News technology 2008-05-27 Andanh.com

Agreement may mean end of cable set-top boxes Tue, 27 May 2008 17:20:27 -0400
WASHINGTON - The set-top box, a necessary appendage for millions of cable televisions for decades, is moving toward extinction. A leading television manufacturer, Sony...

Belgian copyright group wants $77M from Google Tue, 27 May 2008 12:44:01 -0400
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Belgian French-language newspapers said today they want search engine Google Inc. to pay up to 49 million euros ($77 million) in damages for publishing...

YouTube suit called threat to online communication Tue, 27 May 2008 06:06:13 -0400
NEW YORK - A $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit challenging YouTube's ability to keep copyrighted material off its popular video-sharing site threatens how hundreds...

Borders returns to Web retailing after 7 years Tue, 27 May 2008 06:02:38 -0400
DETROIT - Borders Group is jumping back into online retailing with a Web site designed to evoke the feeling of browsing at a neighborhood bookstore, down to the popular shelves...

Japan urges limits to youngster cell phone use Tue, 27 May 2008 05:57:54 -0400
TOKYO - Japanese youngsters are getting so addicted to Internet-linking cell phones that the government is starting a program warning parents and schools to limit their use...

US uses bullets ill-suited for new ways of war Mon, 26 May 2008 22:49:23 -0400
WASHINGTON - Strange as it sounds, nearly seven years into the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, bullets are a controversial subject for the U.S. Smaller, steel-penetrating...

Lexus of space station labs poised for launch Mon, 26 May 2008 22:42:24 -0400
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Japan is about to roll out the Lexus of space station labs, a whopper in size and sophistication. The $1 billion Kibo lab - which means "hope"...

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