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Apple CEO takes $1 salary in 2007
Jan 23 2008 9:10PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs continued his tradition of taking home only $1 in salary in 2007, when he also gained $14.6 million on paper by exercising stock options that were about to expire, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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EBay CEO Whitman to step down March 31
Jan 23 2008 8:44PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Meg Whitman will soon step down as chief executive of eBay Inc., the online auction company that went from wobbly startup to multibillion-dollar household name in her 10-year tenure.
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EBay CEO Whitman to step down March 31
Jan 23 2008 8:44PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Meg Whitman will soon step down as chief executive of eBay Inc., the online auction company that went from wobbly startup to multibillion-dollar household name in her 10-year tenure.
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EBay CEO Whitman to step down March 31
Jan 23 2008 8:44PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Meg Whitman will soon step down as chief executive of eBay Inc., the online auction company that went from wobbly startup to multibillion-dollar household name in her 10-year tenure.
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EBay CEO Whitman to step down March 31
Jan 23 2008 8:44PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Meg Whitman will soon step down as chief executive of eBay Inc., the online auction company that went from wobbly startup to multibillion-dollar household name in her 10-year tenure.
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EBay CEO Whitman to step down March 31
Jan 23 2008 8:44PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Meg Whitman will soon step down as chief executive of eBay Inc., the online auction company that went from wobbly startup to multibillion-dollar household name in her 10-year tenure.
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Virgin Galactic unveils spaceship
Jan 23 2008 8:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Within a few years, a handful of rich tourists may be blasting into space in a craft that looks a little like a cross between the space shuttle and a corporate jet.
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Virgin Galactic unveils spaceship
Jan 23 2008 8:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Within a few years, a handful of rich tourists may be blasting into space in a craft that looks a little like a cross between the space shuttle and a corporate jet.
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Virgin Galactic unveils spaceship
Jan 23 2008 8:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Within a few years, a handful of rich tourists may be blasting into space in a craft that looks a little like a cross between the space shuttle and a corporate jet.
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Qualcomm 1Q profit jumps 18 percent
Jan 23 2008 7:54PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. on Wednesday posted an 18 percent increase in fiscal first-quarter profit on strong demand for cell phones that surf the Internet and download music and video.
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Qualcomm 1Q profit jumps 18 percent
Jan 23 2008 7:54PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. on Wednesday posted an 18 percent increase in fiscal first-quarter profit on strong demand for cell phones that surf the Internet and download music and video.
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MySpace, BBC reach global video deal
Jan 23 2008 7:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The online community MySpace is partnering with the BBC to bring some of the British broadcaster's programs to a worldwide audience in the site's first global content deal involving a major network.
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MySpace, BBC reach global video deal
Jan 23 2008 7:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The online community MySpace is partnering with the BBC to bring some of the British broadcaster's programs to a worldwide audience in the site's first global content deal involving a major network.
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Netflix 4Q earnings rise 6 percent
Jan 23 2008 7:01PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Netflix Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit trounced analyst expectations as the online DVD rental service gained 451,000 customers, providing further evidence the company has regained the upper hand in its bruising battle with rival Blockbuster Inc.
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Netflix 4Q earnings rise 6 percent
Jan 23 2008 7:01PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Netflix Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit trounced analyst expectations as the online DVD rental service gained 451,000 customers, providing further evidence the company has regained the upper hand in its bruising battle with rival Blockbuster Inc.
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Netflix 4Q earnings rise 6 percent
Jan 23 2008 7:01PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Netflix Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit trounced analyst expectations as the online DVD rental service gained 451,000 customers, providing further evidence the company has regained the upper hand in its bruising battle with rival Blockbuster Inc.
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Netflix 4Q earnings rise 6 percent
Jan 23 2008 7:01PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Netflix Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit trounced analyst expectations as the online DVD rental service gained 451,000 customers, providing further evidence the company has regained the upper hand in its bruising battle with rival Blockbuster Inc.
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Netflix 4Q earnings rise 6 percent
Jan 23 2008 7:01PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Netflix Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit trounced analyst expectations as the online DVD rental service gained 451,000 customers, providing further evidence the company has regained the upper hand in its bruising battle with rival Blockbuster Inc.
