Technology Headlines
OmniVision offers 3Q guidance well below Street
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 4:04 P.M.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- Image sensor maker OmniVision Technologies Inc. on Tuesday said it expects to post a loss in its fiscal third quarter, offering a forecast that fell well below Wall Street expectations....
OmniVision swings to 2Q loss on impairment charge
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 4:04 P.M.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- Image sensor maker OmniVision Technologies Inc. on Tuesday posted a loss for its fiscal second quarter, reversing a year-ago profit, after booking a big charge related to its stock decline....
Yahoo shares climb on hopes for $30B takeover bid
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 2:32 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo Inc.'s stock rallied Tuesday on a report that AOL's former chief executive believes he can raise enough money in a worsening recession to buy the struggling Internet company for as much as $30 billion....
Skyworks stock tumbles after cut in 1Q forecast
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 8:19 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Skyworks Solutions Inc., which makes chips for cell phones and wireless networks, fell Tuesday after it cut its earnings and revenue forecasts for the current quarter, saying customer demand was declining broadly....
Nokia device to challenge RIM and Apple next year
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 7:02 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Nokia Corp., the world's largest maker of cell phones, is launching a new phone next year that is designed to compete with Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerrys at the high end of the market....
Ahead of the Bell: Analyst cuts Yahoo price target
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 6:24 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jefferies analyst Youssef Squali cut his price target on Yahoo Inc.'s shares Tuesday morning, due to slower growth in overall online ad spending....
ASE warns of 25-28 pct 4Q revenue drop
AP - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2008 5:54 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc., a leading providing of packaging for chips, Tuesday that it expects its fourth-quarter revenue to decline by 25 percent to 28 percent from the previous quarter, below its previous forecast....
Regulators hang up on cell tower backup rules
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 3:23 P.M.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Federal regulators have rejected proposed changes by the Federal Communications Commission that would require all U.S. cell phone towers to have at least eight hours of backup power....
Retailers offer deals, discounts on 'Cyber Monday'
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 1:47 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Retailers who saw Thanksgiving holiday sales drop off as the weekend progressed stepped up online promotions on the day known as "Cyber Monday" to try to get consumers tired of the crowds at stores to keep shopping....
Appeals wants narrowed ruling against Qualcomm
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 12:18 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a lower court went too far in ordering that two Qualcomm Inc. patents be held to be unenforceable....
Clearwire to market WiMax under "Clear" brand
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 10:37 A.M.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Newly merged company Clearwire Corp. says it plans to sell its wireless broadband service under the brand name of "Clear."...
Redstone sells interest in Midway Games
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 10:34 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Media mogul Sumner Redstone sold his majority stake in video game publisher Midway Games Inc. on Monday as his family's holding company looks to get out from under a $1.6 billion debt....
Sending spam in Israel could mean a big fine
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 7:44 A.M.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel has gotten fed up with spam. Anyone who sends out messages without receiving the recipient's consent can now be slapped with a big fine....
Fuel-cell powered devices getting closer
AP - MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008 4:20 A.M.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Laptop, cell phone and iPod owners tired of having their devices run out of charge after a few hours have been patiently waiting for the next portable power source to arrive....
Black Friday traffic takes down Sears.com
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2008 4:09 P.M.
SEATTLE (AP) -- Sears.com was inaccessible to U.S. shoppers for two hours on Friday in what was the most notable Web hiccup of the holiday gift-buying season's official start....
Shoppers cautious with gadget buys on Black Friday
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2008 12:57 P.M.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- Consumer electronics have long been among the most popular holiday gifts, with fierce competition among shoppers for day-after-Thanksgiving deals on flat-screen TVs and laptop computers....
Clearwire and Sprint unit close WiMax merger
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2008 11:45 A.M.
KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) -- Clearwire Corp. has completed its merger with the unit of Sprint Nextel Corp. that is building a new wireless data network, the companies said Friday....
Carl Icahn raises his stake in Yahoo
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2008 11:21 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- In a move likely to fuel speculation over Yahoo Inc.'s search for a new chief executive, activist investor Carl Icahn has bought up close to 7 million additional shares of the Internet company, according to regulatory filings....
Online retailers ramp up deals to capture dollars
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2008 7:59 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Online retailers are ramping up heavy-duty deals to turn skittish shoppers into buyers during the crucial Thanksgiving weekend and "Cyber Monday" - but even so, online sales are expected to be fairly flat after years of strong growth....
