Technology Headlines
U.S., Internet's Inventor, Lags In Web Access
NPR - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009 4 P.M.
Despite being the country that invented the Internet, America lags far behind nations like Japan and South Korea in broadband speed and access. Guy Raz checks in with Thomas Bleha, author of the book Overtaken on the Information Superhighway, to find out why.
Flurry of IPOs signals IPO rebound to continue
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009 1:38 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The flurry of initial public offerings this week is confirmation that this fall's rebound in the market wasn't a fluke and sets the stage for more companies to raise money through IPOs in 2010. But the response to two of the newly public companies shows that investors continue to be careful about where they place their bets....
GE, Vivendi talks over NBC Universal stretch on
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009 1:09 P.M.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A deal for Comcast Corp. to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal and create one of the most powerful media companies in the world is taking longer than expected as the current owners tussle over price....
B&N Nook sells out, too late for holiday orders
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009 12:43 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Consumers who haven't yet ordered Barnes & Noble's electronic book reader, the Nook, won't see one before Christmas....
Suit over search-engine keywords tries new angle
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009 12:26 P.M.
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's....
Microsoft offers about 24K training vouchers in NC
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009 8:58 A.M.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is giving away nearly 24,000 vouchers to North Carolina residents who want to improve their computer skills so they can improve their lot in the work force....
EU extends Oracle/Sun review deadline until Jan 27
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009 7:58 A.M.
BRUSSELS (AP) -- European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc....
Dell's profit, stock drop on weak quarterly report
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009 7:57 A.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Some of the computer industry's biggest players - such as IBM Corp., Intel Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. - have wowed Wall Street this fall with stronger-than-expected profits....
Library group offers text search to 4.6M books
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009 5:52 A.M.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- A group of major national research libraries says users now can search the full text of 1.6 billion pages from 4.6 million digitized volumes....
Sony hopes online service will build brand loyalty
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009 2:43 A.M.
TOKYO (AP) -- Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, a top executive said Friday....
Obama answers questions from top Cuban blogger
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 8:35 P.M.
HAVANA (AP) -- President Barack Obama has answered questions submitted by a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn't interested in "talking for the sake of talking" with Raul Castro and indicating he won't visit the island until the communist government changes its ways....
EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 4:21 P.M.
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- EBay has completed its sale of Skype for about $2 billion to an investor group that included the founders of the Internet phone service....
Glitch snarls air traffic in latest woes for FAA
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 4:12 P.M.
ATLANTA (AP) -- For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation's air travel system set off delays and cancellations for passengers around the country....
On the Call: Dell's CEO Michael Dell
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 4:09 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A key element of Dell Inc.'s turnaround strategy has been a vow not to cut prices as aggressively as rivals just to keep market share. The tactic has allowed competitors such as Acer Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. to steal business from Dell, and this fall Dell lost its ranking as the world's No. 2 PC maker....
AOL offers buyouts to over a third of work force
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 3:20 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The struggling Internet company AOL plans to shed up to 2,500 jobs - more than a third of its work force - as it prepares to separate from Time Warner and finally sever their ill-fated marriage....
Google's Chrome OS to be ready for 2010 holidays
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 1:36 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Consumers will have to wait until next year's holiday shopping season to find out if Google Inc.'s new operating system can deliver on its promise to make low-cost computers run faster....
Shareholders OK DirecTV spinoff but sale uncertain
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 1:10 P.M.
Shareholders approved the formation of a new company out of DirecTV Group Inc. and some of Liberty Media Corp.'s entertainment businesses, as the chairman of both firms dampened speculation about a sale to a big phone company....
Yahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon to improve search
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 11:38 A.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently....
Google adding automatic captions to YouTube videos
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 11:31 A.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Think of it as closed captioning for the new media world....
Judge rejects AT&T's bid to pull Verizon ads
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 9:01 A.M.
ATLANTA (AP) -- A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by AT&T Inc. to force competitor Verizon Wireless to pull its "There's a Map for That" commercials....
John Malone: Comcast-NBC would have too much power
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009 9 A.M.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Media mogul John Malone said Thursday that Comcast Corp.'s plan to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal would give it too much market power and force competitors to consider similar acquisitions....
