Nokia says "interesting" launch due on Tuesday Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, will unveil an "interesting" phone to strengthen its product and service offerings later on Tuesday, a company official said late on Monday.
Classical musicians get shot at fame on YouTubeNEW YORK (Reuters) - The video-sharing Web site YouTube will take classical music out of pricey concert halls and bring it to the masses by holding an online competition where the public chooses musicians to play at Carnegie Hall.
Yahoo and Virgin agree mobile search deal Yahoo and Virgin Mobile have agreed a deal making Yahoo search the exclusive pre-installed search service for Virgin's 4 million mobile subscribers in Britain, the two companies said on Monday.
Nokia seen outlining smartphone and services push World mobile phone leader Nokia is expected to bolster its offering of high-end phones at a media and industry event in Barcelona on Tuesday, where it is also due to outline a push into Internet services.
Mobile phones distract drivers more than passengers Mobile phone calls distract drivers far more than even the chattiest passenger, causing drivers to follow too closely and miss exits, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
Spears, wrestling, Obama lead Yahoo top 10 searchesSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barack Obama's presidential victory got more clicks than any other story on yahoo.com this year, but the most searched term was "Britney Spears," Yahoo Inc reported on Monday.
Fortune telling is big business for Japan Web firm An Internet firm specializing in crystal balls, tarot readings, I-ching and horoscopes is raking in business as Japanese seek reassurance about the future in the midst of a global financial crisis.
Blog calls Microsoft-Yahoo deal "total fiction" A report in the Sunday Times that Microsoft Inc is in talks with Yahoo Inc to buy the U.S. internet company's online search business for $20 billion (13 million pounds) is "total fiction," according to a key executive cited by an influential U.S. blog.
New, old media good for each other, Huffington saysNEW YORK (Reuters) - New media and old can clash and crowd each other out, but blogger extraordinaire Arianna Huffington argues in a new book that the two worlds are rapidly joining together to bring out the best in each other.
Germany plans lab tests for airport "naked scans" Germany will begin laboratory tests in the next few weeks on full-body airport screening devices to see if they can produce images that do not show passengers naked, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.