U.S. traffic deaths down; regulators probed on Toyota (Reuters)
Categorie : World Business NewsReuters - U.S. traffic deaths in 2009 hit their lowest level in since the mid-1950s, according to preliminary data released ahead of a congressional hearing expected to take a critical view of auto regulators response to recent safety problems at Toyota Motor Corp. ...
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Thu Mar 2010
The Ambitions of Prudential's Tidjane Thiam (BusinessWeek)
Categorie : World Business NewsBusinessWeek - According to insiders at Prudential Plc , Tidjane Thiam, the chief executive of the insurer which said last week that it was bidding $35.5bn (23.6bn) to buy AIG's Asian insurance business is a firm believer in emotion over analysis. ...
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Pink Floyd wins battle with EMI over online sales (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - Album lovers may rejoice a little at last: a British court says Pink Floyd, purveyor of iTunes-unfriendly concept records, cannot be unbundled. ...
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Pink Floyd wins UK court battle with EMI label (Reuters)
Categorie : World Business NewsReuters - British rock band Pink Floyd won its court battle with EMI on Thursday with a ruling that prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the Internet from the group's concept albums. ...
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GDC: Khronos group unveils OpenGL 4.0 and 3.3 (Macworld.com)
Categorie : World Business NewsMacworld.com - The Khronos group has released versions 4.0 and 3.3 of the OpenGL spec, the latest version of the cross-platform, royalty-free 2D and 3D graphics API used on all major desktop operating systems, including Mac OS X. It also serves as the basis for OpenGL ES for smart phones and the upc ...
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Opera Mini 5 Released for Android-Powered Smartphones (NewsFactor)
Categorie : World Business NewsNewsFactor - Opera Software launched an Android version of the company's Opera Mini 5 mobile browser Thursday that promises to significantly improve page loading and speed on compatible smartphones. The beta release continues the company's campaign to increase the visibility of its browser on a glob ...
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Sony unveils motion-sensing controller for PS3 consoles (AFP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAFP - Sony on Wednesday unveiled a hotly anticipated motion-sensing controller that it hopes will fuel new interest in its PlayStation 3 videogame consoles. ...
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No Camera on Apple's iPad, After All? (PC World)
Categorie : World Business NewsPC World - Apple's latest iPad software development kit nixes references to video calling and chatting, creating uncertainty about the chances of a camera coming to the iPad. ...
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Motorola to add Microsoft's Bing to smart phones (AP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAP - Motorola Inc. said Thursday that it will add Microsoft Corp.'s Bing search and map functions to its smart phones that use Google Inc.'s Android operating software. ...
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CA Expands Cloud Services with $350M Nimsoft Purchase (NewsFactor)
Categorie : World Business NewsNewsFactor - IT software behemoth CA has acquired yet another company as it moves to provide its emerging enterprise customers and managed-service providers with cloud-computing support. CA acquired Redwood City, Calif.-based Nimsoft, its fourth acquisition in the cloud-computing space, in a cash pu ...
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Google says talks with China ongoing (AFP)
Categorie : World Business NewsAFP - Google said Thursday that it was in talks with China on the future of the US Internet giant in the Asian nation, after the firm threatened to leave over cyberattacks and state web censorship. ...
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OnLive gaming service to launch in June (Macworld.com)
Categorie : World Business NewsMacworld.com - Weâve talked about the glory and promises of OnLive in the pastâitâs the online gaming system that promises to let you play your favorite games whenever, wherever, and on whatever device you want. Now the gaming revolution has a street date, too: June 17, 2010. ...
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