Technology
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North American pro sports leagues in a twitter over tweeting
TORONTO (Reuters) - North America's professional sports leagues are all a twitter over tweeting and have pushed through guidelines to ban player access to social networking sites during games.
October 2, 2009, 7:25 am -
Google adds options as search engine race continues
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google on Thursday rolled out search engine refinements as Microsoft strives to lure people to Bing and Twitter heightens appetites for real-time updates and news.
October 2, 2009, 5:35 am -
US to add up to 1,000 cybersecurity experts
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday that her department has received the green light to hire up to 1,000 cybersecurity experts over the next three years.
October 2, 2009, 5:07 am -
Cisco bets on video growth with $3 billion Tandberg bid
NEW YORK/OSLO (Reuters) - Network equipment maker Cisco Systems struck a deal to buy Norwegian videoconferencing company Tandberg for $3 billion in a bid to dominate the high-growing market of corporate video communications.
October 2, 2009, 4:53 am -
Hungary, Czechs, Romania to host laser project
SZEGED, Hungary (Reuters) - Hungary, the Czech Republic and Romania will host a 500-million-euro ($728.5 million) pioneering laser facility with a wide range of advanced scientific applications, Hungary said Thursday.
October 2, 2009, 4:10 am -
US launch for Relaxnews
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Relaxnews announced the US launch on Thursday of the newswire dedicated to leisure and lifestyle news.
October 2, 2009, 4:08 am -
Comcast, GE in talks for joint venture: source
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp and General Electric Co are discussing a deal under which the largest U.S. cable company would take control of 51 percent of NBC Universal, with GE keeping the rest, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
October 2, 2009, 3:57 am -
Amazon settles suit over deleted Orwell books
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Amazon.com has settled a lawsuit that sprang from a Big Brother-like move of deleting books by George Orwell from its Kindle electronic readers as a quick fix for copyright concerns.
October 2, 2009, 3:46 am -
Twitter testing tool to organize tweets
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Twitter on Thursday began letting a small number of users test a "Lists" feature for dividing maelstroms of tweets into manageable sub-categories.
October 2, 2009, 3:09 am -
Juvenile behind Facebook poll on whether to kill Obama
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Secret Service said Thursday that a juvenile was behind a Facebook poll asking whether US President Barack Obama should be assassinated and no charges will be brought in the case.
October 2, 2009, 3:02 am -
First Darwin, now global warming reaches Galapagos
GALAPAGOS, Ecuador (Reuters) - Climate change could endanger the unique wildlife of the Galapagos Islands, and scientists are trying to figure out how to protect vulnerable species such as blue-footed boobies and Galapagos Penguins.
October 2, 2009, 2:22 am -
LA Times, Washington Post end syndication service
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post are ending their nearly 50-year-old syndication service in the latest shakeup in the US newspaper industry.
October 2, 2009, 2:15 am -
EU launches free satnav system
BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Union on Thursday launched a free satellite navigation system with increased accuracy for drivers, hikers and boat owners, but also for use on farms and roadworks.
October 2, 2009, 1:42 am -
UK court orders writ to be served via Twitter
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's High Court ordered its first injunction via Twitter on Thursday, saying the social website and micro-blogging service was the best way to reach an anonymous Tweeter who had been impersonating someone.
October 2, 2009, 1:38 am -
Online education expanding, awaits innovation
CHICAGO (Reuters) - When Janice Barnwell decided to boost her career by obtaining a master's degree in business, the working mother chose an online university because of the convenience and the low cost.
October 2, 2009, 1:06 am -
Cisco bets on video again with $3 billion Tandberg buy
LONDON/OSLO (Reuters) - Cisco has agreed to buy Norwegian videoconferencing company Tandberg for $3 billion in cash, its latest big bet that video will drive demand for its core data transmission gear.
October 1, 2009, 11:56 pm -
New media upends TV ratings system
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The explosion of ways people watch television is confounding the media industry, which has relied for decades on the Nielsen ratings but now must adapt to the realities of the Internet and on-demand video.
October 1, 2009, 10:41 pm -
Virtual economies in videogames used as case studies
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Virtual economies set up in videogames as players trade items are being used as case studies to track and model real-world economies.
October 1, 2009, 10:16 pm -
Britain asks Schwarzenegger to close prostitute website
LONDON (Reuters) - A British government minister asked California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday to shut down a U.S. website that allows men to rate prostitutes, including many working in London.
October 1, 2009, 10:10 pm -
EU launches free satellite system to fine-tune GPS
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union launched a free satellite navigation network on Thursday that could help pilots, drivers and blind people by fine-tuning the accuracy of the U.S. global positioning system (GPS) to around 2 meters.
October 1, 2009, 10:04 pm
