SAN FRANCISCO – Google’s unabashed success as an Internet search and advertising juggernaut has placed it in the crosshairs of regulators worried the firm will trample free market competition.
SAN FRANCISCO – Google’s unabashed success as an Internet search and advertising juggernaut has placed it in the crosshairs of regulators worried the firm will trample free market competition.
NEW YORK - AT&T Inc. said Friday it will buy the assets of Verizon Wireless in 79 mainly rural areas for $2.35 billion, a deal that will affect more than 1 million subscribers.
BOSTON - Oracle Corp Chief Executive Larry Ellison said he won’t sell off Sun Microsystems Inc’s hardware business, dispelling speculation that he only wanted the company for its software units.
PALO ALTO – Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer said he sees opportunities to work with Yahoo Inc to create a “better search product” but would not comment on discussions that the two may be engaged in.
LOS ANGELES - Walt Disney Co is developing an Internet subscription service and may consider trimming studio output, executives said on Tuesday after the division posted a 97 percent decline in operating income.
TOKYO - Some robot-loving Japanese are tinkering with screwdrivers and motors instead of heading to the beach or hot springs during this nation’s “Golden Week” holidays.
HAMBURG - The latest computer games can often be legally downloaded from the internet yet buying them in this convenient way is not necessarily cheaper.
Berlin - Whether you prefer DVDs or USB sticks, storage media today function as our digital memory. But “all storage media is intended for a limited lifespan,” notes Peter Knaak, technology expert at the German consumer testing organisation Stiftung Warentest in Berlin.
WASHINGTON - The White House took a major leap into the Web 2.0 world on Friday, launching pages on social networks MySpace and Facebook and sending its first 'tweets' on hot micro-blogging service Twitter.
SAN FRANCISCO - Internet-Age innovator Google is taking advantage of an old-time principle to thwart wildfires: goats will eat almost anything.