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Los Angeles DJ Jesse 'BoyToy' Lozano does a live broadcast ... |
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11/23/2008 01:44 AM |
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(AFP/Virgin America) - Los Angeles DJ Jesse 'BoyToy' Lozano does a live broadcast at 35,000 feet above San Francisco after connecting to the Internet at the launch of Virgin America's Gogo In-Flight Internet service. During the special beta flight, Virgin America and YouTube conducted the first-ever live, air-to-ground video stream broadcasting to millions of people at the YouTube Live event in San Francisco.(AFP/Virgin America/Bob Riha, Jr.)
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Passengers hold up their wireless devices after connecting to ... |
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11/23/2008 01:44 AM |
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(AFP/Virgin America/Ho) - Passengers hold up their wireless devices after connecting to the Internet at the launch of Virgin America's Gogo In-Flight Internet service, above San Francisco. During the special beta flight, Virgin America and YouTube conducted the first-ever live, air-to-ground video stream broadcasting.(AFP/Virgin America/Ho/Bob Riha, Jr.)
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A YouTube video of US President-elect Barack Obama's weekly ... |
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11/23/2008 01:44 AM |
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(AFP) - A YouTube video of US President-elect Barack Obama's weekly radio address is seen on a computer screen in Chicago on November 22. YouTube has broadcast its first live event, an extravaganza which was part concert and part variety show and which drew comments from viewers ranging from "AWESOME!" to "train wreck."(AFP/Saul Loeb)
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This file photo shows a Sony's OLED TV. South Korean scientists ... |
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11/23/2008 12:26 AM |
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(AFP/File) - This file photo shows a Sony's OLED TV. South Korean scientists have claimed to have developed an efficient "true blue" material that can accelerate the development of next-generation organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)
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In this photo released by Virgin America and transmitted in-flight, ... |
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11/23/2008 12:12 AM |
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(Reuters) - In this photo released by Virgin America and transmitted in-flight, Los Angeles DJ Jesse 'BoyToy' Lozano does a live broadcast at 35,000 feet above San Francisco after connecting to the internet at the launch of Virgin America's Gogo In-Flight Internet service, above San Francisco, California, November 22, 2008. During the special beta flight, Virgin America and YouTube conducted the first-ever live, air-to-ground video stream broadcasting to millions of people at the YouTube Live event in San Francisco and to an estimated 20 million more viewers online. REUTERS/Bob Riha, Jr/Virgin America/Handout (UNITED STATES). NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.
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A Google logo. Google has "no concrete plan" to build ... |
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11/22/2008 04:50 PM |
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(AFP/File) - A Google logo. Google has "no concrete plan" to build a new European server farm in the north of Austria, despite buying land there, the US Internet search engine giant said Saturday.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)
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A GM Chevrolet Volt electric car is shown during the Los Angeles ... |
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11/22/2008 12:09 PM |
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(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A GM Chevrolet Volt electric car is shown during the Los Angeles Auto Show on November 20, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. From electric cars to electronic trees on dashboards that sprout leaves when you drive in a more economical way, nothing is off limits for auto manufacturers seeking to show their green credentials.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)
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The Mitsubishi MIEV (Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle) ... |
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11/22/2008 12:09 PM |
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(AFP) - The Mitsubishi MIEV (Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle) is displayed during the Los Angeles Auto Show on November 19, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. From electric cars to electronic trees on dashboards that sprout leaves when you drive in a more economical way, nothing is off limits for auto manufacturers seeking to show their green credentials.(AFP/Gabriel Bouys)
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The new Cooper Mini E, electric version of the Mini, is unveiled ... |
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11/22/2008 12:09 PM |
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(AFP/File) - The new Cooper Mini E, electric version of the Mini, is unveiled during the Los Angeles Auto show, November 19, 2008, in Los Angeles, California. From electric cars to electronic trees on dashboards that sprout leaves when you drive in a more economical way, nothing is off limits for auto manufacturers seeking to show their green credentials.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)
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Chinese policemen surf the Internet in Beijing. China reacted ... |
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11/22/2008 12:08 PM |
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(AFP/File) - Chinese policemen surf the Internet in Beijing. China reacted angrily Saturday to a US congressional report that accused Beijing of developing sophisticated cyber warfare and militarising its space programme.(AFP/File/Chai Hin Goh)
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A visitor to North Dumpling Island rides a segway around the ... |
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11/22/2008 08:59 AM |
