China’s Liu says Nobel for dead of 1989
By Chris Buckley BEIJING (Reuters) – Nobel Peace Prize-winning Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo dedicated the award to people killed in the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests, reports said on Monday, while Chinese media said the prize showed the West feared China. The rival responses to Liu’s award, announced on Friday, have laid bare the raw … Read more
Google getting larger in Apple’s rearview mirror
By Gabriel Madway SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – It seemed Android smartphones was all anyone at a telecoms industry pow-wow in California talked about this week. After years alone in the limelight, Apple Inc’s iPhone now shares it with a slew of devices built on Google’s operating system. At the CTIA wireless industry show in San … Read more
Microsoft Goes For Adobe?
NEW YORK (AP) – Shares of Adobe soared in heavy trading Thursday on a report that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer discussed a possible buyout of the company. A report posted in the “Bits” blog of The New York Times said Ballmer recently met with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen to talk about Apple’s control of the … Read more
Technology Connects Students, Brings Stress
WASHINGTON (AP) – Technology has become so entwined with college students’ often frantic lives that most in a new survey say they’d be more frazzled without it. Yet The Associated Press-mtvU Poll, released Thursday, also found that being perpetually connected comes at a cost. While 57 percent of students said life without computers and cell … Read more
Hard drive makers face challenge from tablets
By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hard drive makers like Seagate Technology and Western Digital Corp could experience slower growth as more and more consumers swap PCs for tablets, but they shouldn’t be counted out. With Apple’s iPad and tablets from a host of others — from Hewlett-Packard to Research in Motion — poised … Read more
Glasses-free 3D TV
TOKYO (AP) – Toshiba Corp. believes it has a solution for television viewers who like 3-D but hate the glasses. The Tokyo-based company on Monday unveiled the world’s first high definition liquid crystal display 3-D television that does not require special glasses – one of the biggest consumer complaints about the technology. Toshiba describes the … Read more
Verizon Refunds
NEW YORK (AP) – Verizon Wireless could pay out up to $90 million in refunds to cell phone customers who were improperly charged for inadvertent Web access or data usage over the past several years. The Federal Communications Commission had asked Verizon Wireless last year about $1.99-a-megabyte data access fees that appeared on the bills … Read more
Google TV
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Google Inc.’s effort to wed Web surfing with television viewing is gathering more support from major media outlets that distribute some of the content that will help sell the concept. The list of participating television programmers announced Monday by Google includes household staples such as TBS, TNT, CNN and HBO, which … Read more
FCC Requests More Info from Comcast and NBC
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Communications Commission is requesting additional information from Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal as it reviews the cable operator’s plan to acquire a controlling stake in the media company. The FCC on Monday sent letters to Comcast and NBC Universal asking questions about both companies’ businesses. Among other things, regulators are … Read more
Dog Tag Allows Puppy to Tweet
LOS ANGELES (AP) – So your dog follows your every move around the house. Now, when you leave home, you can follow your dog. Puppy Tweets is an electronic dog tag with a sensor that you attach to your dog’s collar. It detects your pet’s movements and sounds and sends a variety of tweets to … Read more
