China minus Google is a loss-loss situation, according to experts. According to Chinese report, Google Inc. is on the verge of shutting its China site, Google.cn, because Beijing forces the Internet giant to censor search results. This infers that there would be no maps on mobile phones. A free music service that has helped to fight [...]
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Simone Meier
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FBI in your friendlist
You can very soon have FBI agents in your buddy list, without even letting you know! Yes that’s exactly what this document says. According to an internal Justice Department document that offers brief of issues related to privacy and crime-fighting, U.S. law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking [...]
Mar
11
2010
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MySpace focus on gaming to regain its name
MySpace announced on Wednesday that it would now focus on gaming. Co-president Mike Jones, of MySpace wrote in a blog post that just as music was used earlier, they would concentrate on gaming to revitalize their site. It launched a revamped games homepage at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco today. Game activity [...]
Mar
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Sony’s new motion controller to challenge Nintendo’s dominance
The makers of PlayStation 3, Sony launched its motion controlling system, as it takes aim at Nintendo’s dominance in the gaming sector. It hopes to lure gamers who have outgrown Nintendo, which launched the Wii in 2006. At a press conference in San Francisco, Peter Dille, senior vice president of marketing for Sony Computer Entertainment [...]
Mar
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Panasonic revealed price for first 3D-TV set
Panasonic announced on Wednesday that $3,000 is the amount which people would have to pay to be among the first to watch 3-D movies in the home. The company put its first 3-D sets on sale at an event in New York on Wednesday. The sales debut comes as moviegoers have shown considerable enthusiasm for [...]
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China Mobile will pay high for stake in Shanghai Pudong Bank
China Mobile, the world’s largest phone operator announced that it would pay about 5.8 billion US dollars for a 20 percent stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. This announcement comes as a part of China Mobile’s plan to enter into wireless banking. The firm said that it would work with the mainland Chinese bank on [...]
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HP MediaSmart server now linked to TiVo devices
HP has announced a new application that allows TiVo-users to link an HP MediaSmart server located anywhere on their home network to their TiVo device and transfer content. So now one can let your TV show and movie collection spill out of the box, across one’s home network. HP MediaSmart Servers can be used as [...]
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Google announces partnership with Italian cultural ministry
Google announced a first deal of its kind with Italian culture ministry. It will scan up to 1 million old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence. Officials from Google and Italian culture officials informed that the project would be the first time Google Books and a culture ministry has had such a partnership. [...]
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FCC proposes to revamp Universal Service Fund
FCC, which is planning to bring high-speed internet connection all over America, will propose including the government program that now subsidizes telephone service in poor and rural areas. The Federal Communications Commission will also propose to revamp the Universal Service Fund as part of a national broadband plan. The USF was established to ensure that [...]
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2010
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AP findings: Toyota hides black box data
According to the Associated Press review of lawsuits nationwide and interviews with auto crash experts, Toyota has been inconsistent in revealing exactly what the devices which are similar to airline “black boxes”, record and don’t record. Toyota has also been contradictory in disclosing critical data about whether the brake or accelerator pedals were depressed at [...]