Technology
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Microsoft's Bing teams up with WolframAlpha
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Microsoft's new search engine Bing, which is seeking to chip away at Google's dominance in Internet search, is teaming up with WolframAlpha, another rival for the Google crown.
November 12, 2009, 10:13 am -
Charge or die, online news services told
A media analyst says news companies must start charging for online services or they will suffer a similar fate to newspapers.
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AMD expects key business to be profitable in 2010
SUNNYVALE, California (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices said it expects to report profits next year from its chip design business, the backbone of a company trying rebuild market share and better compete with rival Intel Corp..
November 12, 2009, 12:14 pm -
Animals feel heat as blackout closes zoo
Adelaide Zoo has been closed because of a power blackout on another day of extreme weather.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 11:45 am -
Confused birds mistake road for water
Drivers on New Zealand's south island are having to dodge birds which have begun crash-landing on roads.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 10:38 am -
NASA tries to dispel 2012 film myths
The world is not coming to an end on December 21, 2012, US space agency NASA insists.
ABC - November 12, 2009, 10:30 am -
New invention addresses lithium battery fires
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A new technology to prevent lithium-ion batteries from catching fire or exploding in laptops and mobile phones may be on the market as soon as the first quarter of 2010, its inventor said on Wednesday.
November 12, 2009, 10:05 am -
Al Gore's Current Media cuts 80 jobs
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Current Media, a cable television company co-founded by former US vice president Al Gore, announced Wednesday that it is cutting 80 jobs as part of a reorganization.
November 12, 2009, 9:24 am -
Fort Hood probe spotlights Web-savvy preacher
LONDON (Reuters) - A radical Muslim preacher linked by U.S. intelligence to a gunman who killed 13 people at a U.S. Army base is an influential voice in English-language Internet forums increasingly used by militants unfamiliar with Arabic.
November 12, 2009, 9:06 am -
Motorola eyes $4.5 billion home/networks unit sale: sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc is in the early stages of looking into a potential sale of its $4.5 billion television set-top box and network equipment business, two sources said on Wednesday.
November 12, 2009, 8:34 am -
AMD expects key business to turn profit in 2010
SUNNYVALE, California (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices said it expects its chip design business, the backbone of the company, to be profitable next year, adding more fuel to hopes that the technology sector is rebounding.
November 12, 2009, 7:46 am -
Google routes World Bank data to fact seekers
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google is adding World Bank figures to Internet results in a bid to make hard facts about countries worldwide easier to find.
November 12, 2009, 7:04 am -
Britons among the "ugliest people", dating site says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britons are among the ugliest people in the world, according to a dating website that says it only allows "beautiful people" to join.
November 12, 2009, 6:53 am -
Gene therapy strengthens muscles in monkeys
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gene therapy treatment that stops the breakdown of muscle appeared safe in monkeys and may build up muscle, too, researchers reported on Wednesday.
November 12, 2009, 6:42 am -
Fort Hood probe spotlights Web-savvy preacher
LONDON (Reuters) - A radical Muslim preacher linked by U.S. intelligence to a gunman who killed 13 people at a U.S. Army base is an influential voice in English-language Internet forums increasingly used by militants unfamiliar with Arabic.
November 12, 2009, 6:20 am -
Why can't chimps talk? It's more than just genes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Why can humans talk and chimps cannot? Researchers said on Wednesday they have another clue and it lies not simply in the genetic code, but in how the genes function.
November 12, 2009, 5:06 am -
South African find gives clue to dinosaur evolution
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A huge dinosaur discovered in South Africa is a previously unknown species that sheds light on the evolution of the largest creatures ever to walk the earth, a scientist said Wednesday.
November 12, 2009, 2:48 am -
Logitech buys LifeSize Comms for $405 million
ZURICH (Reuters) - Logitech said it is buying privately held LifeSize Communications for $405 million, bolstering its position in the much-prized video communication market, which is seen as a key source of future growth.
November 12, 2009, 2:24 am -
Nokia launches 3 phones for the CDMA standard
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia launched three new CDMA phones on Wednesday and said it remained committed to the standard, which has long been overshadowed by the more global GSM.
November 12, 2009, 2:21 am -
Eager fans greet "Call of Duty" launch
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc's hugely anticipated "Call of Duty.
November 12, 2009, 12:34 am
