Technology
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US consumer electronics spending to rise this Christmas: CEA
NEW YORK (AFP) - US consumer electronics spending is expected to be slightly better this Christmas season than last year, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) said Monday in its annual survey.
October 20, 2009, 8:42 am -
Apple smashes forecasts, stock hits record
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc's profits and sales streaked past Wall Street forecasts as iPhone and Mac sales hit quarterly records, sending its shares rocketing to all-time highs on Monday.
October 20, 2009, 8:22 pm -
U.S. video game sales up 1 percent in Sept; PS3 top: NPD
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Price cuts helped Sony Corp's Playstation 3 become the top-selling video game console for the first time since its release, as U.S. sales of video game gear and software in the United States rose a modest 1 percent in September from a year ago, a research group said on Monday.
October 20, 2009, 1:27 pm -
Stem cell transplants stalled blindness in rats
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Nerve stem cell transplants may help slow the progression of macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in the developed world, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
October 20, 2009, 10:56 am -
Barnes & Noble e-reader has color, $259 price: report
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The new electronic reader from Barnes & Noble Inc, expected to launch on Tuesday, features color, a touchscreen display and the same price tag as Amazon.com Inc's Kindle, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
October 20, 2009, 10:55 am -
U.S. Video game sales up 1 pct in September: NPD
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sales of video game equipment and software in the United States rose a modest 1 percent in September to 1.28 billion, research group NPD said on Monday, as the industry posted the first month of growth in half a year following price cuts from all the home console makers.
October 20, 2009, 10:23 am -
Apple net profit soars on record iPhone-Macintosh sales
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Apple reported a quarterly net profit of 1.
October 20, 2009, 8:25 am -
"Assassin's Creed" films to premier on YouTube
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Ubisoft said Monday that a short film based on its blockbuster "Assassin's Creed" videogame will premier online at YouTube on October 27.
October 20, 2009, 6:54 am -
Motorola rises ahead of next Android phone launch
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares in Motorola Inc rose over 8 percent on Monday on investor anticipation that its second phone powered by Google Inc's Android system would be a hit at Verizon Wireless.
October 20, 2009, 6:29 am -
Google wooing Microsoft business customers
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google on Monday ramped up a campaign to convert businesses worldwide into users of email, calendar, document and other software programs it offers online as services on the Internet.
October 20, 2009, 5:31 am -
Unspoken rules govern cell phone etiquette
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It may not seem like it when commuters are shouting down their cell phones to the dismay of other passengers but most Americans believe there are unspoken rules about mobile phone etiquette.
October 20, 2009, 5:06 am -
Bolivia pyramid archaeological makeover disappoints
TIWANAKU, Bolivia (Reuters) - Eager to attract more tourists, the town of Tiwanaku in the Bolivian Andes has spruced-up the ancient Akapana pyramid with adobe instead of stone, in what some experts are calling a renovation fiasco.
October 20, 2009, 5:01 am -
IT spending to rebound in 2010: Gartner
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Information technology (IT) spending is expected to rebound in 2010 from its worst year ever, market research firm Gartner said Monday.
October 20, 2009, 4:47 am -
Plastic Logic to unveil first e-reader in January
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Plastic Logic, a US company whose planned electronic reader has attracted a lot of media buzz, said Monday that it will announce the availability and pricing of the device for business professionals in January.
October 20, 2009, 4:01 am -
Abu Dhabi Media Co. invests in music video site VEVO
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Abu Dhabi Media Co. (ADMC) announced Monday that it has made a "strategic investment" in VEVO, the online music video partnership between Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment.
October 20, 2009, 3:49 am -
Spotify to launch mobile offering with 3, HTC
LONDON (Reuters) - Sweden's Spotify, the European digital music service, will be available to customers of British mobile operator 3 through a new HTC Hero phone, the three companies said on Monday.
October 20, 2009, 1:19 am -
Scientists find trawl of 32 new planets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - European astronomers announced they had found 32 new planets orbiting stars outside our solar system and said on Monday they believe their find means that 40 percent or more of Sun-like stars have such planets.
October 20, 2009, 12:40 am -
Apple's on a roll, but iPhone sales pivotal
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc is once again expected to top Wall Street's estimates when it unveils quarterly earnings today, but it may have to beat by a lot to drive an already lofty share price higher.
October 19, 2009, 10:26 pm -
Google goes global with Apps
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said more than 2 million businesses now use its online office software, and the Web search leader is going global on Monday with an advertising campaign to lure customers away from Microsoft Corp and IBM products.
October 19, 2009, 8:03 pm -
Fake security software in millions of computers: Symantec
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tens of millions of U.S. computers are loaded with scam security software that their owners may have paid for but which only makes the machines more vulnerable, according to a new Symantec report on cybercrime.
October 19, 2009, 3:35 pm
