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A video grab from an undated footage from the Internet shows ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:39:54 GMT

(Reuters) - A video grab from an undated footage from the Internet shows Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden making statements from an unknown location. REUTERS/REUTERS TV

A view of the Microsoft cffices in Herndon, Virginia. Industry ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:26:22 GMT

(AFP/File) - A view of the Microsoft cffices in Herndon, Virginia. Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)

A computer at an internet cafe. Experts from 50 nations meeting ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:32:07 GMT

(AFP/File) - A computer at an internet cafe. Experts from 50 nations meeting in Madrid have reached a draft agreement on international standards for the protection of privacy and personal data, participants said Friday.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)

In this Nov. 4, 2009 photo, Taritha Hill-Cooper, of Providence, ...

(AP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:38:28 GMT

(AP) - In this Nov. 4, 2009 photo, Taritha Hill-Cooper, of Providence, R.I., uses the Internet in her search for a job at a state managed employment center, in Providence. Hill-Cooper, who has been unemployed since 2006, said she has six children at home and a husband who is also unemployed. The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 — and is likely to go higher. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

A photographer types on his laptop while using the internet ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:57:12 GMT

(Reuters) - A photographer types on his laptop while using the internet in the Main Press Center at the Olympic Games in Beijing July 31, 2008. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne

Microsoft's new-generation Windows 7 operating system hit ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:43:07 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Microsoft's new-generation Windows 7 operating system hit the ground running, with US sales in its opening days blasting past those of its Vista predecessor, according to NPD Group. Sales of Windows 7 in the days following its October 22 release were reportedly 234% higher than those posted by Vista when it was released into the market.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)

Microsoft's new-generation Windows 7 operating system hit ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:43:07 GMT

(AFP/File) - Microsoft's new-generation Windows 7 operating system hit the ground running, with US sales in its opening days blasting past those of its Vista predecessor, according to NPD Group. Sales of Windows 7 in the days following its October 22 release were reportedly 234% higher than those posted by Vista when it was released into the market.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)

Google on Thursday opened a window for users to see what records ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:28:02 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Google on Thursday opened a window for users to see what records the Internet giant keeps regarding their activities at YouTube, Gmail, Reader and other accounts.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Brashear)

New Vers open-front Shellcases for iPod touch and iPhone-beautiful, ...

(AP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:06:44 GMT

(AP) - New Vers open-front Shellcases for iPod touch and iPhone-beautiful, tough and very renewable. (PRNewsFoto/Vers)

A man listens to online music.The European parliament and EU ...

(AFP/DDP/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:03:16 GMT

(AFP/DDP/File) - A man listens to online music.The European parliament and EU nations have agreed new rules to improve the rights to European mobile phone and Internet users, and offer more protection against illegal Internet porn and copyright abuse.(AFP/DDP/File)

EU Information, Society and Media commissioner Viviane Reding ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:03:16 GMT

(AFP/File) - EU Information, Society and Media commissioner Viviane Reding gives a joint press conference at the EU Headquarters in Brussels in May 2009. The European parliament and EU nations have agreed new rules to improve the rights to European mobile phone and Internet users, and offer more protection against illegal Internet porn and copyright abuse.(AFP/File/John Thys)

Teaching materials are seen at the Foothill Employment and Training ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:30:23 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Teaching materials are seen at the Foothill Employment and Training Connection Mobile Training Unit, where job seekers learn to use the Internet to find a job at the Arcadia Community Center in October 2009 in California. US jobless insurance claims are trending lower from a March peak, official data confirmed Thursday on the eve of an anxiously awaited monthly unemployment report.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)

Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer gives a speech during ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:51:28 GMT

(Reuters) - Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer gives a speech during a news conference in Taipei November 4, 2009. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang

The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:58:06 GMT

(AFP/File) - The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. The US packaged software powerhouse on Thursday released a paper outlining privacy concerns businesses should consider prior to leaping into the computing "cloud."(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)

BYD car battery tycoon Wang Chuanfu came out on top of China's ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:10:16 GMT

(AFP/File) - BYD car battery tycoon Wang Chuanfu came out on top of China's billionairs with a fortune of 5.8 billion dollars -- far below the 50 billion dollars Forbes said was amassed by the richest man in the United States, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, seen here in July.(AFP/File/Raveendran)

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks during a news conference ...

(AP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:26:05 GMT

(AP) - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Ballmer said sales of Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows 7 operating system have been 'fantastic' in Japan since its launch last month. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks during a news conference ...

(AP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:17:26 GMT

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks during a news conference ...

