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Google to abandon answer service
Nov 29 2006 9:13PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. doesn't have all the answers _ a fact underscored by the Internet search leader's decision to abandon a 4-year-old service that hired researchers to field questions on everything from school homework to sports trivia.
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Group cites video games for violence
Nov 29 2006 9:12PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A chainsaw-wielding killer and blood-splattered shooting rampages are featured in some of the 10 video games that a media watchdog group says should be avoided by kids and teens.
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Audible Magic has anti-piracy technology
Nov 29 2006 6:29PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The maker of software to thwart unauthorized online file-sharing has obtained technology that can scan video files and block computer users from making copies.
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Police track reckless driver on YouTube
Nov 29 2006 6:19PM (CT)
OSLO, Norway (AP) - Police took up pursuit in cyberspace after a young Norwegian posted on the Internet video of his wild car driving. Following an electronic trail that he left online, police caught him and slapped him with real-life fine $1,300.
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Web retailers having good holiday season
Nov 29 2006 4:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Online retailers had a better-than-expected start to the holiday season, according to one Internet research firm that tracks online sales.
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Brazilian pit bulls may get microchips
Nov 29 2006 2:15PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - A Brazilian state is offering to implant electronic microchips in thousands of pit bulls this year, allowing dog owners to track their pets and enabling the government to punish those whose dogs are involved in attacks, an official said Wednesday.
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U.S. bans sale of iPods to North Korea
Nov 29 2006 11:31AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration wants North Korea's attention, so like a scolding parent it's trying to make it tougher for that country's eccentric leader to buy iPods, plasma televisions and Segway electric scooters. The U.S. government's first-ever effort to use trade sanctions to personally aggravate a foreign president expressly targets items believed to be favored by Kim Jong Il or presented by him as gifts to the roughly 600 loyalist families who run the communist government.
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Students expelled over MySpace fight
Nov 29 2006 9:26AM (CT)
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A dozen high school students were expelled for an on-campus brawl over who got invited to a party, a fight school officials said was arranged on the social-networking hub MySpace.com.
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Verizon adds Revver to user videos
Nov 29 2006 6:44AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A day after saying it will bring YouTube videos to cell phones, Verizon Wireless is announcing a similar deal with Revver.com, a Web site that shares ad revenue with the people who upload the video clips.
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BitTorrent expands movie, TV downloads
Nov 29 2006 6:42AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - BitTorrent Inc., developer of a popular online file-sharing tool, said Tuesday it has reached licensing deals that will boost the number of movies and TV shows it can offer as part of a video download service launching next year.
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1 in 5 parents say kids online too much
Nov 29 2006 6:41AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - One in five American parents believe their kids are spending too much time on the Internet, though most say the online activities haven't affected grades either way.
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