TECHNOLOGY

Security at the G20 summit next week will rest in part on Britain's pervasive closed circuit cameras, but in future pre-emptive surveillance could extend to the entire country's personal data.

A new videogame company is aiming to challenge the big three console makers by providing a cloud-based gaming system promising on-demand access to games and no lag time.

Eight percent of international call traffic in 2008 used Internet calling company Skype, an increase of 41 percent on a year earlier, according to data from communications research firm TeleGeography released on Tuesday.

Japanese robots are helping hayfever suffers get through the allergy minefield that is spring by measuring the amount of pollen in the air and then warning about its severity.

Blockbuster Inc plans to let TiVo Inc subscribers download movies to their home televisions from its online movie library, in the latest deal aimed at broadening the brand to computers and other gadgets.

T-Mobile USA plans to double its high-speed wireless network coverage to reach a potential 200 million wireless users by the end of 2009 as it looks to catch up with rival services.

A new video game company is aiming to challenge the big three console makers by providing a cloud-based gaming system promising on-demand access to games and no lag time.

U.S. Internet users viewed 13.1 billion online videos in February, down 12 percent from January, although viewing on Hulu grew 42 percent in the period, research firm comScore said on Tuesday.

Newell Rubbermaid Inc plans to slash its dividend in half for the second time in two months as it tries to maintain an investment-grade rating while taking steps to repay debt coming due later this year.

Today, Netflix Inc., announced its integration with Facebook Connect as part of its plan to make Netflix features more broadly accessible to members and their friends.

China is not afraid of the Internet, its Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, even as access to the popular video sharing site YouTube appeared to be blocked.

Sprint Nextel Corp is looking to rent the excess capacity on its network to makers of consumer gadgets, the Wall Street Journal said.

The take-up of Nokia's N-Gage gaming service has accelerated since the top cell phone maker has started to pre-install it in new mid- and higher-end phone models, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

The chief executive of Dell Inc, the world's No. 2 PC maker, said on Tuesday rumors of IBM possibly buying Sun Microsystems were creating an enormous opportunity for Dell.

Activision has appointed former Yahoo chief operating officer Dan Rosenweig as the head of Red Octane, publisher of the mega-popular Guitar Hero series.

Sony Ericsson's struggling handset company is undergoing an executive shake up in its U.S. branch.

The International Space Station and the Space Shuttle Discovery which is currently attached to it were forced on Sunday to change orbit in order to avoid being hit by 10-year-old debris from a Chinese satellite launch.

The videogame sector is looking for a resurgence this year through casual users and programs for mobile phones, themes that will be underscored this week at one of the industry's most closely watched events.

Phone companies faced off against consumer groups on Monday, in a debate over whether $7.2 billion in federal broadband spending should come with a mandate that Internet networks remain open to all traffic.

Nokia has dropped plans to add its gaming service to the older, but very successful N73 model, a spokesman for the top cellphone maker said on Monday.

Intel Corp, a bellwether of the technology industry, announced an overhaul its employee compensation plan, including a freeze on top salaries and an exchange of underwater stock options.

It may have been a fashion first, but supermodel Naomi Campbell has nothing to fear.

EBay unit Skype on Monday plans to announce a version of its Internet calling software that connects to corporate phone systems, the Wall Street Journal said.

Sales of Microsoft's Xbox 260s in the U.S. in February was up 53 percent from the same month last year, giving the company its biggest non-holiday sales month sales apart from September 2007 when Halo 3 was launched, according NPD Group research firm.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer appeared to have added more fire to the an already flaming rivalry between the difference of Mac and a PC.

AUSTIN, Texas - Signing on for a Guitar Hero game was a no brainer, according to Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich.

A judge in Denver on Friday set aside her previous order that former Qwest Communications International Chief Executive Joseph Nacchio report to prison on Monday after his attorneys petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn his 2007 insider trading conviction.

Verizon Wireless is the U.S. network that has received fewer complaints from its subscribers, according to J.D. Power and Associates.

The iTunes store has begun selling HD movies for the first time, Apple said Thursday.