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REVIEW: Flock browser promotes creation
Nov 3 2005 9:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Web browsing used to be mostly about just that: Surfing site after site for information and goods. But lately, more people are using the Internet as much to produce and share things as to consume them. A new browser called Flock seeks to address the new reality of enhanced online creativity and community.
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Consumer Reports: Shopping online smarter
Nov 3 2005 9:05PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - In today's world of mass retailers, it's easy to assume that a big-box store like Best Buy or Wal-Mart would be the best place to buy consumer electronics. Guess again.
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MIT wireless network tracks info on users
Nov 3 2005 9:04PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - In another time and place, college students wondering whether the campus cafe has any free seats, or their favorite corner of the library is occupied, would have to risk hoofing it over there. But for today's student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, that kind of information is all just a click away.
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Amazon.com to sell individual book pages
Nov 3 2005 9:04PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - With its new Amazon Pages service, Amazon.com Inc. plans to let customers to buy portions of a book _ even just one page _ for online viewing. A second program, Amazon Upgrade, will offer full online access when a traditional text is purchased.
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Microsoft pushes for privacy legislation
Nov 3 2005 9:04PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Efforts to establish national standards for protecting computer data received a boost Thursday when Microsoft Corp. announced support for the idea.
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Microsoft acquires 2 technology companies
Nov 3 2005 6:21PM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it has acquired FolderShare, a service that helps computer users share and synchronize large files without needing to use e-mail, burn CDs or upload information to the Internet.
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SEC gives advice to online investors
Nov 3 2005 2:15PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Investors should use security software and other measures to protect their online brokerage accounts from identity thieves in what is a growing area of crime, federal regulators said Thursday.
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AOL buys MusicNow subscription service
Nov 3 2005 12:52PM (CT)
DULLES, Va. (AP) - America Online Inc. expanded its offerings to digital music consumers with the acquisition of the MusicNow subscription service from Circuit City Stores Inc., AOL said Thursday.
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Samsung not entering online music business
Nov 3 2005 9:21AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Contrary to reports last week, Samsung Electronics Co. has no plans to enter the online music business with a system similar to Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes service, an executive said Thursday.
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China reportedly shuts down blog
Nov 3 2005 8:17AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese authorities have blocked a pro-democracy Web log after it was nominated for a freedom of expression award by a German radio station, a press freedom group said Thursday.
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Google offers index of public domain works
Nov 3 2005 6:30AM (CT)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Google Inc.'s Internet-leading search engine on Thursday will begin serving up the entire contents of books and government documents that aren't entangled in a copyright battle over how much material can be scanned and indexed from five major libraries.
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Samsung: No plans to open online music biz
Nov 3 2005 3:56AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Contrary to reports last week, Samsung Electronics Co. has no plans to enter the online music business with a system similar to Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes service, an executive said Thursday.
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Yahoo redesigns its online mapping service
Nov 3 2005 12:39AM (CT)
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) - Yahoo Inc. has redesigned its online maps to make it easier to get driving directions to multiple destinations and find local merchants _ the latest move in the company's duel with Internet powerhouse, Google Inc.
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