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Database maker Vertica Systems is moving its technology to Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud infrastructure (EC2), hoping to score customers who want a hosted, pay-as-you-go model for data warehousing and BI (business intelligence), the company announced Monday.

The public will get its first chance Monday to test a search engine from start-up Powerset that eschews conventional keyword technology and instead is designed to understand the meaning of Web pages.

An earthquake registering 7.8 on the Richter Scale knocked out mobile phone service in the western Chinese city of Chengdu, although fixed-line networks remained in service, Chinese state television reported Monday afternoon.

RIM hopes its new BlackBerry device will also catch on in the broad retail market.

A software glitch that crept into a massive system integration project at Japan's Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ left thousands of customers unable to withdraw money on Monday morning.

CNET News.com's Caroline McCarthy tests out Food 2.0: Secrets From the Chef Who Fed google, the new cookbook from former Mountain View executive chef Charlie Ayers.

Entertainment industry insiders say technologists looking to do business in Hollywood should hire a good lawyer or agent to help guide them.

Studios are opening their arms to technology start-ups, but can the two sides get past copyright issues as well as other differences?

Pizza Hut in Belgium is improving order accuracy and serving customers quicker and more efficiently through the use of Unitech's PA962 wireless PDA

Lakeland, the creative kitchenware retailer, is working with Enline Plc, to ensure the organisation maintains stringent security measures to comply with the new Payment Card Industry Data Standards