11:00 18.08.2006
AP - Dell Inc.'s announcement that it will expand its use of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. microprocessors is another win for the smaller chip maker against larger rival Intel Corp.
AFP - Satellite TV dishes banned in China have been listed for sale on Internet auctioneer eBay's local website, despite a crackdown on the unlawful viewing of foreign programs, state media have said.
A payphone that is WiFi based? That's the idea coming out of Australia. Basically this means payphone operators can set up anywhere there is a WiFi cloud. How this plays out in the muni-wifi space is anyone's guess, as the...
AP - Google Inc. is enabling users to find and print coupons from merchants listed in the online search leader's index of local businesses, adding to a slew of free features designed to attract more traffic to its Web site.
USATODAY.com - REDMOND, Wash. - Reginald Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's new president and chief operating officer, spoke to USA TODAY's Byron Acohido about why he believes Nintendo, the top maker of handheld video game players, can retake top dog status in the billion dollar industry it helped create 20 years ago.
PC Magazine - The incentive program—the first of its kind—will return $700 to $1,000 per server to customers if they use more energy-efficient machines.
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK Steve Lovelady, managing editor of CJRDaily.org, a Web site for The Columbia Journalism Review, quit Thursday after Nicholas Lemann, dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, informed him he was cutting the site’s budget nearly in half.
Reuters - China's censors are targeting on-line spoofs of films, celebrities and Communist icons, a Chinese newspaper reported on Tuesday, in the government's latest campaign to regulate Internet content.
Reuters - Norway's Trolltech AS has demonstrated the first fully reprogrammable mobile handset to help phone designers innovate as fast as their counterparts in the personal computer industry have done.
AFP - US computer maker Dell announced that it was recalling an estimated 4.1 million laptop batteries due to concerns they could burst into flames when overheated.
Reuters - Google Inc. will offer printable discount coupons to local shoppers, in a promotional bid that aims to drive U.S. online shoppers using its Google Maps service to visit stores, the company said on Monday.
