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(AP) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:07:05 GMT

(AP) - nio(TM) - your new Gadget Guardian Powered by Bluetooth.(Photo: Business Wire)

European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso announced the ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:17:22 GMT

(AFP/File) - European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso announced the nominations for his new team, with conservatives to the fore and more women members than the outgoing EU executive. Dutch Prime Minister Peter Balkenende did his lobbying out in the open, letting it be known that the Netherlands candidate Neelie Kroes, the current EU competition commissioner, should take up a new technology post.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)

A visitor walks past the logo of internet search engine giant ...

(AFP/DDP/File) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:43:05 GMT

(AFP/DDP/File) - A visitor walks past the logo of internet search engine giant Google at a trade fair. Italian prosecutors sought six-month to a year sentences for four Google executives Wednesday over an Internet video showing the bullying of a teenager with Down's Syndrome, the company said.(AFP/DDP/File)

US software giant Microsoft announced on Tuesday that chief ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:04:48 GMT

(AFP/File) - US software giant Microsoft announced on Tuesday that chief financial officer Chris Liddell will leave the company at the end of the year.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)

The websites of Bing, Microsoft and Yahoo are displayed on a ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:47:15 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - The websites of Bing, Microsoft and Yahoo are displayed on a computer monitor in July 2009. Australian and Canadian competition authorities have approved the Internet search and advertising partnership between Yahoo! and Microsoft, the companies said Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)

Sophie, the daughter of Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, ...

(AFP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:34:45 GMT

(AFP) - Sophie, the daughter of Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, uses her camcorder as she visits the recently-restored National Museum where her father gave a press conference in Baghdad. US Internet giant Google will soon begin digitising artefacts and documents at Iraq's National Museum, Schmidt said in Baghdad.(AFP/Sabah Arar)

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt (R) presents the Google ...

(AFP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:34:45 GMT

(AFP) - Google chief executive Eric Schmidt (R) presents the Google logo to Qais Rashid, the chairman of the board of Antiquities and Heritage, following a press conference at the recently-restored National Museum in Baghdad. US Internet giant Google will soon begin digitising artefacts and documents at Iraq's National Museum, Schmidt said in Baghdad on Tuesday.(AFP/Sabah Arar)

A police officer carries a computer seized during a raid on ...

(AFP/DDP/File) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:54:03 GMT

(AFP/DDP/File) - A police officer carries a computer seized during a raid on child porn. Canadian Internet service providers will be required to report online child pornography to police under proposed legislation the government unveiled Tuesday.(AFP/DDP/File/Kai-Uwe Knoth)

The European parliament approved a major overhaul of EU telecoms ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:02:53 GMT

(AFP/File) - The European parliament approved a major overhaul of EU telecoms law. "The EU telecoms reform will bring more competition to Europe's telecoms markets, better and cheaper fixed, mobile and Internet services and faster Internet connections for all Europeans," said EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding, welcoming the news.(AFP/File/John Thys)

Imogen Studio Bambino Wireless Internet Baby Monitor ...

(AP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:27:25 GMT

(AP) - Imogen Studio Bambino Wireless Internet Baby Monitor

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt (right) presents the Google ...

(AFP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:39:29 GMT

(AFP) - Google chief executive Eric Schmidt (right) presents the Google logo to Qais Rashid, the chairman of the board of Antiquities and Heritage, following a press conference at the recently-restored National Museum in Baghdad. Schmidt said internet giant Google will soon begin digitising artefacts and documents at Iraq's National Museum.(AFP/Sabah Arar)

View of the Assyrian hall of the National Museum in Baghdad. ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:39:29 GMT

(AFP/File) - View of the Assyrian hall of the National Museum in Baghdad. US Internet giant Google will soon begin digitising artefacts and documents at Iraq's National Museum, its chief executive has said.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)

An iPod sits in a new toilet stall on display at a promotional ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:38:15 GMT

(Reuters) - An iPod sits in a new toilet stall on display at a promotional event for Charmin Restrooms in New York's Times Square, November 23, 2009. The Charmin toilet paper brand, produced by Procter & Gamble, has since 2006 offered free deluxe toilets to the public during the peak shopping weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas, with some 1.5 million visitors to date, according to the company. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (UNITED STATES SOCIETY BUSINESS)

People use computers at an internet cafe in Taiyuan, Shanxi ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:47:59 GMT

(Reuters) - People use computers at an internet cafe in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, November 13, 2009. REUSTERS/Stringer

FILE - In this April 17, 2009 file photo, guests ride on the ...

(AP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:08:16 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this April 17, 2009 file photo, guests ride on the new Diamondback roller coaster at Kings Island Amusement Park in Mason, Ohio. Kings Island is using a huge sign and the Internet to get its fans on board against proposed taxes on admissions and parking. The sign outside Kings Island along Interstate 71 now reads, 'Mason wants to tax you! Tell them no!' The park also is sending tens of thousands of e-mails sent to fans. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)

Google is acquiring Web display advertising startup Teracent, ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:47:00 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Google is acquiring Web display advertising startup Teracent, the Internet giant announced on Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Brashear)

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

(Canadian Press) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:04:17 GMT

(Canadian Press) - In this Jan. 22, 2009 file photo, a man walks on the Microsoft headquarters campus in Redmond, Wash. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Elaine Thompson, file

File photo shows a man walking past the logo of Microsoft at ...

