 Crackdown launched on illegal downloads 22 hours ago | User rating: 1.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Britain's six biggest internet providers have backed a government plan to clamp down on rampant music and film piracy, it was reported Thursday . | |
 China's mobile users top 600 million: govt 16 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The number of mobile users in China, the world's biggest cellphone market, now tops 600 million, the government said, as subscribers increasingly abandon fixed lines. | |
 Hackers get hold of critical Internet flaw (Update) 10 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Internet security researchers on Thursday warned that hackers have caught on to a "critical" flaw that lets them control traffic on the Internet. | |
Creators of Scrabble knockoff on Facebook sued 13 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- T-R-O-U-B-L-E could loom for a Scrabble knockoff that has become one of the most popular activities on Facebook. | |
Intel Outlines Plans for New Category of Smarter, Purpose-Built 'System on Chip' Designs 14 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
As Internet access continues to be added to all kinds of computers and devices, Intel executives outlined a plan to use its chip design expertise, factory capacity, advanced manufacturing techniques and the economics of Moore's ... | |
Taiwan's AU Optronics posts lower-than-expected profit 22 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Taiwan's AU Optronics Corp., the world's third-largest flat-panel maker by revenue, said Thursday its second-quarter net profit fell 24.4 percent from the previous quarter due to weak global demand. | |
 Microsoft shakes up online division and deepens Facebook ties (Update) 11 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Microsoft is shaking up management of its online division and strengthening its tie to Facebook in the aftermath of a failed bid to buy Yahoo to bolster its lagging Internet business. | |
Major shareholder advisory firm backs Yahoo board 13 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- An influential shareholder advisory firm endorsed the re-election of Yahoo Inc.'s entire board Thursday, reducing the chances that the Internet company's directors will be ousted for spurning Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 ... | |
Embarq provides more details on Web tracking test 16 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Embarq Corp. has revealed more details about its exploration of a program that tracked Internet subscribers' Web-surfing habits for advertising purposes, telling Congress that it performed the test on 26,000 customers ... | |
Amazon shares leap on strong quarterly report 16 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. shares leaped 13 percent Thursday after the Internet retailer showed that it doesn't seem to be bothered by the sputtering U.S. economy. | |
Qualcomm earns outlook falls short of expectations 16 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Qualcomm, the world's largest maker of chips that run cell phones, issued fourth-quarter and full-year earnings guidance Thursday that fell short of Wall Street targets, but the stock soared on a broad-ranging legal ... | |
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