NetEase 3Q results miss estimates, shares fall
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 5:45 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Chinese online gaming company NetEase.com Inc. said Wednesday that its third-quarter profit rose on higher revenue from online games....
Semtech reports 3Q loss on acquisition charge
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 3:44 P.M.
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) -- Semiconductor maker Semtech Corp. on Wednesday reported a third-quarter loss due to a charge related to its acquisition of Sierra Monolithics Inc....
Calif. requires TVs to be more energy efficient
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 3:06 P.M.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Power-hungry TVs will be banned from store shelves in California after state regulators Wednesday adopted a first-in-the-nation mandate to reduce electricity demand....
Marvell names new board member
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 2:56 P.M.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- Semiconductor maker Marvell Technology Group Ltd. said Wednesday that it named Ta-lin Hsu to its board....
Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 2:41 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- You might call him the Mickey Mouse of video games. He's reminiscent of a doughnut, round and sweet and comforting. He's also a vessel, devoid of a real personality so you can live vicariously through him....
Semtech to buy Sierra Monolithics for $180 million
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 2:33 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Semiconductor maker Semtech Corp. said Wednesday that it agreed to buy fellow chipmaker Sierra Monolithics Inc. for $180 million in cash....
Correction: Verizon layoffs
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 2:20 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- In a Nov. 17 story about job cuts at Verizon Communications Inc., The Associated Press, relying on a labor union report, erroneously reported that Verizon is laying off more than 1,000 employees in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia....
DirecTV to appoint PepsiCo executive as CEO
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 2:10 P.M.
DirecTV Group Inc. chose the vice chairman of PepsiCo Inc. as its chief executive Wednesday, filling a vacuum created when its former chief left just as the nation's largest satellite TV provider was in the midst of a spinoff....
Facebook users can help Chase find small charities
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 1:59 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- JPMorgan Chase is letting Facebook users help decide how to give away $5 million....
Sony may not fill some e-reader orders by holidays
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 1:52 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Sony Corp. says some customers who pre-order its newest e-reader may not get the gadget in time for the holidays....
IBM signs $500M deal with UK agency
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 1:35 P.M.
LONDON (AP) -- IBM Corp. said Wednesday it signed a contract extension worth 300 million pounds ($500 million) with a British government agency that licenses drivers and registers their cars....
'Call of Duty' setting entertainment records
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 12:55 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" is blasting its way into entertainment history....
NJ man sentenced in Scientology cyber attack
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 12:36 P.M.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A New Jersey man will serve a 366-day federal prison term for conducting a cyber attack on Church of Scientology Web sites in January 2008....
Review: $100 Palm Pixi is stylish but sluggish
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 12:02 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Palm Inc. is fighting harder than ever to snag a chunk of the smart phone market, and just six months after releasing the stylish Pre it's back with a lighter, more petite and affordable version called the Pixi....
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 11:34 A.M.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Calif regulators pass strict efficiency standards for TVs in move to reduce state's energy use...
Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 friend Facebook
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 11:26 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Users of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles can now brag about their achievements on Facebook as both systems integrate the social network this week....
Union ramps up efforts to organize T-Mobile
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 11 A.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Union officials in the United States are teaming up with their German counterparts in a bid to organize workers at wireless carrier T-Mobile USA....
Sony Ericsson closes NC, other sites as HQ moves
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 10:01 A.M.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Cell phone handset maker Sony Ericsson will move its North American headquarters from North Carolina to Atlanta and close a half-dozen sites worldwide as it retrenches against what it expects will be a tighter market and cuts about 1,600 jobs globally....
UK police make 2 Trojan computer virus arrests
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 9:05 A.M.
LONDON (AP) -- A couple suspected of helping spread some of the Internet's most aggressive computer viruses has been arrested in the English city of Manchester, police said Wednesday....
'Uncharted 2' leads Video Game Award nominations
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 8:36 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" has seized a leading eight nominations for this year's Video Game Awards, Spike TV announced Wednesday....
China to participate in giant Hawaii telescope
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 7:43 A.M.
HONOLULU (AP) -- Chinese astronomers have signed on to participate in the development of the world's largest telescope that will be built atop a Hawaii volcano, a group said Tuesday....
