Tweet SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – EBay Inc and Wal-Mart Stores Inc are developing new Web search engines to better compete against Amazon.com Inc in the fast-growing e-commerce market. Here is the original post: EBay, Wal-Mart search for revved-up search engines  Read More →

Tweet MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Inside a hot, cramped room in the Somali capital, 10 sweating children sat on wooden desks, not unlike those found in schools. These boys, though, were not in class. They were staring at a small TV and tightly gripping video-game controllers…. Read this article: New rage keeps Somali boys off street:... 

Tweet BRUSSELS (AP) — An EU official says an international treaty that has been the subject of large protests by people fearing it would impinge on Internet freedom is unlikely to gain approval…. Read more: EU official: ACTA unlikely to become law  Read More →

Tweet (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc’s board of directors will review a discrepancy in the educational record of its chief executive, Scott Thompson, a spokesman told Reuters, after activist hedge fund Third Point accused Thompson of padding his academic credentials. Read the rest here: Yahoo board to review CEO’s education records  Read More →

Tweet SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc’s Android mobile platform resulted in a net loss for the company in every quarter of 2010, despite generating roughly $97.7 million in revenue for the first quarter of that year, a U.S. judge said in court. Read the original post: Judge says Google’s Android lost money in 2010  Read More →

Tweet SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal court jury is having a difficult time reaching a verdict in a complex copyright infringement trial pitting Oracle against Google…. Continue reading here: Possible jury impasse looms in Oracle-Google trial  Read More →

Tweet LONDON/HELSINKI (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics unveiled a new top-of-the-range Galaxy smartphone in London on Thursday, updating the most direct rival to Apple’s iPhone with a larger touch screen and more powerful processor. Excerpt from: Samsung unwraps latest Galaxy rival to iPhone  Read More →

Tweet BOSTON (AP) — A mutual fund manager usually can count on having a good year if the largest investment in the portfolio is surging. But that’s not the case for Tony Trzcinka…. Read the original: Not all growth mutual funds take a bite of Apple  Read More →

Tweet George Lucas’ sprawling “Star Wars” universe has always lent itself to games – even if they were as simple as pretend light saber duels in your backyard…. Originally posted here: Review: ‘Star Wars,’ Pixar characters boost Kinect  Read More →

Tweet MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — LinkedIn Corp. said Thursday that its first-quarter profit more than doubled, and the business networking company is buying presentation sharing website SlideShare for $118.8 million…. See the article here: LinkedIn to buy SlideShare as 1Q beats Street  Read More →