Technology
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Baby orangutan makes public debut
Perth Zoo has shown off its latest addition, a baby Sumatran orangutan.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 3:01 pm -
Chinese cyber-spying seen growing against U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's government appears increasingly to be piercing U.S. government and defense industry computer networks to gather useful data for its military, a congressional advisory panel said on Thursday.
November 20, 2009, 7:03 pm -
Sony to launch online entertainment service in 2010
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Friday that its planned entertainment content distribution service for network-compatible TVs and other devices will be launched next year.
November 20, 2009, 7:02 pm -
Google says PC will start in seven seconds or less
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, the search company said on Thursday as it showed off its Chrome operating system designed for PCs that do their work on the Web.
November 20, 2009, 6:02 pm -
AOL shows worst not over for media job cuts
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - If AOL's announcement on Thursday of another 2,500 job cuts is anything to go by, the painful layoffs that have ravaged the media industry over the past year are nowhere near over.
November 20, 2009, 12:20 pm -
Smartphone growth to continue strong in 2010
BARCELONA (Reuters) - The wireless chip industry expects smartphone market surge to continue, with British microchip designer ARM saying growth would likely even accelerate further next year.
November 20, 2009, 12:00 pm -
New fossils reveal world full of crocodiles
New fossils unearthed in the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent crocodiles, researchers have found.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 11:25 am -
"What's happening?" Twitter wants to know
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Twitter used to ask "What are you doing?" No longer.
November 20, 2009, 9:41 am -
New fossils reveal a world full of crocodiles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New fossils unearthed in what is now the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world
November 20, 2009, 8:21 am -
Google adds automatic captions to YouTube
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Google, in a significant development for the deaf, announced on Thursday it was adding automatic caption capability to videos on YouTube.
November 20, 2009, 7:52 am -
US computer glitch causes major flight delays
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A major computer glitch triggered huge flight delays and cancellations across the United States Thursday as airlines were forced to input flight plans manually, officials said.
November 20, 2009, 6:57 am -
Google shows off Chrome operating system
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc is opening its much-anticipated Chrome software to external developers, as the search giant prepares to expand its reach into operating systems.
November 20, 2009, 6:32 am -
Microsoft says Windows 7 sales strong
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday sales of Windows 7 were running at twice the level of any previous version of its operating system.
November 20, 2009, 6:09 am -
US senator urges TVs that use less power
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Televisions, which account for 10 percent and rising of US household energy use, must be made more efficient through a national standard, Senator Dianne Feinstein said in a letter released Thursday.
November 20, 2009, 5:15 am -
Semi-conductor giant Infineon upgrades outlook
BERLIN (AFP) - German semi-conductor maker Infineon on Thursday upgraded its turnover and profits forecast over the next 12 months because of higher demand from the auto industry and cost cuts.
November 20, 2009, 4:34 am -
Wikipedia, iPhone among decade's top 10 Internet moments
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards.
November 20, 2009, 4:04 am -
French publishers slam new Google book proposals
PARIS (AFP) - French book publishers gave a hostile reception Thursday to new proposals by the Internet giant Google to clear the way for millions of books to be sold online.
November 20, 2009, 4:00 am -
AOL to cut one-third of workforce
NEW YORK (Reuters) - AOL plans to cut one-third of its workforce, or about 2,500 jobs, in an effort to trim some $300 million in annual costs as part of the Internet company's planned spin-off from Time Warner Inc.
November 20, 2009, 2:32 am -
Nokia sees corporate interest for netbook
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Top cell phone maker Nokia has seen growing interest among companies for its first netbook or mini-laptop, a company executive said on Thursday.
November 20, 2009, 2:18 am -
China's military says website had 2.3 million attacks
BEIJING (Reuters) - A website set up by China's Defense Ministry said it was hit by 2.3 million hacker attacks in its first month of operation, but none of them were successful.
November 19, 2009, 9:34 pm
