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Services expand world of the Internet
Jun 13 2005 9:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Next time you're walking down a city sidewalk, look out for the Internet. It's all around you _ and not just in the phone lines and cables running under the streets or in the airborne Wi-Fi streams. In recent months, several services have sprung up to allow a communion of the real world with the Internet, with cell phones acting as the medium.
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Nokia unveils seven new mobile handsets
Jun 13 2005 9:16PM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Nokia Corp., the world's largest mobile phone maker, on Monday launched seven new handsets with increasingly accurate digital camera qualities and fast downloads of data and games from the Internet.
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Hong Kong plans to enact anti-spam law
Jun 13 2005 9:16PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong plans to enact an anti-spam law next year to crack down on companies that send unsolicited e-mails or make automated telemarketing calls to consumers, an official has said.
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ICANN creating virtual red-light district
Jun 13 2005 9:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A red-light district tentatively cleared for construction on the Internet _ the ".xxx" domain _ is being billed by backers as giving the $12 billion online porn industry a great opportunity to clean up its act.
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Microsoft censors blogs at Chinese portal
Jun 13 2005 9:16PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. is cooperating with China's government to censor the company's newly launched Chinese-language Web portal, a spokesman for the tech giant said.
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Man charged for trying to steal user data
Jun 13 2005 9:16PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A man was arrested Monday for allegedly setting up a phony Internet portal site to lure victims into giving personal data, an official said. Police said it was Japan's first arrest linked to a form of identity theft called phishing.
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AOL will focus on free music, video
Jun 13 2005 9:16PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Free music and video will be the centerpiece of America Online Inc.'s new strategy to boost advertising revenues by moving most of its content outside its well-manicured walled gardens.
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Apple's Jobs tells graduates about dropout
Jun 13 2005 8:13AM (CT)
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - Apple Computer Inc.'s CEO Steve Jobs told Stanford University graduates Sunday that dropping out of college was one of the best decisions he ever made because it forced him to be innovative _ even when it came to finding enough money for dinner.
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T-Mobile: 450,000 people paid to use Wi-Fi
Jun 13 2005 6:40AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - T-Mobile USA disclosed user statistics from its Wi-Fi business for the first time Monday, reporting that 450,000 customers have paid to access the wireless Internet service in the past three months.
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