Technology
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Google to digitise Iraq Museum archives: CEO
BAGHDAD (AFP) - US Internet giant Google will soon begin digitising artefacts and documents at Iraq's National Museum, its chief executive said in Baghdad on Tuesday.
November 25, 2009, 6:40 am -
Privately held Facebook sets up dual-class stock
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook has established a dual-class stock structure to ensure voting control by existing owners, but has no plans to become a public company, it said on Tuesday.
November 25, 2009, 8:27 am -
Climate changing faster than expected: scientists
It has been two years since the landmark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report gave its most recent assessment on the state of the planet's changing climate.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 7:42 am -
Filmed concerts come to iTunes in Live Nation deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple iTunes on Tuesday began featuring downloads of live concerts by about 20 artists who are promoted by Live Nation.
November 25, 2009, 4:26 am -
Google to put ancient Iraq museum collection online
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Google is putting thousands of images of ancient artifacts at Iraq's National Museum online, the Web search leader said on Tuesday, part of a U.S. bid to entice foreign firms to invest in Iraq.
November 25, 2009, 2:55 am -
Google explains racist, anti-Semitic search results
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Google is running advertisements to explain the appearance of racist and anti-Semitic material in search results, including a picture which depicts US First Lady Michelle Obama as a monkey.
November 25, 2009, 2:19 am -
Darwin debate rages on 150 years after "Origin"
PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Even 150 years after it first appeared in print, Charles Darwin's "On The Origin of Species" still fuels clashes between scientists convinced of its truth and critics who reject its view of life without a creator.
November 25, 2009, 1:50 am -
Stranded baby whales die
Two baby whales which were stranded along Western Australia's coastline have died.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 11:11 pm -
Twitter eyes acquisitions, sees making money in 2010
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Micro-blogging site Twitter is interested in making more acquisitions as it continues to grow in popularity, co-founder Biz Stone said on Tuesday.
November 24, 2009, 10:06 pm -
Sceptics seize on leaked climate emails
As the world's leaders prepare for the Copenhagen climate change meeting next month, a computer hacker has sparked a new round of the debate between sceptics and scientists warning about climate change.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 7:18 pm -
Microsoft, News Corp weigh Web pact: source
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has had talks with News Corp about a tie up, which would involve News Corp getting paid to take its news websites off Google Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
November 24, 2009, 6:07 pm -
Baby whales stranded on WA coast
The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) is working to rescue two baby whales stranded along Western Australia's coastline.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 2:29 pm -
Comfort food helps heal childhood wounds: researchers
Australian scientists have found that eating comfort food can help heal the hurts of childhood.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 12:50 pm -
Hong Kong man, three others jailed for spam scheme
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A Hong Kong resident and three other men, including the self-proclaimed "Godfather of Spam," were sentenced to prison on Monday for their roles in an email stock fraud scheme, the Justice Department said.
November 24, 2009, 11:00 am -
Barnett's GMO changes
The State Government's media operations are facing their biggest shake up since the present structure was introduced 25 years ago.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 10:58 am -
Beauty is in the ear of feathered listener
Big birds may be the loudest, but their songs are unlikely to have the complexity of their more petite feathered friends, according to new research.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 10:24 am -
HP quarterly net profit up 14 percent
NEW YORK (AFP) - US computer giant Hewlett-Packard posted a 14 percent rise in quarterly net profit Monday as slumping personal computer sales were offset by a solid performance in its services division.
November 24, 2009, 10:08 am -
Big Bang machine achieves first particle collisions
ZURICH (Reuters) -- Scientists have smashed together proton beams for the first time in a 27-kilometre tunnel under the French-Swiss border in an initial step toward discovering how the universe came into existence, they said on Monday.
November 24, 2009, 9:16 am -
"Jail broken" iPhones hacked by new virus
BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers have built a virus that attacks Apple Inc's iPhone by secretly taking control of the devices via their Internet connections, security experts said.
November 24, 2009, 9:07 am -
AT&T offers pay by day, week, month data options
NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc unveiled on Monday an offering that lets customers using its network for Web-surfing on laptop computers or netbooks avoid the obligation to sign a two-year contract with the operator.
November 24, 2009, 8:58 am
