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DVD security group probes hacker report
Jan 17 2007 11:24PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A business group behind copy-protection software for next-generation DVDs was investigating reports that hackers found a way to circumvent its technology, a group member said Wednesday.
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Apple reports record 1Q profit
Jan 17 2007 11:04PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Apple Inc. on Wednesday posted a record profit in its fiscal first quarter, beating Wall Street estimates as earnings rose 78 percent amid strong holiday sales of its iPod music players and Macintosh computers.
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New spam trick: Mimic legit newsletters
Jan 17 2007 9:13PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Spammers have something new in their bag of tricks. Those ubiquitous Viagra ads have been disguising themselves as e-mail newsletters, the kind you get to find out the latest airline deals or keep up with your fantasy football team.
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TJX says computer systems hacked
Jan 17 2007 8:44PM (CT)
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) - TJX Cos., operator of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls discount stores, said Wednesday its computer systems were hacked late last year and customer data has been stolen. The company said the full extent of the intrusion is not yet known, but it is conducting a full investigation.
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HP extends lead over Dell in PC market
Jan 17 2007 7:01PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co. extended its lead over Dell Inc. in the worldwide personal-computer market in the fourth quarter, according to reports released Wednesday by two top technology research firms.
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MySpace developing parental notification
Jan 17 2007 6:41PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The popular online hangout MySpace.com has been quietly developing software designed to give parents the bare-bones of what their kids are doing on the site.
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Internet gains for midterm campaign news
Jan 17 2007 3:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Internet still trails television and newspapers as the leading sources for political news, but it gained significantly in usage since the midterm elections of 2002, the Pew Internet and American Life Project found.
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HP researchers tout nanotech in chips
Jan 17 2007 3:09PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co. researchers say their integration of nanotechnology with traditional circuitry designs in computer chips could help reduce energy use and produce ever-smaller devices.
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National Archives digitizes documents
Jan 17 2007 3:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Anyone interested in finding out who the FBI was investigating before it became the FBI or seeing the works of noted Civil War photographer Mathew Brady will soon be able to do so digitally.
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Online music sales doubled in 2006
Jan 17 2007 1:29PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Global online music sales nearly doubled in 2006 to about $2 billion, or 10 percent of all sales, but failed to compensate for an overall decline in sales of CDs, the global music industry trade body said Wednesday.
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Sun Microsystems again courts startups
Jan 17 2007 1:28PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - In the late 1990s, Sun Microsystems Inc. promoted itself as "the dot in dot-com" _ a strategy that proved painful when the technology bubble burst.
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Online music sales doubled in 2006
Jan 17 2007 1:25PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Global online music sales nearly doubled in 2006 to about $2 billion, or 10 percent of all sales, but failed to compensate for an overall decline in sales of CDs, the global music industry trade body said Wednesday.
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Online music sales doubled in 2006
Jan 17 2007 1:25PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Global online music sales nearly doubled in 2006 to about $2 billion, or 10 percent of all sales, but failed to compensate for an overall decline in sales of CDs, the global music industry trade body said Wednesday.
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Germans urged to cut fees on electronics
Jan 17 2007 12:23PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Electronics makers on Wednesday urged Germany to press ahead with cutting copyright fees levied on consumer devices such as computers, printers and scanners.
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Sony Ericsson says 4Q net profit triples
Jan 17 2007 5:59AM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson said Wednesday its net profit more than tripled in the fourth quarter, as record sales of its music and camera handsets helped it gain market shares.
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Analysts: Expect lower Intel margins
Jan 17 2007 12:53AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Investors may just have to live with slightly lower profit margins at Intel Corp. as the world's largest chip maker is forced to coexist in the same markets with much-smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
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Analysts: Expect lower Intel margins
Jan 17 2007 12:53AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Investors may just have to live with slightly lower profit margins at Intel Corp. as the world's largest chip maker is forced to coexist in the same markets with much-smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
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Analysts: Expect lower Intel margins
Jan 17 2007 12:53AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Investors may just have to live with slightly lower profit margins at Intel Corp. as the world's largest chip maker is forced to coexist in the same markets with much-smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
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Analysts: Expect lower Intel margins
Jan 17 2007 12:53AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Investors may just have to live with slightly lower profit margins at Intel Corp. as the world's largest chip maker is forced to coexist in the same markets with much-smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
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