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Cisco releases Web security app for iPhone

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 - Saturday, November 21

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - 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. More »

  • A man looks at a Dell computer on sale at a store in Miami. Shares in Dell fell sharply on Thursday after the US computer giant said quarterly net profit declined 54 percent and revenue dropped 15 percent.

    Dell shares down as net profit dips 54%%

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    NEW YORK (AFP) - - Shares in Dell fell sharply after the US computer giant said quarterly net profit declined 54 percent and revenue dropped 15 percent.

  • Gameloft says it, others reining in Android plans

    Reuters - Saturday, November 21

    BARCELONA (Reuters) - French mobile phone games company Gameloft said it and other software developers were cutting back investment in developing games and other applications for Google's Android platform.

  • Sony to launch online entertainment service in 2010

    Reuters - Saturday, November 21

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Friday that its planned entertainment content distribution service for network-compatible TVs and other devices will be launched next year.

  • Online auction giant eBay announced it had completed its sale of Skype to an investment group that includes the two founders of the Web communications company.

    eBay completes Skype sale

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Online auction giant eBay announced it had completed its sale of Skype to an investment group that includes the two founders of the Web communications company.

  • Smartphone growth to continue strong in 2010

    Reuters - Friday, November 20

    By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent

  • Google-powered netbooks to debut next year

    Manila Bulletin - Friday, November 20

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, November 19, 2009 (AFP) - Google on Thursday provided a peek beneath the hood of its new Chrome operating system, making the software public and promising it will run netbooks by the end of next year.

    Google-crafted Chrome OS will be tailored exclusively for applications hosted as services in the Internet "cloud" and debut on low-cost bare-bones netbooks that have been a booming segment of the laptop computer market.

    "We believe there is a better model of computing we can give users," vice president of Chrome OS Sundar Pichai said while demonstrating the in-progress software at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California.

    "That is what Chrome OS is.

  • Google adds automatic captions to YouTube

    Manila Bulletin - Friday, November 20

    WASHINGTON, November 19, 2009 (AFP) - Google, in a significant development for deaf Internet users, announced on Thursday it was adding automatic caption capability to videos on YouTube.

    Google said machine-generated captions would initially be available only in English and on videos from 13 YouTube "partner channels" but it hopes to extend the feature eventually to all videos uploaded to the site.

    "Google believes that the world's information should be accessible to everyone," said Vint Cerf, a Google vice president who has been described as the "Father of the Internet."

    "One of the big challenges of the video medium is whether it can be made accessible to everyone," said Cerf, who also holds the title of "Chief Internet Evangelist" at Google.

    Speaking at Google's Washington office, Cerf noted that he has a "great personal interest" in the closed caption capability.

  • The Associated Press said Thursday that 90 news department staffers were laid off this week in a move that helped the US news agency reach its cost-cutting target.

    AP lays off 90 to reach payroll reduction target

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The Associated Press said Thursday that 90 news department staffers were laid off this week in a move that helped the US news agency reach its cost-cutting target.

  • The frontpage of Twitter, a leading Internet microblogging site. Twitter used to ask

    "What's happening?" Twitter wants to know

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Twitter used to ask "What are you doing?" No longer.

  • Google PC will start in seven seconds or less

    Reuters - Friday, November 20

    By Alexei Oreskovic

  • Microsoft says Windows 7 sales strong

    Reuters - Friday, November 20

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday sales of Windows 7 were running at twice the level of any previous version of its operating system.

  • A salesman stands next to display of flat screened television at a Best Buy store in April 2009, in San Francisco, California. Televisions, which account for 10 percent and rising of US household energy use, must be made more efficient through a national standard, Senator Dianne Feinstein said in a letter released Thursday.

    US senator urges TVs that use less power

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Televisions, which account for 10 percent and rising of US household energy use, must be made more efficient through a national standard, Senator Dianne Feinstein said in a letter released Thursday.

  • Flags with the logo of chip maker Infineon fluttering at the Munich fairgrounds. German semi-conductor maker Infineon on Thursday upgraded its turnover and profits forecast over the next 12 months because of higher demand from the auto industry and cost cuts.

    Semi-conductor giant Infineon upgrades outlook

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    BERLIN (AFP) - - German semi-conductor maker Infineon on Thursday upgraded its turnover and profits forecast over the next 12 months because of higher demand from the auto industry and cost cuts.

  • A glitch in a computer system in Atlanta, Georgia that pilots use to file flight plans was causing major air travel delays Thursday, the US Federal Aviation Administration said.

    US computer glitch causes major flight delays

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - A major computer glitch triggered huge flight delays and cancellations across the United States Thursday as airlines were forced to input flight plans manually, officials said.

  • A computer screen featuring a Google Book search on the home page of Google's website. French book publishers gave a hostile reception Thursday to new proposals by the Internet giant Google to clear the way for millions of books to be sold online.

    French publishers slam new Google book proposals

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    PARIS (AFP) - - French book publishers gave a hostile reception Thursday to new proposals by the Internet giant Google to clear the way for millions of books to be sold online.

  • Wikipedia, iPhone among decade's top 10 Internet moments

    Reuters - Friday, November 20

    NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards.

  • China's military says website had 2.3 million attacks

    Reuters - Friday, November 20

    BEIJING (Reuters) - A website set up by China's Defense Ministry said it was hit by 2.3 million hacker attacks in its first month of operation, but none of them were successful.

  • Nokia sees corporate interest for netbook

    Reuters - Friday, November 20

    HELSINKI (Reuters) - Top cellphone maker Nokia has seen growing interest among companies for its first netbook or mini-laptop, a company executive said on Thursday.

  • China wants content, values censored in online games

    Reuters - Thursday, November 19

    SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China said it will tighten regulations in its rapidly growing online games sector, requiring game operators to enhance socialist values in their games and hire specialized staff to monitor content.

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