Technology Headlines
Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 9:27 A.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections for software....
AT&T completes delayed Centennial acquisition
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 1:41 P.M.
DALLAS (AP) -- AT&T Inc. said Friday that its acquisition of smaller wireless carrier Centennial Communications Corp., has closed after several delays due to the regulatory process....
Earnings Preview: Electronic Arts
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 12:56 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. reports earnings for its fiscal second quarter, which ended in September, on Monday after the market closes. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period....
Judge stops 2 Web sites from selling Beatles songs
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 12:41 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A federal judge has temporarily blocked two music-sharing Web sites from selling songs by The Beatles and other artists for 25 cents apiece....
Mass. receives money for broadband mapping
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 12:37 P.M.
BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts has received about $2 million in federal stimulus funding to help identify the speed and location of broadband services in the state over the next five years....
Report: Minn. needs significant Internet upgrades
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 12:02 P.M.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Internet speeds in more than four-fifths of Minnesota are too slow to support technologies that could draw new jobs, take cars off the roads and bring new services to people in their homes, a new report said Friday....
New `Call of Duty' could set entertainment record
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 11:55 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- This holiday season's biggest entertainment blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good versus evil. It could easily rake in more than last year's record $155 million opening weekend for "The Dark Knight."...
Pa. regulators OK Windstream's purchase of D&E
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 11:41 A.M.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Windstream Corp.'s acquisition of D&E Communications Inc. phone and Internet company has the approval of Pennsylvania state utility regulators....
EBay settles lawsuit filed by Skype founders
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 10:42 A.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- EBay Inc. has settled a legal skirmish with the founders of Skype that threatened to complicate eBay's plans to sell most of the Internet phone service to a group of investors for $2 billion....
Parents plan Web broadcast for disabled daughter
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 10:02 A.M.
PARIS (AP) -- Disabled with severe cerebral palsy, 32-year-old Anne Lamic spends her days in southeastern France mostly in bed, surrounded by stuffed animals and dolls. She cannot speak or walk, and she sometimes has seizures....
Deja vu: Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target in DVD price war
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 9:41 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- First it was books. Now it's DVDs....
Activision posts 3Q profit, backs 2009 outlook
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 6:51 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- It's been a rough year for the video game industry, but Activision Blizzard Inc. reported a profit for its third quarter because of lower costs and a good response for games such as "Guitar Hero 5" and "World of Warcraft."...
Leap 3Q loss widens as subscriber growth slows
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 5:21 P.M.
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Leap Wireless International Inc. said Thursday its third-quarter loss grew 31 percent as competition and the weak economy were a drag on subscriber growth....
Sapient predicts rise in services sales
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 4:45 P.M.
BOSTON (AP) -- Sapient Corp., which helps companies with technology needs, said Thursday that services revenue would rise sequentially in the fourth quarter....
Sapient 3Q profit plummets on charges, sales dip
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 4:44 P.M.
BOSTON (AP) -- Technology-services provider Sapient Corp. said Thursday that third-quarter profits plunged by two-thirds, partly due to special charges, and the CEO said customers were growing more confident in business prospects....
DirecTV shows subscriber gains, as rivals see loss
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 3:01 P.M.
Satellite TV operator DirecTV Group Inc. was one of the few pay-TV companies to gain subscribers in the third quarter, though earnings stayed steady because of the higher costs it incurred attracting and serving those new customers....
Sirius XM 3Q loss narrows as revenue rises
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 3 P.M.
Sirius XM Radio Inc., the satellite radio provider that was on the brink of bankruptcy nine months ago, on Thursday reported a much improved third quarter as it signed up more subscribers and paid down debt....
Nvidia says profit jumps 74 percent in 3Q
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 2:45 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Graphics chip maker Nvidia Corp. said consumer demand is healthy and improving as it reported a 74 percent jump in third-quarter profit....
Hyatt Hotels, Ancestry.com jump in market debuts
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 2:44 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Two well-known companies surged in their market debuts Thursday despite what has recently been a difficult market for initial public offerings....
No Doubt sues video game maker over 'Band Hero'
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 11:22 A.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- No Doubt has sued video game maker Activision for putting words in band members' mouths....
Google providing better view of personal data
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 3:50 A.M.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- Google is offering a new privacy control that will make it easier for people to see some of the information being collected about them....
EU agrees on new Internet user rights
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 3:33 A.M.
BRUSSELS (AP) -- EU lawmakers and governments agreed Thursday on proposed new telecommunication rules that better protect European mobile phone and Internet users from arbitrary service cutoffs....
Microsoft CEO: Windows 7 Japan sales 'fantastic'
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 3:08 A.M.
