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Video game 'console wars' enter new phase
May 12 2006 7:53PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - After years of promises and high expectations, consumers will finally be able to purchase next-generation video game consoles as the industry's painful transition to the latest technology comes to an end later this year.
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Nokia to add Google Talk to tablet device
May 12 2006 4:56PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Nokia Corp. is adding the Google Talk application to a Nokia handheld Internet browsing device, in a move that could help boost the search company's reach in mobile communications.
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Major cities sue online travel agents
May 12 2006 2:53PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Several cities around the country have sued Web-based travel clearinghouses such as Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz, claiming they have failed to pay millions of dollars in hotel taxes.
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Chinese version of Wikipedia is launched
May 12 2006 11:57AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's biggest Internet search site, Baidu.com, has launched a Chinese-language encyclopedia inspired by the cooperative reference site Wikipedia, which the communist government bars China's Web surfers from seeing.
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Top Chinese university fires scientist
May 12 2006 10:15AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - A dean at one of China's top universities has been fired after his claims to have invented a new computer chip turned out to be a fraud, the school announced Friday.
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Comcast to have CBS shows 'on demand'
May 12 2006 9:30AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Comcast Corp., CBS Corp. and General Motors Corp. are testing a new concept in video on demand: prime time TV shows free for digital cable subscribers.
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Game distributor sued over boy's suicide
May 12 2006 4:28AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The parents of a 13-year-old Chinese boy who they say jumped to his death from a tall building after playing one of the popular "Warcraft" online games for 36 hours straight are suing its Chinese distributor, a news report said Friday.
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Philadelphia OKs wireless Internet project
May 12 2006 2:57AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a plan to blanket the city's 135 square miles with a high-speed wireless Internet connection, a measure the mayor is expected to sign soon.
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