Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! All rights reserved. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/technology-afp.html en-en Sat, 17 May 2008 03:14:00 +0000 5 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/technology-afp.html http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/any/u/news.gif 30 140 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080517/ttc-lifestyle-us-videogames-computer-tak-e0bba4a.html /afp/20080517/r_t_afp_tc_usa/ttc-lifestyle-us-videogames-computer-tak-e0bba4a_1 Sat, 17 May 2008 03:14:00 +0000 A deadline for Take-Two Interactive Software shareholders to agree to a buyout by video game giant Electronic Arts has passed with neither firm commenting on the takeover bid's fate. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080515/ttc-us-it-internet-takeover-company-yaho-e0bba4a.html /afp/20080515/r_t_afp_tc_usa/ttc-us-it-internet-takeover-company-yaho-e0bba4a_1 Thu, 15 May 2008 23:47:00 +0000 Yahoo fired back at corporate raider Carl Icahn on Thursday, saying he lacks understanding of the Microsoft takeover try and should not follow through on a vow to oust Yahoo's board. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080515/ttc-us-it-internet-takeover-yahoo-micros-e0bba4a.html /afp/20080515/r_t_afp_tc_usa/ttc-us-it-internet-takeover-yahoo-micros-e0bba4a_1 Thu, 15 May 2008 20:47:00 +0000 Billionaire corporate raider Carl Icahn announced a bid Thursday to unseat the board of Yahoo and reopen merger talks with Microsoft, which Icahn said had been "completely botched" by the Internet firm. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080515/ttc-us-internet-takeover-company-yahoo-m-e0bba4a.html /afp/20080515/r_t_afp_tc_usa/ttc-us-internet-takeover-company-yahoo-m-e0bba4a_2 Thu, 15 May 2008 15:21:00 +0000 Billionaire corporate raider Carl Icahn announced a bid Thursday to unseat the board of Yahoo, saying the Internet firm had "completely botched" merger talks with Microsoft. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080515/ttc-us-it-internet-trial-crime-company-m-e0bba4a.html /afp/20080515/r_t_afp_tc_usa/ttc-us-it-internet-trial-crime-company-m-e0bba4a_1 Thu, 15 May 2008 00:07:00 +0000 A US judge has ordered a pair of accused spammers to pay MySpace about 230 million dollars in what was being billed Wednesday as a record-setting punishment for such Internet abuses. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080514/ttc-technology-us-it-internet-company-go-e0bba4a.html /afp/20080514/r_t_afp_tc_usa/ttc-technology-us-it-internet-company-go-e0bba4a_1 Wed, 14 May 2008 21:47:00 +0000 Google said Wednesday it is blurring the faces of people in street scenes pictured at its free online mapping service. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080514/ttc-nato-estonia-internet-crime-0de2eff.html /afp/20080514/r_t_afp_tc_other/ttc-nato-estonia-internet-crime-0de2eff_1 Wed, 14 May 2008 20:15:00 +0000 NATO launched Wednesday a new cyber-defence training centre in Tallinn to defend against attacks over the Internet, a year after Estonia fell victim to a "cyber-war" blamed on Russian hackers. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080514/ttc-us-technology-music-robot-e0bba4a.html /afp/20080514/r_t_afp_tc_usa/ttc-us-technology-music-robot-e0bba4a_1 Wed, 14 May 2008 18:16:00 +0000 High tech met high art late Tuesday when a robot conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080514/ttc-us-china-it-internet-media-earth-dis-e0bba4a.html /afp/20080514/r_t_afp_tc_usa/ttc-us-china-it-internet-media-earth-dis-e0bba4a_3 Wed, 14 May 2008 09:32:00 +0000 The world had real-time news about China's massive earthquake as victims dashed out "twitter" text messages while it took place, in what was being touted Tuesday as micro-blogging outshining mainstream news. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080513/ttc-us-it-internet-astronomy-company-mic-e0bba4a.html /afp/20080513/r_t_afp_tc_usa/ttc-us-it-internet-astronomy-company-mic-e0bba4a_2 Tue, 13 May 2008 21:50:00 +0000 Amateur astronomers Tuesday got Internet access to imagery from the best telescopes on earth and in space with a new service launched by Microsoft. AFP