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AOL jumps into free e-mail business
May 10 2005 11:39PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Its subscription business in decline, America Online Inc. is launching yet another product on the open Web: a free, ad-supported e-mail service tied to its instant-messaging platform.
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Yahoo introduces online music service
May 10 2005 9:01PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Internet powerhouse Yahoo Inc. is introducing an online music subscription service that will enable consumers to download thousands of songs onto their portable MP3 players for $60 annually, undercutting the prices of the current industry leaders by more than 60 percent.
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Information leaks too fast for Microsoft
May 10 2005 8:09PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The difficulty of keeping secrets in the instantaneous age of the Internet and digital cameras should come as no surprise to the world's leading technology company, Microsoft Corp. But this week, the behemoth software maker apparently was caught off guard.
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Sony introduces new wireless laptop
May 10 2005 8:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Sony Corp. on Tuesday introduced the first mass-market laptop with built-in cellular technology for accessing the Internet over a wireless connection.
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Microsoft unveils new Windows Mobile
May 10 2005 8:09PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Microsoft Corp. unveiled Tuesday a new version of its Windows operating system for mobile devices that adds such features as PowerPoint viewing while making it easier for gadget makers to equip phones and handheld computers with typewriter keyboards and iPod-sized hard drives.
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Artificial athletes compete in RoboCup
May 10 2005 2:23PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Robot dog soccer is one of five games that teams of scholars competed in during the 2005 RoboCup U.S. Open, held Monday at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The aim of the three-day competition, which ends Tuesday, is to develop software for better robots with the long-term goal of fielding a robot soccer team good enough to play a human team by 2050.
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Engineers say device has multiple uses
May 10 2005 2:12PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Two Sandia National Laboratories engineers working on a way to make natural gas drilling equipment better say it also can help make lighter weight airplanes, better electric cars and earthquake monitoring systems.
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Faults found in online reporter's stories
May 10 2005 2:11PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An investigation over the sourcing and accuracy of roughly 160 news stories by a freelance journalist at a leading Internet news site concluded that the existence of more than 40 people quoted in the articles could not be confirmed.
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For some techies, an interminable workday
May 10 2005 11:03AM (CT)
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - The traffic jam ended hours ago, the parking lot is nearly empty and fluorescent lights are dimmed at PortalPlayer Inc., where the nightly brainstorming session is about to begin.
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Review: OpenOffice a strong competitor
May 10 2005 10:39AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It's weird how things can come back to bite you. Microsoft Corp. killed off the competition for office software suites and became a de facto monopoly in the area, with what result? The competition is back and, this time, it's free!
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Navy cyber cafes help keep many in touch
May 10 2005 8:10AM (CT)
CHARLESTON NAVAL WEAPONS STATION, S.C. (AP) - Since the Navy began setting up "Internet cafes" for soldiers overseas to keep in touch with their loved ones, almost 200 of the high-tech tents have sprung up in war zones.
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Nokia to set specs for mobile TV handsets
May 10 2005 6:54AM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Nokia Corp. will release technical details about its mobile TV system to help service providers offer customers the possibility of watching television on their handsets, with commercial TV services expected to begin in 2006.
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