Technology

New York, January 8: Verizon Communications Inc. has picked Microsoft Corp over its competitors Google and Yahoo Inc for internet search services for cell phones.

Anchorage, Ala -- Exxon Mobile Corp. said it was ready to drill at Alaska's Point Thomson oil field contrary to the state's assertion the company would rather procrastinate.

Washington -- U.S. officials are urging consumers to order vouchers for digital TV boxes as soon as possible if they want to be ready for the conversion from analog.

United States, December 9: Handheld devices like Apple's iPhone and the G1 from T-Mobile that have full HTML browsers will receive AdWords campaigns by Google now. The giant search engine has initiated an effort to make its ad campaigns reach to the handheld device users as well.

Sunnyvale, Calif -- Yahoo! shares rose on reports that former AOL executive Jonathan Miller was trying to raise money to buy the company, but a deal is unlikely, an observer said.

The Hague, November 28: Europe has decided to spend about 10 billion Euros ($12.96 billion) on the space plans, which also includes mission to Mars.

Hollywood, November 24: Couple of days ago, the webcast suicide of Abraham Biggs, 19, shocked the entire internet community. Biggs reportedly broadcasted the last moments of his life on the Internet. Now, experts foresee copycat suicides.

Ayutthaya, Thailand -- Camera manufacturer Nikon has laid off 1,500 subcontractors at a plant in Thailand amid a downturn in orders from North America and Japan, the company said.

Madison, Wis -- Sony Creative Software says it is making available a download delivery option for its entire royalty-free content catalog.

United States, November 12: It looks like no one is going to find Dell music players under the tree this Christmas.

New York, November 9: After an overall renovation, courtesy people working day in and day out and donations poring in from all quarters, the USS Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum is back in business.

Mozilla Corp.'s latest Firefox 3.1 beta 2 will come equipped with the increasingly popular “porn” or “privacy” mode on its November 21 release.

NASA announced Thursday its Hubble Space Telescope is back in operation after malfunctioning last month. The space agency made this announcement when the Hubble, which was reported with a malfunction few weeks ago, transmitted a clear and beautiful picture of a pair of galaxies forming the shape of a mathematical digit.