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Sea Launch conducts satellite launch for Intelsat

(AP) — A rocket carrying an Intelsat satellite has successfully lifted off from the oceangoing Sea Launch platform on the equator.

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Under Microsoft, Skype aims for one billion users

Microsoft's Skype Internet telephone service hopes to quadruple the number of users to get to one billion, division president Tony Bates said Thursday.

Technology / Internet

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Facebook smartphone could come by next year: report

Facebook hopes to release its own smartphone by next year, as the newly public social networking giant looks to boost its revenue in the mobile Internet market, the New York Times reported Monday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 8

New Orleans newspaper to end daily publication

The Times-Picayune, the largest newspaper in New Orleans, said Thursday it would end daily print publication, moving to a schedule of three issues per week, to adapt to "an increasingly digital age."

Technology / Business

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists invent revolutionary chipset for high-speed wireless data transfer

Here is a new microchip that can transfer data the size of 80 MP3 song files (or 250 megabytes) wirelessly between mobile devices, in the flick of a second. Or how about transferring a typical 2-hour, 8-gigabyte DVD movie ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Nvidia says Kai platform will turn price tide for tablets

(Phys.org) -- In March, Nvidia gave some signs that they were working to lower the cost of their Tegra 3 processors and they suggested consumers might see prices for Android tablets as low as $199. Connect ...

Electronics / Hardware

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Elgin platform gas leak plugged safely, says Total

French energy giant Total said Monday it had successfully plugged a gas leak at a North Sea platform that cost the firm hundreds of millions of dollars and threatened to trigger a major explosion.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drift to mobile a new challenge for Facebook

With Internet users increasingly going mobile, a major challenge for Facebook will be trying to make money from its massive global presence in a more complex mobile space.

Technology / Internet

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US military to pack more BlackBerry smartphones

Research In Motion (RIM) on Wednesday announced that the US Department of Defense staff and partners have been given the go-ahead to use more of the Canadian firm's BlackBerry OS 7 smartphones.

Technology / Business

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Google violated copyright, but no damages: jury

A jury ruled Monday that Google violated copyrights owned by Oracle Corp. for the Android mobile platform, but failed to agree on whether damages should be awarded in the high-profile trial.

Technology / Business

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Total diverts gas cloud away from stricken North Sea rig

French energy giant Total said Thursday it had succeeded in diverting gas that is leaking from a platform in the North Sea so that it no longer gathers in a cloud around the wellhead.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

TED blends animation with education at new website

The non-profit group behind the thought-provoking TED conferences launched a website devoted to video lessons cleverly crafted to captivate students.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google dumps publisher payment platform

The One Pass payment platform for Internet news websites was shut down as Google continued house cleaning launched when co-founder Larry Page took charge last year.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Coca-Cola teams with Internet music darling Spotify

Spotify and soda superstar Coca-Cola on Wednesday joined forces in a move that promises to put a global spotlight on the Internet music darling.

Technology / Business

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

YouTube, Google Play add 600 MGM movies for rent

(AP) -- Google is adding 600 movies from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to the titles it has available for rent on YouTube and also Google Play, its digital content store for Android-powered mobile devices.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Platform

The word platform is used in several different contexts, usually referring to some kind of standing surface used to support things, give them stability, or visibility:

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