The United States still hopes it can persuade China to abandon, or at least delay, its plan to require controversial filtering software on new computers, despite growing trade friction over the issue, a U.S. trade official said on Thursday.
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China on Thursday stepped up accusations that Google is spreading obscene content over the Internet, a day after U.S. officials urged Beijing to abandon plans for controversial filtering software on new computers.
Smartphone maker Palm Inc posted a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss on Thursday, sending its shares up more than 14 percent.
Micron Technology Inc , the largest U.S. maker of computer memory chips, reported its tenth consecutive quarterly loss on Thursday as revenue fell, sending its shares down nearly 5 percent.
Technology outsourcing and consulting firm Accenture Ltd said its quarterly profit fell due to a slower economy and a stronger U.S. dollar, although the results were better than most analysts had expected.
Apple's new iPhone 3GS has boosted mobile video uploads on YouTube by 400% per day since it went on sale last week Friday.
Microsoft and VivaKi, the digital arm of Publicis, on Thursday unveiled a broad cooperation deal spanning the fast-growing digital advertising sector to targeted television advertising.
Microsoft Corp will sell the standard home-user version of its new Windows 7 operating system for 8 percent less than the comparable version of its Vista system, as the global downturn hits spending on technology.
The first iPhone porn app was approved and then later, disapproved and removed from the iPhone App Store in the space of a few hours.
Google will soon roll out a new service called Google Voice that is built with technology obtained through its 2007 acquisition of Internet telephony company GrandCentral.
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will slash prices for the Windows 7 computer operating system by 17 percent compared to its predecessor in an effort to revive sales of its flagship product.
Microsoft Corp is to sell the standard home-user version of its new Windows 7 operating system for 8 percent less than the comparable version of its Vista system, as the global downturn hits spending on technology.
Videogames were once blamed for rising obesity rates but are now being championed by the medical industry and for use by government departments for their health benefits.
Britain warned on Thursday of a growing risk to military and business secrets from computer spies and pledged to toughen cyber security to protect the 50 billion pounds ($82 billion) spent a year online in its economy.
A U.S. district judge ruled that Sprint Nextel Corp will not face a nationwide class-action lawsuit that claims the No. 3 U.S. mobile company overcharged customers for taxes and refused refunds, court documents show.
The heads of the top U.S. companies might be engaged in the boardroom, but they're switched off when it comes to social media, according to a new study that said CEOs should be more connected to their customers.
LG Electronics Inc on Thursday launched liquid crystal display televisions that use light-emitting diodes as a light source, and said it was aiming to sell as many as 5 million units in 2010.
China on Thursday stepped up accusations that Google is spreading obscene content, a day after U.S. officials urged Beijing to abandon plans for controversial filtering software on new computers.
China's Foreign Ministry on Thursday accused Google's English language search engine of spreading vulgar content that violated the nation's law.
Internet users in China were unable to open the main site of Google, the world's biggest search engine, late on Wednesday evening, and the company said it was investigating.
Ordinary web users in China will be banned from surfing sex-related medical and research websites from next month, amid an Internet crackdown on pornographic online content, according to new regulations.
Microsoft Corp, the world's largest software group, is still open to a partnership with search engine giant Yahoo Inc, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.
Social networking Internet service LinkedIn said on Wednesday that interim President Jeff Weiner will take over as chief executive officer, six months after the company's co-founder stepped into the role.
Top U.S. officials urged China Wednesday to abandon its proposal to require Internet filters installed on personal computers starting next month, warning the step could violate world trade rules.
Cablevision Systems Corp, Major League Baseball and the New York Yankees cable network said on Wednesday they reached a multiyear deal for live streaming online Yankees games in the team's home market.
David Fincher, director of Seven, Fight Club and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, is in early talks to sign on to direct the upcoming Facebook movie, according to Variety.
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs is recovering well from a liver transplant in Memphis and has an “excellent prognosis,” according to a statement by the Tennessee hospital where the procedure was done.
Intel Corp announced a technology partnership with Nokia that could potentially give the chip maker the breakthrough it has been looking for into the mobile market.
Apple Inc chief executive Steve Jobs underwent a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital and has an excellent prognosis, the hospital that performed the operation confirmed on Tuesday.
