Technology News: General

MySpace can collect USD 6 million from a notorious Internet marketer accused by the popular online hangout of spamming its users.

TOKYO (AP) _ Japanese police have arrested three people for threatening to commit crimes in online messages, apparently imitating a killer who fatally stabbed seven people this month after posting similar notes on the Internet, news reports said.

India and Canada have launched ten joint initiatives worth USD 17 million in the Science and Technology sector as part of an agreement signed between them in 2005. The announcement was made on Sunday by Minister of Science and Technology Kapil Sibal and Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade David Emerson in a joint statement in Toronto.

Washington, June 13 (ANI): The use of rescue robots may prove to be a great technological achievement in saving lives, as these robots search through rubble of a collapsed building or survey a chemical spill area. However, emergency planners, working away from the immediate disaster site face difficulty in co-ordinating with these robots due to lack of the images sent by them from the site.

By Daisuke Wakabayashi and Anupreeta Das
SEATTLE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp ended months of deal talks on Thursday as the Web pioneer agreed to let archrival Google Inc sell search ads on its site, the companies said.

Yahoo Inc said on Thursday its Web advertising resale pact with Google offers faster payback than a Microsoft deal, but it declined to rule out future pacts with Microsoft.

Yahoo and Google announced a much-rumored alliance to put the Internet search king's expertise to work pumping money from its floundering rival's online advertising.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Stock Exchange, a unit of NYSE Euronext, has asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for permission to start offering real-time market data to media and Internet organizations starting in July, seeking to join Nasdaq OMX Group Inc and BATS Trading, which recently announced similar projects.

BEIJING (AP) _ China denied accusations by two U.S. lawmakers that it hacked into congressional computers, saying Thursday that as a developing country it wasn't capable of sophisticated cybercrime.

TOKYO (AP) _ Japanese authorities launched a series of raids this month on companies suspected of making and shipping pumps used to enrich uranium for North Korea's nuclear weapons program, police and a company official said Thursday.

TOKYO (AP) _ Toyota said Wednesday it will introduce a plug-in hybrid vehicle with next-generation lithium-ion batteries in Japan, the U.S. and Europe by 2010. The ecological gas-electric vehicles, which can be recharged from a home electrical outlet, will target fleet customers, Toyota Motor Corp. said in a statement.

PARIS (Reuters) - France plans to use the help of Internet service providers to block websites which disseminate child pornography, Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said on Tuesday.

HONG KONG (AP) _ Apple Inc.'s iPhone will go on sale in Hong Kong next month, part of a global rollout of the company's popular device.

TOKYO (AP) _ Apple's new iPhone, featuring faster Internet connections and satellite navigation capabilities, will be available in Japan on July 11, when the third-generation device goes on sale globally.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs is expected to unveil on Monday a new version of the iPhone that will offer faster Internet access.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) _ Taiwan's Acer Inc. said Monday it has settled its yearlong patent infringement battle with rival Hewlett-Packard of the United States.

Washington, June 8 (ANI): Though robots moving around, doing household chores and fighting like humans is something limited to sci-fi films, scientists are trying hard to build androids that simulate humans in many activities. And they have taken a major step in this direction by creating a mobile robotic arm with the ability to "see" its environment through a digital camera.

By Ian MacKenzie
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - The bright and dark sides of the digital era will be explored at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, the anarchic sideshow to the world's largest annual celebration of the arts in the Scottish capital.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) _ Intel Corp. is facing a multimillion dollar fine in South Korea for something it says it does not do.

HONG KONG (AP) _ Jackie Chan says his Chinese dealership for the Segway scooter is doing well but Segway's owners are keeping his costs up because they won't let him assemble the battery-powered vehicle in China due to piracy fears.