TOKYO (AP) -- Sales of Microsoft Corp.'s new Windows 7 operating system have been "fantastic" in Japan since its launch last month, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday....
Cisco forecasts first revenue growth in a year
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 3:05 A.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. doesn't want Wall Street to interpret its forecast for its first quarterly revenue growth in a year as evidence that the U.S. and other economies are roaring back....
Brightpoint 3Q profit doubles on tax benefit boost
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 6:24 P.M.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Cell phone distributor Brightpoint Inc. said Wednesday its third-quarter profit more than doubled, helped by tax benefits....
Microchip Technology profit dips in latest quarter
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 5:16 P.M.
CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) -- Semiconductor maker Microchip Technology Inc. said Wednesday that earnings and sales fell in the latest quarter, but its CEO said profit margins would improve as the company increases production to meet stronger business conditions....
On The Call: Cisco CEO says firms easing off brake
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 5:12 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc.'s latest results show that the world's No. 1 maker of computer-networking equipment is still being hurt by the downturn, but sees things turning up. The company is forecasting its first year-over-year revenue increase since the financial crisis erupted a year ago....
NY joins the antitrust effort against Intel
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 3:25 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The legal challenges to Intel Corp.'s sales tactics mounted Wednesday as New York's attorney general accused the world's biggest computer chip maker of using "illegal threats and collusion" to dominate....
THQ narrows 3Q loss as it lowers costs
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 2:29 P.M.
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Video game maker THQ Inc. said it lost less in the third quarter than it did a year earlier even as sales fell because it lowered its operating costs, sending its shares higher in aftermarket trading....
Review: Motorola's Droid is a serious smart phone
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 2:28 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Since its debut in 2007, millions of people have gravitated toward Apple's iPhone, wooed by its sleek hardware, simple user interface and abundance of applications....
A growing PayPal could soon overshadow parent eBay
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 2:08 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Most people know eBay Inc. for its online marketplace, where deals abound on everything from gadgets to antique furniture. But soon, eBay's biggest business will likely be PayPal, the online payments service that has been growing steadily even as the economy has stumbled....
Google's 3Q lobbying costs eclipse $1 million
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 2:07 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google Inc.'s quarterly lobbying expenses eclipsed $1 million for the first time during the summer as the company tried to build on its dominance of Internet search and expand into other markets....
Laser-powered elevator to space hits some snags
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 1:23 P.M.
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) -- A laser-powered robot failed to complete its climb up a long cable dangling from a helicopter Wednesday in a $2 million competition to test the potential reality of the science fiction concept of space elevators....
Microsoft lays off 800 more workers worldwide
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 1:08 P.M.
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says it is cutting 800 more jobs. That's in addition to the 5,000 layoffs it announced in January....
Study: Internet use leads to more diverse networks
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 11:28 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A new study confirms what your 130 Facebook friends and scores of Twitter followers may have already told you: The Internet and mobile phones are not linked to social isolation....
Comcast 3Q profit up 22 pct, but growth slows
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 11:26 A.M.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Comcast Corp. reported a 22 percent increase in third-quarter earnings, buoyed by an investment gain and a lower tax rate as it stepped up promotions on its bundled video, phone and Internet plans....
Chinese agencies fight for control of Web game
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 7:29 A.M.
BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese regulators are fighting over the right to oversee "World of Warcraft," a popular online game, in a bizarre battle that has thrust bureaucratic rivalry for control of the Internet into the open....
Ancestry.com hopes to raise $100 million in IPO
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 7:27 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Genealogy Web site Ancestry.com hopes to raise about $100 million when it goes public this week. With more than a million paying subscribers, little competition, a small debt load and a record of increasing revenues, it may fare better than other IPOs that have recently priced below their filing ranges....
T-Mobile says phone service outage resolved
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 6:46 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Wireless provider T-Mobile USA Inc. says it has cleared up service problems that were interfering with calls and text messaging for about 5 percent of its customers....
Apple's partner sells 5,000 iPhones in China debut
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 3:51 A.M.
BEIJING (AP) -- Apple Inc.'s local partner has sold 5,000 iPhones since the smart phone's formal weekend debut in China, a lackluster start after analysts warned the company might be setting prices too high....
Microsoft redesigns MSN, adds Twitter, Facebook
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 9:02 P.M.
BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is giving its MSN Web portal a long-overdue makeover and says it hopes the new site will funnel more people to Bing, the software maker's search engine....
AT&T sues Verizon in Ga. over 'map for that' ads
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 8:19 P.M.
