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Australian woman described as the world's oldest blogger dies AP - Mon, Jul 14
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) _ A 108-year-old Australian woman who was promoted as the world's oldest blogger has died two weeks after making her last post about "singing a happy song," her great-grand son and her online forum said.
Mobile web surfing on the rise ANI - Fri, Jul 11
London, July 11 (ANI): The number of people using their mobile phones to surf net has significant increased this year.
Yahoo CEO says not likely to meet with Microsoft Reuters - Fri, Jul 11
By Sue Zeidler
SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's chief executive said on Thursday he was unlikely to meet with representatives of potential suitor Microsoft Corp at this year's meeting of media and tech executives in Idaho.
Apple's iPhone goes on sale in Japan to cheering crowd lined up outside downtown Tokyo store AP - Fri, Jul 11
TOKYO (AP) _ The iPhone went on sale at a Tokyo store Friday, making its debut in Japan, amid swirling smoke after a 30-second countdown chanted by hundreds of people lined up, some for days, snaking around the block.
New Zealanders queue in main cities to buy iPhone AP - Fri, Jul 11
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) _ Hundreds of enthusiasts queued outside stores in New Zealand's main cities as midnight Thursday arrived, loudly counting down the seconds to the first local sale of the new iPhone.
Apple's iPhone debuts to lines, hype, ceremonial fanfare in gadget-loving Japan AP - Thu, Jul 10
TOKYO (AP) _ Gadget lovers are already camped out at a Tokyo store ahead of the global rollout Friday of the next-generation iPhone.
Google launches software for virtual socializing IE - Wed, Jul 9
In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organising the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc hopes to orchestrate more virtual socialising on the Web.
Internet flaw could let hackers take over the Web IE - Wed, Jul 9
Computer industry heavyweights are hustling to fix a flaw in the foundation of the Internet that would let hackers control traffic on the World Wide Web.
Wed, Jul 9
By Daisuke Wakabayashi
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp introduced on Wednesday pricing for its suite of online services targeted at corporate customers and a revenue-sharing plan to encourage other companies to sell the software company's products.
Coming soon, a laser gun that can detect roadside bombs ANI - Tue, Jul 8
Washington, July 8 (ANI): Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have developed a laser system that can safely tell if a suspicious package is an explosive, from up to 100 meters away.
Microsoft willing to restart Yahoo talks IE - Tue, Jul 8
Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would be willing to reopen talks to buy all or part of Yahoo Inc, but only if a new Yahoo board is elected -- a big boost for financier Carl Icahn's board slate.
Now, a coat of paint that can save airplanes from disasters (Re-issue) ANI - Sun, Jul 6
Melbourne, July 6 (ANI): Though airplanes are inspected on a daily basis, small defects are easily overlooked. Now, scientists have revealed that they are testing a new paint that detects hidden flaws on planes.
Japanese sails solo across Pacific in wave-powered boat AP - Sat, Jul 5
TOKYO (AP) _ Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie took more than three months to sail from Hawaii to Japan in a boat powered by the energy of ocean waves, but says he was blessed with good weather and tasty fish.
MS, Yahoo mull media partner options: Source IE - Thu, Jul 3
Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc have been holding separate talks with other potential media partners after their negotiations with each other broke down, sources familiar with the companies' thinking said on Wednesday.
Canadian fiddler looks for quick payday via eBay Reuters - Thu, Jul 3
By Lionel Perron
TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian fiddler who is no stranger to controversy has put half his future music earnings up for sale on eBay, the auction website.
New Zealand man puts soul up for public auction to highest bidder AP - Wed, Jul 2
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) _ A New Zealand man has put his soul up for auction to the highest bidder, noting that it is "a merry old soul" rather than a "funk soul brother" but that he would "would like to think there is a bit of funk in there somewhere.
For first time, fixed phone calls in Japan drop below 50 percent of all calls made AP - Wed, Jul 2
TOKYO (AP) _ Mobile phones are gradually making land-line telephones a thing of the past in Japan. For the first time, fixed-line telephones accounted for less than half of all calls made in a fiscal year, losing out to mobile units and Internet-based services, a government report said this week. Calls placed from fixed-line phones at home, offices or public phones fell 6.4 percent to 59.
New iPhone to sell for $599-$699 without contract Reuters - Wed, Jul 2
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumers who want the new iPhone but cannot or do not want to sign up for a two-year contract with AT&T Inc will eventually be able to buy it for an extra $400.
Now, PalmSecure that scans veins in user's palm for identification ANI - Tue, Jul 1
Washington, July 1 (ANI): Forget fingerprint and iris scanners, the future of automated identification using body parts is in the palm of your hand, at least that's what Fujitsu Computer Products of America wants people to think.
Indonesia's inflation rate climbs to 11 percent after government hikes fuel prices AP - Tue, Jul 1
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) _ Indonesia's inflation rate climbed to 11 percent after government fuel hikes caused the price of food and other basic goods to skyrocket, the Central Statistics Bureau said Tuesday.