Technology News: General

London, June 17 (ANI): It helped you get back in shape and even trained your brains. Now, video game brand Nintendo has created a talking kitchen guide, which could spell the end of the traditional cook book.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

BOSTON (Reuters) - IBM will offer help desk service for its Symphony line of software, raising the competition with rival Microsoft Corp's suite of Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

By Baker Li
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Intel Corp said the market for smaller, low-cost personal computers, some of which can fit in one's pocket, could be as big as $10 billion, driven by demand from emerging and matured markets.

Washington, June 2 (ANI): Information technologies like computer-based screening, which give immediate results of the doctor-patient interaction, may prove to be life-savers for adolescents by quickly identifying high-risk behaviours among them, says a new study.

By Chloe Fussell
EDINBURGH (Reuters Life!) - When the ancient system of Scottish tribes risked fading away two decades ago the 30th chief of the Carmichael clan turned to the Mormon Church.

Washington, May 26 (ANI): It's only a matter of a few years before scientists develop graphene based computer and TV displays, for researchers at the University of Manchester have taken a step in this direction by creating tiny liquid crystal devices with electrodes made from graphene.

Washington, May 23 (ANI): Students of immunology can now learn the basics of their subject in an interesting and amusing way, thanks to the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), which is all set to launch 'Immune Attack', an exciting, fun and fast-moving video game that teaches the critical scientific facts of immunology.

Washington, May 22 (ANI): Kids with autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) may soon get a saviour in the form of a novel "vest" that will provide them anxiety relief.

By David Lawsky
ST GALLEN, Switzerland (Reuters) - Microsoft said on Wednesday that starting some time next year it will make it easier for users of an open-source rival to work with Microsoft Office.