Google blurs faces in street view map pictures
AFP - Thursday May 15, 07:48 AM
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google said Wednesday it is blurring the faces of people in street scenes pictured at its free online mapping service.

NATO launches cyber defence centre in Estonia
AFP - Thursday May 15, 06:16 AM
BRUSSELS (AFP) - NATO launched Wednesday a new cyber-defence training centre in Tallinn to defend against attacks over the Internet, a year after Estonia fell victim to a "cyber-war" blamed on Russian hackers.

Robot conducts Detroit orchestra
AFP - Thursday May 15, 04:20 AM
DETROIT, Michigan (AFP) - High tech met high art late Tuesday when a robot conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Software piracy increases in Asia-Pacific: industry group
AFP - Thursday May 15, 04:01 AM
SINGAPORE (AFP) - Software piracy increased last year in the Asia-Pacific region, boosted by China's growing use of personal computers, an industry group said on Wednesday.

'Twitters' beat media in reporting China earthquake
AFP - Wednesday May 14, 07:33 PM
SAN FRANCISCO, (AFP) - The world had real-time news about China's massive earthquake as victims dashed out "twitter" text messages while it took place, in what was being touted Tuesday as micro-blogging outshining mainstream news.

Microsoft site offers top telescope imagery of cosmos
AFP - Wednesday May 14, 07:51 AM
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Amateur astronomers Tuesday got Internet access to imagery from the best telescopes on earth and in space with a new service launched by Microsoft.

We're watching the 'oppressors': world telecoms boss
AFP - Wednesday May 14, 05:50 AM
CAIRO (AFP) - The head of the world telecoms body said on Tuesday that oppressive regimes are increasingly using their control over the Internet to deprive citizens of information but that those governments are being watched as well.

France's Larousse sets up Wikipedia rival
AFP - Wednesday May 14, 04:52 AM
PARIS (AFP) - France's Larousse publishing house on Tuesday launched an online French-language encyclopedia offering free access to its dictionary and inviting users to contribute content, aiming to rival Wikipedia.

Taiwanese firm debuts potential rival to Apple's iPhone2
AFP - Wednesday May 14, 02:21 AM
TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp.

Google offers to imbue all websites with social networking
AFP - Tuesday May 13, 01:20 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google has set out to enable all websites, free of charge, to be imbued with common social networking features as the Internet evolves toward becoming a giant community along the lines of MySpace or Facebook.

Newest BlackBerry aims to keep Apple iPhone at bay
AFP - Tuesday May 13, 03:13 AM
OTTAWA (AFP) - Research in Motion unveiled Monday its latest BlackBerry smartphone with new styling and technology that aims to bite into Apple's juicy iPhone sales.

Hacker splashes data from six million Chileans on Internet: report
AFP - Monday May 12, 11:31 AM
SANTIAGO (AFP) - A hacker broke into Chile's government sites mining data from six million people which he then posted on the Internet on two popular servers for several hours, the El Mercurio daily have said.