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Slump deepens for video game sector: survey

Mar 15, 2013 (AFP)

US videogame sales extended their decline in February with a 25 percent monthly drop compared with a year ago, according to an industry tracker. NPD Group said ...

Singapore denies improper linkup with China's Huawei

Mar 14, 2013 (AFP)

Singapore will allow US officials to inspect the work of a research institute linked to a Chinese telecoms firm which Washington suspects of espionage, the fore...

New player in electron field emitter technology makes for better imaging and communications

Mar 14, 2013 (SPX)

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland, College Park, have built a practical, high-efficiency na...

Google Reader death brings online outcry

Mar 14, 2013 (AFP)

Outrage over Google's decision to pull the plug on Reader flooded the Internet on Thursday as lovers of the RSS service for tracking website updates lobbied to ...

China Mobile 2012 growth slows to 2.7%

Mar 14, 2013 (AFP)

China Mobile, the world's biggest mobile operator by subscribers, on Thursday said its 2012 net profit slowed to 2.7 percent, blaming intensified competition in...

Android chief stepping down at Google

Mar 13, 2013 (AFP)

Andy Rubin, the brains behind the Google Android operating system which has become the dominant mobile platform, is stepping down as head of that division, the ...

Samsung unveils new product in Apple offensive

Mar 13, 2013 (AFP)

Locked in a fierce battle in the smartphone market, South Korean giant Samsung on Thursday unveils its latest device aimed at challenging Apple in its home mark...

Apple CEO ordered to testify in e-books case

Mar 13, 2013 (AFP)

A judge on Wednesday ordered Apple's chief executive Tim Cook to testify in a case brought by the US government accusing the tech giant of conspiring to raise e...

US teens go mobile for Internet: survey

Mar 13, 2013 (AFP)

Most American teenagers use their phones to access the Internet, with one-fourth of them going online mostly on their mobile device, a survey showed Wednesday. ...

Amazon trims price of large-screen Kindle Fire

Mar 13, 2013 (AFP)

Amazon.com on Wednesday ramped up its challenge to Apple's iPads by trimming the price of its large-screen Kindle Fire and making the tablets available in Japan...

Publishers oppose Amazon on domain names

Mar 12, 2013 (UPI)

Book publishers say they oppose Amazon's application for top-level Internet domain names, including .book, .read and .author, calling it monopolistic. Amazon's ...

US regulators want clear fine print in mobile ads

Mar 12, 2013 (AFP)

The US Federal Trade Commission called Tuesday for potentially bedeviling fine print to be "clear and conspicuous" as ads follow people onto smartphone screens ...

Google fined $7 million over hotspot data grab

Mar 12, 2013 (AFP)

Google agreed to pay a $7 million fine in the United States on Tuesday for stealthily collecting data from private Wi-Fi hotspots in a mapping service slip that...

Android gains as small tablet sales soar: IDC

Mar 12, 2013 (AFP)

Small tablet computers are marketplace hits, with economically-priced devices powered by Google's Android software taking share from Apple iPads, according to I...

Texas A and M research contributes to improved ultrasound imaging

Mar 12, 2013 (SPX)

Ultrasound technology could soon experience a significant upgrade that would enable it to produce high-quality, high-resolution images, thanks to the developmen...

Authors oppose Amazon control of .book websites

Mar 11, 2013 (AFP)

Groups representing US authors and publishers called Monday on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to deny online retailer Amazon exclusive ...

Icahn, Dell enter confidentiality agreement

Mar 11, 2013 (AFP)

Corporate raider Carl Icahn said Monday his investment firm had entered into a confidentiality agreement with Dell, which is facing a battle over its plans to t...

China online retailer Alibaba names new chief

Mar 11, 2013 (AFP)

Chinese online retail giant Alibaba on Monday named a new chief executive officer after high-profile founder Jack Ma said he would step down in May. Alibaba Gro...

Mexico moves to end telecom monopolies: government

Mar 11, 2013 (AFP)

Mexico's government introduced a draft constitutional reform Monday to end monopolies in telecoms industries that have built some of the country's biggest fortu...

SciTechTalk: Double your phone pleasure?

Mar 10, 2013 (UPI)

Amid signs the smartphone industry may have to gird itself for a period of slower growth and reduced profit margins, manufacturers are casting about for a new s...