Technology Report: Google seeks to speed up Web searches

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Good afternoon Bit, WED 08 Sep 2010    Google seeks to speed up Web searches Oracle offered Hurd pay package with $10 million bonus Sony Pictures to animate Marvel characters: report Amazon.com "Mom" program bids for newborn loyalty Google to start TV service in U.S. this autumn Salesforce.com offers Chatter networking on mobile World's biggest mobile show woos Apple community U.S. Justice Dept probing Google/ITA deal: sources Samsung warns DRAM oversupply on weak PC sales China Mobile falls as Vodafone sells $6.5 billion stake 'Spray-on' solar cell technology Google reveals TV plans Robots to change face of warfare Google seeks to speed up Web searches September 08, 2010 04:24 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc unveiled a set of enhancements to its Internet search engine on Wednesday that predict search queries as users type, promising to speed up the time it takes to find information online and to generate more searches on the website. Full Article Oracle offered Hurd pay package with $10 million bonus September 08, 2010 01:35 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oracle Corp offered its new co-president, Mark Hurd, former head of Hewlett-Packard Co, a salary of $950,000 and a bonus of up to $10 million for fiscal 2011, plus stock options. Full Article Sony Pictures to animate Marvel characters: report September 08, 2010 04:04 PM ET (Reuters) - Sony Pictures Entertainment, a division of Sony Corp, will partner with Marvel Entertainment to animate characters such as Iron Man, X-Men and Blade in Japan and broadcast them worldwide, the Nikkei business daily reported. Full Article Amazon.com "Mom" program bids for newborn loyalty September 08, 2010 03:41 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com is offering free shipping and other perks on baby items such as diapers to attract new consumers to its growing subscription service in a burgeoning market. Full Article Google to start TV service in U.S. this autumn September 07, 2010 02:36 PM ET BERLIN (Reuters) - Google Inc will launch its service to bring the Web to TV screens in the United States this autumn and worldwide next year, its chief executive said, as it extends its reach from the desktop to the living room. Full Article Salesforce.com offers Chatter networking on mobile September 08, 2010 07:30 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Salesforce.com will offer mobile versions of its Chatter tool for social networking inside companies from later this year as it seeks to make its software more ubiquitous and its customers more productive. Full Article World's biggest mobile show woos Apple community September 07, 2010 06:56 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - The world's biggest mobile fair will host its first event for Apple developers next year in a sign of Apple's huge influence over the industry, even though the company itself has never participated in the show. Full Article U.S. Justice Dept probing Google/ITA deal: sources September 08, 2010 07:52 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is looking into allegations that Google Inc's purchase of airline ticketing firm ITA Software Inc will cost rivals access to data they need to compete with the search giant as it moves into the travel market, sources familiar with the probe said. Full Article Samsung warns DRAM oversupply on weak PC sales September 07, 2010 07:00 AM ET TAIPEI/SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics, the world's top memory chipmaker, warned of an oversupply in the computer memory chip market from next quarter as a sputtering global economy may further weaken PC sales. Full Article China Mobile falls as Vodafone sells $6.5 billion stake September 08, 2010 08:21 AM ET HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Mobile shares fell the most in a year after Vodafone sold its stake in the company for $6.5 billion, nearly double what it paid, but analysts expect the stake sale to have no major impact on the Chinese firm. Full Article

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