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Cost cuts push Lenovo profit up 198 pct.
Jan 30 2008 11:15PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Lenovo Group, the world's No. 4 personal computer maker, said Thursday that profit in its third fiscal quarter rose 198 percent and forecast strong sales this year despite a possible U.S. economic slowdown.
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Confusion reigns over TV transition
Jan 30 2008 7:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Much of what consumers are learning about the looming shift to digital broadcasting is just plain wrong and could end up costing them money, according to a survey.
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Confusion reigns over TV transition
Jan 30 2008 7:25PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Much of what consumers are learning about the looming shift to digital broadcasting is just plain wrong and could end up costing them money, according to a survey.
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EBay's tweaks to feedback worry sellers
Jan 30 2008 7:12PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - EBay Inc. says it's changing its user-feedback system to keep buyers from leaving, but the plan has sellers worried they'll no longer be able to weed out untrustworthy shoppers.
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Study: US broadband goal nearly reached
Jan 30 2008 6:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In 2004, President Bush pledged that all Americans should have affordable access to high-speed Internet service by 2007. A report to be released Thursday by the administration says it has succeeded _ mostly.
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Fest boosts entrants with file-sharing
Jan 30 2008 5:44PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Organizers of the Cinequest Film Festival have turned to file-sharing in an effort to attract a broader array of participants.
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Analysts unfazed by Microsoft ruling
Jan 30 2008 5:33PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Analysts are seeing little reason for concern over a federal judge's decision to keep Microsoft Corp.'s competitive business practices under court scrutiny for an additional two years.
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Sprint to continue iDEN network
Jan 30 2008 5:32PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Sprint Nextel Corp. on Wednesday said it would continue to support its Nextel-branded walkie-talkie network, which industry observers had speculated the company might shutter.
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Sprint to continue iDEN network
Jan 30 2008 5:32PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Sprint Nextel Corp. on Wednesday said it would continue to support its Nextel-branded walkie-talkie network, which industry observers had speculated the company might shutter.
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Yahoo's stock sinks as turnaround stalls
Jan 30 2008 5:05PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo Inc.'s sagging stock drooped to a four-year low Wednesday as impatient investors expressed their exasperation with a turnaround strategy that seems to be progressing at the stuttering speed of a dial-up Internet connection.
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Favoring stores, Dell closes mall kiosks
Jan 30 2008 5:01PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Dell Inc., which has been pushing its computers into more retail stores, said Wednesday it will close its 140 shopping mall kiosks in the United States.
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Damaged cables cut Internet in Mideast
Jan 30 2008 4:09PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Internet outages disrupted business and personal usage across a wide swathe of the Middle East on Wednesday after two undersea cables in the Mediterranean were damaged, government officials and Internet service providers said.
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Blackstone sued over buyout collapse
Jan 30 2008 3:46PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Takeover target Alliance Data Systems Corp. said Wednesday it has sued affiliates of The Blackstone Group over the collapse in recent days of its agreement to buy Alliance Data.
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U.S. No. 1 in communications study
Jan 30 2008 1:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Americans may look with envy on the super-fast Internet connections available in South Korea, Japan and parts of Europe, but they can take consolation from a new study that concludes that the U.S. makes better overall use of its telecommunications.
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TechBit: Remote-control robbery foiled
Jan 30 2008 1:36PM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Criminals were seconds away from robbing a bank by remote control when an alert employee literally pulled the plug on their brazen scam, Swedish investigators said Wednesday.
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SAP 4Q slips, but revenue rises
Jan 30 2008 1:30PM (CT)
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Software maker SAP AG said Wednesday its profit slipped in the fourth quarter even as sales edged higher, and forecast revenue growth from software sales and services of about 14 percent in 2008.
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Google adopts universal search in SKorea
Jan 30 2008 12:53PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Google Inc. said Wednesday it has overhauled its Korean-language search engine to broaden its appeal in South Korea, one of the world's most wired countries and one of the few where Google isn't dominant.
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Google adopts universal search in SKorea
Jan 30 2008 12:53PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Google Inc. said Wednesday it has overhauled its Korean-language search engine to broaden its appeal in South Korea, one of the world's most wired countries and one of the few where Google isn't dominant.
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TechBit: Japan lacks virus laws
Jan 30 2008 12:52PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Police investigating a man for allegedly spreading a computer virus had to arrest him on a copyright infringement charge because Japan lacks laws against malicious computer programs, a police officer said Friday.
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MySpace to further open to developers
Jan 30 2008 12:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The online community MySpace is introducing tools for developing games, media-sharing features and other programs that better integrate with the Internet's leading social-networking site.
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Swedish bank stops digital theft
Jan 30 2008 8:22AM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - A gang of Swedish criminals was seconds away from completing a digital bank heist when an alert employee literally pulled the plug on their brazen scam, investigators said Wednesday.
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Swedish bank stops digital theft
Jan 30 2008 8:22AM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - A gang of Swedish criminals was seconds away from completing a digital bank heist when an alert employee literally pulled the plug on their brazen scam, investigators said Wednesday.
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China steps up Internet video control
Jan 30 2008 7:43AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China will take a new step Thursday to tighten control of the Internet when rules go into force limiting online video-sharing to state companies. But regulators, wary of hurting a fast-growing industry, are expected to let private operators work around the restrictions.
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China steps up Internet video control
Jan 30 2008 7:43AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China will take a new step Thursday to tighten control of the Internet when rules go into force limiting online video-sharing to state companies. But regulators, wary of hurting a fast-growing industry, are expected to let private operators work around the restrictions.
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China steps up Internet video control
Jan 30 2008 7:43AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China will take a new step Thursday to tighten control of the Internet when rules go into force limiting online video-sharing to state companies. But regulators, wary of hurting a fast-growing industry, are expected to let private operators work around the restrictions.
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China steps up Internet video control
Jan 30 2008 7:43AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China will take a new step Thursday to tighten control of the Internet when rules go into force limiting online video-sharing to state companies. But regulators, wary of hurting a fast-growing industry, are expected to let private operators work around the restrictions.
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EBay sellers not happy about fee changes
Jan 30 2008 6:55AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Vendors who sell their goods on eBay are scratching their heads after the company unveiled a new fee structure in effort to boost listings and maintain its share of the online auction market it helped start a decade ago.
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EBay sellers not happy about fee changes
Jan 30 2008 6:55AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Vendors who sell their goods on eBay are scratching their heads after the company unveiled a new fee structure in effort to boost listings and maintain its share of the online auction market it helped start a decade ago.
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EBay sellers not happy about fee changes
Jan 30 2008 6:55AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Vendors who sell their goods on eBay are scratching their heads after the company unveiled a new fee structure in effort to boost listings and maintain its share of the online auction market it helped start a decade ago.
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