Sunday, February 27, 2011

Groupon enters into China, teams with Tencent (Reuters)

Groupon enters into China, teams with Tencent (Reuters)


Groupon enters into China, teams with Tencent (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 07:25 PM PST

An online coupon sent via email from Groupon is pictured on a laptop screen November 29, 2010 in Los Angeles. REUTERS/Fred ProuserReuters - Daily-deals website Groupon goes live in China on Monday, bringing its popular brand of Internet retail to the world's most populous nation.


High tech, medieval weaponry combine in trebuchet competition (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 06:20 PM PST

Reuters - In a mashup of 12th-century weaponry and 21st-century technology, employees of an area Google Data Center triggered a 6-foot wooden siege weapon this weekend with an Android cell phone, a computer the size of a credit card and a Blue Tooth receiver.

Oscars Live Report (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 08:50 PM PST

The cast and crew of AFP - 2047 PST: It's the fourth Oscar for The King's Speech and makes the low-budget British indie movie about the stammering monarch the big winner of the night, scooping top prizes best film, best director and best actor.


World's biggest IT fair shoots for the clouds (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 03:36 PM PST

Fair visitors crowd the halls of the world's biggest high-tech fair, the CeBIT in Hanover, in 2010. The world's top high-tech fair opens Tuesday with the IT industry in bullish mood, preparing to wow visitors with head-spinning futuristic gadgets and the latest in 'cloud computing' technology.(AFP/DDP/File/Nigel Treblin)AFP - The world's top high-tech fair opens Tuesday with the IT industry in bullish mood, preparing to wow visitors with head-spinning futuristic gadgets and the latest in 'cloud computing' technology.


Verizon iPhone flaw, sales debated (Appolicious)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 07:01 PM PST

Appolicious - Bloggers and journos have been buzzing this weekend about a technical flaw Consumer Reports reported in the Verizon Wireless (VZ) iPhone 4, and also about sales of the new smartphone.

Google Glitch Disables 150,000 Gmail Accounts (Mashable)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 03:01 PM PST

Mashable - Google, we have a problem. About 150,000 Gmail account holders woke up to a nightmare this morning, with all their e-mail, attachments and Google Chat logs gone. What happened?

Motorola sues TiVo over DVR technology (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 01:33 PM PST

Reuters - Motorola Mobility sued TiVo Inc for infringing its patents for digital video recorders (DVRs).

'DJ Kadhafi' takes Internet by storm (AFP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 03:19 PM PST

An image grab taken from footage broadcast on Libyan state television on Tuesday shows Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi delivering a nationwide address in Tripoli. Kadhafi may be reviled by many of his own people and the international community, but he's enjoying an unexpected surge of popularity -- as a music video star on YouTube.(AFP/Libyan TV/File)AFP - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi may be reviled by many of his own people and the international community, but he's enjoying an unexpected surge of popularity -- as a music video star.


Mass. company making diesel with sun, water, CO2 (AP)

Posted: 27 Feb 2011 02:09 PM PST

This Oct. 26, 2010 photograph provided by Joule Unlimited shows the company’s ethanol and diesel production testing facility in Leander, Texas, where arrays of bacteria gather sunlight and carbon dioxide and convert them to fuel.   (AP Photo/Joule Unlimited, Felicia Spagnoli) NO SALESAP - A Massachusetts biotechnology company says it can produce the fuel that runs Jaguars and jet engines using the same ingredients that make grass grow.


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