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Barnes & Noble says Nook sold out before holidays

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:22:46 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it had sold out of its newly-launched Nook electronic readers due to high demand -- a pre-holiday miscalculation that analysts said could boost sales of rival Amazon.com Inc's market leading Kindle.

Husband of Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez attacked

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:18:32 -0500

HAVANA (Reuters) - The husband of Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez said he was attacked by government supporters as he waited on Friday to confront state security agents accused of detaining and beating his wife two weeks ago.

Google says PC will start in seven seconds or less

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:52 -0500

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, the search company said on Thursday as it showed off its Chrome operating system designed for PCs that do their work on the Web.

Sony to launch online entertainment service in 2010

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:02:38 -0500

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Friday that its planned entertainment content distribution service for network-compatible TVs and other devices will be launched next year.

Chinese cyber-spying seen growing against U.S.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:03:59 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's government appears increasingly to be piercing U.S. government and defense industry computer networks to gather useful data for its military, a congressional advisory panel said on Thursday.

Wikipedia, iPhone among decade's top 10 Internet moments

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:04:45 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards.

China wants content, values censored in online games

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:38:05 -0500

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China said it will tighten regulations in its rapidly growing online games sector, requiring game operators to enhance socialist values in their games and hire specialized staff to monitor content.

Nokia sees corporate interest for netbook

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:18:24 -0500

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Top cell phone maker Nokia has seen growing interest among companies for its first netbook or mini-laptop, a company executive said on Thursday.

AOL to cut one-third of workforce

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:18:35 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - AOL plans to cut one-third of its workforce, or about 2,500 jobs, in an effort to trim some $300 million in annual costs as part of the Internet company's planned spin-off from Time Warner Inc.

China's military says website had 2.3 million attacks

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:34:31 -0500

BEIJING (Reuters) - A website set up by China's Defense Ministry said it was hit by 2.3 million hacker attacks in its first month of operation, but none of them were successful.