As music lovers mobbed an outdoor stage, vying for views of Radiohead, Beck and other rockers, Keith McPhail enjoyed a prime view of the show from a couch in an Internet "living room." McPhail, 34, was ensconced in a red-and-white striped, circus-style tent where the worlds of online social networking and real-world rock-and-roll merged in what some predict is a computer-age concert trend.
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Agence France-Presse - 8/27/2008 9:24 PM GMT
A new media army has descended on the Democratic convention in Colorado this week, boldly claiming to offer a fresh perspective on US politics distinct from the mainstream media. For the first time ever at a major convention, bloggers say they are being treated with respect normally reserved for print and electronic journalists, a reflection of the Internet's growing influence on the campaign trail. Agence France-Presse - 8/27/2008 4:13 PM GMT
The world's first cargo ship partly propelled by solar power is set to take to the seas later this year in a joint project between two Japanese companies, an official said Wednesday. A huge freighter capable of carrying 6,400 automobiles will be equipped with 328 solar panels at a cost of 150 million yen (1.37 million dollars), said the official at shipping line Nippon Yusen. Agence France-Presse - 8/27/2008 10:28 AM GMT
Japan's Sharp Corp. said Wednesday that it has developed an air purifier that eliminates 99.9 percent of the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu within 10 minutes. The system has been improved from an earlier version which was shown in 2005 to have eliminated 99 percent of the H5N1 virus when airborne, Sharp official Kenji Ota told reporters. Agence France-Presse - 8/27/2008 7:09 AM GMT
Police in Taiwan have arrested six people suspected of stealing personal data from state firms, including information about the island's current and former presidents, officials said Wednesday. An official at Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau said the hackers had tapped into data held by government agencies, state-run firms, telecom companies and a television shopping network. Agence France-Presse - 8/26/2008 11:37 AM GMT
As music lovers mobbed an outdoor stage, vying for views of Radiohead, Beck and other rockers, Keith McPhail enjoyed a prime view of the show from a couch in an Internet "living room." McPhail, 34, was ensconced in a red-and-white striped, circus-style tent where the worlds of online social networking and real-world rock-and-roll merged in what some predict is a computer-age concert trend. Science
The Associated Press - 8/22/2008 11:01 AM GMT
Japan decided Friday to end most of its punitive tariffs slapped on South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc., following a similar U.S. decision and orders from the World Trade Organization. Japan will lower its 27.2 percent duty on imports of Hynix dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, chips to 9.1 percent, effective Sept. 1, the deadline set by the international trade body, a Ministry of Finance official said on condition of anonymity, per ministry policy. The Associated Press - 8/22/2008 9:36 AM GMT
Customers in China of Apple Inc.'s iTunes online music store were unable to download songs this week, and an activist group said Beijing was trying to block access to a new Tibet-themed album. In Internet forums, iTunes users complained they had been unable to download music since Monday. That was a day after the Art of Peace Foundation announced the release of "Songs for Tibet," with music by Sting, Alanis Morissette, Garbage and others, and a 15-minute talk by the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan leader. The Associated Press - 8/21/2008 12:04 PM GMT
One of Japan's top cell phone innovators says that for all his country's technological prowess, it could never have produced the iPhone. Japan's telecommunications industry stifles the kind of creativity that is so apparent in Apple Inc.'s Web-surfing phone, says Takeshi Natsuno, who developed Japan's first Internet-linking cell phone service "i-mode" in 1999, when such systems were still ground-breaking. The Associated Press - 8/21/2008 11:52 AM GMT
One of Japan's top cell phone innovators says that for all his country's technological prowess, it could never have produced the iPhone. Japanese telecommunications industry stifles the kind of creativity that is so apparent in Apple Inc.'s Web-surfing phone, says Takeshi Natsuno, who developed Japan's first Internet-linking cell phone service "i-mode" in 1999, when such systems were still ground-breaking. The Associated Press - 8/15/2008 4:14 PM GMT
The American woman who made global headlines for commissioning clones of her favorite pet dog has left South Korea without the puppies, the biotech firm that carried out the work said Friday. Bernann McKinney was in South Korea this month to see the five dogs duplicated from her dead pit bull "Booger" by Seoul-based RNL Bio. Technology
The Associated Press - 8/22/2008 11:01 AM GMT
