Irish the heaviest users of mobile phones: Ofcommore similar news »
LONDON (Reuters) - Residents in the Republic of Ireland spent the most time on their mobile phones and sent the most text messages per head in the world in 2007, according to a report which examines changes in the communications industry.
After iPhone, consumers seek handsome gadgetsmore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fed up with ugly routers and clunky hard drives, a growing number of consumers are looking for well-designed gadgets that complement decor instead of cluttering desktops and clashing with furniture.
Microsoft to offer free security softwaremore similar news »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said Wednesday it will discontinue sales of its subscription PC security service and instead offer free software to help protect computers from viruses, spyware and other threats.
Cuban responds to SEC, says no secrecy dealmore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire basketball team owner Mark Cuban responded to U.S. insider trading charges on Tuesday, saying on his website that he had not agreed to keep information about a proposed stock sale confidential.
IBM says plans to acquire Transitive Corpmore similar news »
BOSTON (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp said on Tuesday that it plans to acquire privately-owned Transitive Corp, whose technology helps businesses use software on IBM computers that was designed to run on rival systems.
China picks up 3G pace, Mobile completes gear dealsmore similar news »
MACAU (Reuters) - China took another step toward its long-cherished goal of operating high-speed telecoms services, with China Mobile dishing out over $4 billion of deals and smaller rival Unicom hoping to win a 3G license soon.
Sci Fi's "Sanctuary" a true Web-to-TV pioneermore similar news »
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A milestone was reached last week in the crossover from Internet to TV when Sci Fi Channel gave an early second-season pickup to "Sanctuary," making it the first TV show based on an online series to accomplish the feat.
Global chip makers eye sales drop in 2009more similar news »
TOKYO (Reuters) - Global sales of semiconductors are likely to fall 2.2 percent in 2009 due to weak demand for electronics worldwide, industry group World Semiconductor Trade Statistics said on Tuesday, reversing its May forecast of 5.8 percent growth.
National Geographic enters the sea of video gamesmore similar news »
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - National Geographic is getting into the video game business. Through its for-profit unit National Geographic Ventures, the nonprofit National Geographic Society is set to announce Tuesday that it has created National Geographic Games.
Search is on for new Yahoo CEO after Yang steps downmore similar news »
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said Jerry Yang will step down as chief executive as soon as the board finds a replacement, sending its shares up 4 percent on hopes his departure will clear the way for a deal with Microsoft.
DivX sues Yahoo over ad dealmore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Video compression software maker DivX Inc said on Monday it filed a lawsuit against Yahoo Inc for planning to end a two-year advertising services agreement.
New Intel chip faster, matches some AMD featuresmore similar news »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel began selling its new Core i7 processor on Monday, finally matching the lower power consumption and ability to handle multiple tasks offered by smaller competitor Advanced Micro Devices.
ARM, Adobe collaborate on mobile Web browsingmore similar news »
LONDON (Reuters) - Software maker Adobe Systems and chip designer ARM Holdings will collaborate to bring better Web services to ARM-powered devices including cellphones from most of the world's biggest handset makers.
MySpace Japan bets on world demand for J-Popmore similar news »
TOKYO (Reuters) - Banking on the global appeal of Japanese pop and video games, social networking site MySpace said it would more than double the number of artists on its Japanese pages to get more clicks internationally.
Music Mogul offers virtual world to musicians, fansmore similar news »
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Grammy Award-winning songwriter/producer Rodney Jerkins and former Vivendi Games executive Nicholas Longano are teaming up on a technology project that will present a basic virtual world, in the tradition of Second Life, on the Web.
Nokia sees cellphone, gear market falling in 2009more similar news »
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Top handset maker Nokia Oyj said on Friday the world's mobile phone market would fall in the fourth quarter and next year as an economic slowdown crimps consumer demand around the world.