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Netflix 4Q earnings rise 6 percent
Jan 23 2008 7:01PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Netflix Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit trounced analyst expectations as the online DVD rental service gained 451,000 customers, providing further evidence the company has regained the upper hand in its bruising battle with rival Blockbuster Inc.
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Apple stock sinks despite tech rally
Jan 23 2008 6:34PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Investors lopped $15 billion off Apple Inc.'s market value Wednesday, punishing the company for a disappointing earnings outlook even as many technology stocks staged a comeback.
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Yahoo eyeing online music service
Jan 23 2008 6:07PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Yahoo Inc., is in early discussions with major record labels over offering unprotected MP3s either for sale or for free as part of an ad-supported service, two record company executives familiar with the talks said Wednesday.
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FTC bars company from higher royalties
Jan 23 2008 6:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that it has blocked a company from seeking higher royalties on a patented technology that is included in a widely used computer networking standard.
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FTC bars company from higher royalties
Jan 23 2008 6:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that it has blocked a company from seeking higher royalties on a patented technology that is included in a widely used computer networking standard.
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Glu offers to buy Superscape for $36M
Jan 23 2008 5:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Glu Mobile Inc., a leading U.S. publisher of games for cell phones, offered to buy British rival Superscape Group PLC on Wednesday for about $36 million.
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Web voter registration still bogged down
Jan 23 2008 4:37PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Arizona began allowing voters to register online in 2004. Three years later, Washington became the second state to do so.
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Missouri governor funds e-mail archive
Jan 23 2008 4:13PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt, working to mute criticism of the state's failure to save its employees' e-mails, has authorized spending $2 million to plan and run an e-mail archive.
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Missouri governor funds e-mail archive
Jan 23 2008 4:13PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt, working to mute criticism of the state's failure to save its employees' e-mails, has authorized spending $2 million to plan and run an e-mail archive.
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AT&T expanding free Wi-Fi offer
Jan 23 2008 3:11PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - AT&T Inc. said Wednesday it will make its 10,000 Wi-Fi hotspots free to nearly all of its broadband Internet customers starting early next week.
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Major Japanese prize for 3 Americans
Jan 23 2008 3:09PM (CT)
BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) - Three Americans have won 2008 Japan Prizes, which each carry a $470,000 award, as well as enormous prestige in Japan, including a ceremony attended by the emperor and empress and national dignitaries.
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Airwaves sale is payoff for digital move
Jan 23 2008 2:08PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - So far, the decade-long transition to digital broadcasting has mostly been about pain. Beginning Thursday, the public will start to see the gain.
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Entercom signs up for new ratings system
Jan 23 2008 1:04PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Arbitron Inc.'s new electronic ratings system for radio got a boost on Wednesday when broadcaster Entercom Communications Corp. announced an agreement to use the technology in 14 cities.
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Sony to delay Japan PSP Skype rollout
Jan 23 2008 12:58PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Sony's game unit in Japan will delay rolling out Internet phone service in Japan for its latest handheld game machine because microphones developed for it didn't meet specifications, the company said Wednesday.
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Motorola stock plummets on handset woes
Jan 23 2008 10:45AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Cell phone maker Motorola Inc. said Wednesday its profit fell 84 percent in the fourth quarter and warned that the recovery in its struggling handset unit will take longer than expected. Its shares plummeted.
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Motorola stock plummets on handset woes
Jan 23 2008 10:45AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Cell phone maker Motorola Inc. said Wednesday its profit fell 84 percent in the fourth quarter and warned that the recovery in its struggling handset unit will take longer than expected. Its shares plummeted.
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AT&T looking at Internet filtering
Jan 23 2008 10:18AM (CT)
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - AT&T Inc. is still evaluating whether to examine traffic on its Internet lines to stop illegal sharing of copyright material, its chief executive said Wednesday.
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Texas Instruments 4Q profit up 13 pct.
Jan 23 2008 9:57AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - The headlines may warn of an impending recession, but executives at Texas Instruments Inc. say they're not seeing it in customers' orders.
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China shuts down pornographic Web sites
Jan 23 2008 6:18AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China shut down 44,000 Web sites and arrested 868 people for Internet pornography last year, state media said Wednesday.
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China shuts down pornographic Web sites
Jan 23 2008 6:18AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China shut down 44,000 Web sites and arrested 868 people for Internet pornography last year, state media said Wednesday.
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