Senators blast Web sites for scamming shoppers
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 7:15 A.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With Cyber Monday, the unofficial start of the Internet holiday shopping season nearing, a Senate committee Tuesday condemned three online companies, saying they are tricking consumers into signing up for subscription services they don't want....
Microsoft told to stop some Windows sales in China
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 7:12 A.M.
BEIJING (AP) -- A Beijing court has ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling some versions of its Windows operating system in China in a licensing dispute with a local supplier....
House lawmakers push ban on peer-to-peer software
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 5:38 A.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Stung by an embarrassing electronic leak last month revealing ethics investigations into dozens of lawmakers, Congress moved Tuesday to prohibit federal employees from using the same type of Internet file-sharing software blamed for the disclosure....
South Korean regulator approves iPhone
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 9:09 P.M.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's telecommunications regulator cleared the way Wednesday for the launch of Apple's iPhone, amid reports the hit device could reach consumers by the end of this month....
IBM takes a (feline) step toward thinking machines
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 9:02 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Scientists say they've made a breakthrough in their pursuit of computers that "think" like a living thing's brain - an effort that tests the limits of technology....
AP Sources: MySpace in talks to buy imeem
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 5:17 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Online social hub MySpace is in talks to acquire struggling free music streaming site imeem, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday....
Concur posts higher 4Q profit, revenue
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 4:52 P.M.
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- Concur Technologies Inc., which makes corporate expense-management software, said Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose as revenue got a boost from a 13 percent increase in subscription revenue....
Autodesk posts lower 3Q profit, sales, shares fall
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 3:32 P.M.
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) -- Design and engineering software maker Autodesk Inc. said Tuesday its business looks "increasingly stable" despite posting a sharp drop in third-quarter profit....
InterDigital sees 4Q sales slightly below views
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 1:52 P.M.
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) -- Wireless technology developer InterDigital Inc. said Tuesday it expects fourth-quarter revenue between $75 million and $76 million, which falls slightly below Wall Street's expectations....
Microsoft's cloud computing system is growing up
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 12:40 P.M.
SEATTLE (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. leads its industry in part because a vast army of outside computer programmers design software that only runs on its Windows operating system....
UK: Millions of customer records sold
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 9:14 A.M.
LONDON (AP) -- Rogue employees at a major mobile phone company illegally sold millions of customer records to rival firms, Britain's information watchdog said Tuesday....
Science-based US supercomputer fastest in world
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 8 A.M.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- At least for the moment, the world's fastest supercomputer is devoted to solving scientific questions that may save the planet - climate change, renewable energy, new medicines - rather than advances in nuclear weapons that might blow it up....
Unfriend is US dictionary's 2009 word of the year
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 7:05 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- What word sums up 2009? How about unfriend?...
T-Mobile resumes sale of Sidekicks after data loss
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 6:57 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- T-Mobile USA resumed selling Sidekick phones Tuesday, more than a month after a server meltdown at Microsoft Corp. caused contact numbers, pictures and other personal information to disappear from many of the phones....
Twitter to overhaul user list seen as partisan
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 6:51 A.M.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Social-networking site Twitter plans to end a service that links prominent message posters with new users, a service that was criticized in California because of perceived unfairness toward GOP gubernatorial candidates....
USA Today tests online edition at colleges
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 6:41 A.M.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State, Indiana and Missouri are the first schools to participate in a USA Today initiative meant to test how students respond to electronic versions of printed newspapers....
Group: Founder of Tibetan Web site gets 15 years
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 6:11 A.M.
BEIJING (AP) -- The founder of a Tibetan literary Web site was sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of disclosing state secrets, an overseas monitoring group said Tuesday....
FBI says hackers targeting law firms, PR companies
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 5:31 A.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hackers are increasingly targeting law firms and public relations companies with a sophisticated e-mail scheme that breaks into their computer networks to steal sensitive data, often linked to large corporate clients doing business overseas....
Vietnam Internet users fear Facebook blackout
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009 5:04 A.M.
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Vietnam's growing legions of Facebook users fear that the country's communist government might be blocking the popular social networking Web site, which has become difficult to access over the past few weeks....
Dell makes new green move with bamboo packaging
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 10:07 P.M.