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(AP) - A visitor to North Dumpling Island rides a segway around the grounds on North Dumpling Island, off the coast of Connecticut, Friday, Sept., 12, 2008. Inventor and owner of the island, Dean Kamen, granted 'visas' to a select group to brainstorm about his plans for the island and how it could be used to raise awareness and money for his robotic competition. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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People ride their bikes past Google Inc. headquarters in Mountain ... |
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11/21/2008 07:03 PM |
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(Reuters) - People ride their bikes past Google Inc. headquarters in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2008. (Kimberly White/Reuters)
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Tina Meier, mother of internet suicide victim, 13-year-old Megan ... |
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11/21/2008 06:19 PM |
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(AP) - Tina Meier, mother of internet suicide victim, 13-year-old Megan Meier, leaves federal court Friday Nov. 21, 2008 in Los Angeles. A MySpace executive testified Friday at the trial of a woman, Lori Drew, accused of sending cruel Internet messages to Megan Meier who later committed suicide that the social networking site requires users to agree to service terms that prohibit harassment and inappropriate content. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Kelkoo logo. Yahoo has sold European comparison shopping service ... |
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11/21/2008 06:13 PM |
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(Yahoo) - Kelkoo logo. Yahoo has sold European comparison shopping service Kelkoo to a British investment firm, Kelkoo founder and former chief executive Pierre Chappaz said Friday.(Yahoo)
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An Nike + iPod Sport Kit is seen on display at Best Buy in Mountain ... |
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11/21/2008 04:36 PM |
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(AP) - An Nike + iPod Sport Kit is seen on display at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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A customer speaks with a store employee as he stands outside ... |
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11/21/2008 02:36 PM |
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(Reuters) - A customer speaks with a store employee as he stands outside of a Verizon Wireless store waiting to purchase the new Blackberry Storm phone in New York, November 21, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
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Customers line up outside of a Verizon Wireless store to purchase ... |
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11/21/2008 02:35 PM |
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(Reuters) - Customers line up outside of a Verizon Wireless store to purchase the new Blackberry Storm phone in New York, November 21, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
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A customer departs a Verizon Wireless store after purchasing ... |
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11/21/2008 02:35 PM |
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(Reuters) - A customer departs a Verizon Wireless store after purchasing the new Blackberry Storm phone in New York, November 21, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
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A customer stands outside of a Verizon Wireless store waiting ... |
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11/21/2008 02:35 PM |
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(Reuters) - A customer stands outside of a Verizon Wireless store waiting to purchase the new Blackberry Storm phone in New York, November 21, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
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A Research In Motion BlackBerry Storm is pictured in New York, ... |
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11/21/2008 12:27 PM |
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(Reuters) - A Research In Motion BlackBerry Storm is pictured in New York, November 20, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
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Microsoft's Zune media player is shown for the first time to ... |
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11/21/2008 01:41 PM |
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(Reuters) - Microsoft's Zune media player is shown for the first time to the media in Redmond, Washington September 14, 2006. (Robert Sorbo/Reuters)
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A Google search page is seen through the spectacles of a computer ... |
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11/21/2008 03:28 AM |
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(Reuters) - A Google search page is seen through the spectacles of a computer user in Leicester, central England July 20, 2007. (Darren Staples/Reuters)
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Lively logo. Google has unveiled a new tool which allows users ... |
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11/21/2008 01:15 PM |
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(Google) - Lively logo. Google has unveiled a new tool which allows users to customize search results and announced it is ending its virtual world experiment, Lively.(Google)
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A doctor checks the blood pressure of a patient in downtown ... |
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11/21/2008 01:07 PM |
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(Reuters) - A doctor checks the blood pressure of a patient in downtown Los Angeles July 30, 2007. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)
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A security officer stands watch on the roof of the Pentagon ... |
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11/21/2008 12:26 PM |
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(AFP/File) - A security officer stands watch on the roof of the Pentagon in Washington, DC. China has developed a sophisticated cyber warfare program and stepped up its capacity to penetrate US computer networks to extract sensitive information, a US congressional panel has warned.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)
