Technology News from Reuters (Complete list)
German "fakebook" site incurs wrath of Facebook Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:11:52 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Ehssan Dariani, founder of German social network studiVZ, never made any secret of his admiration for Facebook, which is now suing studiVZ for copying its ideas and look.	Google opens Knol website, a wiki with bylines Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:41:07 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc opened its website Knol to the public on Wednesday, allowing people to write about their areas of expertise under their bylines in a twist on encyclopedia Wikipedia, which allows anonymity.
Qualcomm patent ruled invalid in German Nokia case Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:06:34 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) HELSINKI (Reuters) - The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that a Qualcomm Inc GSM patent asserted in a case against the world's top cell phone maker Nokia was invalid.	Website claims to help drivers avoid speed traps Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:46:55 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drivers in most of the United States and some of the UK can find out where the police speed traps and so-called red-light cameras are on the Internet -- for free.
US FCC chief near deal for XM-Sirius approval Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:03:10 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The merger of the two U.S. satellite radio companies was poised for approval as a pivotal member of the Federal Communications Commission neared agreement to cast a tie-breaking vote in favor of the deal, a source familiar with the merger review said on Wednesday.	China arrests online dissident in pre-Olympics crackdown Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:06:20 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have arrested a prominent Internet dissident for violating his probation terms, a rights group said, as the country steps up a pre-Olympic crackdown on dissent to ensure the Games go smoothly.
New York state passes video game labeling law Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:32:38 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) NEW YORK (Reuters) - Video games sold in New York state must clearly label ratings for violent content under a law signed on Tuesday, which rights groups criticized as likely unconstitutional.	Nintendo, Fujifilm start Wii online photo service Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:25:27 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nintendo Wii just got a photogenic makeover.
Crowd-sourcing the e-car Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:16:34 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) HELSINKI (Reuters) - After the wikipedia, the wikicar. "eCars - Now!" is a Finnish Internet community seeking to apply the collective approach taken by online collaborators like the authors of Wikipedia to start converting used petrol-fuelled cars to electric ones, with the first roll-out due this year.	Too poor, sick for Greek pilgrimage? Email a prayer Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:24:11 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's holiest pilgrimage site on the Aegean island of Tinos has launched an email service allowing those too poor or sick to visit in person to have their prayers read to its icon of the Virgin Mary.