HP unveils small laptop for schoolkids (AP)08.04.2008 10:23 - source: Yahoo tech AP - One more of the world's biggest technology companies is clamoring to enter the growing market for pint-sized computers targeted mainly for pint-sized customers. Read more… |
Online crooks face tough competition (AP)08.04.2008 10:23 - source: Yahoo tech AP - Fierce competition among identity thieves has driven the prices for stolen data down to bargain-basement levels, which has forced crooks to adopt mainstream business tactics to lure customers, according to a new report on Internet security threats. Read more… |
Yahoo still wants Microsoft to raise bid (AP)08.04.2008 10:23 - source: Yahoo tech AP - Brushing aside the threat of a disruptive takeover battle that could batter its shaky stock, Internet pioneer Yahoo Inc. on Monday reiterated its refusal to sell to Microsoft Corp. for less than $45 billion. Read more… |
Online music site Sellaband gets $5 mln investor (Reuters)08.04.2008 10:23 - source: Yahoo tech Reuters - Dutch-based online music Web site Sellaband.com said on Tuesday that European venture capital fund Prime Technology Ventures has invested $5 million in the company to help it expand in the United States. Read more… |
HP Ships Ultraportable Laptop With Via Inside, Not Intel (PC World)08.04.2008 10:23 - source: Yahoo tech PC World - Hewlett-Packard unveiled its Compaq 2133 ultraportable laptop, which uses a C7-M microprocessor from Taiwan's Via Technolo... Read more… |
Nokia to open research center in Switzerland (Reuters)08.04.2008 10:23 - source: Yahoo tech Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) said on Tuesday it would establish a research center in Lausanne, Switzerland, in collaboration with two Swiss federal institutes of technology. Read more… |
Spring Users To Get Assist In Building Java Web Services (TechWeb)08.04.2008 10:23 - source: Yahoo tech TechWeb - WSO2's grafted approach to Spring's Web services may appeal to open source developers eyeing rapid, lightweight Java developments. Read more… |
Adobe Merges Business Units Serving PCs, Mobile (TechWeb)08.04.2008 10:23 - source: Yahoo tech TechWeb - The move represents the further consolidation of its 2005 Macromedia acquisition and the market need for software that can run on multiple devices. Read more… |
IBM Confident of Victory in Patent Spat With Asustek (PC World)08.04.2008 10:23 - source: Yahoo tech PC World - IBM believes it will prevail both with the U.S. International Trade Commission and in U.S. courts in a patent spat with As... Read more… |
Disney game arm to buy Chinese developer (AP)08.04.2008 10:23 - source: Yahoo tech AP - The Walt Disney Co.'s video game arm has agreed to buy a Chinese game developer as the U.S. entertainment company seeks to expand its presence in China. Read more… |
Petraeus To Urge More Patience In Iraq08.04.2008 10:23 - source: CBS The four-star general in charge of U.S. forces in Iraq wants more time in a war that is now in its sixth year. Democrats say he has got until the November elections. Read more… |
Kansas Seizes Title In A Game To Remember08.04.2008 10:23 - source: CBS There's a "rule" among members of the press covering a sporting event, which states: "No cheering from the press box." Lloyd Garver says that rule went out the window somewhere in the second half of the NCAA Championship between Kansas and Memphis. Read more… |
International Torch Relay May Be Scrapped08.04.2008 10:23 - source: CBS Olympic officials are to consider scrapping the international leg of the Beijing torch relay as a result of the anti-Chinese protests that have dogged the event. Read more… |
400 Children Taken From Polygamist Sect08.04.2008 10:23 - source: CBS More than 400 children, mostly girls in pioneer dresses, were swept into state custody from a polygamist sect in what authorities described as the largest child-welfare operation in Texas history. Read more… |
Illegal Immigrant Births - At Your Expense08.04.2008 10:23 - source: CBS An estimated 300,000 children of illegal immigrants are born in the United States every year. They're often given free medical care, and are granted citizenship. But, Byron Pitts reports, taxpayers foot the bill. Read more… |
Clinton: Bush Should Skip Olympic Ceremony08.04.2008 10:23 - source: CBS Sen. Hillary Clinton on Monday called on President Bush to stay away from the Olympics opening ceremonies in Beijing, a fresh sign that politics, not sports, may take center stage at the summer games. Read more… |
U.S. Gas Prices Kick Into Overdrive08.04.2008 10:23 - source: CBS Gas prices rose further into record territory, pulled higher by resurgent oil futures and a growing belief that gasoline supplies are falling as the summer driving season approaches. Read more… |
CBS: No Plans To Outsource News Operations08.04.2008 10:23 - source: CBS CBS News has no plans to outsource any of its newsgathering operations to CNN, a CBS News spokesperson said. Read more… |
Washington Post Wins 6 Pulitzers08.04.2008 10:23 - source: CBS The Washington Post has won six 2008 Pulitzer Prizes, including the public service award for exposing poor treatment of America's war wounded at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Read more… |
GOP Senator May Testify At Sex Trial08.04.2008 10:23 - source: CBS Sen. David Vitter may be called to testify in the upcoming trial of a woman accused of running a high-end Washington prostitution ring. Read more… |
Bush Pushes Colombia Free Trade Pact08.04.2008 10:23 - source: CBS President Bush on Monday signed a letter to send a controversial free trade agreement with Colombia to Congress - a move that will force lawmakers to vote within 90 days. Read more… |
Report: IRS Computers Prone To Hackers08.04.2008 10:23 - source: CBS A week before the tax filing deadline, Treasury Department watchdogs are saying that inadequate controls over the IRS computer system could make confidential taxpayer information more vulnerable to hacking and theft. Read more… |
McCain: Dems Making Empty Promises On Iraq08.04.2008 10:23 - source: CBS John McCain insists last year's U.S. troop buildup in Iraq brought a glimmer of "something approaching normal" there, and he says his Democratic rivals are making promises to bring troops home that they can't keep. Read more… |
Babies gain weight with less sleep08.04.2008 10:23 - source: USATODAY.com Infants and toddlers who slept fewer than 12 hours in a 24-hour period were twice as likely to be overweight than longer sleepers ... Read more… |
Former patient starts camp for kids with skin diseases08.04.2008 10:23 - source: USATODAY.com Francesca Tenconi was diagnosed at 11 with pemphigus foliaceous, a skin disease that threatened her life and eventually claimed ... Read more… |