(DDP/AFP/File) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:41:03 GMT

(DDP/AFP/File) - File photo shows a man walking past the logo of Microsoft at a trade fair in Hanover, Germany. Microsoft has held talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over a possible plan for the software giant to pay the media company to remove its news websites from Google, a report said Monday.(DDP/AFP/File/Nigel Treblin)

An Uruguayan schoolboy tries the new laptop that is being distributed ...

(AFP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:13:13 GMT

(AFP) - An Uruguayan schoolboy tries the new laptop that is being distributed to all public primary school students, during a demonstration in May 2009. A laptop is now finding its place alongside a notebook and pen in schoolbags in Uruguay, the first and only country to offer an Internet-connected computers to all public primary school students.(AFP/Panta Astiazaran)

FILE - In this undated file screen image taken from the Internet, ...

(AP) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:16:08 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this undated file screen image taken from the Internet, a detail of a TripAdvisor disclaimer is seen on a web site. (AP Photo, File) *NO SALES

Apple's Vice President of iPod and iPhone Product Marketing, ...

(AP) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:47:10 GMT

(AP) - Apple's Vice President of iPod and iPhone Product Marketing, Greg Joswiak speaks during an event to officially launch the Apple iPhone for the first time on Mainland China in Beijing, China, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. The mobile device which has been available for years through unofficial channels in China will finally be accessible to millions of user in one of the world's largest mobile phone market. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr. uses a digital still camera ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:26:02 GMT

(Reuters) - Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr. uses a digital still camera to take a picture of the reflection in his helmet visor as he works outside the International Space Station during Space Shuttle Atlantis' first spacewalk of mission STS-129 as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station in this photo released by NASA and taken November 19, 2009. Picture taken November 19. REUTERS/NASA/Handout (UNITED STATES SCI TECH IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Shoppers experience eBay's first interactive pop-up store, previewing ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:35:57 GMT

(AP) - Shoppers experience eBay's first interactive pop-up store, previewing select items and using Internet kiosks to shop its entire marketplace at the 'eBay @ 57th Pop-up Marketplace', 3 West 57th Street, New York, Friday Nov. 20, 2009. The store, called pop-up because it's temporary for the holidays, close on Dec. 29. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)

Shoppers experience eBay's first interactive pop-up store, previewing ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:23:35 GMT

Shoppers experience eBay's first interactive pop-up store, previewing ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:02:22 GMT

(AP) - Shoppers experience eBay's first interactive pop-up store, previewing select items and using Internet kiosks to shop its entire marketplace at the 'eBay @ 57th Pop-up Marketplace', New York, Friday Nov. 20, 2009. The store, called pop-up because it's temporary for the holidays, close on Dec. 29. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)

A picture taken on September 24 shows the screen of a computer ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:30:28 GMT

(AFP/File) - A picture taken on September 24 shows the screen of a computer featuring a search of the word "edition" on the home page of Internet giant Google's website. A US judge set February 18 for a hearing on the revised legal settlement between Google and US authors and publishers that would allow the Internet giant to scan and sell millions of books online.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)

Astronaut Barry E. Wilmore, STS-129 pilot, prepares to take ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:17:07 GMT

(Reuters) - Astronaut Barry E. Wilmore, STS-129 pilot, prepares to take a still photo with a digital camera during flight day two onboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis in this photo released by NASA and taken November 17, 2009. REUTERS/NASA Handout (UNITED STATES SCI TECH SOCIETY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Visitors are seen checking out the Google stand at the Frankfurt ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:02:34 GMT

(AFP/File) - Visitors are seen checking out the Google stand at the Frankfurt Book Fair. A US judge set February 18 for a hearing on the revised legal settlement between Google and US authors and publishers that would allow the Internet giant to scan and sell millions of books online.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)

The Cisco Systems logo stands in front of the company's ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:56:02 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - The Cisco Systems logo stands in front of the company's headquarters in San Jose, California. Cisco on Friday announced the release of a free iPhone application for anyone who wants to stay on top of the latest trojans, worms, or other threats marauding on the Internet.(AFP/Getty Images/File)

Sony Bravia televisions at the Consumer Electronics Trade Fair ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:46:12 GMT

(AFP/File) - Sony Bravia televisions at the Consumer Electronics Trade Fair in Berlin. Sony is to launch a new online service that will allow people to download content such as music and movies to their televisions and other electronic gadgets, a top executive has said.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)

Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer, center, accompanied ...

(Canadian Press) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:18:43 GMT

(Canadian Press) - Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer, center, accompanied by Executive Deputy President Hiroshi Yoshioka, left, and Executive Vice President Kazuo Hirai, speaks in Tokyo. Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, Hirai said Friday. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer, center, Executive ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:07:08 GMT

(AP) - Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer, center, Executive Deputy President Hiroshi Yoshioka, left, and Executive Vice President Kazuo Hirai smile as they show the company's latest products, digital still camera DSC-TX1, e-book 'Reader,' and a new remote controller for PlayStation 3, respectively, during a press conference in Tokyo Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, Hirai said Friday. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer, center, accompanied ...

