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Internet phones given 911 deadline
May 19 2005 10:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Internet phone providers were ordered Thursday to begin supplying reliable 911 emergency call service after regulators heard an anguished Florida woman describe how she was unable to summon help to save her dying infant daughter.
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Top games at Electronic Entertainment Expo
May 19 2005 8:34PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - There's an old saying in the video game business: just because a game looks good doesn't mean it's fun to play. We roamed the sprawling halls of this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo and found these standouts from the hundreds of new games being previewed. In most cases, it was the gameplay, not the graphics, that had us hooked.
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Google allows users to add home page tools
May 19 2005 8:29PM (CT)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Google Inc. on Thursday introduced a new option that will enable visitors to display more information on the online search engine leader's bare-bones home page, a departure that pushes the company a step closer to operating an Internet portal in the mold of rivals Yahoo and MSN.com.
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Gates warns on information overload
May 19 2005 8:28PM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - At his annual shindig for CEOs, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates told executives that businesses need to do more to help their employees sort through an ever-growing flood of information that threatens to become a drain on productivity.
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Searches made in LexisNexis hacking probe
May 19 2005 4:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal agents have carried out searches in at least two states as part of the investigation into the theft of Social Security numbers and other personal information from database giant LexisNexis Inc.
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Korean firm a force in U.S. online games
May 19 2005 2:57PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Four years ago, mentioning NCsoft Corp. likely would have drawn blank stares from even the most dedicated U.S. video game player. At the time, the South Korean maker of massively multiplayer online games, in which tens of thousands of gamers can simultaneously inhabit virtual worlds, had smash hits in Asia including "Lineage." Then two brothers from Austin, Texas, got involved.
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Netscape combines browser features
May 19 2005 2:26PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The newest Netscape browser combines the best features from Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox but no longer tries to commandeer all search traffic to its own engine.
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JPMorgan Chase to roll out no-swipe card
May 19 2005 12:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Thursday it will offer a new credit card that allows users to pay for items by holding the card near a terminal instead of manually swiping it.
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Nintendo joins battle of new game systems
May 19 2005 11:33AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Let the battle for the digital den begin _ again. Nintendo Co. on Tuesday was the last of the three major video game console makers to preview its next-generation system, called Revolution. The Japanese company had a tiny surprise, too.
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FCC to rule on 911 for Web phone services
May 19 2005 7:42AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - After a decade of wrangling between government and the wireless industry, there's still no certainty that when a cell phone is used to dial 911 an emergency dispatcher will automatically know the caller's location or phone number.
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Review: Acura's brainy RL sedan dazzles
May 19 2005 6:52AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - With sandwiches in the cooler and water bottles in the cup holders, we departed for a road trip in a 2005 Acura RL sedan, equipped with more gadgetry than almost any other car available in North America.
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Survey: Software piracy rate is steady
May 19 2005 6:51AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The rate of global computer software piracy was virtually unchanged last year, with illegal copies continuing to be most prevalent in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the U.S. Business Software Alliance.
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