Google Earth 5.0 Conquers Mars, tells you to select your placeMay 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Arizona State University (ASU) researchers and scientists have created a new feature for Google Earth 5.0, which would enable anyone, anywhere, to recommend places on Mars to photograph. Google Earth 5.0 is the popular online application that lets users tour Earth, the starry sky, and the Red Planet Mars.
CDC Corp. posts $3 million 2nd-quarter profit, reversing year-ago loss, despite revenue dropAugust 18th, 2009 CDC Corp. climbs to 2Q profit, shares jumpNEW YORK — Business software company CDC Corp. on Monday reported a $3 million second-quarter profit, reversing a year-ago loss, as cost-cutting measures offset a drop in revenue.
Meeting to discuss 3G spectrum price postponedJuly 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The wait for third generation (3G) telecom services in the country has got longer as the first meeting of a key ministry panel, set up to take decision on the pricing of 3G auctions, has been postponed. The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was scheduled to meet July 31.
Sun absorbs $147M loss in sign of choppy finances that forced sale to OracleAugust 29th, 2009 Sun absorbs $147M loss as Oracle deal loomsSAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems Inc. recorded a $147 million loss while sales eroded 31 percent in the April-June period, likely the server and software maker's last full quarter as an independent company.
Bank of America Loses Tapes of Records of 1.2 Million With Visa CardsFebruary 28th, 2005 Bank of America said yesterday that it had lost computer backup tapes containing personal information about 1.2 million federal employees, including some senators, with Visa charge cards issued by the bank. The tapes were lost in shipment.
Electronic Arts posts larger 1st-quarter loss, but adjusted results beat expectationsAugust 5th, 2009 EA 1Q loss widens but results surpass expectationsNEW YORK — Changes in accounting for deferred revenue drove Electronic Arts Inc. to report a larger loss and lower sales for its fiscal first quarter amid a seasonal slump for the industry.
Satyam pulls out of $75 mn Australian projectSeptember 11th, 2009 CANBERA - Mahindra Satyam has pulled out of a $75 million software development project that the disgraced Satyam founder had promised to set up in Australia's Geelong city, media reports said Friday. Sujit Baksi, the company's president of corporate affairs, formally conveyed the decision to the government of Victoria state through a letter addressed to provincial IT Minister John Lenders, the Australian daily reported.
Novell swings to 3rd-quarter profit on lower operating expenses, misses analysts' estimatesAugust 28th, 2009 Novell posts 3Q profit as it cut costsWALTHAM, Mass. — Novell Inc., which sells computer-networking software and technology services, said Thursday it swung to a third-quarter profit from a year earlier as it cut operating expenses by 20 percent.
As Oracle prepares to buy it, Sun's loss widens on a 20-percent sales dropApril 29th, 2009 As Oracle readies takeover, Sun's loss widensSAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems Inc.'s loss ballooned in the latest quarter as restructuring charges and a 20 percent drop in sales compounded the financial woes Oracle Corp. is set to inherit by acquiring Sun for $7.4 billion.
Mobile Phone Risk found in Reflex studyDecember 20th, 2004 Radio waves from mobile phones harm body cells and damage DNA in laboratory conditions, according to a new study majority-funded by the European Union, researchers said on Monday. After being exposed to electromagnetic fields that are typical for mobile phones, the cells showed a significant increase in single- and double-strand DNA breaks.
Chinese PC maker Lenovo reports $16 million quarterly loss as global demand slumpsAugust 6th, 2009 PC maker Lenovo reports loss amid weak demandBEIJING — Lenovo Group, the world's fourth-largest personal computer maker, reported a $16 million quarterly loss Thursday and said it faces pressure from weak global demand and intense competition. The loss for the three months ending June 30, equal to 0.18 cents per share, compared with a $110 million profit a year earlier.
Lawson Software reports fiscal 1st-quarter profit on lower expenses, says it will cut 75 jobsSeptember 30th, 2009 Lawson Software reports fiscal 1st-qtr profitST. PAUL, Minn. — Lawson Software Inc.
List of scientists, researchers Obama honored during White House ceremonyOctober 7th, 2009 List of winners of top science and research medalsThe winners of the 2008 National Medal of Science:
—Berni Alder, for developing computer methods useful for conceiving and executing experimental shock-wave simulations. —Francis S.
Microsoft wants to be part of unique identity project: GatesJuly 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Terming the unique identity project as a "great initiative", Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates Friday said the software giant wanted to partner with India in the ambitious project that will give a unique identity number to each of its citizens. "Microsoft wants to be a part of the unique identification project," Gates told a conference organised by the IT industry lobby, National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom).
Can you hear me now? New computer virus could let criminals and spies eavesdrop on Skype callsSeptember 2nd, 2009 Wiretapping Skype calls: virus eavesdrops on VoIPSAN FRANCISCO — Some computer viruses have a crude but scary ability to spy on people by logging every keystroke they type. Now hackers and potentially law enforcement have another weapon: a virus that can eavesdrop on voice conversations that go over computers instead of a regular phone line.
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