Mobile gaming market troubles to continue: Nokiamore similar news »
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The global economic slowdown will hurt the mobile gaming market this year and next after it already suffered an unexpected slump last year, the head of gaming at Nokia said on Wednesday.
Social networking sites "good for businesses"more similar news »
LONDON (Reuters) - Good news for workers addicted to Facebook, Bebo and MySpace -- a British think-tank says bosses should not stop their staff using social networking sites because they could actually benefit their firms.
LittleBigPlanet players help build video gamemore similar news »
RALEIGH, NC (Reuters) - Sony Computer Entertainment America's "LittleBigPlanet" game, released in North America on Tuesday, lets players create characters and scenarios for the PlayStation 3, taking the Internet's embrace of community-created sites to video games.
LinkedIn offers new apps in office pushmore similar news »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - LinkedIn, the career-oriented social networking website, on Wednesday will unveil an assortment of applications from big names like Google Inc and Amazon.com Inc in a push to integrate LinkedIn's platform into the daily workings of corporate life.
EA takes FIFA 09, Spore Origin to N-Gage this yearmore similar news »
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Electronic Arts will launch hit titles EA Sports FIFA 09, Spore Origins and Monopoly Here & Now for Nokia's N-Gage gaming service in time for Christmas sales, the U.S. video games firm said on Wednesday.
Microsoft says next Office suite will go on the Webmore similar news »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The next upgrade of Office business software from Microsoft Corp will include a version that edits word processing documents and spreadsheets inside a Web browser, the software maker said on Tuesday.
Windows 7 aims to simplifymore similar news »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is betting its next Windows operating system will be faster and easier to use and avoid the missteps of Windows Vista that alienated many users of the software that powers 90 percent of the world's PCs.
Lawmaker wants indepth review of Google/Yahoo dealmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading Republican lawmaker asked the Justice Department on Tuesday to "thoroughly investigate" antitrust and privacy issues in a search advertising partnership planned by Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.
Google to pay $125 million in online books settlementmore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc has reached a legal settlement with authors and major publishers that paves the way for readers to search through millions of copyrighted books online, browse passages and purchase copies.
Tech giants agree on free speech principals: reportmore similar news »
(Reuters) - Google Inc, Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc are expected to announce on Tuesday that they have agreed to a common set of principals on how to do business in nations that restrict free speech and expression, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Microsoft anti-piracy move irks Chinese officialmore similar news »
BEIJING (Reuters) - A top Chinese copyright official chided Microsoft for launching an anti-piracy tool that nags users of counterfeit software with a black computer screen and said the company's prices were too high.
Microsoft to rent Web "cloud" computing spacemore similar news »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp took the wraps off a new computing service that allows companies to use its data centers to run their Web applications in a bid to become a player in the "cloud computing" trend.
Microsoft matches reward for missing Canadian teenmore similar news »
TORONTO (Reuters) - Software giant Microsoft Corp has matched a reward being offered in the search for a missing Canadian teenager who ran away from home after his parents took away his Xbox 360 video game console.
Wireless bolsters Verizon profit despite economymore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stronger-than-expected wireless sales helped Verizon Communications Inc post a higher quarterly profit despite a fall in landline customers and worries of a slower U.S. economy, lifting its shares 12 percent.
Microsoft looks to rent Web "cloud" computing spacemore similar news »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp took the wraps off a new computing service that allows companies to use its data centers to run their Web applications in a bid to become a player in the so-called "cloud computing" trend.
Is surfing the Internet altering your brain?more similar news »
CANBERRA (Reuters) - The Internet is not just changing the way people live but altering the way our brains work with a neuroscientist arguing this is an evolutionary change which will put the tech-savvy at the top of the new social order.
NII, RIM to launch new smartphone in Latin Americamore similar news »
(Reuters) - Wireless carrier NII Holdings Inc said it will launch Research In Motion's BlackBerry smartphone in Latin America during the first quarter of 2009. The company, formerly Nextel International Inc, said it will launch the BlackBerry smartphone in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Peru.
Lawmaker questions Google-backed spectrum planmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. lawmaker on Friday joined a growing chorus asking the head of the Federal Communications Commission to explain his plan to open unused airwaves for wireless devices, an approach backed by Google Inc.
