Deadline Today For Applications for Web Addresses Ending in Brand Names / image via BBC News

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers or ICANN today said Thursday, April 12, 2012 is the deadline for the submission of application by organizations wishing to buy Web addresses ending in their brand names.
ICANN told BBC that so far, 839 applications have been accepted, with details of the complete process to be announced by the end of the month. Submission of applications …

Clean Revolution Arrives At The Cell Phone Nearest You

It’s a project called PhoneSoap, and if nobody slips along the way, it’s goodbye bacteria and welcome to a new, clean revolution for the cell phone nearest you—yours.
Online tech observer Mashable today said PhoneSoap is about to start a clean phone revolution via a device that sanitizes your cell phone while charging your unit.
The bug-killing agent is nothing new really except for this novel application, as PhoneSoap uses …

Google Plus Flexes New Muscles in Social Networking Bout With Facebook

It may all be about flawless navigation so search giant Google is making over its social networking page Google Plus with a brand-new navigation ribbon that will make it much easier to use than Internet rival Facebook.
The Associated Press today said the new Google Plus features were put on stream Wednesday with the aim of helping the Google networking page adapt more quickly to growth as the company targets new …

Meet Intel’s Rugged Studybook Tablet PC / image via Scientific American

Giant chipmaker Intel has a new baby born from the One Laptop Per Child project called the Studybook, a rugged tablet PC meant for use by students of all ages in developing countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
Scientific American Wednesday reported that computer makers in participating countries will make the Intel Studybook, and students at the nearest schools will use the tablets, a manufacturing system that …

Sony Says It Has Turnaround Plan But Admits $6.4B Annual Loss

Giant electronics manufacturer Sony admitted Wednesday that it lost $6.4 billion in 2011, double its earlier forecast, and the Japanese company’s fourth consecutive year of losses.
In a report from Tokyo, BBC News said new Sony chief executive Kazuo Hirai declared that the company is readying a turnaround plan, even as he admits that the company stands to suffer another loss for the opening quarter of the current year worth …

IBM Reveals PureSystems To Speed Up, Simplify Data Center Technology / image via New York Times

Computer pioneer IBM today said it is making available to corporations new expert integrated systems, called PureSytems, aimed at solving corporate complaints of the slow motion system involved in setting up any new business application—a task that typically takes weeks before the application is usable.
IBM told the New York Times Wednesday that it would sell bundles of server hardware and …

Pentagon Offers $2 Million Prize In Competition to Create Life-saving Robots / image via DARPA

The US Defense Department is offering a $2 million prize for the winning developer of next-generation robots capable of saving lives in disaster events.
The BBC Wednesday said the Pentagon’s advanced research laboratory or DARPA is opening the competition starting October, with the $2 million prize going to the creator of robots that can adapt to the requirements of disaster scenarios, and capable …

Yahoo! CEO Discloses Reorganization Details for Troubled Internet Pioneer / image via USA Today

Fast and forward are the keywords describing some of the details of the reorganization announced Tuesday by Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson, even as the pioneering Internet company struggles to maintain its financial equilibrium in the face of sharp competition, particularly from emerging giants in the online business environment.
The Associated Press said Wednesday that the new structure for Yahoo, …

If it’s Apple that’s talking, one better listen and listen well, especially if you’re thinking of buying a MacBook Pro notebook, Apple’s high-end midsized laptop.
Industry observers Wednesday said Apple blog, Apple Insider, is taking note of reports that some resellers of the fast-moving 15” MacBook model have found themselves short of stock.

Get Ready for a Slimmer, Slicker MacBook Pro This Summer, Probably / image via AppleInsider

Knowledgeable Apple watchers interpreted the …

Social Media & Politics: Egyptians Swamp US President Obama’s Facebook Page / image via Facebook

Cairo is halfway around the world from Washington, but the upcoming presidential elections in Egypt is about to draw President Barack Obama into a fray he may not want, as Egyptians swamped the American president’s Facebook page with an unusual request.
BBC reports this morning that supporters of an Egyptian presidential candidate in that country’s elections this summer are asking …