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Workers move a Michael Jackson billboard outside the Staples ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:47:08 GMT

(AFP) - Workers move a Michael Jackson billboard outside the Staples Center after a press conference telling people how to get tickets to the upcoming memorial for the music legend at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles. The website set up to process applications for tickets to Michael Jackson's memorial service received more than half a billion hits in less than two hours, officials said Friday.(AFP/Robyn Beck)

Swedish mobile phone network supplier Ericsson won contracts ...

(Ericsson/File) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:08:40 GMT

(Ericsson/File) - Swedish mobile phone network supplier Ericsson won contracts to supply broadband Internet to millions of users in China by a deal with three operators there.(Ericsson/File)

A view of the Volkswagen logo. Volkswagen hopes to turn out ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:05:57 GMT

(AFP/File) - A view of the Volkswagen logo. Volkswagen hopes to turn out its first all-electric car in 2013, VW head Martin Winterkorn said Friday(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)

Japanese veterans in Imperial Army uniforms march in front of ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:59:07 GMT

(AFP/File) - Japanese veterans in Imperial Army uniforms march in front of the Tarii Gate to offer prayers for the country's war dead at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, 2006. Old Asia-Pacific maps from Japanese Imperial Army archives are going online for modern use, such as studying changes in forest cover or the growth of cities.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev stands during the recording ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:48:23 GMT

(Reuters) - Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev stands during the recording of his Internet blog at the presidential residence Gorki outside Moscow, June 30, 2009. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Dmitry Astakhov

The Obama administration is planning to use the National Security ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:44:28 GMT

(AFP/File) - The Obama administration is planning to use the National Security Agency to screen Internet traffic between government agencies and the private sector, the Washington Post reported Friday, quoting Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, seen here in June 2009.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)

Chinese workers use their computers in a coffee shop in Chengdu, ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:31:24 GMT

(AFP/File) - Chinese workers use their computers in a coffee shop in Chengdu, 2008. Several PC makers said they were voluntarily including China's controversial Internet filter software in new shipments despite Beijing's decision to postpone making it mandatory.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)

A sales assistant holds up a Nokia handset featuring a new mobile ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:06:56 GMT

(AFP/File) - A sales assistant holds up a Nokia handset featuring a new mobile internet music download platform at a store in Hong Kong. Rampant piracy and a crumbling market for CDs has put the music industry in Asia under immense pressure, but experts are hoping that technology like Nokia's music services will help to fill the gap.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)

A sales assistant shows a customer a Nokia handset at a store ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:39:35 GMT

(AFP/File) - A sales assistant shows a customer a Nokia handset at a store in Hong Kong. Rampant piracy and a crumbling market for CDs has put the music industry in Asia under immense pressure, but experts are hoping that technology like Nokia's music services will help to fill the gap.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)

An internet user looking at a MySpace page. A woman who was ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:36:44 GMT

(AFP/File) - An internet user looking at a MySpace page. A woman who was convicted of computer fraud in an Internet hoax that led to the suicide of 13-year-old girl was tentatively acquitted Thursday by a federal judge.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)

Microsoft is integrating messages from prominent users of Twitter, ...

(Twitter) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:29:28 GMT

(Twitter) - Microsoft is integrating messages from prominent users of Twitter, the hot micro-blogging service, into the results generated by its new Internet search engine Bing.(Twitter)

Facebook is revising its privacy settings to give the more than ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:08:59 GMT

(AFP/File) - Facebook is revising its privacy settings to give the more than 200 million users of the social network the ability to share as much or as little about themselves online as they want.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)

A Bangladeshi elderly man walks past a billboard featuring a ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:08:25 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Bangladeshi elderly man walks past a billboard featuring a mobile phone advertisment in Dhaka, in 2007. Bangladesh's Grameenphone, the country's biggest national mobile phone operator, said Thursday it had been given consent by the country's Securities and Exchange Commission to list on the stock exchange after months of delays.(AFP/File/Farjana K. Godhuly)

A Bangladeshi woman talks on mobile phone in a University campus ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:08:25 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Bangladeshi woman talks on mobile phone in a University campus in Dhaka, in 2007. Bangladesh's Grameenphone said Thursday it had been given consent by the country's Securities and Exchange Commission to list on the stock exchange after months of delays.(AFP/File/Farjana K. Godhuly)

An Internet user tries to log onto social networking site Facebook ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:56:39 GMT