SEATTLE (AP) -- Bamboo has sprouted all over. It's being used everywhere from floorboards to tableware to inline skates and T-shirts, as consumers increasingly seek out products considered gentler on the Earth....
YouTube tries to help media find more free video
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 9:01 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- YouTube is trying to help shrinking newsrooms expand their video coverage without increasing their payrolls....
Microsoft co-founder Allen treated for lymphoma
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 7:26 P.M.
SEATTLE (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. co-founder and billionaire investor Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is undergoing chemotherapy....
Avid posts final 3Q results, corrects errors
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 4:37 P.M.
TEWKSBURY, Mass. (AP) -- Multimedia software developer Avid Technology Inc. on Monday reported final, corrected third-quarter results that show its revenue was slightly lower than what it had originally reported in October....
Vonage to settle investigation involving 32 states
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 3:45 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Internet phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. has agreed to pay $3 million to 32 states to settle an investigation into some of its business practices....
Comcast's NBC talks cap its decades-long rise
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 2:37 P.M.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Ralph Roberts knew he was onto something big when people ran after his cable TV trucks in Tupelo, Miss., asking for a visit to their homes....
Key dates in the history of Comcast Corp.
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 2:22 P.M.
Key events in Comcast Corp.'s history:...
UN demands removal of China poster at Net event
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 10:23 A.M.
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) -- United Nations officials forced free-speech advocates to take down a poster over its reference to China's Web restrictions at an Internet conference focused on freedom, saying Monday that it violated a ban on posters at events organized by the world body....
W.Va. provides financing for firm's protein tech
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 9:59 A.M.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A Morgantown-based company is getting help from the state to develop technology that will help researchers identify disease-specific proteins....
Cisco raises bid for Tandberg to $3.4 billion
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 9:29 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. said Monday it raised its bid for Norway's Tandberg ASA, the world's largest provider of videoconferencing equipment for business users, after only a fraction of Tandberg shareholders agreed to Cisco's initial offer....
Software should help ND ratepayers conserve energy
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 8:32 A.M.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A North Dakota utility regulator is praising new computer software that's intended to help utility ratepayers reduce their energy use....
Obama speaks out against Web censorship in China
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 7:10 A.M.
SHANGHAI (AP) -- President Barack Obama is telling Chinese students that unrestricted Internet access in the United States is a source of strength and an open exchange of information makes all countries stronger....
Twitter to scrap controversial suggested user list
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 6:46 A.M.
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) -- Social-media site Twitter plans to scrap its hand-picked list of "suggested users" to follow after controversy erupted over the selection of people on the list, a company executive said Monday....
Finnish technology workers warn of strike
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 6:41 A.M.
HELSINKI (AP) -- Some 2,000 employees in Finland's technology sector will begin a strike in two weeks time if no agreement is reached in labor talks with company managers, union leaders said Wednesday....
Broadcast pioneer NBC prepares for cable takeover
AP - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 6:30 A.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Eight decades after pioneering the concept of broadcasting, NBC is on the verge of a startling move that illustrates broadcast television's decline....
The Man Who Made You Put Away Your Pen
NPR - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2009 5:07 P.M.
When was the last time you actually set pen to paper and mailed off a personal letter to someone? It's probably been awhile — and the man responsible is Ray Tomlinson. In 1971, Tomlinson changed the way the world communicated when he invented e-mail.
Intel to remain open on Sabbath in Jerusalem
AP - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2009 10:15 A.M.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Intel Corp. said it has no plans to close a factory in Jerusalem on Saturdays, despite violent protests by ultra-Orthodox Jews who accuse the chip maker of desecrating the Jewish Sabbath....
ABC, CBS both have early corporate ties to NBC
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2009 7:45 A.M.
The three original broadcast networks still around today can all be traced back to the National Broadcasting Co....
Key dates in history of National Broadcasting Co.
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2009 7:44 A.M.
Some key dates in NBC's history:...
Google makes concessions on digital book deal
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2009 2:35 A.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Internet search leader Google will ease its control over millions of copyright-protected books earmarked for its digital library if a court approves a revised lawsuit settlement that addresses objections of antitrust regulators....
