Reuters Science And Technology News: 19 February 2009
February 20th, 2009 • Reuters, Science, Technology
- Formal “brain exercise” won’t help healthy seniors: research
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Healthy older people shouldn’t bother spending money on computer games and websites promising to ward off mental decline, the author of a review of scientific evidence for the benefits of these “brain exercise” programs says. - Facebook reverses course on privacy policy
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook’s efforts to build a business model around its online social network have hit another roadblock, as a backlash by its users forced the company to reverse a new policy. - Class action status denied in Microsoft Vista case
(Reuters) - A U.S. federal court denied class action status to a lawsuit accusing Microsoft Corp of misleading buyers about which computers could run expanded features that were part of the Windows Vista operating system. - Few report hitches as digital TV switch begins
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The digital transition has begun in earnest, and early reports suggest a relatively modest level of disruption for television viewers. - Hollywood struggles to find wealth on the Web
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After more than a decade of hype about the Internet being the next great stage for mass entertainment, it remains dominated by amateurs with most Hollywood stars watching from the wings. - Whereabouts of detained Egypt blogger unknown: Amnesty
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities have not disclosed the whereabouts of an Egyptian blogger and activist who campaigns against Egypt’s Gaza policy and was reported to be detained earlier this month, Amnesty International said. - Mobile advertising edges closer to breakthrough
BARCELONA (Reuters) - After years of hype and hot air, advertising on mobile phones finally appears to be making some headway, boosted by the popularity of smartphones such as Apple’s iPhone and the content found on them. - iPhone features everywhere in rivals’ new phones
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Copying a few pages from the playbook of Apple Inc’s iPhone strategy, which brings many of the powers of the Internet to mobile phones, is no way to beat the computer interloper at its game. - Look beyond jobs for U.S. broadband payoff: experts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The $7.2 billion slice of the $787 billion economic stimulus package set aside to spur investment in high-speed Internet may not live up to its full promise of job creation. - Scientists make advances on “nano” electronics
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two U.S. teams have developed new materials that may pave the way for ever smaller, faster and more powerful electronics as current semiconductor technology begins to reach the limits of miniaturization.
