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WASHINGTON — Mobile phone calls distract drivers far more than even the chattiest passenger, causing drivers to follow too closely and miss exits, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. Using a hands-free device does not make things better and the researchers believe they know why — passengers act as a second set of eyes, shutting up […]

SINGAPORE — Bloggers across Mumbai fed live updates of the action after Islamist gunmen launched waves of attacks in the heart of India’s financial capital, highlighting the emergence of citizen journalism in news coverage. Some, including a blogger named Vinu, were furiously uploading photos of damage from the attacks that killed at least 101 people […]

Black Friday is fast-approaching—and so is the end of Q4. If you’re looking to make a Wi-Fi-related purchase for business or personal use before the year ends, let our 2008 reviews help guide you. These are some of the Wi-Fi services, access points, client devices, accessories, and software we are most thankful for this year:Services […]

Touchscreen phone users are discovering that much of the fun in their devices stems from applications — those little nuggets of convenience, amusement and distraction available for download on the slightest whim. A good example is Google’s newly updated Mobile App for Apple’s iPhone, which has been generating a lot of buzz for one main […]

Talks to put The Beatles’ catalog on Apple’s iTunes online music store have stalled, former Fab Four member Paul McCartney told the BBC. The Beatles is one of the few big acts left whose music is not available on iTunes, but the settlement of a trademark dispute between Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and The Beatles’ company, […]

Blockbuster on Monday said it would roll out a new digital media player that brings fewer, but more recent titles from the Internet to consumers’ televisions than a six-month old offering from rival Netflix. The MediaPoint player by broadband device maker 2Wire allows Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) customers to download high-definition quality movies to their TVs […]

Social networking company Facebook recently held acquisition talks with Twitter, the micro-blogging company, the Financial Times said. According to the paper, the negotiations put a valuation of as much as $500 million on Twitter, which has become one of Silicon Valley’s most closely watched start-ups. The talks, which were first reported by the AllThingsD blog, […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is gaining market share in every segment, and is at or ahead of its integration plans for computer services provider EDS, Chief Executive Mark Hurd said on Monday. He made the comments after HP, the No. 1 maker of personal computers, posted quarterly results and fiscal 2009 forecasts that […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Google is known for hosting the most extravagant holiday parties in Silicon Valley, often drawing crowds of over 10,000 and prompting some employees to post ads for party dates on classifieds site Craigslist. But even Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has decided to scale back its holiday celebrations this year due to a global […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Struggling smartphone maker Palm said Friday it is cutting its workforce, a move the company takes as it loses market share to rivals Apple and Research in Motion. Spokeswoman Lynn Fox said the layoffs began last week, but she declined to say how many jobs would be cut. Palm (NASDAQ: PALM), which […]

LOS ANGELES — A Missouri woman established a fake identity online to torment a vulnerable teenage girl who later committed suicide, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday in a trial that is being closely watched by the burgeoning social networking industry. Prosecutors say Lori Drew, 49, posed as a teenage boy named Josh Evans on the […]

Axl Rose (L) and Paul McCartney in a composite image. Source: Reuters Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and Guns N’ Roses released their biggest hits on vinyl records and compact discs, their new albums are debuting online on MySpace this week. Users of MySpace, the world’s largest social network on the Internet, will be able to listen for […]