Online shopping holdouts can now buy virtual Visa vouchers to pay
for internet purchases without the need for plastic cards or even a
bank account.
Australian pilots flying the new generation of fighter jets now
under development will wear bespoke, high-tech helmets equipped
with a feature that gives airmen simulated X-ray vision.
Sydneysiders may buy more clothes but when it comes to spending
money on online shopping, Melburnians win hands down.
Amazon.com Inc. is expected to unveil its long-awaited e-book reader at a media event Monday in New York, according to CNet Networks Inc.'s technology news site.
Amazon.com Inc. is expected to unveil its long-awaited e-book
reader at a media event Monday in New York, according to CNet
Networks Inc.'s technology news site.
BEA Systems Inc. exceeded analyst expectations in its first
quarterly earnings report in 15 months, bolstering management's
contention that the business software maker is headed for better
times if it's not bought by rival Oracle Corp. or another suitor.
German software giant SAP AG brings its toughest jobs to this port
city in China's rustbelt northeast.
Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping areas in the U.S. and Europe use wireless data systems vulnerable to hacking, the company said Thursday.
Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security
company secretly monitored at major shopping areas in the U.S. and
Europe use wireless data systems vulnerable to hacking, the company
said Thursday.
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Singapore bans the sale of an Xbox video game featuring an intimate
scene between two female characters.
Germany will transmit secret, enciphered radio messages that
Britain will attempt to intercept and then decipher using Colossus,
a rebuilt version of the 1940s computer that cracked Nazi war-time
codes.
A South Korean firm says it has developed a dirt-resistant screen
for notebook computers, by using a principle similar to non-stick
frying pans.
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The One Laptop Per Child project sounded like a good idea in 2005,
but two years is a long time in the IT industry when the big boys
want a piece of the action.
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Dell wants to radically change how it markets its computers in
Australia and Asia, pushing its products into retail shops and
possibly even opening a Dell store.
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