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Facebook co-founder leaves for new venture

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The college roommate who helped Mark Zuckerberg start Facebook is leaving the fast-growing social networking website in a matter of weeks to create a new Internet technology firm.


EBay cuts 10 percent of workforce

October 06, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Online auction giant eBay Inc. announced on Monday that it was cutting 1,000 permanent employees and several hundred temporary workers, about 10 percent of its global workforce.


Hitachi unveils ultra-fast search of recordings

October 06, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

Japan's Hitachi Ltd. said Monday it has developed technology that makes it possible to find a single word in 2,000 hours of recorded material through a search of just three seconds.


ASEAN may slash mobile roaming fees by half next year: report

October 05, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Roaming fees for mobile phone users in Southeast Asia making calls outside their own country may be cut by half early next year, according to report Sunday citing a Malaysian minister.


SKorea semiconductor exports fall

October 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

South Korea, the world's top memory chip producer, suffered a drop in semiconductor exports for a third straight month in September amid a market glut and a slow US economy, data showed Sunday.


Obama has huge lead over McCain -- in cyberspace

October 05, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s) | User comments: 8

If the US presidential election was being held in cyberspace, Barack Obama would win in a landslide. The Democratic candidate has raised tens of millions of dollars more than Republican John McCain online ...


Google postpones Yahoo online ad deal

October 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Google said it is postponing a planned online advertising tie-up with Yahoo to allow more time for US anti-trust regulators to consider the ramifications of the deal.


Google launches blog tracking service

October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | No comments yet

Google has launched an enhanced blog tracking service that helps people mine a growing mountain of online commentary for gems worth reading.


Electric vehicles spark at Paris car show

October 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | No comments yet

Carmarkers rolled out a slew of electric models at the Paris motor show Friday, with a view to filling dealer showrooms by 2012 when new European legislation on curbing emissions kicks in.


Nokia's unlimited music service on sale Oct 16 in Britain

October 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Nokia will start offering unlimited music through mobile phones in Britain on October 16, the Finnish company said Thursday, as it seeks to muscle in on a market dominated by Apple's iPod.


Skype admits privacy breach by Chinese partner (Update)

October 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

Skype on Thursday became the latest US firm embroiled in controversy over its operations in China, acknowledging that its Chinese partner had been archiving politically sensitive text messages.


China spying on Skype users: Canadian researchers

October 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2

China is monitoring the chat messages of Skype users and censoring them if they contain sensitive keywords such as "Tibet" or "Communist Party," according to a group of Canadian researchers.


South Korea's free computer game model hits US

October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | No comments yet

Free computer game play that is all the rage in South Korean is taking hold in a US market dominated by videogames sold on packaged disks or by online subscriptions.


Google teams with film stars to register US voters

October 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Film stars including Forest Whitaker, Leonardo DiCaprio and Dustin Hoffman joined forces with Google on Wednesday in a campaign to get US citizens to vote in the coming presidential election.


Solar powered cars race in South Africa

October 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Africa's first-ever solar-powered car race is underway in South Africa to raise awareness about alternative energy and promote science and technology, organisers said Wednesday.


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