(Reuters) - An Internet user tries to log onto social networking site Facebook in Tehran May 25, 2009. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Hefei, Anhui ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:40:47 GMT

(Reuters) - Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Hefei, Anhui province July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Jianan Yu

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during the recording ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:11:32 GMT

(Reuters) - Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during the recording of his Internet blog at the presidential residence Gorki outside Moscow, June 30, 2009. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Dmitry Astakhov

Computer security firm Sophos issued a warning about an Internet ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:36:43 GMT

(AFP/File) - Computer security firm Sophos issued a warning about an Internet virus transmitted from a mass e-mail claiming to contain secret songs and photos of Michael Jackson.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)

A man uses a laptop computer at a wireless cafe in Beijing. ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:21:54 GMT

(AFP) - A man uses a laptop computer at a wireless cafe in Beijing. Chinese authorities insisted an Internet filtering programme will go ahead despite a last-minute decision this week to postpone making it mandatory on new PCs, state media said.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)

People use a laptop computer at a wireless cafe in Beijing. ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:21:54 GMT

(AFP) - People use a laptop computer at a wireless cafe in Beijing. Chinese authorities insisted an Internet filtering programme will go ahead despite a last-minute decision this week to postpone making it mandatory on new PCs, state media said.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)

A man uses a computer at an internet cafe in Beijing July 1, ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:37:59 GMT

(Reuters) - A man uses a computer at an internet cafe in Beijing July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Lee

The founder of two of the most popular gadget sites on the Web, ...

(GDGT) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:09:17 GMT

(GDGT) - The founder of two of the most popular gadget sites on the Web, Gizmodo and Engadget, launched GDGT.com, another destination for technology junkies on Wednesday.(GDGT)

YouTube webpage. Video-sharing site YouTube announced on Wednesday ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:51:00 GMT

(AFP/File) - YouTube webpage. Video-sharing site YouTube announced on Wednesday that it was doubling the size limit for uploads to its website to allow users to post more high-definition (HD) video.(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)

A USA Today newspaper is seen on a stand in Long Beach, California ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:03:50 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A USA Today newspaper is seen on a stand in Long Beach, California in 2008. The biggest US newspaper chain, Gannett, which owns USA Today, will cut some 1,400 jobs at its local newspapers, the Wall Street Journal reported.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)

New search engine Bing helped Microsoft increase its share of ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:58:44 GMT

(AFP/File) - New search engine Bing helped Microsoft increase its share of the search market in the United States in June but, still lags behind Yahoo! and Google, a Web analytics firm reported Wednesday.(AFP/File/Arko Datta)

A group of students of robotics setup a football robot on June ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:35:56 GMT

(AFP/File) - A group of students of robotics setup a football robot on June 30, 2009 on the eve of the "RoboCup" the world largest robotic event, hosting 408 teams with 2300 scientists and students in Graz some 200 kilometers southwest from Vienna. robotic scientist student sets up a football robot on June 30, 2009 on the eve of the "RoboCup" the world largest robotic event(AFP/File/Dieter Nagl)

A robotic scientist student sets up a football robot on June ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:35:56 GMT

(AFP/File) - A robotic scientist student sets up a football robot on June 30, 2009 on the eve of the "RoboCup" the world largest robotic event, hosting 408 teams with 2300 scientists and students in Graz some 200 kilometers southwest from Vienna.(AFP/File/Dieter Nagl)

A woman checks her phone messages on a beach in the south of ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:57:28 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman checks her phone messages on a beach in the south of France. European holidaymakers can expect a lower bill for using their mobile phones while abroad in Europe this summer because new EU regulated price caps have taken effect across the 27-nation bloc.(AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Muller)

Children play online games at an internet cafe in Xiangfan, ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:46:29 GMT

(Reuters) - Children play online games at an internet cafe in Xiangfan, Hubei province July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer

Microsoft's search engine "bing" is pictured in ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:17:19 GMT

(Reuters) - Microsoft's search engine "bing" is pictured in this handout photograph released on May 28, 2009. REUTERS/Microsoft/Handout

A sign hangs at the Microsoft booth at the annual Consumer Electronics ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:34:11 GMT

(Reuters) - A sign hangs at the Microsoft booth at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 9, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Children use computers in a library in Xiangfan in central China's ...

(AP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:21:03 GMT

(AP) - Children use computers in a library in Xiangfan in central China's Hubei province Wednesday July 1, 2009. In a rare reversal, China's government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down from a rule that would have required personal computers sold in the country to have Internet-filtering software. Just hours before the rule was to have taken effect Wednesday, the government said it would postpone the requirement for the 'Green Dam' software. (AP Photo)

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 1982 file photo, Sony Corp. Chairman ...