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Chinese people surfing the Internet in Beijing. China has developed ... |
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11/21/2008 12:26 PM |
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(AFP/File) - Chinese people surfing the Internet in Beijing. China has developed a sophisticated cyber warfare program and stepped up its capacity to penetrate US computer networks to extract sensitive information, a US congressional panel has warned.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)
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A US marine checks a map on a laptop while snipers fire at insurgents ... |
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11/21/2008 12:26 PM |
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(AFP/File) - A US marine checks a map on a laptop while snipers fire at insurgents in Iraq. China has developed a sophisticated cyber warfare program and stepped up its capacity to penetrate US computer networks to extract sensitive information, a US congressional panel has warned.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)
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Chinese policemen surf the Internet in Beijing. China has developed ... |
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11/21/2008 12:26 PM |
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(AFP/File) - Chinese policemen surf the Internet in Beijing. China has developed a sophisticated cyber warfare program and stepped up its capacity to penetrate US computer networks to extract sensitive information, a US congressional panel has warned.(AFP/File/Chai Hin Goh)
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Spanish Culture Minister Cesar Antonio Molina (3rdL) and other ... |
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11/21/2008 12:04 PM |
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(AFP/File) - Spanish Culture Minister Cesar Antonio Molina (3rdL) and other European Culture ministers attend the launch of the Europeana Virtual Library in Brussels on November 20, 2008. The EU's new Europeana digital library has swiftly become a victim of its own success, forced to shut down for weeks within hours of its launch due to the enormous amount of interest.(AFP/File/Dominique Faget)
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Somali pirates who seized a Ukrainian cargo ship return to their ... |
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11/21/2008 10:49 AM |
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(AFP/File) - Somali pirates who seized a Ukrainian cargo ship return to their base in October 2008. British firm 'Anti-Piracy Maritime Security Solutions' is spearheading the use of a high-tech "sonic laser" to beat pirates on the high seas. APMSS has developed an acoustic device which blast the target with a precise beam of sound which can be turned up to excruciatingly painful level.(AFP/File/Ho)
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File photo shows Chinese surfing the internet in Beijing. China ... |
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11/21/2008 03:04 AM |
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(AFP/File) - File photo shows Chinese surfing the internet in Beijing. China has developed a sophisticated cyber warfare program and stepped up its capacity to penetrate US computer networks to extract sensitive information, a US congressional panel has warned.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)
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File photo shows Chinese policemen surfing the Internet in Beijing. ... |
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11/21/2008 03:04 AM |
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(AFP/File) - File photo shows Chinese policemen surfing the Internet in Beijing. China has developed a sophisticated cyber warfare program and stepped up its capacity to penetrate US computer networks to extract sensitive information, a US congressional panel has warned.(AFP/File/Chai Hin Goh)
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Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, delivers a keynote ... |
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11/21/2008 02:06 AM |
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(Reuters) - Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, delivers a keynote address at the company's annual conference in San Francisco, California July 23, 2008. (Kimberly White/Reuters)
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The sign for the Verizon Wireless store is seen in Lakewood, ... |
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11/21/2008 01:59 AM |
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(Reuters) - The sign for the Verizon Wireless store is seen in Lakewood, Colorado September 11, 2007. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)
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A Dell Latitude D430 laptop computer is seen in New York in ... |
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11/20/2008 07:29 PM |
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(Reuters) - A Dell Latitude D430 laptop computer is seen in New York in this August 26, 2008 file photo. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
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A Google logo. Google has bought a 75 hectare (185 acre) property ... |
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11/20/2008 02:44 PM |
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(AFP/File) - A Google logo. Google has bought a 75 hectare (185 acre) property in the north of Austria to erect a new European server farm within two years, the US Internet search engine giant said Thursday.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)
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Kathleen Hampton, in her home in Washakie County, Wyo., teaches ... |
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11/20/2008 02:11 PM |
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(AP) - Kathleen Hampton, in her home in Washakie County, Wyo., teaches English via the Internet to a student in South Korea in this May 2008, photo. Hampton is one of close to 300 teachers in the sparsely populated area hired by Eleutian Technology, to teach language courses to Korean students. (AP Photo/Bob Vines)
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Kathleen Hampton stands by an orange signpost signaling the ... |
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11/20/2008 02:04 PM |
