Technology
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Venezuela, Cuba to start laying fiber optic cable
CARACAS (AFP) - Installation of 1,630 kilometers (1,013 miles) of fiber optic cable between Cuba and Venezuela will start Wednesday, Venezuela's science and technology chief said.
October 15, 2009, 3:07 am -
Wal-Mart takes inexpensive mobile plans nationwide
SAN FRANCISCO/BANGALORE (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is expanding an offering of cut-price mobile services nationwide, putting further pressure on rivals such as Leap Wireless International Inc and MetroPCS .
October 15, 2009, 3:15 am -
Microsoft search engine makes steady progress
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Bing, Microsoft's new search engine, is making steady if unspectacular progress in its bid to wrest a bigger share of the lucrative US search and advertising market away from Google.
October 15, 2009, 3:07 am -
Wal-Mart offering no-contract wireless plans
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Wednesday it will begin offering two new no-contract wireless service plans at its U.S. discount stores, including a $30 prepaid plan that includes 1,000 minutes.
October 15, 2009, 2:12 am -
Aging heart can be prevented, say scientists
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists in Japan said they have uncovered evidence that shows it may be possible to delay or prevent heart failure in humans.
October 15, 2009, 1:03 am -
Will solar speed up emerging cell phone revolution?
KAMPALA/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Watching his sons kick around a makeshift ball made from tightly bound plastic bags, Ugandan handyman Jackson Mawa marvels at the way business has improved since he bought a solar-powered mobile phone.
October 14, 2009, 11:21 pm -
Dell CEO expects IT spending bounce
SANTA CLARA, California (Reuters) - Dell Inc Chief Executive Michael Dell said the business climate was improving and repeated his expectation for a "powerful" hardware refresh cycle beginning next year.
October 14, 2009, 10:32 pm -
Smartphones weigh on mobile networks: study
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A smartphone generates much less mobile data traffic than a laptop with a data card, but phones impose a load on the network which is much larger than anticipated, a study showed on Wednesday.
October 14, 2009, 9:00 pm -
Twitter launches tool for nailing spammers
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Twitter added a tool that lets users flag accounts of spammers at the globally-popular microblogging service.
October 14, 2009, 1:21 pm -
NASA invites Twitter fans to space shuttle launch
WASHINGTON (AFP) - NASA invited fans on Twitter to get front-row seats for next month's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
October 14, 2009, 11:46 am -
Cisco to buy wireless gear maker Starent for $2.9 billion
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc plans to buy advanced wireless equipment maker Starent Networks Corp for $2.9 billion to boost its product offerings as phone carriers build out next-generation networks.
October 14, 2009, 10:52 am -
Intel shares higher on earnings, outlook
NEW YORK (AFP) - Intel shares soared in after-hours trading Tuesday after the world's biggest computer chipmaker delivered earnings that beat estimates and an upbeat forecast for the remainder of the year.
October 14, 2009, 10:22 am -
Bloomberg buying BusinessWeek magazine
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Bloomberg announced Tuesday it has agreed to buy BusinessWeek magazine in a move that allows the US news agency to expand beyond its core business of supplying financial data to professionals.
October 14, 2009, 10:10 am -
Microsoft releases biggest patch on record
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp issued its biggest software patch on record on Tuesday to fix a range of security issues in its programs, including the yet to be released Windows 7 operating system.
October 14, 2009, 7:56 am -
Some Sidekick users may recover data: Microsoft
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Microsoft said Tuesday that some Sidekick mobile phone users may recover personal data such as contacts, calendar items and digital photos believed to have been permanently lost in a server failure.
October 14, 2009, 7:09 am -
Study charts links between mobile phones, tumors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Studies on whether mobile phones can cause cancer, especially brain tumors, vary widely in quality and there may be some bias in those showing the least risk, researchers reported on Tuesday.
October 14, 2009, 7:07 am -
China Mobile to sell 8 Motorola OPhones next year
HELSINKI (Reuters) - China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier by subscribers, will next year introduce eight OPhone smartphone models from U.S. phone maker Motorola, a company official told Reuters.
October 14, 2009, 7:05 am -
Microsoft sends biggest patch on record
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp issued its biggest software patch on record on Tuesday to fix a range of security issues in its programs, including the yet-to-be-released Windows 7 operating system.
October 14, 2009, 7:03 am -
Best Buy, AT&T to offer Nokia netbook
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nokia said on Tuesday that Best Buy would sell its first netbook computer for $299 to customers who sign up for a $60-a-month mobile service plan with AT&T Inc.
October 14, 2009, 6:47 am -
Gmail tool catches misdirected messages
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google on Tuesday added an embarrassment-avoidance tool that catches misdirected Gmail messages before they are fired off by users of the free Web-based email service.
October 14, 2009, 6:05 am