(AP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:13:48 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Feb. 2, 1982 file photo, Sony Corp. Chairman Akio Morita laughs during a meeting where he displays a Walkman in Tokyo, Japan. When the Sony Walkman went on sale 30 years ago, it was shown off by a skateboarder to illustrate how the portable cassette-tape player delivered music on-the-go — a totally innovative idea back in 1979. Today, Sony Corp. is struggling to reinvent itself and win back its reputation as a pioneer of razzle-dazzle gadgetry once exemplified in the Walkman, which Wednesday, July 1, 2009, had its 30th anniversary marked with a special display at Sony's corporate archives. (AP Photo/Neal Ulevich, File)

Posters advertising Sony Corp.'s Walkman are exhibited at a ...

(AP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:12:47 GMT

(AP) - Posters advertising Sony Corp.'s Walkman are exhibited at a special display that opens Wednesday, July 1, 2009, commemorating the Walkman's 30th anniversary at Sony Archive building in Tokyo, Japan. When the Sony Walkman went on sale 30 years ago, it was shown off by a skateboarder to illustrate how the portable cassette-tape player delivered music on-the-go — a totally innovative idea back in 1979. Today, Sony is struggling to reinvent itself and win back its reputation as a pioneer of razzle-dazzle gadgetry once exemplified in the Walkman, which had its 30th anniversary marked Wednesday. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Sony Corp. employee Rumi Yamaguchi looks at Sony Walkman products ...

(AP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:50:57 GMT

(AP) - Sony Corp. employee Rumi Yamaguchi looks at Sony Walkman products including the first Walksman, top shelf, second from left, at a special display that opens Wednesday, July 1, 2009, commemorating the handy music player's 30th anniversary at Sony Archive building in Tokyo, Japan. When the Sony Walkman went on sale 30 years ago, it was shown off by a skateboarder to illustrate how the portable cassette-tape player delivered music on-the-go — a totally innovative idea back in 1979. Today, Sony is struggling to reinvent itself and win back its reputation as a pioneer of razzle-dazzle gadgetry once exemplified in the Walkman, which had its 30th anniversary marked Wednesday. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Sony Corp.'s co-founder Akio Morita is shown in a 1989 video, ...

(AP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:29:52 GMT

(AP) - Sony Corp.'s co-founder Akio Morita is shown in a 1989 video, speaking to the company employees when the Walkman marked its 10th anniversary, at a special display that opens Wednesday, July 1, 2009, commemorating the handy music player's 30th anniversary at Sony Archive building in Tokyo, Japan. When the Sony Walkman went on sale 30 years ago, it was shown off by a skateboarder to illustrate how the portable cassette-tape player delivered music on-the-go — a totally innovative idea back in 1979. Today, Sony is struggling to reinvent itself and win back its reputation as a pioneer of razzle-dazzle gadgetry once exemplified in the Walkman, which had its 30th anniversary marked Wednesday. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

A Sony Corp's employee walks by a special display commemorating ...

(AP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:18:35 GMT

(AP) - A Sony Corp's employee walks by a special display commemorating the Walkman's 30th anniversary that opens Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Sony Archive building in Tokyo, Japan. When the Sony Walkman went on sale 30 years ago, it was shown off by a skateboarder to illustrate how the portable cassette-tape player delivered music on-the-go — a totally innovative idea back in 1979. Today, Sony is struggling to reinvent itself and win back its reputation as a pioneer of razzle-dazzle gadgetry once exemplified in the Walkman, which had its 30th anniversary marked Wednesday. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Sony Corp.'s first Walksman is shown at a special display commemorating ...

(AP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:11:17 GMT

(AP) - Sony Corp.'s first Walksman is shown at a special display commemorating the Walkman's 30th anniversary that opens Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Sony Archive building in Tokyo, Japan. When the Sony Walkman went on sale 30 years ago, it was shown off by a skateboarder to illustrate how the portable cassette-tape player delivered music on-the-go — a totally innovative idea back in 1979. Today, Sony is struggling to reinvent itself and win back its reputation as a pioneer of razzle-dazzle gadgetry once exemplified in the Walkman, which had its 30th anniversary marked Wednesday. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

In this photo taken Tuesday, June 30, 2009, customers surf the ...

