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Google is putting thousands of images of ancient artefacts at Iraq's National Museum online, the Web search leader said on Tuesday, part of a U.S. bid to entice foreign firms to invest in Iraq. What is now modern-day Iraq was once known as Mesopotamia a region considered by many as the "cradle of civilisation." The museum houses one of the finest Mesopotamian collections in the world.
Mobile Web surge continues in October -Opera
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Global mobile data traffic continued to surge in October, growing at the fastest pace in seven months, Internet browser company Opera Software said on Wednesday. Data traffic through Opera's mobile browser -- which packages up to 90 percent of the data to save network bandwidth -- rose 16 percent in October from September, the company said.
MPs call for parliamentary petitions to go online
LONDON (Reuters) - The ancient right to petition parliament could enter the online age after MPs seeking to boost democracy in the House of Commons said on Tuesday the public should be able to submit their pleas over the internet. The Commons Reform Committee said plans to introduce "e-petitions" -- currently bogged down over grounds of costs -- should be dusted down and reconsidered.
Twitter eyes acquisitions, sees making money in 2010
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Micro-blogging site Twitter is interested in making more acquisitions as it continues to grow in popularity, co-founder Biz Stone said on Tuesday. "That is something we are definitely interested in," Stone told a news conference in Tel Aviv. "We made an acquisition last year that turned out to be an outstandingly good decision."
Second UK retailer withdraws Sony Ericsson phone
LONDON (Reuters) - Retailer Phones 4U has followed rival Carphone Warehouse in withdrawing Sony Ericsson's flagship smartphone, in a further blow to the loss-making firm. A spokeswoman for the retailer said on Tuesday it had withdrawn the Satio phone after some customers experienced software problems. She declined to give any further details.
Twitter's Stone could IPO, no interest in selling
OXFORD, England (Reuters) - Twitter, the social internet firm that tracks trends through individuals' updates of events around them, may eventually go to the stock market for funding if necessary, its co-founder Biz Stone said. The three-year-old company was already making some revenue and would concentrate on that next year. "2010 is really going to be the revenue year. I don't know if we're going to be profitable, but we have plenty of time," Stone said on Monday.
"Jail broken" iPhones vulnerable to new virus
BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers have built a virus that attacks Apple Inc's iPhone by secretly taking control of the devices via their Internet connections, security experts said. The virus has been detected in the Netherlands and can only attack iPhones whose users have disabled some pre-installed security features, according to analysts monitoring the progress of the virus, known as the Duh Worm.
Microsoft, News Corp mull web pact
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft has had talks with News Corp about a tie up, which would involve News Corp getting paid to take its news websites off Google, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday. News Corp, which owns such papers as the Wall Street Journal and the Sun, started the discussions, which were at an early stage, the source said.
eBay says fixes search glitch on website
NEW YORK (Reuters) - eBay said on Sunday it had restored a search function on its website overnight Saturday after a glitch led to searches returning either limited or no results throughout the day. The technical issue on eBay.com resulted from a surge in live listings as sellers ramped up for the holiday season, the global e-commerce and payments company said in an e-mailed statement.
China attacks "biased" U.S. cyber-spying report
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Monday accused a U.S. congressional advisory panel of bias for a report in which it said the Chinese government appeared increasingly to be piercing U.S. computer networks to gather useful data for its military. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission said in its 2009 report to Congress released last week that there was growing evidence of Chinese state involvement in such activity.