Sling.com like video site Hulu with a twist
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2008 1:02 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Since its launch in March, video-streaming site Hulu has become a popular place to catch TV shows, video clips and movies for free on the Web....
Guyana to close Net cafes that offer cheap calls
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2008 11:57 A.M.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) -- The South American country of Guyana plans to close hundreds of Internet cafes that it accuses of bypassing the telephone company system to offer cheap international calls....
Ad watchdog: FiOS not 'so much more bright'
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2008 11:33 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Verizon's FiOS TV service doesn't make for a brighter picture, the advertising industry's self-regulatory body said, urging the company to drop some of the claims it makes in its advertising....
Widening Internet search lead propels Google stock
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2008 4:48 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google Inc.'s stock snapped out of its recent funk Tuesday after new data showed the Internet search leader is becoming even more dominant in the most lucrative part of the online advertising market....
TiVo reports profit in fiscal 3Q
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2008 4:26 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- TiVo Inc. recorded a profit for its latest quarter because of a $105 million payment it received in a patent suit, but revenue declined, the maker of digital video recorders said Tuesday....
Cisco plans 4-day shutdown to cut costs
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2008 1:58 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. will close most of its U.S. and Canadian offices for 4 days over the holidays as part of a plan to cut $1 billion in costs in the current fiscal year, the company said Tuesday....
Forecaster lops 10 pct off 2009 online ad estimate
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2008 1:38 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A marketing research firm is dimming its Internet advertising outlook for the next four years, the latest sign of the more austere times looming for the high-tech sector....
Army to spend $50M on video games _ report
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2008 12:48 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. Army plans to invest $50 million over five years to develop video games for use in training soldiers for combat, according to a report in Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper....
Facebook wins $873M judgment against spammer
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2008 12:18 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Facebook has won $873 million judgment against a Canadian man who bombarded the popular online hangout with sexually explicit "spam" messages....
GR8 news! NY's MTA launching text alert system
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2008 7:36 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- R U ready 4 this?...
Internet access lags in rural areas in Montana
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2008 7:21 A.M.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A new study finds that Internet access lags in rural Montana, and is more costly than in other parts of the country....
InterDigital ends patent dispute with Samsung
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2008 5:59 A.M.
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) -- InterDigital Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to resolve a patent dispute involving Samsung Electronics Co.'s sale of wireless handsets....
Blockbuster to rent through new on-demand device
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2008 4:35 A.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Blockbuster Inc. will start renting movies and television shows through a new gadget that may give consumers another reason to bypass the struggling video chain's 7,500 stores....
HP backs guidance but Wall Street wary
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2008 9:08 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Even in troubled times, Hewlett-Packard Co. has managed to stack up some impressive gains....
Watchdog group cites video games for violence, sex
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2008 3:05 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Gang members slitting the throats of their rivals and beating up strippers. Combatants hacking away with chain saw-equipped assault rifles. Football players taking steroids and celebrating game victories with hookers....
Negotiations to put Beatles on iTunes stalled
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2008 1:34 P.M.
LONDON (AP) -- Paul McCartney says negotiations on a long-awaited deal to make the Beatles catalog available on online music service iTunes have stalled....
AIDS patients may get microchip IDs in Indonesia
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2008 6:42 A.M.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Lawmakers in Indonesia's remote province of Papua have thrown their support behind a controversial bill requiring some HIV/AIDS patients to be implanted with microchips - part of extreme efforts to monitor the disease....
Random House to digitize thousands of books
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2008 4:42 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- With e-book sales exploding in an otherwise sleepy market, Random House Inc. announced Monday that it was making thousands of additional books available in digital form, including novels by John Updike and Harlan Coben, as well as several volumes of the "Magic Treehouse" children's series....
Hands-off hackers: Crooks opt for surgical strikes
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2008 4:16 A.M.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Internet criminals have been getting more "professional" for years, trying to run their businesses like Big Business to get better and more profitable at selling stolen data online. Now the bad guys of the cyber-underworld are exhibiting other unexpected traits: remarkable patience and restraint in stalking their victims....
Web sites offer real estate agent rankings
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008 1:43 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Word of mouth is one of the most common ways homebuyers and sellers find a real estate agent. Now, there are several Web sites that tout a more scientific approach: ranking agents based on criteria such as years of experience, how many sales they've closed, and the number of positive testimonials from past clients....