(AP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:17:16 GMT

A woman chats with an avatar via the internet. Linden Lab, the ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:03:29 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman chats with an avatar via the internet. Linden Lab, the firm behind the virtual world Second Life, has announced it is adding a new dimension to the online reality to give businesses private places for virtual meetings.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)

Teenagers assemble at an internet addiction treatment centre ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:13:38 GMT

(AFP/File) - Teenagers assemble at an internet addiction treatment centre close to Beijing, all placed there involuntarily by their family. The country has issued rules banning the beating and confinement of youths being treated for web addiction after revelations of abuse at rehabilitation clinics, including the death of one teenager.(AFP/File)

Google pitched its fledgling Wave communications platform as ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:03:56 GMT

(AFP/File) - Google pitched its fledgling Wave communications platform as a way for businesses to turn routine email into collaborative exchanges that ramp up productivity, at an Enterprise 2.0 Conference devoted to using Internet technologies to "liberate" workers from constraints of old-fashioned ways at firms.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)

The new Google facility is pictured in October, in Kirkland, ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:03:56 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - The new Google facility is pictured in October, in Kirkland, Washington. Google pitched its fledgling Wave communications platform as a way for businesses to turn routine email into collaborative exchanges that ramp up productivity, at an Enterprise 2.0 Conference devoted to using Internet technologies to "liberate" workers from constraints of old-fashioned ways at firms.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Brashear)

A man surfs the web at an internet cafe. Contrary to popular ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:07:45 GMT

(AFP/File) - A man surfs the web at an internet cafe. Contrary to popular belief, technology is not leading to social isolation and Americans who use the Internet and mobile phones have larger and more diverse social networks, according to a new study.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)

Customers use their laptop computers at a cafe in Beijing in ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:07:45 GMT

(AFP/File) - Customers use their laptop computers at a cafe in Beijing in July. Contrary to popular belief, technology is not leading to social isolation and Americans who use the Internet and mobile phones have larger and more diverse social networks, according to a new study.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)

Remote worker participating in a 3D Internet meeting with colleagues ...

(AP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:56:13 GMT

(AP) - Remote worker participating in a 3D Internet meeting with colleagues (Photo: Business Wire)

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2009 file photo, a man walks on the ...

(AP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:46:09 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2009 file photo, a man walks on the Microsoft headquarters campus in Redmond, Wash. Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 said it is cutting 800 more jobs in addition to the 5,000 layoffs it announced in January. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file)

Windows 7 is for sale at an electronics store in Los Angeles, ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:10:04 GMT

(AFP/File) - Windows 7 is for sale at an electronics store in Los Angeles, California. US computer software giant Microsoft said Wednesday that it is cutting 800 more jobs in addition to the 5,000 layoffs announced previously.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)

A man displays an iPhone. Apple on Wednesday announced that ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:29:41 GMT

(AFP/File) - A man displays an iPhone. Apple on Wednesday announced that outside developers have crammed the virtual shelves of its App Store with more than 100,000 mini-programs for iPhones and iPod Touch devices.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)

The Microsoft logo is seen on the new French branch office of ...

(Canadian Press) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:37:25 GMT

(Canadian Press) - The Microsoft logo is seen on the new French branch office of Microsoft, in Issy-Les-Moulineaux, next to Paris, Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/ Thibault Camus

Time Warner Center in New York City, seen here in May 2009. ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:07:26 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Time Warner Center in New York City, seen here in May 2009. US media and entertainment giant Time Warner posted a 38 percent decline in quarterly net profit on Wednesday, dragged down by weak results in its publishing division and at Internet unit AOL.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)

Steve Ballmer, CEO of the US Microsoft Corporation, speaks during ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:48:27 GMT

(AFP) - Steve Ballmer, CEO of the US Microsoft Corporation, speaks during a press conference in Taipei on November 4. US software giant Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday signed an agreement with Taiwan to jointly establish a research centre here for the development of Internet computing technology.(AFP/Sam Yeh)

A sign on Comcast Center in Philadelphia is shown. Comcast Corp. ...

(Canadian Press) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:48:02 GMT

(Canadian Press) - A sign on Comcast Center in Philadelphia is shown. Comcast Corp. reported a 22 percent increase in third-quarter earnings, after stepping up promotions on its bundled video, phone and Internet plans.(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Matt Rourke, file)

Iraqis surf the Internet at a cybercafe in Baghdad. Hundreds ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:54:21 GMT

(AFP) - Iraqis surf the Internet at a cybercafe in Baghdad. Hundreds of privacy experts from around the world met in Madrid on Wednesday for a three-day conference which aims to arrive at a global standard for the protection of personal data.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2007 file photo, people walk by the Time ...

