8 February 2006 Technology News

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Chairman of Rogers Communications Resigns

TORONTO - Rogers Communications Inc., Canada's largest provider of cable TV and wireless communications services, said Tuesday that Garfield Emerson is resigning as its chairman and as a longtime member of its board.

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Novell Details Enterprise Road Map

Novell has laid out a fresh vision for its future, highlighting several new products such as its just-released SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 operating system, and also being frank about the work left to be done.

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China stands by verdict on virtual property thief

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has upheld a guilty verdict and fine against a man who stole and sold players' games IDs and online equipment amid growing calls for more concrete virtual property laws, state media said on Monday.

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US newspapers try to cash in on blogs

CHICAGO (AFP) - With a new blog created every second, some media futurists have predicted that "citizen journalists" will be producing half of the world's news by 2021.

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Chef's odyssey wins first books-from-blogs prize

LONDON (Reuters) - An amateur chef's account of her attempt to cook celebrated U.S. chef Julia Child's recipes on Monday took home the first literary garland devoted to books based on blogs.

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New entertainment everywhere era sets global TV trade show buzzing

CANNES, France (AFP) - From the mobile phone to the Internet, portable game stations, the iconic iPod, DVD players, and of course, the television set, a new entertainment everywhere era is dawning for the TV industry.

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Mapquest unveils navigation help on mobile phone

NEW YORK (Reuters) - AOL unit MapQuest on Monday unveiled a mobile map service that customers can use on their cellular phones, complete with voice directions, text and maps in a bid to expand on the popularity of its Internet maps.

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Hollywood studios to offer digital movies for sale

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two online movie services, Movielink and CinemaNow, on Monday said they will begin selling major films such as "Memoirs of a Geisha" on the same day DVDs are sold at stores in a watershed event for Hollywood in the digital age.

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Online auctions aim to benefit New Orleans musicians

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - In a rare alliance, a wide range of musical artists and competing concert promoters are combining efforts in an online ticket auction to benefit Music Rising, the musical instrument replacement fund founded by U2's the Edge, producer Bob Ezrin and Gibson Guitar chairman Henry Juszkiewicz.

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Netflix hopes customers will fall for "Cowboy"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Online DVD renter Netflix Inc. hopes its subscribers will fall in love this week with "Cowboy del Amor," and many other unsung movies it is quietly buying at film festivals to release in arthouse theaters.

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Lost an IPod or Wallet? Look for It Online

BOSTON - Maureen Silliman felt her empty pocket and gulped: Her new $300 iPod must have bounced out as she ran to catch a train. While she sobbed, her boyfriend suggested a message on the lost-and-found section of Craigslist, an online bazaar of classified ads.

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