Pentagon bans computer flash drives
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008 1:35 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon has banned, at least temporarily, the use of external computer flash drives because of a virus threat officials detected on Defense Department networks....
Vloggers and stars alike gather for YouTube Live
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008 1:25 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Maybe there's something to face-to-face interaction after all....
Bug-sized spies: US develops tiny flying robots
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008 1:02 P.M.
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- If only we could be a fly on the wall when our enemies are plotting to attack us. Better yet, what if that fly could record voices, transmit video and even fire tiny weapons?...
Engineers sentenced to 1 year for espionage case
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008 12:57 P.M.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Two engineers from China were sentenced to a year in prison Friday for stealing computer chip designs from their Silicon Valley employers and trying to smuggle the secrets to their homeland to launch a government-backed startup there....
Broadband makes tiny town an English-teaching hub
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008 11:37 A.M.
TEN SLEEP, Wyo. (AP) -- The nearest Wal-Mart is two hours away, and only foul weather, a deer in the road or a Washakie County sheriff's deputy would slow down anyone with a mind to drive there faster....
Microsoft exec: No job cuts here
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008 11:20 A.M.
LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Not everyone is slashing jobs in these grim economic times. Microsoft Corp. has no plans to cut back on research spending and plans to add workers in the coming year, senior executive Craig Mundie said Friday....
Dell 3Q profit falls as PC spending slows
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008 9:49 P.M.
Dell Inc.'s fiscal third-quarter profit sank 5 percent as concerns about the deepening economic crisis crimped corporate spending on computers and other technology products....
Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008 4:33 P.M.
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is giving an early holiday gift to people who pay for all-you-can-listen access to the Zune digital music store: 10 songs to keep each month, included in the $14.99 monthly subscription fee....
Google empowers users to edit search results
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008 4:16 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- If Google delivers useless search results, just erase them and you won't see them again....
Google's virtual world Lively to die next month
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008 1:01 P.M.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- Lively, a virtual reality service from Google Inc., is dying....
Clearwire shareholders approve deal with Sprint
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008 10:30 A.M.
KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) -- Shareholders of telecommunications company Clearwire Corp. have approved a plan to merge with Sprint Nextel Corp.'s wireless broadband network....
Web ad sales rise slightly from prior quarter
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008 10:10 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Despite the bad economy, U.S. Internet advertising revenue rose in the third quarter, according to an analysis released Thursday....
Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008 3:59 A.M.
BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be "very open" to a collaboration on Internet search. His comments sent Yahoo shares diving more than 20 percent....
Review: New BlackBerrys cool but can't beat iPhone
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008 9:02 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- With the recent releases of three new BlackBerrys across three different wireless providers, Research In Motion Ltd. has fired back at Apple Inc. in the Great Smart Phone Skirmish of 2008....
PC Magazine goes online-only
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008 5:41 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- After 27 years as a print publication, PC Magazine is ditching its print edition and going online-only in February....
Akamai to cut 7 percent of work force, 110 jobs
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008 4:36 P.M.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Akamai Technologies Inc., a Web content provider, said Wednesday it is cutting 7 percent of its work force in the fourth quarter as part of a restructuring to save on costs....
E-mail in zero G: NASA develops network for space
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008 2:35 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- In space, no one can hear you scream. But scoring an Internet hookup suddenly isn't out of the question....
`Fake Steve Jobs' stops blogging as the 'Real Dan'
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008 1:59 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- It was bad enough when Dan Lyons stopped sharing his musings about the technology scene in a hilarious satire of what Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs would be like as a blogger....
Google gives online life to Life mag's photos
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008 12:36 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google Inc. has opened an online photo gallery that will include millions of images from Life magazine's archives that have never been seen by the public before....
Correction: Hewlett-Packard-Outlook story
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008 8:40 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- In a Nov. 18 story about the earnings forecast at Hewlett-Packard Co., The Associated Press erroneously reported that HP expects quarterly revenue of $33.6 million. The correct figure is $33.6 billion....
China's Baidu.com fights to rescue reputation
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008 8:20 A.M.
BEIJING (AP) -- Baidu.com has been the star of China's Internet world. But now the search engine dubbed "China's Google" is scrambling to rescue its reputation after state TV accused it of letting unlicensed suppliers of medical products pay for higher rankings on its results page - without alerting users....
