International Business News - TEC http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Electronic books are the persistent wallflowers of the gadget world. Consumers have snubbed them again and again in favor of a 500-year-old technology: ink printed on paper. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/189088-tech-test-mibook.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081204/review-mibook-is-cheap-colorful-e-book-reader.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081204/review-mibook-is-cheap-colorful-e-book-reader.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:14:12 EST Microsoft Corp. on Thursday tapped a former Yahoo search executive to lead its online push, adding to the intrigue surrounding a possible search partnership between the two rivals. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081204/microsoft-taps-yahoo-exec-to-lead-web-business.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:26:19 EST Portable media players are almost essential for any music, video or photo fan--which could be just about anyone on your holiday gift list. Whether you're looking for a tiny player that can fit in a back pocket or something with a larger screen and memory capacity for watching videos, there are plenty of reasonable options. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/188993-holiday-tech-gifts-media-players.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081204/gift-guide-a-few-tips-for-rocking-out-on-the-go.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081204/gift-guide-a-few-tips-for-rocking-out-on-the-go.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:12:36 EST For anyone who remembers sifting through yellowed card catalogs in the library for that 10th-grade history project, the abundance of information available online is astounding--as is the task of sifting out unreliable information. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/professors-aim-to-get-students-a-web-analysis-tool.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:12:13 EST Did your parents tell you to remember your scarf when you went out, so you wouldn't catch a cold? Today, the advice might be: Remember your cell phone. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/the-phone-that-feels-the-flu-before-you-do.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:44:36 EST Concerned that many would-be contributors to Wikipedia are being scared away, the foundation that runs the Internet encyclopedia is getting an $890,000 grant to try to make the editing process more user-friendly. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/wikipedia-hopes-to-make-editing-user-friendly.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:19:45 EST U.S. shipments of personal computers are expected to drop nearly 3 percent next year, while demand in much of the rest of the world will slow down quickly as the financial crisis spreads, research firm IDC said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/idc-sees-decline-in-us-pc-market-next-year.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:59:03 EST Yahoo Inc. is plugging its Internet radio service into CBS Corp.'s webcasting network in a move driven by dramatically higher fees for airing music online. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/rising-royalties-send-yahoos-launchcast-to-cbs.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:39:24 EST Nokia Corp., the world's largest maker of cell phones, is launching a new phone next year that is designed to compete with Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerrys at the high end of the market. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/187300-nokia-n97.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/nokia-device-to-challenge-rim-and-apple-next-year.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/nokia-device-to-challenge-rim-and-apple-next-year.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:02:04 EST Consumer electronics have long been among the most popular holiday gifts, with fierce competition among shoppers for day-after-Thanksgiving deals on flat-screen TVs and laptop computers. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/185080-holiday-shopping-electronics.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/shoppers-cautious-with-gadget-buys-on-black-friday.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/shoppers-cautious-with-gadget-buys-on-black-friday.htm Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:57:03 EST Sears.com was inaccessible to U.S. shoppers for two hours on Friday in what was the most notable Web hiccup of the holiday gift-buying season's official start. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/black-friday-traffic-takes-down-sears-com.htm Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:09:26 EST Since its launch in March, video-streaming site Hulu has become a popular place to catch TV shows, video clips and movies for free on the Web. Apparently, the folks behind Hulu--which is a joint venture between General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal and News Corp.--aren't the only ones that think this is a good idea. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/182449-tech-test-sling-com.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/sling-com-like-video-site-hulu-with-a-twist.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/sling-com-like-video-site-hulu-with-a-twist.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:02:26 EST The South American country of Guyana plans to close hundreds of Internet cafes that it accuses of bypassing the telephone company system to offer cheap international calls. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/guyana-to-close-net-cafes-that-offer-cheap-calls.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:57:55 EST Verizon's FiOS TV service doesn't make for a brighter picture, the advertising industry's self-regulatory body said, urging the company to drop some of the claims it makes in its advertising. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/ad-watchdog-fios-not-so-much-more-bright.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:34:00 EST The U.S. Army plans to invest $50 million over five years to develop video games for use in training soldiers for combat, according to a report in Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/army-to-spend-50m-on-video-games-_-report.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:48:43 EST The nearest Wal-Mart is two hours away, and only foul weather, a deer in the road or a Washakie County sheriff's deputy would slow down anyone with a mind to drive there faster. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/179876-english-from-the-range.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/broadband-makes-tiny-town-an-english-teaching-hub.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/broadband-makes-tiny-town-an-english-teaching-hub.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:37:25 EST Two engineers from China were sentenced to a year in prison Friday for stealing computer chip designs from their Silicon Valley employers and trying to smuggle the secrets to their homeland to launch a government-backed startup there. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/engineers-face-jail-in-economic-espionage-case.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:57:22 EST If Google delivers useless search results, just erase them and you won't see them again. That's possible under a new system Google Inc. unveiled Thursday. Hoping to give its search engine a more personal touch, Google now lets users reshuffle results so their favorite Web sites get top billing and disliked destinations get discarded the next time they enter the same request. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/google-empowers-users-to-edit-search-results.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:15:57 EST Lively, a virtual reality service from Google Inc., is dying. The company plans to shut down the service at the end of the year, reflecting Lively's inability to stand out from the rest of the virtual reality crowd. The pack of faux worlds is led by Second Life, where people deploy animated alter egos known as avatars to pursue digital fantasies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/googles-virtual-world-lively-to-die-next-month.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:00:59 EST Microsoft Corp. is giving an early holiday gift to people who pay for all-you-can-listen access to the Zune digital music store: 10 songs to keep each month, included in the $14.99 monthly subscription fee. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/microsoft-lets-zune-music-subscribers-keep-tunes.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:03:49 EST