US-TECH Summary
Iran's resistance keeps up cat-and-mouse Web game
TEHRAN - With their paths through the Internet increasingly blocked by government filters, Nooshin and her fellow Iranian opposition-supporters say their information on planned protests now comes in emails. They say they don't know who sends them.
Google warns Chinese knock-off to stop using logo
SHANGHAI - Google Inc <GOOG.O> has sent a cease and desist letter to the operators of a Chinese search website whose logo bears a close resemblance to its own. Goojje's home page is adorned with a Google-styled logo and the familiar paw print logo of China's top home-grown search engine, Baidu Inc <BIDU.O>.
Barnes & Noble's Nook e-reader to hit stores
NEW YORK - Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc <BKS.N> said on Monday that its Nook electronic reader would be available in most of its physical stores as of Wednesday, ahead of Valentine's Day, ending weeks of delays. The Nook e-reader, which Barnes & Noble launched in October and competes with devices such as Amazon.com Inc's <AMZN.O> Kindle, had previously only been available for order on the retailer's website or at in-store kiosks as the No. 1 U.S. bookstore chain struggled to meet what it said in late 2009 was strong demand for the e-reader.
IBM begins Power server upgrade to battle HP, Sun
NEW YORK - IBM <IBM.N> is beginning a long-awaited upgrade to a range of servers and other hardware to make them more energy-efficient and competitive than rival products by Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems Inc <JAVA.O>. International Business Machines Corp said on Monday its new POWER7 system, including new microprocessors, storage and middleware, will be able to process more data than its predecessor POWER6, making them useful for utilities with electrical grids or banks conducting electronic trading.
Disney, Google eye stake in China bus media firm
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI - A consortium led by Walt Disney Co <DIS.N> is in advanced talks to buy into China's largest in-bus digital media and advertising company, a deal that could offer the U.S. entertainment giant a new platform to promote Mickey Mouse in China, three sources told Reuters. Google Inc <GOOG.O>, the world's No.1 Internet search company, which threatened to quit China last month over censorship and hacking concerns, was among investors in the Disney-led consortium, the sources said on Monday.
NetEase suspends new user registration for hit game
SHANGHAI in China and will reapply for a license to operate the expansion pack of Activision Blizzard's <ATVI.O> hit game. New user registrations would be halted for a week from Monday in the run-up to the Lunar New Year holiday, the company said in a statement posted on its WoW China website, http://www.warcraftchina.com on Sunday.
Internet prompts the publishing itch in over-60s
LONDON - The Internet is helping older British readers rekindle a love of books and writing, and an overwhelming majority of senior citizens see the medium as a positive development, according to a survey. Some 31 percent of people over 60 are keen to go online to publish short stories and join book clubs, the survey by charity Booktrust in Britain found.
Riding green wave, Philips says "let there be LED"
AMSTERDAM to ride the clean-tech wave and defend its world-leading position.
Vodafone Enterprise signs 4-year Oracle deal
LONDON - Vodafone Group Plc <VOD.L>, the world's largest mobile phone operator by revenue, has secured a four-year deal to provide Oracle Corp <ORCL.O> with voice, data and management services to employees in the EMEA region. Vodafone said its Global Enterprise unit would supply services to over 16,000 Oracle employees in the European, Middle East and Africa region on a fixed-fee, per-user basis.
Amazon reshelves Macmillan titles but not e-books
CHICAGO - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc <AMZN.O> resumed selling hardcover and paperback books from Macmillan Publishers late on Friday in a sign the two companies are getting closer to resolving a pricing dispute over Macmillan's electronic books, which remain unavailable on Amazon. Popular titles such as "Sarah's Key" by Tatiana de Rosnay were once again available in hardcover for $17.13. But Amazon's website displayed a message for those wanting to read the book on a Kindle: "Tell the publisher! I'd like to read this book on the Kindle."