HP shares soar after solid 4Q outlook
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008 6:20 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. surprised Wall Street on Tuesday by saying its earnings will be slightly above analysts' expectations, going against the grain as other technology bellwethers have slashed forecasts and posted weak results in the sagging economy....
FCC member seeks probe into radio ratings system
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008 6:42 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One of the two Democrats on the Federal Communications Commission is calling on the agency to investigate whether a new electronic measurement system used by Arbitron Inc. to track radio station listenership is unfairly harming minority broadcasters....
Facebook application plan rankles some developers
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008 4:43 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook plans to start charging for verifying applications built for the social network - an optional process that has upset some developers despite the company's assurances it will bring plenty of positive benefits....
Mobile considers free Wi-Fi for downtown upgrade
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008 2:05 P.M.
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- Mobile officials are considering providing free, wireless Internet services in the downtown district, joining the ranks of other cities with free wi-fi for roving laptop users on Main Street....
Yahoo's fate riding on Yang's successor as CEO
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008 2:04 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- With Jerry Yang quitting as Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive, the Internet company's board will confront pivotal questions as it looks for a new leader....
Online Money: Save with online book rentals
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008 1:53 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- If you aren't sure which books to give that avid reader on your gift list this holiday season, how about considering every title she could name?...
Sprint affiliate backs down on WiMax suit
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008 10:16 A.M.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A wireless affiliate of Sprint Nextel Corp. has pulled its request that an Illinois judge block the planned spinoff of Sprint's new broadband network....
At a glance: Yahoo co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008 9:04 A.M.
NAME: Jerry Yang....
Game news: Xbox 360's new look
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2008 5:29 A.M.
Real news from the virtual world:...
National Geographic getting into video games
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 9:07 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- National Geographic, best known for its yellow-framed magazine and often breathtaking nature shows, is getting into video games....
`$100 laptop' group reboots Give 1 Get 1 offer
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 9:05 P.M.
SEATTLE (AP) -- The One Laptop Per Child project is set to resume its Give One Get One promotion for its kid-friendly computers Monday with logistics help from Web retailer Amazon.com Inc....
Online startup aims to improve patent quality
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 9:04 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new startup company wants to have a say in the high-stakes patent disputes that loom over many industries....
Spansion sues Samsung over flash memory patents
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 7:01 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Spansion Inc. wants to block U.S. sales of iPods, BlackBerry gadgets and other devices because memory chips made by Samsung Electronics Co. and used in those products allegedly violate Spansion patents....
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 5:17 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo says founder Jerry Yang to step down as the Internet company's CEO as soon as a successor is found....
NY judge tentatively OKs Google copyright deal
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 4:31 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A judge has tentatively approved a settlement of lawsuits between Google and book authors and publishers that may put millions of out-of-print texts online....
Zune could lend Microsoft a rare rhythm infusion
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 2:55 P.M.
SEATTLE (AP) -- A video for the title track on hip-hop veteran Common's forthcoming album, "Universal Mind Control," begins with a digital music player pulsing to the beat. The viewer is pulled through the screen into the gadget's guts, where the cool, collected rapper lets loose an easy stream of lyrics....
Spammers sent packing _ for now _ by Web shutdown
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 2:52 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- E-mailers, enjoy the early holiday gift: Spam volume has been cut by more than half because Internet providers pulled the plug on a Web hosting firm that was allegedly helping some of the world's most dastardly junk e-mail gangs....
A look at artists who have worked with Zune
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 2:07 P.M.
Microsoft is positioning the Zune as a music lover's device, in part by promoting artists and giving Zune users access to original interviews and free or discounted music. Some musicians who have teamed with Zune:...
SEC charges Mark Cuban with insider trading
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 9:47 A.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal regulators on Monday charged Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban with insider trading for allegedly using confidential information on a stock sale to avoid more than $750,000 in losses....
A look at Japan's Panasonic and Sanyo
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 7:11 A.M.
Panasonic has begun talks to take over smaller Japanese rival Sanyo. A look at the two electronics makers:...
Green at the heart of Panasonic's bid for Sanyo
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 6:58 A.M.
TOKYO (AP) -- Panasonic Corp.'s plans to take over rival Sanyo Electric Co. would create the world's second-largest electronics maker. But Panasonic already has plenty of gadgets. Instead, the crown jewels Panasonic wants from Sanyo are green....