ATLANTA (AP) -- AT&T Inc. is suing Verizon Wireless over its competitor's "There's a Map for That" commercials, saying in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the ads are misleading and amount to deceptive trade practices....
Intel, chipmakers slip on Morgan Stanley downgrade
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 7:50 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Some semiconductor stocks finished lower Tuesday after a Morgan Stanley analyst downgraded the sector and individual stocks including Intel Corp. on a prediction that a boom in their share prices is in its "final innings."...
T-Mobile still out of order for some subscribers
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 6:32 P.M.
SEATTLE (AP) -- T-Mobile USA Inc. said about 5 percent of its subscribers are still having problems with its phone and data services as of Tuesday evening....
Overstock.com loses $787K in 3Q
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 4:36 P.M.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Overstock.com Inc. said on Tuesday that it lost $787,000 in the third quarter, about half the size of its loss during the same period a year earlier....
Climate talks face difficult road ahead of meeting
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 3 P.M.
Boycotts on either side of the Atlantic on Tuesday showed just how difficult it will be to clinch an agreement on global warming next month....
Fla. AG sues Expedia, Orbitz over hotel taxes
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 11:46 A.M.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The state of Florida is suing online travel reservation companies over hotel taxes, the latest in a string of suits nationwide claiming the sites owe local authorities millions of dollars....
Nokia Siemens Networks to lay off up to 5,700
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 7:15 A.M.
HELSINKI (AP) -- Nokia Siemens Networks said Tuesday it will lay off up to 5,700 workers globally as part of a move to cut annual costs by euro500 million ($740 million)....
Lawmakers seek ban on laptops in airliner cockpits
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 6:49 A.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers are moving to ban the use of computer laptops and other personal electronic devices in airline cockpits to prevent another incident like the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles....
Best Buy embraces digital delivery of home video
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 9:10 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Best Buy Co. is trying to nudge consumers away from its stores' DVD aisles by making it easier for them to rent and buy movies over high-speed Internet connections....
Cisco buys into China cable market for $45 mln
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 5:04 P.M.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. said Monday it will buy the set-top box business of DVN (Holdings) Ltd., a digital cable technology company in China, for up to $44.5 million....
Qwest to save $100 million via pension, pay freeze
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 3:56 P.M.
DENVER (AP) -- Fiber-optic network provider Qwest Communications International Inc. said Monday it will save about $100 million by stopping contributions to the pension plans of active managers and freezing their pay....
BetOnSports.com founder gets 4-plus years
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 2:29 P.M.
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The founder of the online gambling site BetOnSports.com was sentenced Monday to more than four years in prison, ending a lengthy investigation and prosecution into one of the world's largest offshore sports gambling companies....
New Orleans jury: Dell liable in crime camera suit
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 2:28 P.M.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A jury found Dell Inc. liable Monday for $12.8 million in damages over unfair competition and conspiracy claims in a lawsuit involving the city's problematic crime camera surveillance program....
Chinese site to steer users to legit music source
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 1:46 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A music service that plans to offer free song downloads said Monday that China's largest search engine will send users to the service in a deal that could cut online music piracy....
Activist claims win in removing CEO from board
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 10:19 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- After a long-running proxy battle, activist shareholder Warren Lichtenstein said Monday his holding company had amassed enough support to remove chief executive Sundi Sundaresh from the board of data storage company Adaptec Inc....
Former AMD chief leaves current job
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 9:12 A.M.
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) -- Hector Ruiz, former CEO of chip designer Advanced Micro Devices Inc., is leaving his job with a spinoff company after a published report linking him to the Galleon Group insider trading case....
Forrester projects rise in online holiday sales
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 8:11 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Forrester Research Inc. is projecting an 8 percent increase to $44.7 billion in online holiday sales compared with a year ago as bargain hunters turn to the Web for deals....
Microsoft CEO: IT spending won't fully recover
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 7:33 A.M.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday corporate spending on information technology will not recover to levels seen in recent years before the global economic slowdown....
PCs shed pounds and CD drives, gain touch screens
AP - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2009 11:39 A.M.
SEATTLE (AP) -- Personal computers are changing - and not just because of the recent launch of Windows 7. Visit an electronics store and you might also find laptops are missing a familiar component. You could experiment with new ways of controlling some computers. And you'll see portable PCs slimming down....
Track Those Tax Dollars In An 'Augmented Reality'
NPR - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2009 4:11 P.M.
Want to know where those stimulus dollars were spent? Consider turning your smart phone into a government watchdog — then all you'll have to do is take it for a walk.
NJ telemarketer admits role in big Internet scam
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 3:49 P.M.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A former telemarketing company official admitted Friday that he scammed small businesses out of millions of dollars by duping them into paying for Internet services without their consent....