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(AP) - Kathleen Hampton stands by an orange signpost signaling the presence of an underground fiber optic cable running by her family's remote ranch in Washakie County, Wyo., in this May 2008, photo. Hampton works part-time for Eleutian Technology, a Ten Sleep company that connects area teachers with students in Korea for English-language classes via the Internet. (AP Photo/Bob Vines)
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Germany's family minister Ursula von der Leyen, seen here ... |
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11/20/2008 12:27 PM |
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(AFP/File) - Germany's family minister Ursula von der Leyen, seen here in Hanover in 2007, announced plans to crack down on Internet child pornography by enlisting online service providers to block offensive sites, in an interview published Thursday.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)
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Spanish Culture Minister Cesar Antonio Molina (3L) and other ... |
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11/20/2008 12:18 PM |
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(AFP) - Spanish Culture Minister Cesar Antonio Molina (3L) and other European Culture ministers attend the launch of the Europeana Virtual Library in Brussels. The EU's new Europeana digital library, an online digest of Europe's cultural heritage, was forced to close temporarily on its launch Thursday after it was swamped by Internet users, a spokesman said.(AFP/Dominique Faget)
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A screengrab from the role-playing game 'World of Warcraft'. ... |
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11/20/2008 12:15 PM |
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(Reuters) - A screengrab from the role-playing game 'World of Warcraft'. (Blizzard Entertainment/Handout/Reuters)
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Microsoft Zune music players in 2006. Microsoft, seeking to ... |
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11/20/2008 12:12 PM |
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(AFP/File) - Microsoft Zune music players in 2006. Microsoft, seeking to boost the popularity of its Zune music player, announced a new subscription offer on Thursday that will allow users to keep 10 tracks a month permanently.(AFP/File/Timothy A. Clary)
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Axl Rose (L) and Paul McCartney in a composite image. McCartney ... |
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11/20/2008 12:05 PM |
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(Reuters) - Axl Rose (L) and Paul McCartney in a composite image. McCartney and Guns N' Roses released their biggest hits on vinyl records and compact discs, but on Thursday, their new albums will debut online on MySpace. (Combination/Files/Reuters)
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A South Korean shopper in a file photo. The Internet is replacing ... |
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11/20/2008 11:26 AM |
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(Reuters) - A South Korean shopper in a file photo. The Internet is replacing the high street as the shopping destination of choice in the Asia Pacific, with a new survey showing a majority of Internet users prefer to go online to buy everything from electronics to holidays. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)
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Cortado and Documents To Go deliver popular desktop functions ... |
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11/20/2008 11:19 AM |
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(AP) - Cortado and Documents To Go deliver popular desktop functions with full Microsoft Office editing capabilities directly to a BlackBerry smartphone. In addition, users can print to any Bluetooth(R)-enabled or network printer, as well as send faxes. (PRNewsFoto/Cortado)
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Chinese gamers play online computer games at an internet cafe ... |
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11/20/2008 10:40 AM |
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(AFP/File) - Chinese gamers play online computer games at an internet cafe in Shanghai, 2007. According to a study parents may disapprove of the amount of time their teenagers spend online but they are actually learning important social and technical skills.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)
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A page from the February 2008 Grand Jury indictment in the case ... |
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11/20/2008 08:19 AM |
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(Reuters) - A page from the February 2008 Grand Jury indictment in the case of U.S. vs. Lori Drew. (United States District Court for the Central District of California/Handout/Reuters)
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A portion from the February 2008 Grand Jury indictment in the ... |
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11/20/2008 08:19 AM |
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(Reuters) - A portion from the February 2008 Grand Jury indictment in the case of U.S. vs. Lori Drew. (United States District Court for the Central District of California/Handout/Reuters)
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A group of Chinese tourists use their mobile phones in Shanghai, ... |
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11/20/2008 07:46 AM |
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(AFP/File) - A group of Chinese tourists use their mobile phones in Shanghai, 2006. A new report by Britain's telecoms regulator Ofcom said that the top emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China will drive mobile services growth in the coming years.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)
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Alpine Electronics' eX-10 Advanced iPod Controller with Bluetooth ... |
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11/20/2008 05:09 AM |
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(AP) - Alpine Electronics' eX-10 Advanced iPod Controller with Bluetooth enables consumers to upgrade their car by adding iPod control and Bluetooth hands-free calling features, with all audio transmitted through the car's factory s
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