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China's Baidu invests $306 mln in travel website

Chinese search engine Baidu has agreed to invest $306 million in domestic travel website Qunar as it seeks to cash in on the booming tourism market in China.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wyo. turns to Google for gov't computing services

(AP) -- Wyoming has become the first state to begin using a suite of cloud computing tools from Google for its entire executive branch of government, allowing data and applications to be stored on remote servers and accessed ...

Technology / Internet

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nokia's new flagship N9 gets mixed reviews

Nokia's latest attempt to win back market share with its N9 phone received mixed reviews Wednesday but analysts said the real test will come when it releases new models using the Windows Phone 7 operating ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

FDA plan aims to increase import safety

(AP) -- U.S. food and drug regulators would share more information with their foreign counterparts as part of a multifaceted strategy to police the safety of millions of imported goods.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New rocketplane 'could fly Paris-Tokyo in 2.5 hours'

European aerospace giant EADS on Sunday unveiled its "Zero Emission Hypersonic Transportation" (Zehst) rocket plane it hopes will be able to fly from Paris to Tokyo in 2.5 hours by around 2050.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 19, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (23) | comments 35

Phone rivalry drives down RIM earnings

(AP) -- BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd.'s quarterly results on Thursday provided fresh evidence of the company's struggles to come up with a device to compete with the iPhone and smartphones running ...

Technology / Business

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

China's Alibaba splits online shopping unit Taobao

China's largest e-commerce company Alibaba Group announced Thursday it has split its consumer online shopping platform Taobao into three firms to adapt to an increasingly competitive landscape.

Technology / Business

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Lookout beefs up smartphone defenses

Lookout Mobile Security on Wednesday began protecting smartphones from tricksters and booby-trapped websites as people increasingly access the Internet on the go.

Technology / Software

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taiwan's Acer to cut 300 Europe jobs after losses

Taiwan's leading personal computer maker Acer said Wednesday that it plans to cut 300 jobs from its units in Europe following massive losses amid a slow economic recovery in the region.

Technology / Business

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Facebook helps itself by helping RockMelt browser

(AP) -- Facebook has updated its status to include a relationship with RockMelt, an upstart Web browser that revolves around Facebook's online hangout.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HP shuffles top executives in shake-up

(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. is streamlining its executive ranks to improve its focus on customers rather than administration and put more operations directly under CEO Leo Apotheker's control.

Technology / Business

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nokia's technology chief 'quits over strategy'

Nokia's head of technology has taken a leave of absence and is not coming back over disagreement over a new group strategy, Finland's leading daily Helsingin Sanomat reported on Thursday.

Technology / Business

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Disasters unfold 'intelligently' on phone screens

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, a computer scientist has developed a method of making smart phones able to show a disaster unfolding in real-time on phone screens.

Technology / Software

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lockheed attack highlights rise in cyber espionage

This cyber attack didn't go after people playing war games on their PlayStations. It targeted a company that helps the U.S. military do the real thing.

Technology / Internet

created May 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Revolution is at hand' for breakthroughs in medicine

Someday soon, thanks to advances in medicine, a surgeon will operate on a patient who is not in the same room, but thousands of miles away.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 27, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 7