(AP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:39:21 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2007 file photo, people walk by the Time Warner building in New York. Media conglomerate Time Warner Inc. reported a 38 percent drop in third-quarter profit on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, hurt by declines at its AOL and publishing segments.(AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, file)

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2009 file photo, a sign on Comcast Center ...

(AP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:36:50 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2009 file photo, a sign on Comcast Center in Philadelphia is shown. Comcast Corp. reported a 22 percent increase in third-quarter earnings Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, after stepping up promotions on its bundled video, phone and Internet plans.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

In this photo taken on Oct. 12, 2009, a college student plays ...

(AP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:47:54 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken on Oct. 12, 2009, a college student plays the online game World of Warcraft in his dormitory room in southwest China's Chongqing city. Chinese regulators are fighting over the right to oversee 'World of Warcraft,' a popular online game, in a bizarre battle that has thrust bureaucratic rivalry for control of the Internet into the open. (AP Photo)

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gestures while giving a speech in ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:22:21 GMT

(Reuters) - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gestures while giving a speech in Taipei November 4, 2009. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang

File photo shows a team of police women on patrol in Zhengzhou, ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:17:41 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo shows a team of police women on patrol in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan province. A photo showing a plainclothes policeman pulling a naked woman by the hair during a prostitution bust in central China has caused outrage on the Internet, where it has been widely circulated.(AFP/File)

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks during a forum on future ...

(AP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:10:25 GMT

(AP) - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks during a forum on future technology in the IT industry in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Ballmer discussed Microsoft's new 'three screens and a cloud' strategy, which portrays a fundamental shift in the computing and information devices of today. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

The frontpage of Twitter, a leading Internet microblogging site. ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:54:10 GMT

(AFP/File) - The frontpage of Twitter, a leading Internet microblogging site. A US company which makes mobile devices is offering a gadget solely dedicated to sending and receiving Twitter messages.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)

A woman surfs the internet on a laptop computer at a wireless ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:16:53 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman surfs the internet on a laptop computer at a wireless cafe in Beijing. China's police chief has called for a reinforced nationwide Internet security system, in the nation's latest effort to oversee the activities of the world's largest online population.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)

The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:42:48 GMT

(AFP/File) - The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. A Microsoft security report released Monday warns that cyber crooks are digging into computers for weak spots to penetrate with worms -- malicious software that steals control or data.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)

In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in Walnut, Calif., ...

(AP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:12:09 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in Walnut, Calif., horse trainer Karen Murdock plays with her horse, Lukas.The 16-year-old,1,200-pound thoroughbred gelding, and Murdock have been together for six years. She helped him forget years of abuse and taught him tricks that have made the pair a popular Internet draw for school children and animal lovers alike. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in Walnut, Calif., ...

(AP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:02:42 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in Walnut, Calif., 16-year-old Lukas, a 1,200-pound thoroughbred gelding picks numbers from a board on command by his owner, Karen Murdock. Murdock and Lukas and Murdock have been together for six years. She helped him forget years of abuse and taught him tricks that have made the pair a popular Internet draw for school children and animal lovers alike. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in Walnut, Calif., ...

(AP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:01:58 GMT

In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in Walnut, Calif., ...

(AP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:01:24 GMT

In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in Walnut, Calif., ...

(AP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:00:24 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in Walnut, Calif., horse trainer Karen Murdock plays with her horse, Lukas. Lukas, a 16-year-old,1,200-pound thoroughbred gelding, and Murdock have been together for six years. She helped him forget years of abuse and taught him tricks that have made the pair a popular Internet draw for school children and animal lovers alike. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Google's voice search tool now understands Chinese. The ...

(Google voice) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:33:51 GMT

(Google voice) - Google's voice search tool now understands Chinese. The Internet giant announced on Monday that users of Nokia S60 series mobile phones could now search the Internet using voice commands in Mandarin Chinese.(Google voice)

A man works on a computer at an exhibition booth at the International ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:12:49 GMT

(Reuters) - A man works on a computer at an exhibition booth at the International Conference on Communication and Technologies in Havana February 16, 2007. REUTERS/Claudia Daut

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivers a speech during a meeting ...

(AP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:48:41 GMT

(AP) - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivers a speech during a meeting with the media in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday corporate spending on information technology will not recover to levels seen in recent years before the global economic slowdown. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)