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Google Gmail tweak challenges Facebook, Twitter

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:05:37 -0500

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc is tapping its huge network of Gmail users and Web surfers to create a Buzz that it hopes will help it catch up with online social networking leaders Facebook and Twitter.

Tune in, turn off, iPod generation finds perfect haven

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:53:50 -0500

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - An electronic graffiti wall, Wii consoles, DJ mash-ups and iPods for massage time -- the Vancouver Olympic Village is plugged in to this generation of hip, digital athletes.

Global mobile broadband spending seen up to $72 billion

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:25:31 -0500

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Mobile operators worldwide are seen investing up to $72 billion in wireless broadband technologies this year to accommodate surging demand, according to telecoms industry body GSMA.

Norway's Opera to introduce browser for iPhone

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:05:11 -0500

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Browser firm Opera Software will introduce next week a version of its Mini browser for Apple's iPhone, the Norwegian firm said on Wednesday.

Iran's resistance keeps up cat-and-mouse Web game

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:04:04 -0500

TEHRAN (Reuters) - With their paths through the Internet increasingly blocked by government filters, Nooshin and her fellow Iranian opposition-supporters say their information on planned protests now comes in emails.

Google warns Chinese knock-off to stop using logo

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:13:49 -0500

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Google Inc has sent a cease and desist letter to the operators of a Chinese search website whose logo bears a close resemblance to its own.

Barnes & Noble's Nook e-reader to hit stores

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:31:58 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc said on Monday that its Nook electronic reader would be available in most of its physical stores as of Wednesday, ahead of Valentine's Day, ending weeks of delays.

IBM begins Power server upgrade to battle HP, Sun

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:21:04 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM is beginning a long-awaited upgrade to a range of servers and other hardware to make them more energy-efficient and competitive than rival products by Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems Inc.

Disney, Google eye stake in China bus media firm

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:55:05 -0500

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A consortium led by Walt Disney Co is in advanced talks to buy into China's largest in-bus digital media and advertising company, a deal that could offer the U.S. entertainment giant a new platform to promote Mickey Mouse in China, three sources told Reuters.

NetEase suspends new user registration for hit game

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:38:20 -0500

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's third-largest online game operator NetEase.com said it has suspended new user registration for World of Warcraft (WoW) in China and will reapply for a license to operate the expansion pack of Activision Blizzard's hit game.