Monthly Archives: March 2011

Microsoft files EU competition complaint against Google (Reuters)

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor - Technology News

SEATTLE/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp stepped up its rivalry with Google Inc with a formal complaint to EU antitrust regulators, claiming Google systematically thwarts Internet search competition. It is the first time Microsoft — itself the target of anticompetition action … Continue reading →

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Japan disaster sparks social media innovation (AP)

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor - Technology News

TOKYO – As Japan grapples with an unprecedented triple disaster — earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis — the Web has spawned creativity and innovation online amid a collective desire to ease suffering. Once the magnitude of the March 11 disaster became … Continue reading →

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Vodafone to buy out Indian partner for $5B (AP)

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor - Technology News

MUMBAI, India – Vodafone has agreed to pay $5 billion cash to buy out the Essar Group’s stake in their Indian joint venture. The buyout of Essar’s 33 percent stake has been long expected and brings to an end what … Continue reading →

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Microsoft throws weight behind EU’s Google probe (AP)

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor - Technology News

BRUSSELS – Microsoft Corp. on Thursday threw its weight behind an existing probe by European Union authorities into whether rival Google Inc. is unfairly thwarting competition in the online search market. Microsoft’s General Counsel Brad Smith said the company is … Continue reading →

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Ouattara controls Ivory Coast’s San Pedro port (Reuters)

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor - Top News Stories

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Ivory Coast’s Alassane Ouattara seized the major cocoa port of San Pedro overnight, continuing an offensive that has seen them take swathes of the country to try to oust leader Laurent Gbagbo. Residents and … Continue reading →

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Assad forms panel to study lifting emergency law (Reuters)

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor - Top News Stories

DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, facing a wave of demonstrations for greater freedoms, has set up a committee to look into replacing a decades-old emergency law with anti-terrorism legislation. The state news agency SANA said on Thursday the … Continue reading →

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France urges world nuclear review after Japan crisis (Reuters)

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor - Top News Stories

TOKYO (Reuters) – French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on Thursday for the creation of new global nuclear regulations by the end of 2011 during a first visit by a foreign leader to Japan since the earthquake and tsunami that triggered … Continue reading →

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Bomber kills 12 in attack on convoy in Pakistan (AP)

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor - Top News Stories

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A suicide bomber struck a convoy carrying a prominent hardline Islamist leader in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing 12 people in what was the second attack that targeted the politician in as many days, police said. Maulana … Continue reading →

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Watergate gets makeover at the Nixon library (AP)

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor - Top News Stories

LOS ANGELES – History is being restored at the Richard Nixon Library, where the Watergate exhibit once told visitors nearly four decades after the scandal led to his resignation that it was really a “coup” by his rivals. For years … Continue reading →

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German doctors advised to give out more placebos (AP)

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor - Top News Stories

LONDON – For German patients plagued with problems like chronic pain and mild depression, doctors may soon be trying something a little different: a placebo. After completing a major study on the use of placebos, the German Medical Association recently … Continue reading →

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