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News.blog: Ballmer promises to keep Yahoo brand

News Even if the brand lives, though, it is unclear which of Yahoo's technologies Microsoft would adopt. Microsoft says it can find $1bn (£500m) in cost cuts by combining Yahoo's business with its own Internet services operation, however CEO Steve...

Tags: yahoo, details, ceo steve ballmer, operation

8 February 2008, 9:22

Driven to distraction by technology?

News The result, says Carl Honore, journalist and author of In Praise of Slowness, is a situation where the digital communications that were supposed to make working lives run more smoothly are actually preventing people from getting critical tasks...

22 July 2005, 10:00

Gamers get virtual cash from real ATMs

News I suspect certain demographics, who, because they have not seen a cheque in their lives, if they owe you £20, they will get their dwarf to deliver it to your elf. Gaming company MindArk has launched a cash card for gamers to withdraw money they...

5 May 2006, 9:39

News.blog: I want 'Buffy' on my iPod!

News But that won't help anyone who owns a video iPod today and lives outside the US or wants to watch something beyond Lost or Desperate Housewives. Buying an iPod is easy. Filling it with video turns out to be much more difficult.

16 January 2006, 10:51

Google hires Net pioneer Vint Cerf

News His vision for technology helped create entire industries that have transformed many parts of our lives. Google announced on Thursday that it has hired Internet pioneer Vint Cerf, as the search leviathan seeks to build a network foundation for its...

9 September 2005, 8:47

Orange cuts voice and data roaming costs

News For voice roaming, Orange is launching an offer called 'Favourite Countries' -- which it says will deliver savings of between 18 and 60 per cent off the regulated 'Eurotariff', depending on which European country a customer lives in.

Tags: customers, customer, rate, cent

21 May 2008, 9:45

Students try texting to combat knife crime

News A wave of knife crime violence has claimed the lives of scores of teenagers in London this year, which is why the pilot is focused on gaining information about youths with knives, said Crimestoppers. A plan to use SMS to combat youth knife crime is...

Tags: details, children, anti, london

4 June 2008, 9:13

Wireless USB gadgets start the onslaught

News If it lives up to its backers' hopes, it will spread in coming years to printers, hard drives, set-top boxes, cameras, digital music players and mobile phones. Wireless USB, a cable-free version of the ubiquitous device connection technology, is...

17 July 2007, 10:07

Doctors text appointment reminders

News Ealing PCT service development manager Keith Martin said mobile patient services are the way forward because they have proven they are cost effective and scalable -- and many already use mobiles to run their daily lives.

24 November 2006, 9:43

Bring some bling to your Web site

News Search engines are a huge part of our lives now. Want your Web site to rank higher? Make sure search engines can link to all your pages, use specific keywords when tagging content, promote popular products prominently and use software to track...

12 August 2005, 8:38

The techno-sexual dating game

News The Internet-wired, remote-controlled coffee maker and lights did not go over well," said Jordon, who lives in New York. BlackBerry Pearl. MacBook Pro. Slingbox. Palm TX. WordPress. TrueCrypt. Squeezebox.

5 December 2006, 10:06

Saddam's trial to appear on Web

News With a delay, Scharf said, the tribunal has time to blur faces of witnesses who testify and to edit out any other identifying information that could put their lives in danger. The long-awaited trial of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein...

19 October 2005, 9:43

Microsoft plans to rival Google with search engine

News But bundling would find little purchase against Google because it lives insulated from Microsoft on the web, unlike other applications that were easy game for the software giant as they perched directly on Windows.

2 March 2006, 9:58

Deaf get voicemail converted to text

News Hamilton said: "There is simply not enough being done by organisations to embrace simple ideas like voice-to-text to improve the lives of hearing impaired people. Deaf people are piloting a service that allows them to read messages on their phones...

14 December 2005, 9:18

Video, podcasts and blogs track Winter Olympics

News This year, podcasts, blogs, video, animation and satellite images of the event locations will all give viewers a more intimate look at the events and athletes' lives than they've ever had. Nate Holland, one of the US Olympic snowboarders, says he's...

13 February 2006, 10:29