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LONDON per day or 2 pounds for a week. Subscribers to the print versions will get free access, News Corp said on Friday.
Nokia buys mobile browser firm Novarra
HELSINKI - Top mobile phone maker Nokia <NOK1V.HE> has agreed to buy privately-held U.S. mobile browser firm Novarra to improve Web surfing on a wide range of its low-end and mid-range phones. Wireless Internet usage is set to surge in 2010 and beyond as operators and phone makers continue to play catchup with Apple's iPhone <AAPL.O>, with many handset vendors are pinning their faith on their own browsers.
LG aims at 25 percent of global 3D TV market
SEOUL - LG Electronics, the world's No.2 TV brand, said on Thursday it was aiming to sell nearly 1 million 3D TVs this year to take one-fourth of the market, joining a growing number of global tech firms betting 3D will become the next hot product. Many manufacturers hope the technology will be as big a boost for the industry as the transition to color TVs from black and white, although a lack of 3D content and the need for special glasses may keep people from adopting the technology outside the cinema.
Key lawmaker backs FCC's spectrum plan
WASHINGTON - A key U.S. lawmaker expressed support on Thursday for a proposal by communications regulators to give auction proceeds to broadcasters as an incentive to give up some airwaves highly sought by wireless broadband providers. Representative Rick Boucher, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, called the proposal by the Federal Communications Commission "the right approach."
U.S. lead in nanotech eroding, report finds
CHICAGO - The United States urgently needs to invest more in nanotechnology if it is to maintain its global lead in the emerging field, according to a report issued on Thursday to U.S. President Barack Obama. Between 2003 and 2008, U.S. public and private investments in nanotechnology grew at 18 percent a year against 27 percent a year throughout the world, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology reported.
Hacker gets 20 years for U.S. payment card theft
BOSTON - One of the world's most notorious computer hackers was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to helping run a global ring that stole tens of millions of payment card numbers. Albert Gonzalez, a 28-year-old college dropout from Miami, had confessed to helping lead a ring that stole more than 40 million payment card numbers by breaking into retailers including TJX Cos Inc <TJX.N>, BJ's Wholesale Club Inc <BJ.N> and Barnes & Noble <BKS.N>.
Frenchman arrested, targeted Obama's Twitter account
PARIS - An unemployed Frenchman has been arrested for targeting the Twitter accounts of President Barack Obama and singer Britney Spears, French police said on Wednesday. Captain Adeline Champagnat, a senior member of the police cyber crimes unit, said the 25-year-old man gained access to passwords of Twitter administrators and used them to try to break into the accounts of U.S. politicians and stars.
AT&T sees big cash in small gizmos like dog collars
LAS VEGAS - With most Americans already toting cellphones, AT&T Inc <T.N> now wants to target their dogs. A wireless dog collar set to hit the market this year is just one of a plethora of new devices the telephone company hopes will catch on with U.S. consumers.
GoDaddy plans to stop China domain registrations
WASHINGTON - Internet domain company GoDaddy.com said it planned to stop registering domain names in China, joining Google Inc <GOOG.O> in protesting cyber attacks and censorship in that country. "We believe that many of the current abuses of the Internet originating in China are due to a lack of enforcement against criminal activities by the Chinese government," Christine Jones, Go Daddy Group Inc general counsel, told a congressional commission hearing on Wednesday.
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