http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2008 Belleville News Democrat Technology 60 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:09:51 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/388570.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/388570.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:30 CDT BCE Inc, Canada's largest telecommunications company, said Friday it has agreed on terms of a $35 billion sale to a group led by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in the biggest leveraged buyout ever. The deal is expected to be completed by mid-December. http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/389618.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/389618.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:28 CDT Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America. http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/387825.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/387825.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:18 CDT Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when. http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/388720.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/388720.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:50 CDT Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents, authorities said. http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/388205.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/388205.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:50 CDT A college student claimed it was all a joke when he put his vote in this fall's presidential election up for sale on the Web auction site eBay. But prosecutors didn't see the humor. http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/387912.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/387912.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:53 CDT This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own. http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/387734.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/387734.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:50 CDT A Namibian prosecutor says a new judge will be appointed to hear the extradition case of businessman Jacob "Kobi" Alexander. http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/387875.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/387875.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:35 CDT COMMAND & CONQUER 3: KANE'S WRATH http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/386723.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/386723.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:15 CDT Internet users will now have an easier time finding sites that rely heavily on the popular Flash video format. http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/387509.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/387509.html Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:30 CDT The Bee Gees' Robin Gibb and other European music composers warned Thursday that standardizing music royalties across Europe could hurt musicians and the songs they write. http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/386182.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/386182.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:27 CDT Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc. http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/387548.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/387548.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:51 CDT A baby boy removed from his parents' custody after they offered to sell him on eBay for just a euro - $1.59 - as a joke is back at home, a prosecutor said Thursday. http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/387874.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/387874.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:35 CDT The word "Extreme" in a video-game title tends to trigger a reflexive cringe in most gamers, especially when applied to a remake of a genre classic. http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/386602.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/386602.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:35 CDT A new study suggests that attitude rather than availability may be the key reason why more Americans don't have high-speed Internet access. http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/386163.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/386163.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:59 CDT European regulators cleared Nokia's takeover of U.S. digital mapmaker Navteq on Wednesday, saying the deal would be unlikely to shut off rivals' access to digital maps. http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/386336.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/386336.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:50 CDT MoneyAisle is a free new Web service that makes a bold claim: It says it will maximize the interest rates consumers can get on savings accounts, by running online auctions in which banks bid for consumers' business. http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/386404.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/386404.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:22 CDT Police in the 1970s urged citizens to "drop a dime" in a pay phone to report crimes anonymously. Now in an increasing number of cities, tipsters are being invited to use their thumbs - to identify criminals using text messages. http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/386530.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/386530.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:10 CDT The company that built the first mass-produced, all-electric car will keep its manufacturing plant in California, thanks to a new state tax break. http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/386845.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/386845.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:41 CDT "Midnight Club: Los Angeles" http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/386876.html http://www.bnd.com/business/technology/story/386876.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:48 CDT Q. I know from past columns you prefer bookshelf speakers over tiny speakers because tiny speakers sound thin, but my room demands I use small speakers, something a bit bigger than the Bose cubes perhaps but definitely not bookshelf-sized. Anything you can recommend?