Information Technology
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Fox launching LatAm online ad network
May 18, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- News Corp. is pooling some of its Web sites, including the newly acquired Wall Street Journal properties, to better sell financial ads targeting Latin Americ...
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Both earpieces do the job, but one does it betterMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Wireless cellphone earpieces can make people look faintly ridiculous as they stroll down the street or around the office, seemingly talking to themselves with ugly appen...
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EU warns Google over photos on Street View
May 14, 2008 11:00 pm - BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The EU's top data protection supervisor said Thursday that Google Inc.'s "Street View" map and imaging feature could pose privacy problems if it lau...
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MySpace wins $230 million spam judgment
May 13, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The popular online hangout MySpace has won a $230 million judgment over junk messages sent to its members in what is believed to be the largest anti-spam awa...
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Apple now sells HBO shows on iTunes store
May 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple Inc. has scooped up Time Warner Inc.'s HBO to feed television shows to its online iTunes store, reeling in one of the last holdouts among major ch...
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Circuitry discovery could lead to beefier memory
May 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN JOSE, Calif. -- For nearly 40 years, scientists have speculated that basic electrical circuits have a natural ability to remember things even when the power is switc...
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New sites make it easier to spy on your friendsMay 12, 2008 11:00 pm - If you are still relying on Google to snoop on your friends, you are behind the curve. Armed with new and established Web sites, people are uncovering surprising details...
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HP says it will buy EDS for about $13.2 billion in cash
May 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Hewlett-Packard Co. is buying Electronic Data Systems Corp. for $13.2 billion in a deal that will create the second-largest technology services provider...
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Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope blasts off
May 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday, bringing the free Web-based program for zooming around the universe to a broad audience. WorldWi...
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Wireless patient devices at risk from proposed Internet use
May 12, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Losing the audio feed during "Monday Night Football" may seem like a crisis for some sports fan, but it's nothing compared to losing the signal that monito...