News technology 2008-05-13 Andanh.com

HP says it will buy EDS for about $12.6 billion Tue, 13 May 2008 08:07:59 -0400
NEW YORK - Hewlett-Packard says it will buy Electronic Data Systems for about $12.57 billion in cash in a move to more than double its services revenue and become a bigger...

Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope blasts off Tue, 13 May 2008 04:19:25 -0400
SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday, bringing the free Web-based program for zooming around the universe to a broad audience. WorldWide...

Google joins effort to make more Web sites more sociable Mon, 12 May 2008 16:16:25 -0400
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - The effort to make it easier for Web surfers to connect with their friends is attracting a crowd. Following similar moves by the two biggest online...

Study: Video game industry holds promise for NYC's economy Mon, 12 May 2008 15:15:07 -0400
NEW YORK -A new study shows that the growing video game industry holds out much promise for New York City's economy. But despite gains in the area, the study says the...

MIT students show power of open cell phone systems Mon, 12 May 2008 15:12:58 -0400
CAMBRIDGE - What do you want your cell phone to be able to do? Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Hal Abelson put that question to about 20 computer science...

Apple: iPhone sold out in US, UK Mon, 12 May 2008 14:08:29 -0400
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc. says its online stores in the U.S. and U.K. are sold out of the iPhone, a sign supplies are being winnowed ahead of the launch of the device's...

Needles and spins: Vinyl comeback drives turntable demand Mon, 12 May 2008 10:35:50 -0400
For decades the turntable market has survived because of the patronage of old folks, hip-hop DJs and those dorky crate-diggers who haunt the Harvard Square record shops. But...

New top-of-the-line BlackBerry doubles screen resolution Mon, 12 May 2008 09:59:30 -0400
NEW YORK - Research In Motion Ltd. on Monday introduced its first major new BlackBerry model in more than a year: the Bold, a high-end model that further demonstrates the...

JVC, Kenwood move toward merger Mon, 12 May 2008 06:47:03 -0400
TOKYO - Home electronics suppliers Victor Co. of Japan and Kenwood Corp. said Monday they have agreed to set up a joint holding company effective Oct. 1. The move is the...

Next generation of business software could get more fun Mon, 12 May 2008 04:27:05 -0400
CAMBRIDGE - Once upon a time, people bonded with their co-workers on office softball teams and traded gossip at the watercooler. OK, so those days aren't gone yet....

Sick hacker glories in an attack on Epilepsy Foundation Sun, 11 May 2008 04:03:49 -0400
SAN FRANCISCO - Computer attacks typically don't inflict physical pain on their victims. But in a rare example of an attack apparently motivated by malice rather than...

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