German Wikipedia back online after dispute
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 6:53 A.M.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The German-language version of the Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia is back online after a left-wing lawmaker dropped a complaint....
TiVo, Domino's to let subscribers order through TV
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 6:15 A.M.
ALVISO, Calif. (AP) -- Digital video recording company TiVo Inc. said Monday it is teaming up with Domino's Pizza Inc. to allow subscribers to order pizza for delivery or pick-up from their TV sets....
Online degrees appealing option for soldiers
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 6:14 A.M.
DENVER (AP) -- Diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and recovering from a grenade attack, Iraq war veteran Ian Newland wanted to pursue a business degree after his discharge from the Army last year. What he didn't want to have to do was set foot in a classroom....
Law professor fires back at song-swapping lawsuits
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 4:22 A.M.
BOSTON (AP) -- The music industry's courtroom campaign against people who share songs online is coming under counterattack....
Gadget survey finds many bugs can't be fixed
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008 4:22 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Gadget makers love to sell us on all the things their devices can do, whether it's letting us chat with distant friends at any time or watch movies on our commute. But can anyone fix this stuff when it breaks?...
Can Blu-ray save Christmas for Hollywood?
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2008 4:09 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Movie studio executives on Friday presented the best-case scenario for a winter holiday surge in the purchase of high-definition Blu-ray players as their best hope to keep the U.S. home video market's decline from accelerating past 3 percent or 4 percent this year....
Sun Microsystems slashes jobs in survival fight
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2008 2 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The economic downturn might be pushing Sun Microsystems Inc., one of the storied names in computing, to the brink of extinction....
Obama to use Web videos for presidential address
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2008 1:56 P.M.
CHICAGO (AP) -- This isn't your grandfather's fireside chat....
Summary Box: Sun Microsystems slashes jobs
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2008 1:49 P.M.
SUN DOWN: Still not fully recovered from the dot-com bust eight years ago, Sun Microsystems Inc. is being walloped by this economic downturn. In response the company plans to cut as many as 6,000 jobs - 18 percent of its work force....
Student's trial delayed in Palin hacking case
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2008 12:13 P.M.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The complexity of a computer crime trumped the need for a speedy trial Friday in the case of the son of a Democratic Tennessee state lawmaker charged with breaking into the e-mail account of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin....
Sector Snap: Activision, EA decline
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2008 10:06 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Activision Blizzard Inc. and Electronic Arts Inc. declined Friday after October's video game retail sales report from the NPD Group showed a disappointing performance in the music genre....
Finland's Nokia lowers 4Q outlook
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2008 9:44 A.M.
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) -- Nokia Corp., the world's largest cell phone maker, on Friday downgraded its outlook for industrywide mobile device volumes for the fourth quarter, citing pressure from the economic crisis and currency volatility....
Tech billionaire to be sentenced for fraud Friday
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2008 5:20 A.M.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- Charles "Junior" Johnson was a flashy Las Vegas entrepreneur who was briefly a billionaire back in the days of the dot-com bubble....
AMD makeover moves show limited choices in slump
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008 5:12 P.M.
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) -- Many of the problems facing Advanced Micro Devices Inc. are of its own making. But the limited choices the chip maker has for solving its troubles are symptoms of an affliction sweeping through Silicon Valley....
October video game sales jump 18 percent
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008 5:06 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- People flocked to buy video games in October despite a drop in consumer confidence to a historic low, spending $1.31 billion in U.S. retail stores on hardware, software and accessories....
Web tracker NebuAd sued over privacy claims
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008 4:58 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Angry online subscribers who had their Web surfing habits tracked in detail are suing a Silicon Valley startup that created the technology and six Internet service providers that briefly used it....
Microsoft says rebate program draws new searchers
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008 10:25 A.M.
SEATTLE (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that paying people to use its Internet search engine is attracting new consumers, although there is little evidence that those people are making a habit of it....
Study: Unlicensed stories reel in Internet readers
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008 8:39 A.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Here's another reason for ailing newspaper and magazine publishers to wince: On average, the audience perusing unauthorized online copies of their articles is nearly 1.5 times larger than the readership on their own Web sites, according to a study released Thursday....
EBay vendor passes gigantic feedback milestone
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008 8:23 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- If you've ever sold something on eBay, you may have been pleased to receive positive feedback from the buyer. Multiply that by a million, and you can imagine how Jack Sheng feels....
