Technology
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Microsoft, Google seal Twitter search deals
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and Google Inc secured separate agreements to access real-time content from Web phenomenon Twitter, intensifying their battle for a search market that Google dominates.
October 22, 2009, 12:48 pm -
Hulu trying out models to boost revenue: NBC
SANTA MONICA, Calif (Reuters) - Video-viewing site Hulu is experimenting with different business models and initiatives, from bumping up advertising to designing subscription-based content, to boost revenue, said NBC Universal's TV chief, Marc Graboff.
October 22, 2009, 11:20 am -
Fossils of tiny dinosaur on first public display
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fossils from the smallest dinosaur found in North America, a fleet-footed species only 28 inches long and weighing less than a rabbit, have gone on public display for the first time at a Los Angeles museum.
October 22, 2009, 11:16 am -
Microsoft, Google snag Twitter search deal
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and Google Inc have sealed separate agreements to access real-time content from Web phenomenon Twitter, intensifying their battle for a search market that Google now dominates.
October 22, 2009, 9:26 am -
Microsoft, Google integrating Twitter into search results
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Microsoft on Wednesday began integrating Twitter messages into its new Internet search engine Bing and arch rival Google announced plans to do the same.
October 22, 2009, 8:50 am -
Microsoft snags Facebook, Twitter search deals
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has sealed agreements to access real-time content on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter, a boost for its fledgling Bing search engine.
October 22, 2009, 8:01 am -
Key lawmaker backs FCC on eve of Web rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key U.S. lawmaker said on Wednesday that he backs a Federal Communications Commission proposal to establish an open Internet rule and would consider legislative action if the industry challenged it in court.
October 22, 2009, 6:15 am -
Microsoft's Bing seals Facebook, Twitter deals
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has sealed agreements to access real-time content on hot social networking sites Facebook and Twitter, a boost for its fledgling Bing search engine.
October 22, 2009, 6:13 am -
Google, partners to offer music downloads: reports
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Google plans to allow users to listen to songs or buy them directly from search results pages in a partnership to be unveiled next week with online music sites, according to reports Wednesday.
October 22, 2009, 6:09 am -
Canada allows Internet "throttling" as last resort
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main telecom regulator said on Wednesday it will let Internet service providers slow or "throttle" traffic such as file-sharing that the companies say threatens to overwhelm their networks -- but only as a last resort.
October 22, 2009, 5:52 am -
Canada allows Web traffic "throttling" as last resort
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main telecom regulator said on Wednesday it will let Internet service providers slow or "throttle" traffic such as file-sharing that the companies say threatens to overwhelm their networks -- but only as a last resort.
October 22, 2009, 5:49 am -
Google, labels partner on music search: sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc is partnering with major music labels to launch a new feature to make it easier to discover, sample and buy songs on the search engine, according to two people familiar with the plan.
October 22, 2009, 5:04 am -
HP partners with university to print digital books
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Hewlett-Packard is stepping up its out-of-print book publishing business and taking on Google.
October 22, 2009, 4:23 am -
Wikipedia founder in HP online magazine print deal
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The founder of online encyclopedia Wikipedia said on Wednesday he had entered into a partnership with computer company Hewlett Packard that will allow users to create and print magazines.
October 22, 2009, 4:14 am -
RIM launches new Bold, but challenge looms for Storm
TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion has rolled out an updated version of its top-end BlackBerry Bold, aiming to reassert its dominance in the professional market at a time when its retail consumer business has come under growing pressure from Apple's iPhone.
October 22, 2009, 4:13 am -
Skype working on business sector expansion
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Internet telephony company Skype aims to open up its platform to boost access to services by the business sector, Chief Executive Josh Silverman said on Wednesday.
October 22, 2009, 3:32 am -
Google and major labels partner on music search: sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc is partnering with major music labels to launch a new feature to make it easier for music fans to discover, sample and buy songs on the search engine, according to two people familiar with the plan.
October 22, 2009, 3:25 am -
Electric cars take on hybrids at Tokyo show
CHIBA, Japan (AFP) - Futuristic concept cars, plug-in hybrids, zero-emission electric vehicles and even a hydrogen-powered scooter jostled for the limelight as the Tokyo Motor Show kicked off on Wednesday.
October 22, 2009, 3:13 am -
Experts study thriving HIV "controllers" in vaccine search
PARIS (Reuters) - AIDS researchers want to expand their study of a rare group of HIV-infected people, whose immune systems naturally and mysteriously prevent the virus thriving in their bodies, to span the globe.
October 22, 2009, 2:56 am -
RIM launching updated top-end BlackBerry Bold
TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion is rolling out an updated version of its top-end BlackBerry Bold smartphone, aimed at the company's base of professional users as well as wealthier retail consumers.
October 21, 2009, 10:06 pm
