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Reuters - Tuesday, September 8
Beatles re-master, game drag band into digital age
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LONDON - The Beatles take a step closer to selling their music online on Wednesday with the simultaneous release of the band's re-mastered catalog and the MTV video game The Beatles: Rock Band. The Beatles collection, available from 09/09/09, is expected to dominate the charts in key markets like the United States and Britain, bringing a windfall to the group's label EMI Music and the Fab Four's company Apple Corps Ltd.
iCub the robot helps scientists understand humans
LYON, France - Robots that can make their own decisions have so far been confined to science fiction movies, but a child-sized figure with big eyes and a white face is trying hard to turn fiction into reality. Its name is iCub and scientists are hoping it will learn how to adapt its behavior to changing circumstances, offering new insights into the development of human consciousness.
Google tells EU online books make Web democratic
BRUSSELS - Google <GOOG.O>, the Internet search group, defended its scanning and publishing of millions of books online on Monday by saying the project was making finding information on the Web more democratic. The Californian company struck a deal with author and publisher groups in the United States earlier this year, allowing it to copy books for the Internet.
Microsoft Russian antitrust probe closed
MOSCOW - Russia's state anti-monopoly service, FAS, said on Monday it had closed a probe into Microsoft <MSFT.O> as it had found no violations of antitrust laws over cutbacks in supply of the Windows XP operating system. The FAS launched a probe against Microsoft in June, saying it thought the company had violated legislation by cutting delivery of Windows XP to Russia both as a separate system and pre-installed on personal computers, as well as in its pricing policy on the product.
"Facebook" for 50-somethings woos India's Web-savvy seniors
NEW DELHI , described by its creator as a Facebook for those aged 55-years and above, has around 4,000 registered users who blog, chat, read health news or play puzzles online.
Mobile technology may help city dwellers hitch ride
BERLIN - Hitch-hikers have always used their thumbs to get a ride. Now a new invention aims to update the technique -- allowing mobile phone users to dial-a-driver. The mobile ride-sharing service being developed by researchers in Germany combines internet and mobile technologies to match drivers to passengers for trips around town, without them having to arrange it long beforehand.
Ex-Google China chief to fund Chinese tech start-ups
HONG KONG that he will launch a venture business platform, via which young Chinese can get "angel funding" to grow their enterprises.
Vietnam frees blogger ahead of Australia visit
HANOI - Vietnam has freed a blogger who was recently detained over a plan to distribute anti-China T-shirts, he said on Sunday, as Communist Party chief Nong Duc Manh prepared to leave on a visit to Australia and New Zealand. The reason Hanoi police gave Bui Thanh Hieu when they let him go on Saturday evening was "the cancellation of preventative measures," said Hieu, who spent nine nights in detention.
Got a dream but no cash? The Internet can help
NEW YORK - Chris Waddell wants to climb Kilimanjaro in a wheelchair; George Del Barrio wants to make a film in Cambodia; Jeff Edwards wants to write a book about a science fiction writer: they want you to fund their dreams. A website called Kickstarter.com is making it possible for people like this to raise sums ranging from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars to fund anything that captures the imagination of Internet users with a little money to spare.
Google's investors look for next big thing
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc <GOOG.O> made its fortune on Internet search ads, but Wall Street is increasingly eager for signs that the company's other money-making bets will pay off. "Even though paid search is 95 percent of the business, I think everybody's looking for that next trick," said John Lutz, a senior research analyst at Frost Investment Advisors, which owns Google shares.
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