AP - General Electric Co. has reached an agreement to buy the 20 percent stake in NBC Universal held by French media conglomerate Vivendi SA, The Associated Press has learned.
AP - Strong westerly winds in the southern Pacific Ocean have driven scores of icebergs originally headed toward New Zealand to the east, away from the country, an oceanographer said Tuesday.
Sure, I could write a holiday gift guide telling you to buy a TV, a laptop, or a Blu-ray player… but how boring would that be? Everybody has these things already, and if they need a new one, well, they’ll tell you exactly what they want.
Instead I’ve spent the last few weeks putting together a [...]
Sources claim that they’ve seen it “with their own eyes,” and that it’s “running a version of Android we haven’t seen yet.” Meanwhile, there’s still plenty of spirited debate over whether the so-called “Google Phone” even exists.
Kindle users got an early Christmas gift last week: A firmware update delivered automatically via the unit’s built-in wireless networking system now provides nearly a <a href=”http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix. …
The death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately was the most searched for topic on Google’s UK site in 2009.
The company’s annual "zeitgeist", which analyses the firm’s search trends, also revealed that swine flu was the story that dominated UK news headlines.
It was closely followed by the rise of Britain’s Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle [...]
By Roger HarrabinEnvironment analyst, BBC News
The cost of installing and owning solar panels will fall even faster than expected according to new research.
Their tests show that 90% of existing solar panels last for 30 years, instead of the predicted 20 years.
According to the independent EU Energy Institute, this brings down the lifetime cost.
The [...]
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia plans to install Linux software on just one new smartphone next year, a source told Reuters on Monday, dampening prospects of a quick makeover of the Finnish group’s struggling product line-up.
The final numbers won’t all be in for weeks or months, but early indicators seem to be telling us that this year’s Black Friday was a strong one, based on measurements of online sales from the biggest shopping day of the year. …
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A French court fined eBay Inc 1.7 million euros ($2.6 million) for violating a 2008 injunction that prevents French users of the online auction site from buying or selling LVMH perfumes and cosmetics on any eBay website.