New iTunes Web site offered for Neb. teachers
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 3 P.M.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The Nebraska Department of Education and Apple Inc. have partnered to offer teachers a new online educational tool....
School sued for punishing teens over MySpace pix
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 2:16 P.M.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Two sophomore girls have sued their school district after they were punished for posting sexually suggestive photos on MySpace during their summer vacation....
Happy Birthday, Internet
NPR - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 2 P.M.
On Oct. 29, 1969, around 10:30 P.M., a message from one computer was sent over a modified phone line to another computer hundreds of miles away. Some say the Internet was born that day. UCLA computer scientist Leonard Kleinrock, who was there, gives his account.
Hebrew, Hindi, other scripts get Web address nod
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 11:04 A.M.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The nonprofit body that oversees Internet addresses approved Friday the use of Hebrew, Hindi, Korean and other scripts not based on Latin characters in a decision that could make the Web dramatically more inclusive....
Japan tech giants slump as SKorean rivals rebound
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 6:07 A.M.
TOKYO (AP) -- Asia's technology giants are showing mixed signs of recovery, with Japan's electronics makers set to languish in the red this year while South Korean companies rebound sharply from a global industry slump....
Suit filed in Alabama to stop $13 million contract
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 5:23 A.M.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A legislative oversight committee went to court Thursday to stop a $13 million no-bid computer contract between Gov. Bob Riley's administration and a company with no listed business phone number and no Web page....
Nintendo profit dives, others in red amid slump
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 4:17 A.M.
TOKYO (AP) -- Brandname Japanese technology companies, including Nintendo, reported dismal earnings Thursday with Sharp emerging an exception in doubling profits on brisk sales of flat-panel TVs in China, Japan and the U.S....
Reports: Cyberattacks traced to NKorea
AP - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 2:01 A.M.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The North Korean government was the source of high-profile cyberattacks in July that caused Web outages in South Korea and the United States, news reports said Friday....
Los Angeles Moves To Gmail And 'Cloud' Computing
NPR - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009 1:45 A.M.
The City of Los Angeles has voted to overhaul its e-mail system, converting it all to Gmail. It's a victory for Google, which is trying to replace Microsoft applications in government cubicles everywhere. But some in L.A. are concerned about storing public data on Web-based servers.
iPhone comes to China without key feature
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 11:01 P.M.
BEIJING (AP) -- Apple's iPhone is making its long-awaited formal debut in the world's most populous mobile phone market, without a key feature and at higher prices than widely available black market models....
Web marketer ordered to pay Facebook $711M damages
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 8:50 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Facebook said Thursday a California court has awarded the social networking Web site $711 million in damages in an anti-spam case against Internet marketer Sanford Wallace....
Revisiting Day When Internet Was Born
NPR - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 6 P.M.
When the first exchange over ARPANET took place on Oct. 29, 1969, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered Mississippi to desegregate its public schools and Sen. Ted Kennedy was in Congress debating the Vietnam-era draft law. Only a handful of people cared much about the first ARPANET exchange.
Higher revenue widens Acme Packet's 3Q profit
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 5:05 P.M.
BURLINGTON, Mass. (AP) -- Acme Packet Inc. said Thursday that stronger sales of its communications equipment and services helped its third-quarter profit nearly double....
Varian 4Q profit rises four-fold on cost cuts
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 5 P.M.
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc. more than quadrupled its net income for the fourth quarter, as the company offset a revenue drop with aggressive cost cuts....
'Lo' And Behold: A Communication Revolution
NPR - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 5 P.M.
The Internet began with a whimper, not a bang. And not everyone agrees on when that whimper occurred. But 40 years ago Thursday, the first communication over a computer network called ARPANET was sent — a message that said simply "lo."
RealNetworks posts surprise 3Q profit
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 4:38 P.M.
SEATTLE (AP) -- RealNetworks Inc. posted a surprise third-quarter profit Thursday after a year of losses, as cost cutting helped make up for declining revenue....
Novatel Wireless posts 3Q profit on higher revenue
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 4:32 P.M.
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Novatel Wireless Inc. posted a third-quarter profit, reversing last year's loss, as strong sales of its MiFi personal Wi-Fi hotspot device took off. But a weak outlook for fourth-quarter sales sent shares tumbling nearly 18 percent in after-hours trading....
Tessera Tech posts 3Q profit, sees weak 4Q sales
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 4:10 P.M.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Tessera Technologies Inc. said Thursday it made a profit in the third quarter, reversing a year-earlier loss as sales improved and costs fell. But the company's fourth-quarter sales outlook fell below analyst expectations, sending shares down nearly 10 percent in aftermarket trading....
