Technology news

• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 09:28

  Bundled VoIP overtaking Skype?
  
  Internet telephony products bundled with broadband services have become more popular than third-party products, according to a report published by Sandvine, a broadband network-monitoring company.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 09:31

  House to press cell phone industry on customer protection
  
  The cell phone's emergence as a primary communications device has spawned a cottage industry of con artists seeking to trick mobile phone companies into giving away the phone numbers and calling records of unwitting subscribers.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 09:34

  Notebooks pass desktops in U.S. retail
  
  The numbers are in, and the U.S. is notebook country.
  
  Sales of notebooks surpassed desktop sales in the U.S. retail segment for the first time, according to a report from Current Analysis. Notebooks accounted for 50.9 percent of personal computers bought at retail in 2005, while desktops accounted for 49.1 percent. In 2004, notebooks accounted for only 43 percent of U.S. retail sales, while desktops accounted for 57 percent.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 09:36

  Patent Office rejects another NTP patent
  
  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a non-final rejection of a fifth patent in NTP's legal battle with Research In Motion, a case that threatens to shut down most of RIM's U.S. BlackBerry e-mail service, a lawyer for NTP said Wednesday.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 09:38

  Slip-up spills beans on Dell notebooks
  
  Apparent specifications for Dell's future notebooks were briefly exposed by Google's search engine Tuesday, before the spreadsheet was removed from a Dell FTP site and from Google's cache.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 09:40

  Sharp profit up 20 percent
  
  Japan's Sharp said Wednesday that its quarterly profit rose 20 percent on strong demand for LCD televisions, and it reiterated its full-year forecast for a 6 percent rise in profit.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 09:42

  'Ninety-Nine Nights' enough to raise Xbox 360 sales in Japan?
  
  Microsoft said on Wednesday that it will release "Ninety-Nine Nights," one of the highly anticipated games for its Xbox 360 console, on April 20 in Japan for 6,800 yen ($58 ).
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 10:31

  How to evade Google search
  
  Dell apparently learned the hard way this week that companies have to be careful to ensure that information they store on the Internet that they want to keep hidden is not automatically added to a search engine index for everyone on the Web to see.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 10:34

  Craigslist's laid-back approach to success
  
  NEW YORK--Online classified-ad site Craigslist isn't your typical Internet company, and CEO Jim Buckmaster isn't your average media mogul.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 10:39

  Early 2009 set for end of analog TV
  
  It's finally official: American households must ensure their televisions are equipped to receive solely digital TV broadcasts by Feb. 17, 2009.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 10:42

  Congress urged to better protect phone records
  
  A parade of witnesses testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday, citing the need for additional laws to rein in illicit sales of phone records.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 10:44

  Gates: Web site censorship doesn't work
  
  Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said on Wednesday that government attempts to censor Web sites or blogs would fail since the banned information could get out in defiance of official efforts.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 10:48

  CBS to sell own TV shows online
  
  New episodes of the popular "Survivor" reality television series will be made available for download directly from CBS's Web site, a first in network TV, the company said Wednesday.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 10:54

  Politicos attack tech firms over China
  
  WASHINGTON--Politicians on Wednesday attacked Google, Microsoft, Cisco Systems and Yahoo for declining to appear at a briefing about China's Internet censorship and called for a new law to outlaw compliance with such requirements.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 10:56

  Suspected pirate gang nabbed by feds
  
  A secretive group of cyberpirates stole copyrighted software, games and movies in what law enforcement authorities on Wednesday termed a "massive" theft for their own pleasure, not profit.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 11:02

  The Smoking Gun riding high on Frey expose
  
  Now that best-selling author James Frey has been thoroughly embarrassed by his onetime patron Oprah Winfrey, the muckraking news site The Smoking Gun has secured its place in celebrity takedown history.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 11:04

  Online travel agencies face new hurdles
  
  U.S. online travel agencies are facing new competition for contracts with cash-strapped airlines as nearly all agreements between the airlines and ticket distributors are up for renewal this year.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 11:06

  Wall Street analysts still gaga over Google
  
  Wall Street largely continued its love affair with Google on Wednesday, despite the search giant missing its fourth-quarter earnings estimates and suffering a 19 percent share price drop in after-hours trading.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 11:07

  Anti-China hypocrisy in Congress?
  
  It's usually wise to be skeptical when our elected leaders in the U.S. Congress start to proclaim their devotion to democratic ideals like free speech.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 11:09

  File-swapping leaders nearing D-day
  
  The young chief executive of MetaMachine, distributor of eDonkey file-sharing software, appeared six months ago before a U.S. Senate committee and said his network--the world's most popular--was ready to turn over a new leaf.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 11:13

  Economist calls for green incentives
  
  The leader of a major study into whether economic growth is compatible with green policies has called on governments to provide clear incentives to help the environment.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 11:14

  Pigeons get backpacks for air pollution monitoring
  
  A flock of pigeons fitted with mobile phone backpacks is to be used to monitor air pollution, New Scientist magazine reported on Wednesday.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 11:16

  EU agrees to cut down on potent F-gases
  
  European Union lawmakers and governments have agreed on rules that would clamp down on environmentally harmful fluorinated gases found in a range of products including cars, appliances and shoes.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 11:22

  AT&T Targeted For NSA Program
  
  A group that aims to protect electronic freedoms is suing a private telecommunications company in a class action lawsuit that claims the company gave the National Security Agency direct access to massive amounts of communications data.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  2 Feb 06, 11:24

  DEMO 2006 Schedule Released; 1,500 Applied, 68 Got In
  
  Known for identifying technology trends, the DEMO conference series on Wednesday released the names of companies scheduled to demonstrate products and services next week at DEMO 2006 in Phoenix.