EU MPs concerned by airport full-body scannersmore similar news »
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Airport full-body scanners that show people's private parts are a virtual strip search, European Union lawmakers said Thursday, calling for detailed study of the technology before it is used.
Onion News Network goes globalmore similar news »
LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - The Onion News Network, an offshoot of the satirical newspaper the Onion, will be available to online viewers across the U.K., Europe and Asia following an exclusive deal Wednesday with digital distributor MyVideoRights.com.
Computer heart model recalls da Vinci's sketchesmore similar news »
LONDON (Reuters) - Five centuries after Leonardo da Vinci's intricate drawings transformed understanding of the human heart, a new computer model promises to do the same for modern-day cardiac care, experts say.
Japan, Korea lead in fiber-optic broadband: OECDmore similar news »
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Fiber-optic cable has become the biggest single broadband technology in Korea and Japan, which lead the world in the proportion of households connected to the Internet with super-fast links, OECD data showed on Thursday.
Netflix, Samsung in streaming partnershipmore similar news »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Online DVD rental company Netflix Inc said on Wednesday that some of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's Blu-ray DVD devices can now play video streamed over the Web from Netflix.
Film studios, RealNetworks battle over DVD copyingmore similar news »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Technology company RealNetworks and major film studios on Tuesday squared off in a legal battle over a new product allowing consumers to make computer copies of DVDs that the studios claim is illegal.
Norway consumer body challenges Apple over iTunesmore similar news »
OSLO (Reuters) - A Norway consumer agency said it aims to take computer group Apple to court over what it calls unfair barriers to playing music from the iTunes music store on devices other than Apple's iPod.
Dell-Paramount deal puts "Iron Man" on PCsmore similar news »
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - PC manufacturer Dell and Paramount Pictures are opening a new front in digital distribution with an offering allowing consumers to order "Iron Man" preloaded into newly purchased computers.
Sirius adds some XM channels to radio servicemore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey, professional hockey and basketball games and other programing previously exclusive to XM Satellite Radio can now be heard on Sirius's service, some two months after their controversial merger was completed.
TSMC says to use 28nm chips by early 2010more similar news »
TAIPEI (Reuters) - TSMC , the world's biggest contract chip maker, said on Tuesday it would start using advanced 28-nanometer technology in early 2010 to produce chips used in new, higher-performance tech gadgets.
EA signs video game deal with "300" directormore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc has signed a deal for Hollywood director Zack Snyder, who made the hit 2006 film "300," to help develop video games, some of which may someday become movies themselves.
Full encryption stops Amazon Web video leak: Adobemore similar news »
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Amazon.com has fixed a glitch in its video streaming service by adopting Adobe Systems Inc's encryption on all television shows and movies found on its site, software maker Adobe said on Monday.
Tech stocks fall hard as economic immunity doubtedmore similar news »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of the world's hottest technology stocks joined hard-pressed financial stocks in a sharp sell-off on Monday as investor fears mounted that the crisis on Wall Street was dampening U.S. consumer demand.
Media, technology companies unite to fight piracymore similar news »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A group founded by several major media and technology companies plans to promote the Web as a place for consumers to get songs, television shows and movies without resorting to piracy.
EA sets video game deal with "300" directormore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc has signed a deal for Hollywood director Zack Snyder, who made the hit 2006 film "300," to help develop video games, some of which may someday become movies themselves.
Apple tumbles on consumer spending concernsmore similar news »
BOSTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc shares tumbled 16 percent on Monday, their biggest drop in seven years, amid concerns the maker of Mac computers and other consumer electronics will suffer as the economy slows.
Theaters, studios near deal for digital projectionmore similar news »
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A consortium of the nation's top movie-theater chains will announce within two weeks a $1 billion-plus financing agreement with four major studios to equip more than 15,000 screens nationwide with digital-projection systems during the next three years.
Nintendo to launch camera, music-capable DS: reportmore similar news »
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd plans to launch a new model of its DS handheld machine that can take pictures and play music by the end of the year, the Nikkei business daily said on Sunday.
