Japan robots chat, play -- and help find lost specsJuly 29, 2010 TOKYO (Reuters) - Robots that can chat, find misplaced glasses, draw airplanes and play with your children are attracting thousands of visitors during an exp ...Read More »
Motorola profit and revenue beat Wall Street viewJuly 29, 2010 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc <MOT.N> posted a quarterly earnings and revenue that beat Wall Street expectations, sending its shares up 2 percent. The company, which pl ...Read More »
Sony surprises with Q1 profit, raises outlookJuly 29, 2010 TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp lifted its annual outlook and returned to profitability in the first quarter on booming demand for its Bravia flat TVs and PlayStat ...Read More »
Hackers study vulnerabilities as ATMs spit cashJuly 28, 2010 LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A security expert showed off techniques for breaking into ATMs, causing machines to spit out cash to a cheering crowd at an annual gathering o ...Read More »
Amazon offers $139 wireless Kindle for mass appealJuly 28, 2010 SEATTLE (Reuters) - Amazon.com launched a cheaper, wireless-only Kindle on Wednesday, betting that the $139 price will turn its latest electronic reader into a ...Read More »
RIM stock jumps as revamped BlackBerry nearsJuly 28, 2010 VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Shares of Research In Motion jumped on Wednesday on speculation that next week it would unveil a new touchscreen BlackBe ...Read More »
Mobile gear market to grow 7 percent in 2011July 28, 2010 HELSINKI (Reuters) - The Mobile telecom equipment market will grow 7 percent to $40.3 billion in 2011 after shrinking for two ye ...Read More »
RIM stock jumps as market eyes revamped BlackBerryJuly 28, 2010 VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Shares of Research In Motion jumped on Wednesday on speculation it would unveil a new touchscreen BlackBerry that could ...Read More »
Kindle out of stock; analyst predicts new versionJuly 28, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com <AMZN.O> said its best-selling Kindle device was currently out of stock, leading one Internet analyst to surmise the ...Read More »
Hackers post fascist slogans on Nazi camp websiteJuly 28, 2010 BERLIN (Reuters) - Hackers replaced a "Book of the Dead" with neo-Nazi slogans and symbols on World War Two concentration camp Buchenwald's website (www.buchenwald.de) on Wednesday and completely erased the Mittelbau D ...Read More »
Google in talks to build Facebook competitor: reportJuly 27, 2010 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc has held talks with gaming companies as it looks to develop a new service to compete with social networking website Facebook, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people f ...Read More »
Disney buying Playdom for at least $563 millionJuly 27, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co said on Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Playdom Inc for $563.2 million, as the media giant aims to take a leading role in the fast-growing market for social games. ...Read More »
Apple refreshes Mac desktopsJuly 27, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc updated its line of desktop computers on Tuesday with the latest-generation chips, as the company continues to gain share in the PC market. Ap ...Read More »
James Bond producers worried by indefinite delayJuly 27, 2010 LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The "James Bond 007: Blood Stone" video game event in London this month had all the class and splash one would expect from t ...Read More »
EU opens anti-trust probe of IBM mainframe businessJuly 27, 2010 BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union competition regulators launched two anti-trust investigations against International Business Machines Cor ...Read More »
ARM beats forecast on demand for smartphones, netbooksJuly 27, 2010 LONDON (Reuters) - Chip designer ARM Holdings <ARM.L> beat market profit expectations in the second quarter, helped by strong demand for smartphones, netbook ...Read More »
Yahoo Japan to switch to Google's search engineJuly 27, 2010 TOKYO (Reuters) - Yahoo Japan, Japan's largest Internet portal operator, said on Tuesday it will adopt Google's search engine instead of teaming up with Microsoft like partner Yahoo Inc. ...Read More »
Daniel Craig to star in "Tattoo" remakeJuly 26, 2010 Jay A. Fernandez LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Daniel Craig will star in the English-language remake of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," plus the two potential follow-ups ...Read More »
Citi iPhone app stored user data, software fixedJuly 26, 2010 BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc's <C.N> mobile banking software for Apple Inc's <AAPL.O> iPhone improperly stored some users' sensitive data in hidden files on the popular devices, but the bank sa ...Read More »
Google unveils government version of softwareJuly 26, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc released a special version of its Web-based productivity software designed to meet stringent U.S. government security requirements, as the Internet search giant seeks to outmaneuver ...Read More »
