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Jackson ticket site gets half billion hits: official

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:47:00 GMT

AFP - LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The website set up to process applications for tickets to Michael Jackson's memorial service received more than half a billion hits in less than two hours, officials said Friday.

Ericsson announces broadband contracts in China

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:10:00 GMT

AFP - STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Swedish mobile phone network supplier Ericsson won contracts to supply broadband Internet to millions of users in China by a deal with three operators there, it said Friday.

Volkswagen plans electric car in 2013: head

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:07:00 GMT

AFP - BERLIN (AFP) - German auto maker Volkswagen hopes to turn out its first all-electric car in 2013, VW head Martin Winterkorn said Friday.

Japanese imperial army maps to go online

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:59:00 GMT

AFP - TOKYO (AFP) - Old Asia-Pacific maps from Japanese Imperial Army archives are going online for modern use, such as studying changes in forest cover or the growth of cities, a Japanese researcher said Friday.

Bluetooth "Big Brother" tracks festival-goers

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:59:00 GMT

Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Researchers are using Bluetooth technology to observe the meanderings of tens of thousands of festival-goers at a top European rock festival, hoping their findings will launch a new generation of tracking devices.

US government Internet traffic to be screened: report

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:54:00 GMT

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Obama administration is planning to use the National Security Agency to screen Internet traffic between government agencies and the private sector, the Washington Post reported Friday.

Broadband industry group say U.S. rules go too far

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:00 GMT

Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government guidelines to spend $4 billion to expand broadband access to underserved areas across the United States may go beyond current laws, a broadband industry group, said on Thursday.

Treasure Hunt gets digital update in WiFi Venice

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:16:00 GMT

Reuters - MILAN (Reuters) - Treasure Hunting will go fully digital on Friday night when players chase a mysterious oriental wand with special powers along the narrow streets and bridges of Venice.

PC makers offer China Internet filter

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:32:00 GMT

AFP - SHANGHAI (AFP) - Several PC makers said Friday they were voluntarily including China's controversial Internet filter software in new shipments despite Beijing's decision to postpone making it mandatory.

Asia tested as music industry seeks to boost sales

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:40:00 GMT

AFP - HONG KONG (AFP) - Rampant piracy and a crumbling market for CDs has put the music industry in Asia under immense pressure, but experts are hoping that technology and social media will help fill the gap.

MySpace suicide conviction tentatively dismissed

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:10:00 GMT

Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday tentatively dismissed the conviction of a suburban mother accused of driving a love-lorn 13-year-old girl to suicide by tormenting her with a fake MySpace persona.

Conviction reversed in web hoax that led to suicide

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:37:00 GMT

AFP - LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A woman who was convicted of computer fraud in an Internet hoax that led to the suicide of 13-year-old girl was tentatively acquitted Thursday by a federal judge.

Bell Canada completes $142-million purchase of Virgin Mobile Canada

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:53:00 GMT

The Canadian Press - MONTREAL - Bell Canada (TSX:BCE) says it has wrapped up the purchase of electronics retailer The Source and finished acquiring the half-interest that it did not already own in Virgin Mobile Canada.

NY thieves want iPhones, victims fight back

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:53:00 GMT

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thieves are increasingly going after iPhones and other smartphones but victims now can fight back with technology.

Oracle plans to lay off up to 1,000 in Europe: AFP

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:28:00 GMT

Reuters - BOSTON (Reuters) - Oracle Corp plans to lay off up to 1,000 workers in Europe, or about 1 percent of its global staff, as the recession erodes the giant software company's earnings, French news agency AFP reported on Thursday.

Internet used to help young smokers quit

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:25:00 GMT

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is leading a $2.9 million National Cancer Institute project to increase demand for evidence-based, Internet-based smoking cessation treatment for young adults aged 18 to 24 years.

Gamer steals from virtual world to pay real debts

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:18:00 GMT

Reuters - TORONTO, July 2 (Reuters) - Facing real world debts, a trusted figure in a popular online game stole money from the virtual bank he ran and exchanged it for cash through the black market.

Microsoft adds selected "tweets" to Bing

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:37:00 GMT

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Microsoft is integrating messages from prominent users of Twitter, the hot micro-blogging service, into the results generated by its new Internet search engine Bing.

Jay Leno wins cybersquatting case

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:25:00 GMT

Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - Comedian and talk show host Jay Leno has won a cybersquatting case against a Texas man found by a U.N. agency to have misused the domain name thejaylenoshow.com to direct Internet users to a real estate website.

Bangladesh's Grameenphone IPO plan gets green light

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:20:00 GMT

AFP - DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh's Grameenphone said Thursday it had been given consent by the country's Securities and Exchange Commission to list on the stock exchange after months of delays.

Facebook revising privacy settings

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:20:00 GMT

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Facebook is revising its privacy settings to give the more than 200 million users of the social network the ability to share as much or as little about themselves online as they want.

Intel-Nokia tie takes few years to succeed: Barrett

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:02:00 GMT

Reuters - HELSINKI (Reuters) - Intel Corp's former chief executive and chairman, Craig Barrett, said on Thursday it would take "a few years" to see whether Intel's technology partnership with Nokia succeeds.

Web advertisers propose self-regulation principles

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:56:00 GMT

Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Online advertisers are proposing a mix of consumer education, disclosures about what information is being collected and special protections for children and sensitive information in an effort to head off tough legislation.