Clone That Smile, Digitally
NPR - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009 1 P.M.
Researchers have figured out how to track the facial expressions of one person and map those movements onto a digital image of another person's face in real time. The result is something like a digital video puppet, which psychologists say may reveal something about human nature.
Russian policemen turn to YouTube
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009 11:23 A.M.
MOSCOW (AP) -- When a police officer posted a video on YouTube complaining of rampant abuse in Russian law enforcement, it seemed like a lonely voice in a sea of social media....
Prepaid phone ban stirs anger in Indian Kashmir
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009 10:26 A.M.
SRINAGAR, India (AP) -- A government ban on prepaid cell phones to prevent rebels from using them to clandestinely plan attacks has stirred resentment among Indian-controlled Kashmir's impoverished residents, who depend on prepaid connections for inexpensive communication....
Swiss privacy watchdog to sue Google Street View
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009 7:23 A.M.
GENEVA (AP) -- Google Inc.'s unstoppable drive to map and photograph the world has run into an immovable object - Switzerland's strict tradition of personal privacy....
W.Va. Supreme Court opts for e-mail privacy
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009 7:23 A.M.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- The state Supreme Court has ruled that public officials and public employees can keep their personal e-mails private....
'Star Trek Online' to beam gamers to the bridge
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009 6:51 A.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The most iconic setting in "Star Trek" almost didn't make it into the series' online video game....
Star Tribune teams up with CarSoup
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009 4:55 A.M.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Star Tribune is partnering with CarSoup.com to sell vehicles online....
Dell smart phone to debut in China, Brazil
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009 3:21 A.M.
SEATTLE (AP) -- Dell Inc. is officially jumping into the "smart" phone market this month in a deal with China's biggest wireless carrier, China Mobile Ltd....
YouTube to support 1080p high-definition videos
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 5:10 P.M.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- YouTube says starting next week it will support the same high-resolution video that can now be seen on flat screen TVs....
NPD: October video game sales tumble 19 percent
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 4:47 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- After a slight reprieve in September, U.S. video game retail sales slumped again in October, unable to escape the economic turmoil that's cutting into consumer spending and swelling the ranks of unemployed....
Facebook, Wikipedia execs brief Vatican on Web
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 2:57 P.M.
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Vatican officials and Catholic bishops are getting a lesson on the Internet from Facebook, Wikipedia and Google executives as the church struggles to get its message out in the digital age....
Retailers use social media to advertise deals
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 2:35 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- You may want to check Facebook and Twitter before heading to the mall the day after Thanksgiving....
Intel settles AMD claims but isn't off the hook
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 2:12 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Intel Corp. will pay $1.25 billion to make peace with Advanced Micro Devices Inc., as the companies whose microprocessors run nearly all personal computers finally found common ground in a bitter and colorful dispute that caused international antitrust trouble for Intel....
Clicker.com aims to become Internet video usher
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 2:06 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Web surfing is becoming more like channel surfing as television shows, movies and music videos pour onto the Internet....
'Call of Duty' sells $310M in N Amer, UK in 24 hrs
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 1:36 P.M.
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) -- First-day sales of Activision Blizzard Inc.'s "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" broke records, raking in an estimated $310 million in North America and the United Kingdom alone....
BCE profits double in 3Q, beat estimates
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 12:44 P.M.
NEW YORK (AP) -- BCE Inc., Canada's largest telecommunications company, said Thursday its third-quarter profit more than doubled, helped by lower restructuring costs and taxes....
Google, Yahoo call for expanded online drug ads
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 11:47 A.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Google, Yahoo and other Web companies joined the pharmaceutical industry Thursday in urging federal regulators to make it easier to pitch drugs in online advertisements....
AOL to log additional $200M in restructuring costs
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 11:24 A.M.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- New regulatory filings suggest many more layoffs could be coming at AOL LLC as the Internet company separates from Time Warner Inc. by the end of the year....
Review: 'Band Hero,' 'Lego Rock Band' _ clean rock
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 11:16 A.M.
Musical video games are already family-friendly. There's no violence, and their developers have already weeded out most of the sex and drugs in rock 'n roll. And just about anyone can pick up a fake guitar, microphone or a pair or drumsticks and figure out what to do with it....
