TECHNOLOGY

One in three young Britons have been the victims of cyber-bullying with girls the most likely victims, according to research published on Tuesday.

U.S. chip maker Micron Technology Inc (MU.N) is in discussions with the government of Taiwan about taking a role in restructuring the island's memory chip manufacturers, the company said on Monday.

Netbook web surfers beware. That low-cost netbook you're using could be a high-speed gateway into your life, bank accounts, passwords and other personal data.

California surgeon Calvin Lee has barely picked up his violin for 15 years but on Monday he was named a member of the first YouTube Symphony Orchestra and next month he plays at Carnegie Hall with the group.

Microsoft may create up to 3,000 jobs as it raises investment in research and development by $1 billion this year, its chief operating officer said on Tuesday.

Intel Corp will develop its low-cost chips for ultra-small laptops with Taiwan's TSMC for a range of electronic devices, helping both firms expand into new markets amid a deepening global recession.

Microsoft Corp is testing a new version of its online search service internally under the name of Kumo.com, a spokesman for the software company said on Monday.

Microsoft announced at the CeBIT trade show in Hanover on Monday that it's rolling out its Surface computer to 12 new markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Intel Corp will develop and make its low-cost Atom-based chips with Taiwan's TSMC for a range of electronic devices, marking a shift in Intel's strategy while helping both companies expand into new markets amid a deepening global recession.

Netbook web surfers beware. That low-cost netbook you're using could be a high-speed gateway into your life, bank accounts, passwords and other personal data.

The U.S. recession presents a strong headwind to the travel industry, especially for business travel, which is declining more rapidly than leisure, the chief executives of two online travel agencies said on Monday.

A Belgian court fined Internet search engine Yahoo €55,000 ($69,300) on Monday for failing to hand over personal account information of users suspected of committing fraud online.

In spite a rocky year for Apple following CEO Steve Jobs struggling health, the company has once again been named the World's Most Admired Company by Fortune for a second year in a row.

Intel Corp and TSMC have agreed to team up to develop and make the low-cost Atom chip for use in a swathe of consumer electronics devices, expanding its use beyond netbooks as the chip makers target new markets in a deepening recession.

Ailing telecom equipment maker Nortel Networks Corp , now operating in bankruptcy protection, said on Monday its quarterly loss more than doubled as it booked over $2 billion in noncash writedowns and saw its sales plunge.

On Monday, Samsung Digital Imaging breaks silence when it unwraps the NX series camera at the PMA 2009 in Las Vegas.

The Nokia's XpressMusic 5800 which was on sale in the US market last week was halted by the company.

Vivendi is betting on its Guitar Hero and World of Warcraft games to boost profits this year, despite the global economic slump.

The U.S. recession will be a strong headwind for the travel industry for the foreseeable future, with business travel especially feeling the pinch, the chief executive of online travel agency Priceline.com said on Monday.

Ailing telecom equipment maker Nortel Networks Corp, now operating in bankruptcy protection, said on Monday its quarterly loss more than doubled as it booked over $2 billion in noncash writedowns and saw its sales plunge.

German twenty-somethings would ditch their spouses and do without a car in a heartbeat if they had to choose between having them or Internet access or a mobile phone, according to an industry study.

PC shipments will fall 11.9 percent in 2009, their sharpest fall ever, with sales in emerging markets contracting for the first time, research firm Gartner said on Monday.

For some of us, the iPhone will always be a slightly scary emblem of the brave new world: an impossibly sleek device that allows you to make a call, hear a song, learn a language and find your way home.

Two thirds of the world's cell phone subscriptions are in developing nations, with the highest growth rate in Africa where a quarter of the population now has a mobile, a United Nations agency said on Friday.

Shares of Sony Corp rose on Monday after the electronics maker said CEO Howard Stringer would double up as president and directly oversee the electronics division at the center of its problems.

Amazon's share of the electronic book reader market just got smaller with new e-readers from the Netherlands, China, Korea and also from the U.S.

Hearst Corp., one of the largest media conglomerates in the world, says its rolling out an electronic reader for its newspapers and magazines, similar to Amazon's new kindle e-book reader. The company also said it will hold back from putting all its content online for free as advertising continues to slow.

In spite of bleak economic times, an iPhone with a hefty $2.5 million price tag has been rolled out, making it the most expensive cell phone in the world.

Europe's biggest technology fair CeBit aims to entice cash-conscious business customers with software aimed at coping with the recession while itself continuing to experience a hemorrhage of trade-exhibitors.