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Microsoft simplifies file format fix
Jan 4 2008 8:31PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. changed course on an update to Office 2003 that blocked certain older file types from opening, after receiving a flurry of criticism from users and online publications.
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Microsoft simplifies file format fix
Jan 4 2008 8:31PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. changed course on an update to Office 2003 that blocked certain older file types from opening, after receiving a flurry of criticism from users and online publications.
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Warner Bros. picks Blu-ray over HD-DVD
Jan 4 2008 7:54PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Warner Bros. Entertainment said Friday it will release movie discs only in the Blu-ray format, becoming the latest studio to reject the rival HD DVD technology and further complicating the high-definition landscape for consumers.
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New Motorola CEO has lessons from past
Jan 4 2008 5:19PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - New Motorola Inc. CEO Greg Brown doesn't have the secret weapon his predecessor Ed Zander possessed when he arrived at the cell phone maker four years ago _ the Razr.
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New Motorola CEO has lessons from past
Jan 4 2008 5:19PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - New Motorola Inc. CEO Greg Brown doesn't have the secret weapon his predecessor Ed Zander possessed when he arrived at the cell phone maker four years ago _ the Razr.
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Semiconductors down on Intel downgrade
Jan 4 2008 4:59PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Chip stocks plunged Friday, as a JP Morgan analyst downgraded market leader Intel Corp. on concerns over slowing orders and high inventory levels.
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Red Hat CEO targets Oracle, Microsoft
Jan 4 2008 4:56PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Red Hat Inc. CEO Jim Whitehurst said Friday _ his fourth day on the job _ that he's angling for a showdown with two tech titans in what he describes as a struggle to protect information sharing in software development.
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Laptop project blames Intel for breakup
Jan 4 2008 4:32PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The founder of the One Laptop Per Child project claimed Friday that Intel Corp. undermined his group's effort to sell $188 computers for schoolchildren in the developing world even after the chip company got a seat on the nonprofit's board.
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Laptop project blames Intel for breakup
Jan 4 2008 4:32PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The founder of the One Laptop Per Child project claimed Friday that Intel Corp. undermined his group's effort to sell $188 computers for schoolchildren in the developing world even after the chip company got a seat on the nonprofit's board.
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Xbox Live falters over holidays
Jan 4 2008 2:35PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. said Friday it will give Xbox 360 owners a free video game to make up for poor performance over the holidays by the system's online hub.
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Startup promises free wireless web in SF
Jan 4 2008 1:24PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Silicon Valley startup is promising to blanket San Francisco with free wireless Internet service, reviving a crusade that crumbled last year after two much larger companies, EarthLink Inc. and Google Inc., scrapped their plans to build a high-speed network for Web surfing.
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Congestion causes text message slowdown
Jan 4 2008 6:11AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Geeta Citygirl just figured something was wrong with her phone when she realized the greetings she was sending as the ball dropped New Year's Eve weren't getting through. In Los Angeles, a half-dozen New Year's text messages bounced back to Reggie Cameron on Wednesday, more than 24 hours after he thought he sent them out.
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Intel quits One Laptop Per Child program
Jan 4 2008 12:59AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Citing disagreements with the organization, Intel Corp. said Thursday it has abandoned the One Laptop Per Child program, dealing a big blow to the ambitious project seeking to bring millions of low-cost laptops to children in developing countries.
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Startup revives free Wi-Fi hopes in S.F.
Jan 4 2008 12:02AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Silicon Valley startup is promising to blanket San Francisco with free wireless Internet service, reviving a crusade that crumbled last year after two much larger companies, EarthLink Inc. and Google Inc., scrapped their plans to build a high-speed network for Web surfing.
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