Industry coalition objects to Google’s domain names applications An industry coalition with backing from Microsoft, Nokia and Oracle has objected to Google’s application for certain top-level domain strings. FairSearch.org said it has filed objections with ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) over Google’s applications for generic top-level domain (gTLD) strings including “.search,” “.fly” and “.map.” By accepting Google’s application, ICANN will enable the search giant to gain an unfair competitive advantage against other members of the community “through the improper grant of a perpetual monopoly of generic industry terms to a single company....

Twitter adds line breaks, draws mixed response Do you find this annoying to read? If so, you might not like the design change that was just made to Twitter. The social network has added the ability to incorporate line breaks into tweets. The change was announced Wednesday in atweetthat, naturally, includes line breaks: “Guess what you can do View line breaks on Twitter web Let the fun begin” But how much fun users will have depends on whom you ask....

Amazon’s applications for book industry top-level domains opposed Amazon.com’s application for top-level domain strings, including for “.book” and “.read,” has come under attack from publishing industry groups and competitor Barnes & Noble. Authors Guild in New York, for example, said it objected to the plan to sell rights to top-level domain terms relevant to the book industry to private companies. The guild claims to represent more than 8,000 published writers....

How to watch Samsung Galaxy S4 launch live Samsung will reveal the Galaxy S4 this week, its latest flagshipsmartphoneso here’s how to get live coverage of the Galaxy S4 launch event. The Samsung Galaxy S4 Unpacked 2013 event will start at 11pm UK time on Thursday 14 March and you can watch live updated coverage online. We’ll be bringing you all the Galaxy S4 news, pictures, specifications, price and release date as they happen....

3D printing: print three-dimensional objects at home We look at which 3D home printers are available to buy today and what you can print with them. We also look at the cost of online 3D printing services, how to create your own 3D models and the exciting future of 3D printing. During the era of the PC,printershave evolved from noisy contraptions that could do little more than place a single size of black text on fan-folded paper into today’sinkjetsthat are able to rival conventional photographic printing....