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How eight pixels cost Microsoft millions
News Insensitivity to cultural issues has led to some of the software giant's products being banned in some countries.
Tags: Software
Online university eyes Asian MBA market
News The tech shakeout hasn't stopped investors from launching an Asian online university, one which they hope will skirt the pitfalls that have claimed many a dotcom.
World Cup soccer loves to hate high tech
Insight Tournament still lacks any high-tech help that might settle questions of contested goals or other controversial calls.
Sony 'cautiously optimistic' about holiday retail sales
News Mike Fasulo, executive vice president of company's electronics division, says gadget maker is hopeful about better sales this year than last.
Tags: Home entertainment, Game players, DVD, TVs, MP3 players, Blu-ray, Electronics, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony Playstation, Glasgow
Skype reprimanded over video-call ad
News U.K. Advertising Standards Authority bans showing of Skype ad after viewers complain it exaggerates sound and image quality possible in a video call.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Skype Technologies S.A., IP Telephony, Video, Internet telephony company, Glasgow, ADSL, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), performance
High costs kill off London Underground mobile plans
News Mobile phones on the London Underground are not commercially viable.
Tags: Network infrastructure, O2 Plc., Mobile, Cell Phone, Wireless, Glasgow, Waterloo, Transport For London, Tube, phone
Apple sued over iPhone screen tech
News Picsel Technologies alleges patent infringement for technology found in iPhone and iPod Touch that lets people fluidly zoom and pan sites, documents and images, according to reports.
Tags: Smart phones, Patents, Apple Inc., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, NTT DoCoMo Inc., Sharp Corp., Glasgow, Picsel Research, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Scotland
Microsoft 'moving on' after HD DVD breakup
News At Mix '08, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer confirms that his company is looking at supporting Blu-ray disc.
Tags: Video
Apple issues Mac OS X security update
News in brief Apple has released a security update that fixes several flaws in its Mac OS X operating system.
The next notebook battery? Lithium polymer
News Tech first discussed years ago might soon power laptops, replacing common but flammable lithium ion.
Tags: Components, Personal Computers, R&D
London: U.K.'s hotspot for online card fraud
News London comes out on top of fraudsters' list, with several postcode areas showing a very high incidence of fraudulent transactions.
Tags: Security
Symbian names new CEO
News Veteran telecom exec Nigel Clifford to take the helm in June. His mission: boost Symbian's presence in mid-range mobile market.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, Symbian
Sending e-mail in Java: There's more than one way
Techguide "Every application grows until it can send e-mail" is an old maxim, and a threshold that Java passed many years ago, when the JavaMail API appeared.
Tags: Software, Protocols and platforms, Java
Development path set for storage initiative
Techguide Novell joins a consortium which aims to develop common open-source software for managing storage on machines from different providers.
Sony's brave Sir Howard
Insight With the PS3 and Blu-ray by his side, CEO Howard Stringer says Sony is set to vanquish its foes and keep consumers happy.
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