Microsoft to add voice recognition to Windows Mobile
Microsoft is set to add a voice recognition application in the next upgrade to Windows Mobile. Developed from technology from TellMe, a company acquired by Microsoft in 2007, the application will enable people to speak into the phone to search the Internet, make phone calls and dictate text messages.
Tech World

Indian boost for One Laptop Per Child project
The One Laptop Per Child project has received a boost with the news that the Indian government has placed an order for 250,000 of its machines. This comes as a U-turn to its proclamation in 2006 that the project was ‘pedagogically suspect’.
Guardian
 
Google faces antitrust investigation over $125m book deal
Google is facing fresh accusations of anti-competitive behaviour, following reports that the US Justice Department is investigating the company over its dealings with the book industry. There are concerns that the deal that saw Google pay $125m for the sole rights to digitise millions of books in the US.
Guardian

Sun reports £137m loss
As expected by most analysts, Sun Microsystems’ financial outlook is still grim as it continues the process of becoming the property of Oracle by the end of summer 2009. In its third-quarter 2009 numbers, the company says its loss was caused by restructuring charges and a 20% drop in sales.
E Week Europe
 
Nokia makes moves to fight back against Apple
Nokia has announced that it will combine its different internet service together as it attempts to tackle Apple’s App Store. To cope with declining handset sales, Nokia is building a new business from mobile internet services but is scaling back on separate investment plans and focusing instead on merging the delivery of services.
IT Pro
 
Tech giants form open-cloud-standards group
A major systems-management standards body has formed a group dedicated to developing open management standards for cloud computing.
Zdnet

Zoho continues expansion push
Online productivity software service Zoho is continuing its campaign to expand to new markets and devices. The company said that it would be increasing Zoho's mobile reach, adding support for Blackberry, Symbian, Android and Windows handsets to the Zoho Mobile suite.
Vnunet

Mobile Social Networking Unleashed
Centrl is a smart-phone application that lets you see which of your Facebook friends are around. You can spot nearby buddies on a screen-based map and send them instant messages. You can even mark a map location to let them know about a good restaurant or nightclub. Retailers can send you a coupon if you're near. And you can share that coupon with your friends.
PC World

European telcos seen resilient, not immune to crisis
Analysts view France Telecom, Telecom Italia and KPN as sector picks; Deutsche Telekom, BT lag. European telcos' first-quarter earnings should confirm the overall resilience of the sector, as its ability to generate cash ensures it is less hard-hit than others by the global economic slowdown.
Total telecom

Intel, Nvidia show graphics chip shipment growth in Q1
While AMD and some smaller graphics chip makers saw shipments and market share decline in Q1 compared to Q4 2008, Intel and Nvidia increased shipments and share, according to data from Jon Peddie Research.
EDN