Sony Ericsson phone models Vivaz Pro, Xperia X10 Mini Pro and Xperia X10 Mini (L-R) displayed at the Mobile World Congress in BarcelonaFebruary 15, 2010 / Reuters Source: Reuters THE latest crop of phones range from total solutions for online socialites to miniature marvels, writes Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson. THOSE seemingly simple gadgets, mobile phones, have taken [...]
February 24, 2010: 4:44 AM ET LONDON (CNNMoney.com) — Google is being scrutinized by European antitrust officials, who have notified the Internet search giant that three companies have complained about its practices. The European Commission is investigating complaints made by Ciao! from Bing, which is a unit of Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500); UK price comparison [...]
WASHINGTON — Spurned Pluto is changing its looks, donning more rouge in its complexion and altering its iceball surface here and there. Color astronomers surprised. Newly released Hubble Space Telescope photos show the distant one-time planet — demoted to “dwarf planet” status in 2006 — is changing color and its ice sheets are [...]
By David Goldman, staff writerFebruary 2, 2010: 11:43 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — If you watched the Grammy Awards Sunday night, it would appear all is well in the recording industry. But at the end of last year, the music business was worth half of what it was ten years ago and the decline doesn’t [...]
I found myself scratching my head last week as Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced carrier partnerships for the newly unveiled iPad. “AT&T is providing the service,” Jobs announced, as murmurs ran around the room. “AT&T is throwing in free use of their Wi-Fi hotspots in the U.S. with this. No contract. And you can [...]
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs displays the new iPad in San Francisco. The iPad can display full web pages and has a near-full size touch-screenkeyboard / AFP Source: AFP VIDEO: iPad verdict Australian IT editor Stuart Kennedy looks at the good and bad of Apple’s new device and what we can expect [...]
IT nearly sparked a second revolution in Iran, revolutionised social networking and helped celebrities drive us all mad with their constant updates. But now it seems that Twitter, the internet upstart of last year, may have reached its peak. New web figures showed the number of visitors to the micro-blogging site worldwide flattened out in [...]
BRITISH tycoon Sir Richard Branson has unveiled his new toy – an underwater “plane” for a voyage to the bottom of the sea. The Virgin Atlantic boss hopes the submarine with fighter jet technology will explore uncharted depths at 10,600m. The £415,000 ($749,000) carbon fibre prototype Necker Nymph will swoop 40m under the surface but [...]