International Business News - TechBit 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 Savvy Internet users know that downloading unsolicited computer programs is one of the most dangerous things you can do online. It puts you at great risk for a virus or another time bomb from a hacker. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/fake-youtube-pages-used-to-spread-viruses.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:48:11 EDT Google Inc., the leader in online search and advertising, is muscling in on video game territory--though it won't exactly be in the form of a shoot 'em up game. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/google-gets-into-video-games-with-ads.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:10:25 EDT Google Inc., the leader in online search and advertising, is muscling in on video game territory--though it won't exactly be in the form of a shoot 'em up game. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/google-gets-into-video-games-with-ads.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:11:22 EDT Among all the profiles on MySpace, the social networking site's users have uploaded almost 4 billion photos. Now through an agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co., MySpace hopes people will increasingly print these images and, eventually, buy photo-embellished merchandise, too. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/myspace-hp-in-deal-to-encourage-photo-printing.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:56:57 EDT Talk about your captive audience. Advertising is coming to the dentist's chair in the form of personal video goggles that patients wear while getting their cleaning or root canal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/ads-to-the-rescue-as-distraction-from-root-canals.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:42:46 EDT Apple Inc. will no longer force iPhone software developers to sign a nondisclosure agreement that many had said was hampering their ability to work. The switch, announced Wednesday, comes a week after the introduction of the first phone loaded with Google Inc.'s Android software, an open-source operating system that lets developers make and sell programs without restriction. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/apple-drops-secrecy-pledge-for-iphone-developers.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:37:08 EDT Could playing computer games enhance mental agility enough to turn people over 50 into better drivers? Allstate Corp. wants to find out, and if the answer is yes, it might offer insurance discounts to people who play the games. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/allstate-testing-whether-games-can-improve-driving.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:09:57 EDT From "Spider-Man 3" to "No Country for Old Men," Netflix Inc. is making another 2,500 movies, TV shows and concerts available for instant viewing through a deal with Starz Entertainment LLC. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/143080-netflix.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/starz-deal-more-streamed-movies-netflix.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/starz-deal-more-streamed-movies-netflix.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:05:35 EDT Sony Corp.'s U.S. video game division is adding a slick visual program to the PlayStation 3 game system that delivers news headlines, weather reports and webcam views from around the globe. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/sony-brings-visual-add-on-to-playstation-3.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:32:33 EDT Dell Inc. is switching to mercury-free light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, to illuminate laptop screens starting in mid-December, a move aimed making the computers softer on the environment and easier to recycle. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/dell-to-use-greener-led-displays-for-all-laptops.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:39:11 EDT Digg Inc., an Internet startup that specializes in rating news stories, is making a little news of its own with a $28.7 million round of financing. The investment announced Wednesday should squelch recurring rumors of a sale to Google Inc. or Microsoft Corp. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/vcs-shovel-another-28-7-million-into-digg.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:59:41 EDT Buy a CD or DVD, and it should work on a variety of devices and personal computers. Buy the same music or movie online, and you're on your own: Songs bought at Apple Inc.'s iTunes will generally work only with Apple products like the iPod, while many movies sold in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Media format will require a Windows computer or device. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/entertainment-tech-cos-to-unify-digital-media.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:33:45 EDT Before camera manufacturers one-upped each other with the number of megapixels, they one-upped each other with the zoom range of their lenses. And before that, in the 1960s, the "speed" of the lens, its ability to gather light, was the big selling point. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/132703-techbit-fast-lens.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/leica-grabs-bragging-rights-with-fastest-lens.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/leica-grabs-bragging-rights-with-fastest-lens.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:06:56 EDT Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, is helping start a new foundation with the aim of supporting the Web as a tool that's open and accessible to everyone. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/web-inventor-backs-group-to-improve-his-creation.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:22:08 EDT Buy a CD or DVD, and it should work on a variety of devices and personal computers. Buy the same music or movie online, and you're on your own: Songs bought at Apple Inc.'s iTunes will generally work only with Apple products like the iPod, while many movies sold in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Media format will require a Windows computer or device. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/entertainment-tech-cos-to-unify-digital-media.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:35:17 EDT Tim Berners-Lee, the British-born inventor of the World Wide Web, says he doesn't like to express preferences among Web browsers. But he does have an issue with one of them: Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/creator-of-web-spots-a-flaw-in-internet-explorer.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:17:14 EDT There are plenty of places to watch online video, but still no easy way to find a particular clip without suffering through a lot of trial and error. Now a startup led by a former Yahoo Inc. engineer is promising to simplify Internet video search with a complex technology that enables computers to recognize images, such as actors' faces, and index them scene-by-scene. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/videosurf-hopes-to-ride-internet-video-wave.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:10:51 EDT With SAT scores at their lowest level in years, two of the country's largest test-prep course providers are pairing with video game companies for the first time, to give students another way to practice for these oft-dreaded exams. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/sat-prep-services-get-into-video-games.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:45:32 EDT The world's biggest physics experiment, the Large Hadron particle collider that began running Wednesday in a 17-mile tunnel below the French-Swiss border, produces so much data that even the massive computing power at the European Organization for Nuclear Research can't sift through it all. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/global-computer-network-behind-the-big-bang-probe.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:24:08 EDT AOL wants you to check your Gmail and see what your Facebook friends are up to--the company just prefers you do these things from its site. In an effort to increase user loyalty and bring more visitors to AOL.com, AOL is taking a step in a new direction by adding outside content, including e-mail from rival providers like Yahoo and Google and updates from social sites like Facebook and MySpace. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/aol-adding-third-party-content-to-aol-com.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:32:31 EDT