Japan decided Friday to end most of its punitive tariffs slapped on South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc., following a similar U.S. decision and orders from the World Trade Organization. Japan will lower its 27.2 percent duty on imports of Hynix dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, chips to 9.1 percent, effective Sept. 1, the deadline set by the international trade body, a Ministry of Finance official said on condition of anonymity, per ministry policy. The Associated Press - 8/22/2008 9:36 AM GMT
Customers in China of Apple Inc.'s iTunes online music store were unable to download songs this week, and an activist group said Beijing was trying to block access to a new Tibet-themed album. In Internet forums, iTunes users complained they had been unable to download music since Monday. That was a day after the Art of Peace Foundation announced the release of "Songs for Tibet," with music by Sting, Alanis Morissette, Garbage and others, and a 15-minute talk by the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan leader. The Associated Press - 8/15/2008 5:43 AM GMT
The government should give Australia's coal-burning electricity companies more financial incentives to invest in technology to capture and bury the greenhouse gas they produce, a parliamentary report said Friday. A parliamentary committee has examined the government's proposed legislation that would enable industry to bury carbon dioxide emissions under the sea bed off Australia's coast. The Associated Press - 8/12/2008 4:29 PM GMT
Bill Gates said Tuesday that the Beijing Games marked a "milestone," showcasing China's growing role on the world stage, as he celebrated the 10th anniversary of Microsoft Corp.'s Asian research arm. Speaking to 1,600 at a convention hall in Hong Kong, the software giant's chairman, a regular spectator at this year's Olympics, traded the company of athletes for techies. The Associated Press - 8/8/2008 1:36 PM GMT
Thai health officials have listed 10 popular video games as dangerously violent following the reported confession of a teenager who claimed his murder of a taxi driver was inspired by playing "Grand Theft Auto." "Violent video games have been a problem for a long time," Public Health Ministry spokesman Praj Boonyarowong said Friday. "Some parents don't know what their children are playing and are just happy they are not out of their sight. But these games can have very damaging psychological effect on children, especially games which depict violence so casually." Special Reports
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In a deafening moment of history, Democrats on Wednesday anointed Barack Obama the first black major-party nominee for president, in a delirious outpouring of unity, hope and tears. Obama took his stunning political rise to new heights as his foe in the primaries, Hillary Clinton dramatically halted a roll-call vote at the party convention , and called for the 47-year-old Illinois senator to be enshrined the nominee.
Agence France-Presse - 8/28/2008 2:13 AM GMT
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US federal police on Wednesday arrested a blogger for posting songs from a yet-to-be released Guns N' Roses album titled "Chinese Democracy" online without the rock band's permission. Kevin Cogill, who uses "Skwerl" as an Internet name, is charged with violating copyright laws by putting nine of the band's unreleased songs on his www.antiquiet.com website for visitors to hear.
Agence France-Presse - 8/28/2008 2:10 AM GMT
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A rookie policeman was arrested and charged after allegedly toting his gun at a karaoke bar in Quezon City and challenging arresting cops into a fistfight. Police Officer 1 Clifford Bassig, who is assigned with the Calabarzon PNP, was charged with illegal possession of firearm and direct assault against a person of authority.
The Philippine Star - 7/23/2008 12:03 AM GMT
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A total of 23 teams will see action in the1st Metro Cebu Inter-School Basketball Challenge on August 9 at the newly-constructed Don Bosco Technology Center (DBTC) gymnasium. These are the USC-South and North campuses, USPF, USJ-R Basak campus, Bright Academy of Banilad, St. Scholastica of Lagtang, St. Anthony Learning Ceter of Cansojong, Asian College of Technology of Bulacao, St. Catherine School of Carcar City, Holy Rosary School of Pardo, Sacred Heart School-Jesuit of Canduman and Colegio de la Immaculada Concepcion-Mandaue, Cebu International School of Pit-os, PAREF-Springdale of Guadalupe, CEC, PCGS, St. Paul Learning Center of Bulacao, Immaculate Heart of Mary School and Mary Help of Christian School both of Minglanilla, Colegio del Sto. Niรฑo, and the Don Andres Soriano Memorial School of Lutopan, Toledo City.
The Freeman - 7/23/2008 12:03 AM GMT
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NASA confirmed on Wednesday that a computer virus sneaked aboard the International Space Station only to be tossed into quarantine on July 25 by security software. A "worm type" virus was found on laptop computers that astronauts use to send and receive email from the station by relaying messages through a mission control center in Texas, according to NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries.
Agence France-Presse - 8/27/2008 10:22 PM GMT
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