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The International Herald Tribune
IHT.com Tech Alert


Paris, Monday, June 18, 2007

Kinder, not killer, video games
By the fall season, software developers will start introducing new offerings designed to nudge players to bond with Grandma, balance their hormones and eat their peas.

As some grow weary of Web, online sales lose momentum
In the last year, online growth has slowed sharply in major sectors like books, tickets and office supplies.

Money transfers by text message: A new service begins
Anam, a Dublin-based company that specializes in new styles of mobile phone messages, is offering a service they say could revolutionize money transfers.

Channel 4, little brother of BBC, struggles to make ends meet
To attract viewers, several recent shows have gone too far for the comfort of British royals and regulators.

EBay reports progress against fraud
Measures against scams and counterfeit goods introduced in January have yielded results, the company says.
- Google cancels Boston event after eBay yanks its ads

Google cancels Boston event after eBay yanks its ads
After Google organized a party to compete with eBay's annual sellers' convention in Boston, the online auction service retaliated.

Kellogg scales back ads for sugary cereals aimed at children
The Kellogg Company said it would phase out advertising products to children under age 12 that did not meet specific nutrition guidelines.

Wall Street panel to propose guidelines for e-mail
The goal is to clarify how rules last updated in 1998 should apply to messages sent by way of written electronic communications, including internal and external exchanges.

Kodak says its new technology doubles digital cameras' sensitivity to light
Analysts say the new system could mean much better images from camera phones and point-and-shoot cameras in low-light situations.

Bebo and Apple set deal to sell music online
A new partnership between the online social networking site Bebo and Apple's iTunes store will encourage fans to buy digital music, not pirate it.

The iPhone is missing a keyboard
The downside is that typing is done by pecking on the screen with thumbs or fingers, something hardly anyone outside of Apple has experienced yet.

Shake-up at The Wall Street Journal
The reorganization is designed to integrate print and online news operations as well as simplify the paper's international news structure.



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