Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Robert Hernreich - Big Bang project gets rap treatment on Internet (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Big Bang project gets rap treatment on Internet (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A project to re-enact the "Big Bang" at CERN near Geneva on Wednesday is getting the rap treatment on the Internet from a group of young people working there.

Air Canada Will Introduce Internet Service Next Year (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Air Canada , the country's largest carrier, will introduce Internet service on some flights next year. Access will begin on select trips to the U.S. West Coast aboard Airbus A319 jets in the spring, the Montreal-based company said today in a statement.

Nokia says eyes more Internet buys (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Nokia's Internet offering is far from ready and the world's top cellphone maker is seeking further acquisitions to speed up the roll out of new services, Niklas Savander, the head of the unit, said in an interview.

Nokia turns attention to Internet (International Herald Tribune)
Nokia bought Navteq, a U.S. digital maps firm, for $8.1 billion in July and has acquired 10 smaller firms to jump start its Internet services business as the growth in the cellphones market is set to stall.

Google and HSBC back African Internet project (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Internet firm Google and Europe's biggest bank HSBC have thrown their weight behind an ambitious plan to provide cheap, high-speed Web access to 3 billion people in Africa and other emerging markets.

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