Tech and WEB

Facebook fun goes mobile with iPhone applications - 03/14/2009

AUSTIN, March 14, 2009 (AFP) - Facebook is letting users of its flourishing social-networking community play together on the road by using Apple's popular iPhone and iPod Touch mobile devices....

Second Life finding new life - 03/14/2009

Linden Lab chief executive Mark Kingdon shakes his head when he sees news stories heralding the demise of former Internet darling Second Life. Reporters that rushed into Second Life to cover...

New Google program turns voicemail into email - 03/12/2009

WASHINGTON,(AFP) - Internet search giant Google on Thursday expanded its push into the telephone market, offering a service that provides a single number for home, work and cell phones and turns...

Amazon opens Kindle bookstore to iPhone, iPod - 03/04/2009

Amazon.com opened up its vast electronic bookstore to the Apple iPhone and iPod on Wednesday, less than a month after unveiling the latest generation of its e-book reader, the Kindle. Amazon said...

Facebook turns to democracy to appease users - 03/03/2009

SAN FRANCISCO, February 26, 2009 (AFP) - Facebook is giving power to the people when it comes to deciding what to do with policies and products at the leading social-networking website. Facebook...

US judge sides with Google in 'Street View' privacy case - 02/20/2009

SAN FRANCISCO, February 18, 2009 (AFP) - A federal judge has ruled against a US couple who accused Google of invading their privacy by publishing a Street View picture of their house in the Internet...

Google shoots down 'Atlantis' pictures - 02/20/2009

WASHINGTON (AFP) - No, the lost city of Atlantis has not been found. Google Earth images showing what appeared to be a grid of streets on the ocean floor off the coast of Africa were actually...

Favorite passwords: "1234" and "password" - 02/16/2009

Better think twice before choosing a password for emails, online bank accounts and airline tickets. Passwords that show no imagination or distinctiveness are easy prey for information pirates, a...

Facebook most-visited social networking website - 02/11/2009

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Compete.com has crowned Facebook the most popular social networking website, saying it racked-up nearly 1.2 billion visits in January. The Internet-tracking firm released...

Mobile phone giants dial up entertainment in growth bid: analysts - 02/08/2009

SINGAPORE (AFP) - Mobile phone giants are going beyond their traditional role as handset makers by offering entertainment and lifestyle content to help grow revenues amid tough competition, analysts...
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