TECHNOLOGY

Sun Microsystems Inc killed development of an advanced server chip it hoped would leapfrog its technology past rivals IBM and Intel Corp, the New York Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

The world's two largest cellphone makers, Nokia and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, unveiled new phones on Monday, offering features comparable to iPhone and Pre, but at lower prices.

The Huffington Post announced a major shake-up in its leadership by welcoming its second CEO since it first began operations.

Several U.S. senators urged regulators on Monday to review exclusive arrangements regarding mobile handset technology between wireless carriers and cell phone makers and how they affect competition and choice in the marketplace.

A Cuban exiled blogger called Luis Dominguez has managed to penetrate the tight security shelter surrounding the Castro family by posing as a woman and chatting online with the son of ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

Facebook users on Friday night made a mad dash to get their personalized Web address before someone else did.

The world's two largest cellphone makers, Nokia and Samsung, unveiled new phone models on Monday, offering features comparable to iPhone and Palm's Pre, but at lower prices.

British detectives said on Monday an investigation into Internet child pornography had uncovered a woman in the United States suspected of using a webcam to broadcast live sexual abuse of her young child.

The world's two largest cell phone makers, Nokia and Samsung, unveiled on Monday new phone models, offering features comparable to iPhone and Palm's Pre, but at lower prices.

Samsung Electronics, the world's second-biggest maker of mobile phones, launched a new touch-screen model on Monday while expressing confidence it would expand its global market share despite the downturn.

NASA officials announced plans in Monday to launch space shuttle Endeavor on Wednesday after delaying the Saturday’s initial launch due to a hydrogen leak.

British cable TV operator Virgin Media is to launch an unlimited music download subscription service through a partnership with the world's largest music company, Universal.

British cable TV operator Virgin Media is to launch an unlimited music download subscription service through a partnership with the world's largest music company, Universal.

The market of mobile financial services to poor people in emerging markets will surge from nothing to $5 billion in 2012, U.S.-based microfinance policy and research center CGAP said on Monday.

Religiously devout Jews barred by rabbis from surfing the Internet may now Koogle it on a new kosher search engine, the site manager said on Sunday.

SingTel, Southeast Asia's largest telco, on Sunday launched in Singapore a service that lets mobile subscribers download music files and videos which it hopes to introduce to other parts of Asia.

A California software publisher will seek an injunction preventing U.S. companies from shipping computers with Chinese anti-pornography software it says was stolen, the company's president said on Saturday.

A California software company plans to seek an injunction preventing U.S. companies from shipping computers with Chinese anti-pornography software that it claims was stolen, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

Amazon.com just got company in the e-book market online.

Microsoft is finalizing its trial version of free anti-virus code-named Morro and will be released soon, however rival Symantec has expressed disproval over the company's move.

China's plan to enforce internet-filtering software to be installed on all PC's and laptops to be sold in China, may not go as well as it had hoped.

After receiving widespread criticism over how easy it was for children to find porn on Microsoft's new search engine, Bing, the company said it has made changes that allow parents to monitor or block what their children see on their site.

NASA officials said Saturday that the launch of shuttle Endeavour would be delayed by at least four days after discovering a gas leak a few hours before lift-off, making it the second leak this year.

Video game industry sales in the U.S. plunged 23 percent to $863 million in May compared with $1.12 billion a year ago, according to a new report.

Personal computer makers are increasingly prioritizing green strategies, creating a pivotal point of competition for customers that are becoming more attuned to their financial -- and societal -- benefits.

The Friday deadline for a nationwide transition from analog to crisper digital television transmission has U.S. retailers hoping for a boost in sales of smaller TVs as consumers upgrade secondary sets in spare rooms.

Dell Inc. said Friday that the company's promotions on popular social-networking site,Twitter, have brought in an estimated $3 million in revenue since 2007.

Apple said its so called world's fastest browser Safari 4 has been downloaded 11 million times since it was released three days ago and more than half of the downloads came from PCs and laptops that use rival Windows as its operating system.

Digital TV will replace the six-decade long era of analog TV today which will leave more than 2.8 million unprepared homes across the country without TV service.