to “buy” from “hold.”
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SAN DIEGO (Hollywood Reporter) - Electronic Arts and Starz Media are producing an animated prequel movie to the upcoming sci-fi horror video game “Dead Space”.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - One by one the fighters strut into the Korakuen stadium hall in Tokyo, accompanied by thunderous applause.
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WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc on Monday unveiled plans for a new generation of wireless devices to operate on soon-to-be-vacant television airwaves, and sought to alleviate fears that this might interfere with TV broadcasts or wireless microphones.
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