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US computer glitch causes major flight delays

A glitch in a computer system in Atlanta, Georgia that pilots use to file flight plans was causing major air travel delays Thursday, the US Federal Aviation Administration said.
AFP - Friday, November 20

WASHINGTON (AFP) - - A major computer glitch triggered huge flight delays and cancellations across the United States Thursday as airlines were forced to input flight plans manually, officials said. More »

  • A computer screen featuring a Google Book search on the home page of Google's website. French book publishers gave a hostile reception Thursday to new proposals by the Internet giant Google to clear the way for millions of books to be sold online.

    French publishers slam new Google book proposals

    AFP - Friday, November 20

    PARIS (AFP) - - French book publishers gave a hostile reception Thursday to new proposals by the Internet giant Google to clear the way for millions of books to be sold online.

  • A man shops for flat-panel wide screen televisions at a Best Buy store. California on Wednesday became the first US state to set energy-efficiency standards for television sets, a move designed to save billion of dollars in energy costs.

    California sets new energy standards on TV sets

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - California on Wednesday became the first US state to set energy-efficiency standards for television sets, a move designed to save billion of dollars in energy costs.

  • The frontpage of Twitter, a leading Internet microblogging site. The birth of Wikipedia, the death of Napster, the iPhone, Facebook, and Twitter were named by the Webby Awards on Wednesday as among the top 10 Internet moments of the decade.

    Webby Awards name top 10 Internet moments of the decade

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The birth of Wikipedia, the death of Napster, the iPhone, Facebook, and Twitter were named by the Webby Awards on Wednesday as among the top 10 Internet moments of the decade.

  • A young girl stands in the surf on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii. EBay founder Pierre Omidyar announced on Wednesday that he was launching an online news service about his adopted home Hawaii.

    eBay founder launching online Hawaii news service

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - EBay founder Pierre Omidyar announced on Wednesday that he was launching an online news service about his adopted home Hawaii.

  • People learn to use the Internet in Gabon. The Internet is still under the control of the United States, participants at a governance forum said, despite a move by America to loosen its grip over the private corporation that administers the net.

    Internet still under US grip: forum delegates

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - - The Internet is still under the control of the United States, participants at a governance forum said, despite a move by America to loosen its grip over the private corporation that administers the net.

  • Chinese people use computers at an internet bar in Beijing in September 2009. China on Wednesday called for the abolition of the UN's Internet Governance Forum, blasting it as a powerless gathering where IT heavyweight countries dominate.

    China says scrap UN Internet governance forum

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - - China on Wednesday called for the abolition of the UN's Internet Governance Forum, blasting it as a powerless gathering where IT heavyweight countries dominate.

  • FEMA representative Richard Dae (C) registers Victor Leos (R) and his wife Sanjuanita for assistance after their home was damaged during Hurricane Ike, in 2008 in Galveston, Texas. The lead US federal disaster agency is hoping to both inform and gather information through social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, its top official said Wednesday.

    Lead US disaster agency reaches out electronically

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The lead US federal disaster agency is hoping to both inform and gather information through social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, its top official said Wednesday.

  • A woman checks her online Facebook account at an Internet cafe in Jakarta in May 2009. Government pressure on companies linked to social media networks is threatening to infringe civil liberties, an Internet forum in Egypt heard on Wednesday.

    State pressure affecting Internet social networks: forum

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - - Government pressure on companies linked to social media networks is threatening to infringe civil liberties, an Internet forum in Egypt heard on Wednesday.

  • Hackers broke into the website of Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers, pictured in January 2009, on Wednesday, leaving a message urging the head of state to save the recession-afflicted Baltic state, his office said.

    Hackers hit Latvian president's site on independence day

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    RIGA (AFP) - - Hackers broke into the website of Latvia's President Valdis Zatlers on Wednesday, leaving a message urging the head of state to save the recession-afflicted Baltic state, his office said.

  • Britain's information watchdog is investigating claims that thousands of personal details from British users of German mobile telephone giant T-Mobile have been sold to competitors.

    Probe launched into British T-Mobile data breach

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    LONDON (AFP) - - Britain's information watchdog is investigating claims that thousands of personal details from British users of German mobile telephone giant T-Mobile have been sold to competitors.

  • Technicians set up the Intel display at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada in January. The European Commission was guilty of maladministration in its its record-busting anti-trust action against Intel, the European ombudsman said Wednesday.

    EU mishandled Intel case: ombudsman

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - - The European Commission was guilty of maladministration in its its record-busting anti-trust action against Intel, the European ombudsman said Wednesday.

  • EMI Music announced Wednesday it will offer free music videos and concerts on Hulu.com, making it the first major label to strike a deal with the increasingly popular US-based online video site.

    EMI music videos, concerts coming to Hulu.com

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - EMI Music announced Wednesday it will offer free music videos and concerts on Hulu.com, making it the first major label to strike a deal with the increasingly popular US-based online video site.

  • A woman watches the trailer for the upcoming movie about pop singer Michael Jackson's final days on a computer in Washington, DC, after it was officially released in September. Internet traffic will have increased six fold by 2012 in a five-year period as more users view and post videos online, delegates at an Internet forum in Egypt heard on Wednesday.

    Video spurs explosion of Internet traffic

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - - Internet traffic will have increased six fold by 2012 in a five-year period as more users view and post videos online, delegates at an Internet forum heard on Wednesday.

  • A soldier mans his post in front of the Ministry of National Defense in Beijing. The website of China's defence ministry has been hacked more than two million times since it was launched three months ago, according to state media.

    China defence website gets 2 mln hack attacks: report

    AFP - Thursday, November 19

    BEIJING (AFP) - - The website of China's defence ministry has been hacked more than two million times since it was launched three months ago, state media said on Wednesday.

  • NASA handout image from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows twisting dark trails criss-crossing light-colored terrain on the Martian surface. NASA and Microsoft launched an interactive website that allows Web surfers to become Mars explorers.

    NASA, Microsoft take Web surfers to Mars

    AFP - Wednesday, November 18

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - NASA and Microsoft launched an interactive website that allows Web surfers to become Mars explorers.

  • US software giant Microsoft announced Tuesday that its Internet-based cloud computing service Windows Azure will launch on January 1. Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie, pictured in 2008, revealed the official launch date for what has been described as

    Microsoft 'cloud' service Azure to launch January 1

    AFP - Wednesday, November 18

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - - US software giant Microsoft announced Tuesday that its Internet-based cloud computing service Windows Azure will launch on January 1.

  • Young people browse the Internet in a cybercafe in Abidjan in August 2009. Laws regulating cybercrimes must target individuals and not society as a whole, an IT specialist told an Internet governance forum at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday.

    Cyber laws must punish individuals not society: specialist

    AFP - Wednesday, November 18

    SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - - Laws regulating cybercrimes must target individuals and not society as a whole, an IT specialist told an Internet governance forum at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday.

  • Google Labs on Tuesday brought more focus to finding pictures online, adding a

    Google image search gets a 'swirl'

    AFP - Wednesday, November 18

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - Google Labs on Tuesday brought more focus to finding pictures online, adding a "Swirl" tool that automatically groups similar images into categories presented on results pages.

  • EU consumer protection commissioner Meglena Kuneva gives a press conference at EU headquarters in Brussels. European nations have closed down over 50 Internet websites after a crackdown on mobile phone ringtone scams often targeting youngsters.

    EU shuts down ringtone scam sites targeting youngsters

    AFP - Wednesday, November 18

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - - European nations have closed down over 50 Internet websites after a crackdown on mobile phone ringtone scams often targeting youngsters.

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