Archives: 2011 March
US, Japan: Close cooperation vital in nuke crisis (AP)
March 30th, 2011, No Comments
WASHINGTON – Barack Obama has reaffirmed U.S. support for the people of Japan continue to recover from the earthquake and tsunami that struck the island nation. The commitment came Tuesday night when Obama spoke by phone with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto May after a whirlwind day in New York. According to a statement released by [...]
China says nuke program affected by Japan crisis (AP)
March 30th, 2011, No Comments
CANBERRA, Australia – China plans to quickly build nuclear power plants will be affected by the crisis of radiation in Japan, but atomic energy is a critical supplier of energy needs of the growing nation in the future, said a Responsible Wednesday. Climate Change submitted Chinese Xie Zhenhua said the deployment Chinese nuclear test was [...]
Japan’s Edano:Can’t say when nuclear plant will be under control (Reuters)
March 30th, 2011, No Comments
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edan told reporters Wednesday he could not say when conditions would be under control at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex disabled is the worst crisis the world since Chernobyl nuclear power in 1986. "We have to consider several measures, but this time we are in a situation where [...]
Japan quake victims to get 100,000 Crocs clogs (AFP)
March 30th, 2011, No Comments
Japan quake victims to get 100 000 Crocs Clogs WASHINGTON (AFP) – U.S. shoemaker Crocs said it was donating 100,000 pairs of its chunky, colorful rubber clogs for the victims of the devastating earthquake in March Japan's 11th "Donate 100,000 pairs of shoes is the least we are doing to contribute to the enormous devastation [...]
Amazon unveils online service to store, play music (Reuters)
March 29th, 2011, No Comments
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc said it has allowed an online service, customers, music and safe to store access through their computers and smartphones unveiled. Amazon-motion is a further sign of intensifying competition among the leading technology companies to provide entertainment content on the Internet. Amazon cloud service allows customers to securely store music on the [...]
China’s Sina drops Google search service (AFP)
March 29th, 2011, No Comments
China's Sina drops Google search SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The largest Internet portal in China, Sina said Tuesday Google's search service on its website with its own technology replaced, further undermines U.S. giant's presence in the Asian nation. "Our contract (with Google) finished this month and entire websites are now our own search technology," Liu Qi, [...]
Amazon launches online media storage service (AP)
March 29th, 2011, No Comments
SAN FRANCISCO – Amazon.com wants to be more than a destination for online shopping – also dreams of becoming a place where you can store your music, photos and videos and access them anytime from any computer . The online retailer has launched two new offerings on Monday night: Amazon Amazon Cloud Cloud Drive and [...]
Website to pay $950,000 for posting Beatles hits (AP)
March 29th, 2011, No Comments
FILE – In this Feb. 9, 1964 File photo, The Beatles, front row from left, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr on drums, Perfo LOS ANGELES – A website selling Beatles songs online for 25 cents each, before he was legally available has agreed to pay record companies nearly $ 1 million [...]
American Express makes digital wallets (AFP)
March 29th, 2011, No Comments
American Express, digital wallet SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – American Express on Monday launched an online financial transaction service that claims go beyond other offerings in a market dominated by PayPal. "Serve" broadcast in the U.S. and other countries had to expand in the coming years. "Serve is a new type of payment platform that is [...]
EBay buys GSI for $1.96 billion to take on Amazon (Reuters)
March 29th, 2011, No Comments
A general view of eBay headquarters in San Jose NEW YORK (Reuters) – Online auction site eBay Inc moved to bolster its ability to take on No. 1 Web retailer Amazon.com Inc with a $1.96 billion takeover bid for e-commerce service provider GSI Commerce. EBay would gain expertise in helping major retailers fill online orders [...]
