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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:05:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - TORONTO - Nortel Networks Corp. says chief restructuring officer Pavi Binning will step down now that the sale of its optical networking and ethernet businesses to Ciena Corp. (Nasdaq:CIEN) has been completed.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:45:00 GMT

A Twitter page is displayed on an Apple iPhone in Los Angeles October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniReuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Whether it's fomenting revolution or telling people what you had for breakfast microblogging service Twitter seems to have it all.


Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:40:00 GMT

A photo dated 1950's shows John F. Kennedy with his wife Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. Traditional black and white is sharing the spotlight with color and new digital formats at a major international photography show that runs through Sunday in New York.  Photo:AFP/AFP AFP - NEW YORK (AFP) - Traditional black and white is sharing the spotlight with color and new digital formats at a major international photography show that runs through Sunday in New York.


Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:46:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - WASHINGTON - Federal regulators are seeking public comment on a petition by cable, satellite and phone companies for new government rules that would give them more clout in negotiations with TV broadcasters over programming.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:46:00 GMT

A model demonstrates the Nexus One smartphone, the first mobile phone Google will sell directly to consumers based on its Android platform, after a news conference at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California in this January 5, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Smartphones may be one of the hottest areas in technology with big names like Apple and Google tussling for share, but investors are questioning the growth prospects for mobile carriers as subscriber gains slow.


Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:11:00 GMT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission plans to begin a process in a few months aimed at auctioning airwaves that failed to garner enough interest during the 2008 spectrum auction.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:41:00 GMT

A woman looks at the MySpace website in Washington in 2006. A teenager that checked into his MySpace account after breaking into a furniture store was arrested by police that tracked him down through clues left on the shop's computer.  Photo:Nicholas Kamm/AFPAFP - SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A teenager that checked into his MySpace account after breaking into a furniture store was arrested by police that tracked him down through clues left on the shop's computer.


Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:05:00 GMT

Jumo.com logo. Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who left the booming social network to work on the online arm of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, announced the launch of the non-profit new venture, called 'Jumo,' on his personal blog at chrishughes.tumblr.com on Thursday.  Photo:/AFPAFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who left the booming social network to work on the online arm of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, is launching a startup to promote charitable efforts.


Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:48:00 GMT

A man tries out his new Palm Pre smartphone at a Sprint store June 2009 in Washington, DC. Palm shares plunged Friday after the struggling US mobile device maker posted more disappointing results and speculation mounted that it could be an acquisition target.  Photo:Alex Wong/AFP AFP - NEW YORK (AFP) - Palm shares plunged Friday after the struggling US mobile device maker posted more disappointing results and speculation mounted that it could be an acquisition target.


Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:08:00 GMT

The CIA symbol is shown on the floor of its headquarters in Langley, Virginia. The US military in 2008 shut down a website set up by the CIA and Saudi Arabia to expose terror plots, angering both parties, who saw the site as a vital intelligence tool, the Washington Post reported Friday.  Photo:/AFPAFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US military in 2008 shut down a website set up by the CIA and Saudi Arabia to expose terror plots, angering both parties, who saw the site as a vital intelligence tool, the Washington Post reported Friday.


Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:04:00 GMT

Internet giant Google is adding two native Central American languages -- Maya and Nahuatl -- to its universal search service, a company official said Thursday.  Photo:John D Mchugh/AFPAFP - MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Internet giant Google is adding two native Central American languages -- Maya and Nahuatl -- to its universal search service, a company official said Thursday.


Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:56:00 GMT

An Indian man talks on his cellular phone next to a Bharti Airtel sign in New Delhi. The company has said it has reached a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone 3GS in India.  Photo:Manan Vatsyayana/AFP AFP - NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's top mobile phone company said on Friday it has reached a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone 3GS in India.


Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:56:00 GMT

US Internet giant Google will close its business in China next month and may announce its plans next week, Chinese media reported on Friday, after rows over censorship and hacking.  Photo:Liu Jin/AFPAFP - SHANGHAI (AFP) - US Internet giant Google will close its business in China next month and may announce its plans in the coming days, Chinese media reported on Friday, after rows over censorship and hacking.


Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:27:00 GMT

An armed militant from Somalia's Hizbul Islam rebel group maintains order during a demonstration against the presence of the African Union (AU) peacekeepers on the outskirts of Mogadishu February 12, 2010. REUTERS/Ismail TaxtaReuters - NAIROBI (Reuters) - Armed rebel groups in Somalia are using the Internet for fundraising and recruitment, and they achieve better results through the Web than they do on the ground, a United Nations report said.


Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:01:00 GMT

Jon Rubinstein, chairman and chief executive of Palm, speaks in front of images of the new palm Pre Plus (L) and Palm Pixi Plus during a news conference at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 7, 2010. REUTERS/Steve MarcusReuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of mobile phone maker Palm tumbled on Friday on questions over its ability to survive in a tough market dominated by Apple, Google and Research in Motion.


Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:49:00 GMT

A man looks at a computer located in the foyer of the Google headquarters building in Beijing March 17, 2010. REUTERS/David GrayReuters - SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google Inc may make an announcement next Monday about whether it will pull out from China, the China Business News reported on Friday, quoting an unnamed Google employee.


Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:46:00 GMT
Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Bharti Airtel on Friday said it had agreed with Apple Inc to sell its iPhone 3GS in India in the coming months. (Reporting by Devidutta Tripathy; Editing by Aradhana Aravindan)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:42:00 GMT
Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters) - Technology powerhouses Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics reinforced market optimism that strong demand recovery is in place, while cautioning that competition from global rivals is heating up.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:14:00 GMT

This file photo shows a technician inspecting a discarded Hewlett-Packard (HP) laptop computer. China's product-quality watchdog said US computer maker HP violated Chinese consumer rights rules, after an investigation into complaints about faulty laptops from dozens of customers.  Photo:Robyn Beck/AFP AFP - SHANGHAI (AFP) - China's product-quality watchdog said US computer maker Hewlett-Packard violated Chinese consumer rights rules, after an investigation into complaints about faulty laptops from dozens of customers.


Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:32:00 GMT

An employee walks past a Hewlett-Packard logo in Hong Kong December 5, 2006. REUTERS/Paul YeungReuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China's quality control watchdog said an investigation into Hewlett-Packard Co showed the company had sold some faulty laptop computers, and ignored consumer protection regulations.


Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:38:00 GMT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday barred the financial news service Theflyonthewall.com from issuing immediate news about analyst research from several Wall Street banks, often before recommendations are shared with clients.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:41:00 GMT
Reuters - NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Viacom Inc accused Google Inc of turning a blind eye to illegal video clips on its YouTube site in a bid to attract viewers, according to court documents released on Thursday.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Court documents made public Thursday in a billion-dollar court battle between Viacom and Google accuse YouTube executives of posting stolen videos to rocket the startup to stardom.  Photo:Loic Venance/AFPAFP - NEW YORK (AFP) - Court documents made public Thursday in a billion-dollar court battle between Viacom and Google accuse YouTube executives of posting stolen videos to rocket the startup to stardom.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:33:00 GMT

An auction in New York of the hotly desired Sex.com Internet domain name scheduled for Thursday was halted at the last hour when creditors forced the previous owner into bankruptcy.  Photo:/AFP AFP - NEW YORK (AFP) - An auction in New York of the hotly desired Sex.com Internet domain name scheduled for Thursday was halted at the last hour when creditors forced the previous owner into bankruptcy.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:17:00 GMT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday barred the financial news service Theflyonthewall.com from issuing immediate news about Wall Street analyst research, often before recommendations are shared with clients.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:05:00 GMT

Harwinton Capital Chairman, President and CEO Jerry York talks with Reuters reporters during the Reuters Autos Summit in Detroit, Michigan November 2, 2009. REUTERS/Rebecca CookReuters - DETROIT (Reuters) - Jerry York, a long-time adviser to billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian and executive whose career spanned the auto and technology industries, has died, Apple Inc said on Thursday.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:38:00 GMT

A woman leaves a Public Mobile Inc. store. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren CalabreseThe Canadian Press - MONTREAL - New wireless player Public Mobile is looking to win customers who don't already have cellphones with a no-contract, no-frills service that lets it avoid competing directly with established carriers.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:22:00 GMT

A pedestrian walks past Alibaba.com advertising in Hong Kong. Alibaba.com, China's biggest business-to-business web group, on Thursday officially started operations in Brazil, which it said showed huge potential for growth.  Photo:Mike Clarke/AFPAFP - SAO PAULO (AFP) - Alibaba.com, China's biggest business-to-business web group, on Thursday officially started operations in Brazil, which it said showed huge potential for growth.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:19:00 GMT

European researchers have taken the world a step closer to fictional wizard Harry Potter's invisibility cape after they made an object disappear using a three-dimensional 'cloak', a study published Thursday in the US-based journal Science showed.  Photo:/AFP AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - European researchers have taken the world a step closer to fictional wizard Harry Potter's invisibility cape after they made an object disappear using a three-dimensional "cloak," a study published Thursday in the US-based journal Science showed.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:46:00 GMT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Sony is teaming up with European movie-rental firm Lovefilm to offer TV viewers in Britain instant access to films from the Web, as a land grab for space on Internet-connected televisions gets under way.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:53:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - PALO ALTO, Calif. - Hewlett Packard Co. said Thursday that it has reached a settlement with three companies that have been accused of infringing on the printer company's patents for ink cartridges.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:49:00 GMT

