20:13 24.07.2007
Iraq war veteran Sgt. Juan Arredondo can grasp tennis balls and door knobs with his left hand again, now that he's been outfitted with a bionic hand that has flexible fingers.
Microsoft has launched a pay-as-you-go computing system aimed at making its office software more accessible for people in emerging markets, the company said on Tuesday.
The company behind the BlackBerry, the wireless email service many Americans now cannot live without, unveiled Tuesday plans for a new version of the device for workaholic Japan.
Sony Corp. (6758.T) will launch a slimmer version of its PlayStation Portable handheld game player in Japan on September 20 for 19,800 yen ($162), the Japanese electronics maker said on Tuesday, in an effort to better compete with Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s (7974.OS) hot-selling DS.
Microsoft Corp. is once again on the defensive against hackers after the launch of a new program that gives average PC users tools to unlock copy-protected digital music and movies.
With Hollywood bracing for a season of possible labor strife, screenwriters and studio executives on Monday opened contract talks expected to hinge in part on how the Internet has altered show business.
Security researchers at SPI Labs are warning iPhone users not to use a special feature that lets them dial telephone numbers over the Web using the iPhone's Safari browser.
It turns out the rumors were false. Vodafone , the planet's largest wireless-network firm, denied that it wanted to buy Verizon Communications for$160 billion.
Sony Corp. (6758.T) plans to phase out the cut-priced$499 model of its PlayStation 3 video game machine, leaving only a higher capacity$599 model for sale in the United States, the company said on Monday.
An Iranian hard-line student group unveiled a new video game Monday that simulates an attempt to rescue two Iranian nuclear experts kidnapped by the U.S. military and held in Iraq and Israel.
Royal Philips Electronics NV, a maker of medical and lighting equipment, said Monday net profit for the second quarter rose on the sale of its stake in a Taiwanese semiconductor company, but that exchange rates hurt sales.