(AP) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:00:10 GMT

(AP) - Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer, center, accompanied by Executive Deputy President Hiroshi Yoshioka, left, and Executive Vice President Kazuo Hirai, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, Hirai said Friday. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

View of an internet cafe in Beijing in 2008. China is sharply ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:57:20 GMT

(AFP/File) - View of an internet cafe in Beijing in 2008. China is sharply stepping up espionage against the United States as the rising Asian power grows more sophisticated in cyber warfare and spy recruitment, a report to Congress has warned.(AFP/File)

News of AOL cutting 2,500 jobs is seen on an electronic news ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:20:21 GMT

(Reuters) - News of AOL cutting 2,500 jobs is seen on an electronic news ticker in New York, November 19, 2009. Web company AOL plans to cut one-third of its workforce, or about 2,500 jobs, in an effort to trim some $300 million in annual costs as part of its planned spin-off from Time Warner Inc. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

People walk in front of the Time Warner Center in New York City ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:45:55 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - People walk in front of the Time Warner Center in New York City in May 2009. AOL will cuts some 2,500 jobs, or one-third or its workforce, under the plan to spin off the Internet firm from media giant Time Warner, company officials said Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)

People stand near the AOL corporate headquarters on Broadway, ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:45:55 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - People stand near the AOL corporate headquarters on Broadway, New York City, in May 2009. AOL will cuts some 2,500 jobs, or one-third or its workforce, under the plan to spin off the Internet firm from media giant Time Warner, company officials said Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)

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

(AFP/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:40:47 GMT

(AFP/File) - The frontpage of Twitter, a leading Internet microblogging site. Twitter used to ask "What are you doing?" No longer. The micro-blogging service now wants to know "What's happening?"(AFP/File/Loic Venance)

In this photo taken by Feature Photo Service: DC Water and Sewer ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:14:09 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken by Feature Photo Service: DC Water and Sewer Authority Chief Information Officer Mujib Lodhia speaks about 'smarter water' projects with IBM at the Smarter Cities Forum at the University of Maryland's Baltimore County Campus. (Rich Riggins/Feature Photo Service for IBM)

In this photo taken by Feature Photo Service: UMBC President ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:55:59 GMT

(AP) - In this photo taken by Feature Photo Service: UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski at IBM's Smarter Cities Forum at the University of Maryland's Baltimore County Campus. (Rich Riggins/Feature Photo Service for IBM)

An AOL logo is projected on a wall of the company's New York ...

(Canadian Press) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:37:45 GMT

(Canadian Press) - An AOL logo is projected on a wall of the company's New York office. AOL says it plans to cut about a third of its workforce once it is spun off from the media conglomerate Time Warner Inc. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Mark Lennihan, File)

News of AOL cutting 2,500 jobs is seen on an electronic news ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:18:29 GMT

(Reuters) - News of AOL cutting 2,500 jobs is seen on an electronic news ticker in New York, November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

News of AOL cutting 2,500 jobs is seen on an electronic news ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:13:43 GMT

A customer holds a version of the new Windows 7 during the grand ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:08:56 GMT

(Reuters) - A customer holds a version of the new Windows 7 during the grand opening of Microsoft's first retail store in Scottsdale, Arizona October 22, 2009.REUTERS/Joshua Lott

In this Oct. 23, 2009 photo, Mike Ullman, Chairman and CEO of ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:57:43 GMT

(AP) - In this Oct. 23, 2009 photo, Mike Ullman, Chairman and CEO of J.C. Penney Company, Inc., rides a Segway as he visits a company store in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer outlines the company's growth ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:52:07 GMT

(Reuters) - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer outlines the company's growth agenda at the 2009 Annual Shareholder Meeting in Bellevue, Washington, November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Robert Sorbo/Microsoft/Handout (UNITED STATES BUSINESS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

A woman walks out of AOL offices in New York, November 19, 2009. ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:07:14 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman walks out of AOL offices in New York, November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

A Chinese youth plays an online game at a Internet cafe in Beijing ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:04:01 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Chinese youth plays an online game at a Internet cafe in Beijing in 2007. China has vowed to tighten supervision of its fast-growing online games market, saying some games contained content that was "harmful" to players.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)

A woman walks out of AOL offices in New York, November 19, 2009. ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:59:11 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman walks out of AOL offices in New York, November 19, 2009. AOL plans to cut one-third of its workforce, or about 2,500 jobs, in an effort to trim some $300 million in annual costs as part of the Internet company's planned spin-off from Time Warner Inc. The struggling Web pioneer, which is now focused primarily on advertising-supported content, said on Thursday that it would start with a volunteer buyout program and move on to involuntary layoffs if enough workers do not step up. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES BUSINESS SCI TECH EMPLOYMENT)

CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at the annual Microsoft shareholders ...

(AP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:56:50 GMT

(AP) - CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at the annual Microsoft shareholders meeting, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, in Bellevue, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)