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.
AP - Ballbot, a narrow, 5-foot-tall robot, balances delicately on what looks like a bowling ball. Swaying slightly on a laboratory floor, the aluminum-framed droid seems ready to fall at any moment.
AP - If you've never played a fighting game like "Tekken: Dark Resurrection," there are a few important things to know. As with most video games, hand-eye coordination is certainly important. But above all else, you need fingers of steel.
Reuters - A joint venture of rival satellite television providers DirecTV Group Inc. and EchoStar Communications Corp. bowed out on Wednesday of a multi-billion-dollar auction of U.S. licenses for advanced wireless services.
Reuters - Kodak Digital Cinema and National CineMedia LLC, a partnership of the three top U.S. movie theater chains, on Wednesday said they are developing theater management software to automate digital cinema systems now being installed at movie theaters worldwide.
InfoWorld - San Francisco - ActiveGrid, which calls itself the "Enterprise Web 2.0 company," is moving its tooling over to the Eclipse open source environment and will join the Eclipse Foundation as well.
AP - The backlash against AOL's recent release of its subscribers' search requests continued Wednesday as a privacy rights group filed a Federal Trade Commission complaint alleging the breach was intentional.
AFP - Google opened a wireless Internet umbrella over its hometown in northern California's high-tech Silicon Valley, enabling anyone in the city to connect online for free.
AFP - US computer and imaging group Hewlett-Packard unveiled better-than-expected quarterly profits, partly as its software division returned to profitability.
AP - Technology-savvy South Korea isn't happy making only MP3 players and the memory chips that go inside many of the more popular models. It also wants people wearing South Korean "smart" clothes with built-in digital music players.