Ariz. court rules records law covers 'metadata'
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 3:38 P.M.
PHOENIX (AP) -- Hidden data embedded in electronic public records must be disclosed under Arizona's public records law, the state Supreme Court said Thursday in a groundbreaking ruling that attracted interest from media and government organizations....
Phase Forward posts 3rd-quarter profit decline
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 3:17 P.M.
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) -- Phase Forward Inc., a provider of data management software for drug safety and clinical trials, reported its third-quarter profit sank nearly 50 percent, but still handily beat Wall Street's forecast....
U2 concert is YouTube's largest streaming event
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 1:01 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- YouTube's webcast of a U2 concert was watched by nearly 10 million people, the video site's largest streaming event ever....
Agassi's publisher withholds e-edition of memoir
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 12:41 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- If you're eager to read Andre Agassi's memoir, don't expect to download it any time soon....
Digital Data Make For A Really Permanent Record
NPR - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 10:26 A.M.
Information doesn't fade the way it used to. Records once forgotten in long-lost files are now searchable online — perhaps forever. Some computer researchers are looking for ways to give data a life span. But others think we should adapt to a new reality of data that will never die.
Motorola's shares surge with unexpected profit
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 10:16 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The turnaround effort long sought at Motorola Inc. finally could be on track....
Esquire looks to energize print with 3-D animation
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 10:07 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Hold Esquire's December issue in front of a webcam, and an on-screen image of the magazine pops to life, letters flying off the cover. Shift and tilt the magazine, and the animation on the screen moves accordingly....
3-state meeting slated to discuss FairPoint woes
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 9:58 A.M.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Legislators and other officials from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont have scheduled a meeting with FairPoint Communications' representatives to discuss the company's bankruptcy proceedings....
Oprah on the road? Chrysler offers live TV service
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 8:38 A.M.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- If the morning commute interrupts your regular newscast, Chrysler may have a solution - live TV in your car with news, sports and other cable channels....
Former Detroit mayor files lawsuit over racy texts
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 6:02 A.M.
DETROIT (AP) -- Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a lawyer who leaked racy text messages to the Detroit Free Press and kicked off a scandal that brought down Kilpatrick's administration and sent him to jail....
Nintendo's profit dives as Wii demand dwindles
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 4:01 A.M.
TOKYO (AP) -- Nintendo's first-half profit plunged as sales of its hit Wii home console fizzled, forcing the maker of Super Mario and Pokemon games to forecast annual earnings would fall for the first time in six years....
Sun CEO's pay package cut by a third in '09
AP - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 2:22 A.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The value of Sun Microsystems Inc. CEO Jonathan Schwartz's latest pay package dropped 37 percent from last year as the company lost more than $2 billion and was in such dire financial shape that it was forced to put itself up for sale....
Amazon hopes to simplify Web shopping _ with words
AP - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009 9:04 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- You're probably used to typing your name, address and credit card number when you buy things online. Amazon.com is guessing you don't enjoy it, though, and wants to simplify the process by letting you purchase items with a short phrase such as "Shopping Fanatic" and an identification number....
Leaked video game footage shows terrorist attack
AP - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009 6:11 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Footage leaked from "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" reveals that players of the upcoming video game can shoot innocent civilians in an airport in a realistic rendering of a terrorist attack....
Google Voice service blocks fewer than 100 numbers
AP - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009 5:29 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Google Inc. said late Wednesday that its free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to fewer than 100 specific phone numbers likely to be adult chat lines and free conference call services....
Droid, Verizon's IPhone Challenger, Debuts Nov. 6
NPR - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009 4:46 P.M.
Verizon Wireless' answer to the iPhone — the Droid — will go on sale for $200 next week as the company taps into the growing appetite for smart phones that go far beyond making calls.
Google puts songs a click away in search
AP - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009 4:12 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A new music feature rolled out by Google Inc. Wednesday will bring its U.S. searchers one click away from listening to a full-length song....
Yahoo sets out to regain analysts' respect
AP - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009 3:36 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- With its stock in a three-year funk, Yahoo Inc. set out Wednesday to persuade investors that the Internet company's struggles are nearly over....
Ohio universities focusing on advanced energy
AP - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009 2:18 P.M.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The state is asking eight Ohio universities to share their knowledge about advanced energy in an effort to help the state emerge as a world leader in the field and create a "green-collar" work force, officials announced Wednesday....
ValueClick shares drop on 4Q sales outlook
AP - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009 1:51 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- ValueClick Inc.'s shares fell Wednesday after the online advertising company issued lower-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue guidance....
