Technology
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Google working on "smart" plug-in hybrid charging
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is in the early stages of looking at ways to write software that would fully integrate plug-in hybrid vehicles to the power grid, minimize strain on the grid and help utilities manage vehicle charging load.
October 1, 2009, 11:40 am -
Comcast denies it has deal to buy NBC Universal
NEW YORK/PARIS (Reuters) - Comcast Corp, the largest U.S. cable service provider, denied a Web report on Wednesday that it had struck a deal to buy media conglomerate NBC Universal for $35 billion.
October 1, 2009, 9:51 pm -
Nortel to sell GSM business
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp said on Wednesday it plans to sell its global GSM business, as the bankrupt telecom equipment maker continues to auction off its assets.
October 1, 2009, 11:35 am -
More autonomy, international oversight for ICANN
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday loosened its control over the private sector corporation that administers the Internet, granting it greater autonomy and opening it up to international oversight.
October 1, 2009, 7:59 am -
Microsoft dodges $388 mln hit in patent case
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A US judge has ruled that Microsoft does not have to pay a record-setting 388 million dollars in damages, saying a jury came to the wrong decision in the patent case.
October 1, 2009, 7:11 am -
Verizon discontinues Internet Hub phone
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless, the No. 1 U.S. mobile service, quietly stopped selling the Verizon Hub on Tuesday, just eight months after it launched the experimental device which combined a home telephone and Web applications.
October 1, 2009, 6:30 am -
Distracted driving blamed for 5,800 U.S. deaths
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Wednesday called distracted driving a serious epidemic with more than 5,800 annual U.S. traffic deaths tied to motorists who failed to keep their eyes on the road.
October 1, 2009, 3:46 am -
Free-to-air services help mobile TV market: chip firm
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Fast uptake of free-to-air mobile TV services in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe is breathing new life into the ailing mobile TV broadcasting market, chip firm Telegent Systems said.
October 1, 2009, 3:37 am -
5,800 died in U.S. due to distracted driving in 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 5,800 people were killed and 515,000 injured in U.S. car crashes last year tied to distracted driving, according to data released on Wednesday.
October 1, 2009, 1:30 am -
TerreStar, AT&T to launch satellite smartphone
(Reuters) - TerreStar Corp's majority-owned unit signed a deal with AT&T to launch the first fully integrated satellite smartphone, sending its shares up 39 percent to a 52-week high.
October 1, 2009, 1:13 am -
Microsoft wins overturn of $388 million patent award
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft did not infringe a patent held by anti-piracy software maker Uniloc Inc, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday, nullifying an earlier $388 million (242 million pound) damages award against Microsoft.
October 1, 2009, 12:33 am -
German police break up Internet child porn ring
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police said Wednesday they had broken up an international child pornography network that exchanged pedophile images on the Internet and sexually abused children.
October 1, 2009, 12:30 am -
Heath Ledger targets whalers in new music video
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An animated music video directed by the late actor Heath Ledger debuted on the Web on Tuesday, and it's an attack on the whaling industry set to the song "King Rat" by alternative rock band Modest Mouse.
August 5, 2009, 10:40 am -
When the going gets tough
It might not be news to you that your laptop doesn't bounce but now it's official.
September 1, 2008, 8:00 pm