The Google logo is shown prior to the unveiling of the Nexus One Android smartphone, the first mobile phone the internet company will sell directly to consumers, during a news conference at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California January 5, 2010. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc accused Viacom Inc of secretly uploading its videos to YouTube even as the media conglomerate publicly denounced the online video site for copyright infringement, according to court documents made public on Thursday.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:34:00 GMT

William Lynch, President of Barnes & Noble.com, holds up the nook, the Wireless eBook Reader, at a news conference in New York October 20, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc promoted the executive who spearheaded the development and launch of its Nook electronic reader to be its new chief executive, as the largest specialty U.S. bookseller accelerates its push into digital books.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:21:00 GMT

Boxes of desktop computers are stocked on a shelf at a store in San Francisco, California. Sales of desktop computers soared 30 percent in February defying talk that such machines are being made obsolete by laptops, smartphones and other mobile devices.  Photo:Justin Sullivan/AFPAFP - SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Sales of desktop computers soared 30 percent in February defying talk that such machines are being made obsolete by laptops, smartphones and other mobile devices.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:41:00 GMT

First-year students at George Washington University use their laptops in Washington in this November 25, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission plans to announce in coming weeks an agenda of proceedings stemming from the recommendations in the national broadband plan, an agency official said.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:34:00 GMT

The Kindle DX is shown at a press conference in New York. Amazon released a free program on Thursday that allows Kindle electronic books to be read on Apple's Mac computers and said they will also be available on the upcoming iPad.  Photo:Spencer Platt/AFP AFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Amazon released a free program on Thursday that allows Kindle electronic books to be read on Apple's Mac computers and said they will also be available on the upcoming iPad.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:16:00 GMT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Creditors of the owner of the Sex.com website have filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against the company, stalling a lender foreclosure auction for the valuable website that was scheduled to begin on Thursday.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:07:00 GMT

Journalists look at the new MacBook notebook computers after a news conference in Cupertino, California, October 14, 2008. REUTERS/Kimberly WhiteReuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it released an application to allow its Kindle e-books to be read on Apple Inc Mac computers.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:01:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - MONTREAL - Software company Sand Technology Inc. posted a smaller loss of $27,951 in the second quarter as revenue grew by 10 per cent.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:57:00 GMT

Criminals beware! US law enforcement authorities may be stalking you on Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn or Twitter. Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reveal some of the ways the FBI and tax agents are allowed to use social networks for investigative purposes.  Photo:Leon Neal/AFPAFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Criminals beware! US law enforcement authorities may be stalking you on Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn or Twitter.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:32:00 GMT

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev meets with winners of school and university contests in Moscow's Kremlin March 18, 2010. REUTERS/Maxim Shipenkov/PoolReuters - MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday announced that Russia would build a high-tech hub near Moscow to spur modernization of the economy and reduce its dependence on oil and gas.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:51:00 GMT

Girls are seen at Latymer Upper School in London August 20, 2009. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Young people in Britain turn to the internet to look for help with personal problems rather than seek advice from their parents or friends, according to a survey released on Thursday.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:57:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - BERLIN - German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG said Thursday it will cut 4,200 jobs worldwide at its information technology unit as it restructures the business.
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:56:00 GMT

A woman browses web at an Internet cafe in Madrid May 23, 2008. REUTERS/Andrea ComasReuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's online security would best be served by developing global cyber regulation, ending current "ad hoc" international efforts, British lawmakers said on Wednesday, echoing industry calls for worldwide rules.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:41:00 GMT

China Mobile has said it hopes to reach a deal with Apple to sell the iPhone, several months after rival China Unicom launched the iconic smartphone in the country.  Photo:Fabrice Coffrini/AFPAFP - HONG KONG (AFP) - China Mobile said on Thursday it hopes to soon reach a deal with Apple to sell the iPhone, several months after rival China Unicom launched the iconic smartphone in the country.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:49:00 GMT

The Google Nexus One smartphone has been denied a trademark application by the US patent authorities which said the name had been taken by a related product.  Photo:Paul J. Richards/AFPAFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - Google has been denied a trademark application for its Nexus One smartphone after the US Patent and Trademark Office said the name had been taken by a related product, a report said.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:34:00 GMT

An online eBay page is seen in this file photo. PayPal, the online payment platform of US e-commerce giant eBay, will tie up with a Chinese partner, UnionPay, to allow consumers in China to buy from overseas merchants, according to a report.  Photo:Leon Neal/AFPAFP - BEIJING (AFP) - China's top provider of electronic payment services will tie up with online payment platform PayPal, the two companies said, in a move that will let Chinese customers buy from overseas merchants.


Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:18:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - BEIJING - China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone carrier by subscribers, said Thursday its 2009 profit rose 2.3 per cent over a year earlier and warned it faces growing competition.
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