Technology news

Nov 22, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 1

With its deal to buy Revolution Money, American Express is taking aim at the growing market for online and alternative payments, in a challenge to recognized leader PayPal, analysts say.

Renelly Morel (R), digital marketing manager for Ubisoft, works out with Your Shape

Ubisoft steps up videogame fitness with virtual coach

Nov 22, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

French videogame powerhouse Ubisoft will have a virtual fitness coach whipping Wii users into shape starting Tuesday.

Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate

Nov 21, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (40) | 35

(AP) -- Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online - stoking debate over whether some scientists have ...

Trust Linux!

Nov 20, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (6) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers has implemented support for 'trusted computing' in a commercially available version of the open source operating system Linux, breaking new ground in the global drive ...

Suit over search-engine keywords tries new angle

Nov 20, 2009 | 2.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's.

Screen of a computer featuring a search of the word "edition" on the home page of Google's website

Google books hearing set for February 18

Nov 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A US judge set February 18 for a hearing on the revised legal settlement between Google and US authors and publishers that would allow the Internet giant to scan and sell millions of books online.

US newspaper ad revenue down nearly 28 percent

Nov 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

US newspaper advertising revenue fell by nearly 28 percent in the third quarter, continuing a slide which has led to layoffs, bankruptcies and the closure of several dailies.

Flax and yellow flowers can produce bioethanol

Technology / Energy

Nov 20, 2009 | 1 / 5 (1) | 0

Surplus biomass from the production of flax shives, and generated from Brassica carinata, a yellow-flowered plant related to those which engulf fields in spring, can be used to produce bioethanol. This has be ...

Cisco has released a Web security app for iPhone

Cisco releases Web security app for iPhone

Nov 20, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Cisco on Friday announced the release of a free iPhone application for anyone who wants to stay on top of the latest trojans, worms, or other threats marauding on the Internet.

EU extends Oracle/Sun review deadline until Jan 27

Nov 20, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc.

Sony hopes online service will build brand loyalty

Nov 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, a top executive said Friday.

EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion

Nov 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- EBay has completed its sale of Skype for about $2 billion to an investor group that included the founders of the Internet phone service.

Elpida Completes Development of 1-Gigabit GDDR5

Technology / Semiconductors

Nov 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory, today announced that it had developed a 1-gigabit GDDR5 (product name: EDW1032BABG) that operates at a world-class high speed ...

Smartphone app illuminates power consumption