AT&T to offer cloud-based storage as a serviceBOSTON - AT&T Inc, the biggest U.S. telephone company, plans to offer Web-based data storage services for corporations using ‘cloud computing’ technologies developed by data storage equipment maker EMC Corp.
US Pokemon lovers to challenge Europe and JapanFREMONT, California - Siddarth Shanmuga is training to be the strongest PokÚmon of all. The 14-year-old student from the city of Cupertino in Silicon Valley was among ranks of PokÚmon devotees that tested their videogame skills on Saturday in hopes of going on to vie for a world crown.
Web tool WolframAlpha launches test runWASHINGTON - Google rules the roost when it comes to Internet search and has easily brushed aside efforts by Yahoo!, Microsoft and others to knock it off its perch.
Hackers launch phishing attack on Facebook usersHackers launched an attack on Facebook’s 200 million users, successfully gathering passwords from some of them in the latest campaign to prey on members of the popular social networking site.
These shoes are made for talking ... to your phoneA startup is working on a product that can tell you exactly what it’s like to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes — because the insoles record every touch of pressure.
Google digging deeper to improve search resultsSAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is about to add more features to its already dominant Internet search engine _ and some of the changes could give Web surfers less reason to click through to other sites. That scenario might upset the creators of the material highlighted in Google’s results.
Microsoft says Windows 7 on track for holidaysSEATTLE - Microsoft Corp is on track to release its new Windows 7 operating system in time for the holiday shopping season, an executive said on Monday, confirming talk it is ahead of its own conservative schedule for replacing the unpopular Vista system.
Google prime target for regulatorsSAN 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.
AT&T to buy territories from Verizon for $2.35BNEW 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.
Oracle won’t divest Sun’s hardware businessBOSTON - 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.