China paper says Web filter only a matter of time

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:40:00 GMT

Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - It is only a matter of time before a controversial scheme to install Internet filtering software on all computers begins in China, a state newspaper said on Thursday, after the plan was abruptly delayed this week.

Fame, fortune for Web tutors in education-crazy South Korea

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:36:00 GMT

Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters) - For a teacher who never sees his students and instructs only online, South Korean Woo Hyeong-cheol makes a lot of money, $4 million a year to be exact.

Carphone to sell Vodafone contracts again

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:45:00 GMT

Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - British telecoms and retail group Carphone Warehouse will offer contracts from Vodafone from next week in its 820 stores, ending a three-year dispute, Vodafone said on Thursday, confirming media reports.

Warning over Michael Jackson email virus

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:36:00 GMT

AFP - SINGAPORE (AFP) - Computer security firm Sophos issued a warning about an Internet virus transmitted from a mass email claiming to contain secret songs and photos of Michael Jackson.

China says Web censor plan to proceed: report

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:26:00 GMT

AFP - BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese authorities insisted an Internet filtering programme will go ahead despite a last-minute decision this week to postpone making it mandatory on new PCs, state media said.

NHL-Khabibulin replaces Roloson at Oilers in netminding spree

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:45:00 GMT

Reuters - NEW YORK, July 1 (Reuters) - Veteran goaltender Dwayne Roloson moved from the Edmonton Oilers to the New York Islanders on Wednesday as the free agent signing window sparked a netminding merry-go-round.

Sirius XM CEO gets pay hike

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:53:00 GMT

Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sirius XM Satellite Radio Incon Wednesday said it extended the term of Chief Executive Mel Karmazin's employment contract, set to expire in November, through December 31, 2012, and raised his salary.

Gizmodo, Engadget founder launches new gadget site

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:09:00 GMT

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - The founder of two of the most popular gadget sites on the Web, Gizmodo and Engadget, launched another destination for technology junkies on Wednesday.

YouTube doubles video file size to 2G

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:51:00 GMT

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Video-sharing site YouTube announced on Wednesday that it was doubling the size limit for uploads to its website to allow users to post more high-definition (HD) video.

Sony Music, IODA create digital network

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:46:00 GMT

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sony Corp's Sony Music Entertainment, the second largest music company in world, said on Wednesday it made a strategic investment in IODA, a digital distributor of independent music.

Fledgling website hopes to open journalism to all

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:32:00 GMT

Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A year-old website, inspired by the use of Twitter and Internet media reporting out of Iran, hopes to become the go-to forum for citizen journalists everywhere as traditional media pulls back.

U.S. gov't to release $4 billion soon for broadband

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:01:00 GMT

Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will soon release $4 billion of loans and grants aimed at expanding broadband access to underserved areas across the United States, officials said on Wednesday.

MySpace, Web servers not liable for assaults: court

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:51:00 GMT

Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Internet servers like MySpace cannot be held liable when minors are sexually assaulted by people they first meet on a website, a California appeals court ruled in an opinion filed late on Tuesday.

Gannett newspapers to cut more than 1,000 jobs: report

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:06:00 GMT

AFP - NEW YORK (AFP) - The biggest US newspaper chain, Gannett, which owns USA Today, will eliminate more than 1,000 jobs at its local newspapers, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition Wednesday.

Gannett cutting 1,400 jobs at local papers

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:06:00 GMT

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - USA Today owner Gannett Co., the biggest newspaper chain in the United States, announced plans on Wednesday to cut some 1,400 jobs at its local newspapers.

Microsoft posts modest search gains with Bing

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:03:00 GMT

AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - New search engine Bing helped Microsoft increase its share of the search market in the United States in June but, still lags behind Yahoo! and Google, a Web analytics firm reported Wednesday.

Internet porn filter -- no Garfield please

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:54:00 GMT

Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - What do Johnny Depp, Garfield, Paris Hilton and roast pork have in common? In China, the answer is that a new government-mandated Internet filter rates some pictures of all four of them as bad for your moral health.

Robots face off on football pitch, in kitchen at RoboCup 2009

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:36:00 GMT

AFP - VIENNA (AFP) - RoboCup 2009, the world's largest robotics event, kicked off Wednesday in the southern Austrian city of Graz, with some 400 teams and 2,000 robots ready to compete in sports and rescue operations.

Cheaper mobile calls for EU travellers

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:05:00 GMT

AFP - BRUSSELS (AFP) - European holidaymakers can expect a lower bill for using their mobile phones while abroad in Europe this summer because new EU regulated price caps took effect across the 27-nation bloc on Wednesday.

LG Display says considering additional LCD line

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:05:00 GMT

Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Display Co Ltd said on Wednesday it was considering building an additional production line for flat-screen TV panels as the LCD industry slowly recovers due to healthy TV sales.

Party celebrates China web filter delay

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:39:00 GMT

Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese web users flooded to a trendy art zone cafe on Wednesday to celebrate a last-minute halt to a rollout of government-sponsored filtering software, and make a stand for freedom of expression in the Communist-run state.

Sweden's Global Gaming snaps up Pirate Bay

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:44:00 GMT

Reuters - STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A little-known Swedish software firm has snapped up file-sharing website The Pirate Bay with the hope of turning the source of legal controversy into a money-spinner that appeals to both users and content providers.

Microsoft's Bing search wins share from Google

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:34:00 GMT

Reuters - LONDON/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's new Bing search engine gained U.S. market share in its first month in operation but still trails dominant rival Google Inc, according to data released on Wednesday.