Simplicity and cheap calls is making Skype popular with
small-to-medium companies, writes Brad Howarth.
There is a housing-market crash coming in the virtual world of
Second Life, if an Australian company gets its way.
In the superficial world of online social networking, popularity
has become a commodity that is bought and sold.
Two New York men accused of trying to extort $150,000 from MySpace.com by developing code that tracked visitors pleaded no contest Monday to illegal computer access in a bargain with the prosecution.
Worldwide server sales in the fourth quarter grew 5.2 percent over
last year to $15.2 billion (euro11.55 billion) as businesses
snapped up more of the midrange and high-end computers that power
corporate networks, a research firm said.
Electronic Arts Inc. replaced Larry Probst as chief executive on Monday, naming former EA executive John Riccitiello as the new leader of world's largest video game publisher. Riccitiello, who will become CEO April 2, joined Redwood City, Calif.-based EA in October 1997, rising to president and chief operating officer before quitting in April 2004.
Internet search company Google Inc. plans to open a research and
development centre in Singapore, its first in Southeast Asia, a
newspaper reported Tuesday.
Electronic Arts Inc. replaced Larry Probst as chief executive on Monday, naming former EA executive John Riccitiello as the new leader of world's largest video game publisher.
Two young New York men accused of trying to extort $150,000 (euro114,000) from MySpace.com by developing code that tracked visitors pleaded no contest to illegal computer access in a bargain with the prosecution.
A man who siphoned millions of US dollars (euros) from a
pornography website and fled to Mexico pleaded poverty and asked a
judge to erase the $65 million (euro49.39 million) he owes the
rightful owner of Sex.com.
After years of delays and billions in development and marketing
efforts, it would seem that Microsoft Corp. would want anyone who
possibly can to buy its new Windows Vista operating system. Yet
Microsoft is making it hard for Mac owners and other potentially
influential customers to adopt the software.
Apple said on Monday that it would delay the debut of its Apple TV
devices until March.
As Facebook.com's mastermind, Mark Zuckerberg is sitting on a
potential gold mine that could make him the next Silicon Valley
whiz kid to strike it rich.
Amid the cacophony of mobile phone ringtones these days, add these: the clickety-click-click of a rare Central American poison arrow dart frog, the howl of a Mexican gray wolf and the bellows of an Arctic beluga whale.
Intel Corp. plans to spend between $1 billion and $1.5 billion to overhaul its semiconductor production facility in New Mexico to manufacture computer chips with next-generation technology.
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Experts say Windows Vista may still be susceptible to hackers,
reports Patrick Gray.
Australian bands will perform in a virtual concert being staged in
the 3-D online world Second Life.
