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"World of Warcraft" has rivals racing for new worlds

Thursday, November 20, 2008 4:15:26 AM
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - "World of Warcraft" has become a phenomenon among role-playing interactive online games with its unrivaled success leaving competitors racing to draw gamers into new virtual worlds.

McCartney, Guns N' Roses albums to launch on MySpace

Thursday, November 20, 2008 4:04:47 AM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and Guns N' Roses released their biggest hits on vinyl records and compact discs, but on Thursday, their new albums will debut online on MySpace.

High-street shopping losing appeal in plugged-in Asia

Thursday, November 20, 2008 3:27:10 AM
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Internet is replacing the high street as the shopping destination of choice in the Asia Pacific, with a new survey showing a majority of Internet users prefer to go online to buy everything from electronics to holidays.

Virgin Media sees mobile broadband as complementary

Thursday, November 20, 2008 2:46:20 AM
LONDON (Reuters) - British cable operator Virgin Media said it did not believe mobile broadband had mass appeal in the short term, but it entered the market to offer the service in its high-end mobile, broadband and TV bundles.

Woman posed as teen online in suicide case: attorney

Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:21:37 AM
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - 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.

Readers overwhelm EU's new digital library

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:16:53 PM
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's heritage went digital Thursday when the European Union launched an online library putting famous works such as Dante's "Divine Comedy" and Beethoven's 9th Symphony just a mouse click away.

GE embraces blogs, some see disclosure worry

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:30:03 AM
BOSTON (Reuters) - General Electric Co has quietly changed the way it communicates with Wall Street over the past month, using a company blog, GEReports.com, to share news with investors.

Cybercrime as destructive as credit crisis: experts

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 6:11:18 AM
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Cybercrime is likely to wreak as much havoc as the credit crisis in the coming years if international regulation is not improved, some of the world's top crime experts said on Wednesday.

Microsoft rules out buying Yahoo but likes search deal

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 6:01:32 AM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer ruled out an acquisition of Yahoo Inc on Wednesday but said his company was interested in resuming talks on a Web search partnership.

Tech firms turn to social media to reach consumers

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:43:03 AM
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Recognizing the limits of traditional advertising, established technology companies are diving headlong into the sometimes chaotic landscape of social media to promote their products.