YouTube outage might have been caused by Pakistanmore similar news »
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Internet service providers may have inadvertently blocked the popular YouTube Web site across the world at the weekend when they restricted local access to the site, a telecommunications official said.
Google, SingTel and others to build submarine cablemore similar news »
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Web search company Google Inc has agreed to build an undersea cable with five telecoms operators that will link the United States to Japan, and provide the capacity to sustain a surge in Internet traffic between the continents.
IBM brings back-to-the-future mainframe to presentmore similar news »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - IBM is set to launch the latest update of its powerful mainframe computer on Tuesday, a more energy-efficient machine that it hopes will compete with high-end computers from rivals such as Hewlett-Packard Co and Sun Microsystems Inc .
Microsoft challenges 24 Avistar patentsmore similar news »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Avistar Communications Corp , a video conference equipment maker, said on Monday it has been notified that Microsoft Corp has challenged 24 of Avistar's 29 U.S. patents.
EA's offer for Take-Two undervalued: big investormore similar news »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Video game giant Electronic Arts Inc's (EA) offer of $26 a share for Take-Two Interactive Software Inc undervalues the company, and shareholders are unlikely to sell at that price, an investor who owns about 5 percent of Take-Two said on Monday.
Microsoft to test new measure of Web adsmore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would test a new way to measure the effectiveness of Internet advertising in a challenge to an industry standard that has helped the likes of Web search leader Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.
Microsoft to stop making HD DVD players for Xboxmore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp will stop making video players based on the HD DVD standard for its Xbox 360 game system, a move that comes days after Toshiba Corp pulled the plug on the high definition movie technology.
Qwest works on new wireless partnershipmore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Qwest Communications International Inc said on Monday it is working on a new kind of wireless partnership as its current arrangement to resell Sprint Nextel Corp services is inadequate.
Microsoft gets another shot at Open XML standardmore similar news »
GENEVA (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp ramped up its fight to have its Office Open XML document format made into an international standard on Monday as delegates from 37 countries met to reconsider the proposal.
Sony head of game software development to resignmore similar news »
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp said on Monday Phil Harrison, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, the game software development arm of Sony's videogame division, will resign on February 29.
Electronic Arts bids for Take-Twomore similar news »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. video game giant Electronic Arts on Sunday said it had made an unsolicited $1.9 billion offer for "Grand Theft Auto" publisher Take-Two Interactive Software , escalating its battle with Activision for the title of biggest video game maker.
Pioneer to stop making 42-inch plasma panels: reportmore similar news »
TOKYO (Reuters) - Pioneer Corp plans to stop making 42-inch plasma display panels and instead procure panels that size and smaller from Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd or Hitachi Ltd , the Asahi newspaper reported.
Nokia: Delaware case unlikely to solve Qualcomm rowmore similar news »
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Cellphone maker Nokia said on Sunday its agreement in a U.S. court in Delaware with Qualcomm was unlikely to solve the major legal battle over patent fees between the two technology heavyweights.
Microsoft says jobs aplenty even after Yahoo dealmore similar news »
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp suggested on Friday that it had no plans to make major lay-offs if it succeeded in buying Yahoo Inc, saying there were plenty of employee opportunities throughout the company.
U.S. says "virtual fence" on border ready for usemore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A high-tech "virtual fence" on part of the U.S. border with Mexico is finally ready for service and the technology can fight illegal crossings all along the frontier, the Homeland Security chief said on Friday.
Sony to buy LCD TV panels from Sharp: sourcemore similar news »
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp is planning to start buying TV-use liquid crystal display (LCD) panels from Sharp Corp as early as in the next business year that begins in April, a source close to the matter said on Saturday.
Nokia Siemens nears Ericsson in mobile networksmore similar news »
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Recently founded Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) closed in on Ericsson's lead in the cutthroat global market for wireless network gear in the fourth quarter, research firm Dell'Oro said.
Britain threatens legislation over Internet piracymore similar news »
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will impose legislation on Internet service providers (ISPs) by April 2009 if they do not work with the music and film industries to curb illegal downloading, the government said on Friday.
Detroit funds sue Yahoo over Microsoft rebuffmore similar news »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two Detroit pension funds sued Yahoo Inc and its board on Friday for rejecting Microsoft Corp's unsolicited $41.2 billion offer in a sign of growing shareholder frustration with the online search and media company.
EU, U.S. vow crackdown on computer counterfeitsmore similar news »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU and U.S. senior officials said on Friday they would crack down on counterfeiting of computer components after they seized over 360,000 fake items in just two weeks in a joint operation at the end of last year.
China asks Web sites to eradicate porn, violencemore similar news »
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has called on domestic Web sites to sign a voluntary pact governing online video and audio content, saying they should exercise self-censorship to ensure a "healthy and orderly" cyberspace.
Microsoft opens key software details to rivalsmore similar news »
REDMOND, Washington (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp, faced with regulatory concerns in Europe and customers struggling with complex computer systems, said on Thursday it would publish critical information so rival programs can work better with Windows, Office and other major products.
EMC into Web-based services with ex-Microsoft execmore similar news »
BOSTON (Reuters) - EMC Corp, the world's biggest maker of corporate storage computing gear, said on Thursday it was hiring former Microsoft Corp executive Paul Maritz to run a division to develop services delivered over the Web.
Finding a mentor via online social communitiesmore similar news »
LONDON (Reuters) - "Lavenderblu" was a young girl when she got her first taste of domestic violence. After suffering at the hands of her father and witnessing repeated attacks on her mother, she ended up in a violent relationship of her own before finally managing to leave and find refuge with a women's support group.
Google to sell display ads in Web videosmore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc plans to start selling ads to appear in Web videos and has signed up 20 customers, as it aims to do for videos what it has done for text.
EU "smart chip" guidelines aim to protect privacymore similar news »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - "Smart" chips embedded in items ranging from pets to retail products will have to be deactivated at the point of sale to protect purchasers' privacy under draft guidelines proposed on Thursday by the European Commission.
All Hollywood studios now lined up behind Blu-Raymore similar news »
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - All six major Hollywood studios are now in the Blu-ray DVD camp, a day after Toshiba pulled the plug on HD DVD and Blu-ray became effectively the only next-generation game in town.
HP says annual video conference room sales doublingmore similar news »
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co , the world's largest personal computer maker, said on Thursday its installations of new Halo video conferencing rooms have more than doubled annually since the product's launch in 2005.
