Technology
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Dante's Inferno videogame taking players to Hell
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - US videogame titan Electronic Arts (EA) said Friday that an acclaimed Hollywood screenwriter has tackled the story line for a videogame taking players into Dante's Inferno.
October 10, 2009, 6:27 am -
Study isolates virus in chronic fatigue sufferers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A virus linked to prostate cancer also appears to play a role in chronic fatigue syndrome, according to research that could lead to the first drug treatments for a mysterious disorder that affects 17 million people worldwide.
October 10, 2009, 6:25 am -
New Hearst e-magazine weaves tales from Internet
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - US media giant Hearst Corp. on Friday launched LMK.
October 10, 2009, 5:47 am -
U.S. spacecraft crash on moon in search of water
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Two U.S. spacecraft were crashed into a lunar crater on Friday but scientists said it was too early to say whether the mission to search for supplies of water on the Moon had been a success.
October 10, 2009, 5:21 am -
Congratulations, criticism on Web over Obama Nobel
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The surprise awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama triggered a deluge of congratulations and criticism on Twitter and across the Web on Friday.
October 10, 2009, 4:42 am -
High hopes and big risks in tech earnings
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The biggest risk for investors in technology, with stock prices up a whopping 55 percent this year, is they might be just a little too happy.
October 10, 2009, 4:35 am -
France confirms will hand back Egyptian murals
PARIS (Reuters) - France will return five segments of an ancient Egyptian tomb mural held by the Louvre museum, committee, Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand said Friday.
October 10, 2009, 4:29 am -
Briton loses right to appeal against extradition to US
LONDON (AFP) - A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers was refused permission Friday to appeal to Britain's highest court against his extradition to the United States.
October 10, 2009, 3:01 am -
YouTube views over one billion a day: co-founder
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The number of video views a day on YouTube has surpassed one billion, the co-founder of the wildly popular video-sharing site said Friday on the third anniversary of its acquisition by Google.
October 10, 2009, 2:19 am -
U.S. spacecraft crash into moon in search for water
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Searching for stocks of water on the moon, NASA crashed two spacecraft into an eternally dark lunar crater on Friday, hoping to splash ice into the light where instruments could assess it.
October 10, 2009, 1:20 am -
Giorgio Armani extends designer touch to new mobile
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian fashion house Giorgio Armani presented a new 700-euro ($1,032) mobile phone on Friday, a stylish device aimed at complementing the designer's suits.
October 9, 2009, 11:47 pm -
Lawmakers seek FCC probe into Google Voice
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers urged regulators to investigate Google Inc's ability to block expensive calls to rural areas to slash expenses, marking the latest spat between the Internet giant and AT&T Inc.
October 9, 2009, 12:35 pm -
Barnes & Noble to sell own electronic reader: report
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc will soon sell its own electronic reader to rival Amazon.com Inc's Kindle, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
October 9, 2009, 12:17 pm -
Twitter goes down, users 'tweet' about it
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Twitter went down on Thursday prompting devotees of the micro-blogging service to share how they coped without it.
October 9, 2009, 9:25 am -
Mobile data services pushed to limits: Qualcomm
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Speed increases in mobile data services will require more densely built networks, executives from wireless chip and technology supplier Qualcomm Inc said on Thursday.
October 9, 2009, 8:50 am -
Twitter goes down, users 'tweet' about it
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Twitter went down on Thursday prompting devotees of the micro-blogging service to share how they coped without it.
October 9, 2009, 8:38 am -
"Cirque" founder hosts space show for Earth's water
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Guy Laliberte, the Canadian billionaire circus entrepreneur, flew into space with a clown nose and an idea that was literally out of this world.
October 9, 2009, 8:23 am -
Sophos offering free data-loss prevention software
BOSTON (Reuters) - Security software maker Sophos Inc is introducing free programs that prevent sensitive data from getting outside corporate firewalls, taking on products sold by Symantec Corp and McAfee Inc.
October 9, 2009, 7:52 am -
No Facebook at work in most US companies
WASHINGTON (AFP) - More than half of US companies do not allow employees to visit social networks such as Facebook, MySpace or Twitter while at work, according to a new survey.
October 9, 2009, 7:46 am -
Barnes & Noble to sell own electronic reader: report
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc will soon sell its own electronic reader, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, in a move that could further heat up the competition in the nascent market currently dominated by Amazon.com Inc's Kindle.
October 9, 2009, 7:26 am