(AP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:59:52 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken Tuesday, June 30, 2009, customers surf the Internet at an Internet cafe in Beijing, China. In a rare reversal, China's government gave in to domestic and international pressure and backed down from a rule that would have required personal computers sold in the country to have Internet-filtering software. Just hours before the rule was to have taken effect Wednesday, the government said it would postpone the requirement for the 'Green Dam' software. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

A Sony employee dispays the first model of Sony's stereo ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:29:25 GMT

(AFP) - A Sony employee dispays the first model of Sony's stereo cassette player "Walkman TPS-L2" (keft) and the second model "WM-2" at the company's museum in Tokyo. Thirty years ago Sony launched the Walkman, a gadget which revolutionised the way people around the world listened to music but has since been overtaken by an icon of the digital age -- the iPod.(AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)

A model shows off Sony Ericsson's new mobile "Walkman ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:29:25 GMT

(AFP/File) - A model shows off Sony Ericsson's new mobile "Walkman Phone, Xmini" in Tokyo in December 2008. Thirty years ago Sony launched the Walkman, a gadget which revolutionised the way people around the world listened to music but has since been overtaken by an icon of the digital age -- the iPod.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)

An employee displays Japanese electronics giant Sony's digital ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:29:25 GMT

(AFP/File) - An employee displays Japanese electronics giant Sony's digital multimedia player "Walkman NW-A919". Thirty years ago Sony launched the Walkman, a gadget which revolutionised the way people around the world listened to music but has since been overtaken by an icon of the digital age -- the iPod.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)

A man surfs the Internet on a Beijing street. The American and ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:45:42 GMT

(AFP/File) - A man surfs the Internet on a Beijing street. The American and European chambers of commerce in China have welcomed a decision by Beijing to delay an order that new computers sold in the country be equipped with an Internet filtering programme.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)

People use computers at an Internet bar in Beijing. China says ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:45:42 GMT

(AFP/File) - People use computers at an Internet bar in Beijing. China says new web filtering software is designed to shield children within the world's largest online population from pornography, but trade and rights groups are concerned it is an attempt to tighten already strict controls on Internet use.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)

This undated District of Columbia government handout photo shows ...

(AFP/DC Govt/File) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:39:37 GMT

(AFP/DC Govt/File) - This undated District of Columbia government handout photo shows Vivek Kundra. President Barack Obama's chief information officer unveiled a new website on Tuesday which tracks the more than 70 billion dollars in annual information technology (IT) spending by federal agencies.(AFP/DC Govt/File)

Microsoft Corporation CEO Steve Ballmer (L) speaks to John Chambers, ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:41:13 GMT

(Reuters) - Microsoft Corporation CEO Steve Ballmer (L) speaks to John Chambers, Chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems, during a panel discussion in New York August 20, 2007. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

People use computers at an Internet bar in Beijing. China has ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:49:24 GMT

(AFP/File) - People use computers at an Internet bar in Beijing. China has delayed a plan requiring that all new computers come with a Chinese-made Internet filtering software programme, state media reported Tuesday, hours before it was to take effect.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)

A man surfs the Internet in the street in Beijing on June 20, ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:49:24 GMT

(AFP/File) - A man surfs the Internet in the street in Beijing on June 20, 2009. China has delayed a plan requiring that all new computers come with a Chinese-made Internet filtering software programme, state media reported Tuesday, hours before it was to take effect.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)

Radi Kauof, a paraplegic soldier from Israel, demonstrates the ...

(AP) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:28:15 GMT

(AP) - Radi Kauof, a paraplegic soldier from Israel, demonstrates the The ReWalk suit which enables paraplegics to stand, walk, and climb stairs while Dr. Alberto Esquenazi, right, medical director of the MossRehab rehabilitation hospital in Elkins Park, Pa. watches closely Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Dr. Esquenazi is leading the first clinical trial in the U.S. to test the new technology that was developed in Israel. (AP Photo/Mark Stehle)

Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., left, greets Dr. Amit Goffer, CEO ...

(AP) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:25:08 GMT

(AP) - Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., left, greets Dr. Amit Goffer, CEO of Argo Medical Technologies Ltd. in Israel and inventor of the ReWalk suit which enables paraplegics to stand, walk, and climb stairs, at the MossRehab rehabilitation hospital in Elkins Park, Pa. Tuesday, June 30, 2009. The first clinical trial in the U.S. of the new technology is being held at the MossRehab with its first participant already enrolled. (AP Photo/Mark Stehle)