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Super Bowl spurs run on fancy hi-def TVs
Jan 31 2007 11:03PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Mark Smithe admits to a moment of doubt before shelling out $10,000 for a 65-inch high-definition, flat-panel, plasma TV and related gear last week.
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Super Bowl spurs run on fancy hi-def TVs
Jan 31 2007 11:03PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Mark Smithe admits to a moment of doubt before shelling out $10,000 for a 65-inch high-definition, flat-panel, plasma TV and related gear last week.
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Michael Dell returns to CEO role at Dell
Jan 31 2007 11:03PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Dell Inc., battered by battery recalls and disappointing earnings, said Wednesday that Chairman Michael Dell will return to run the company he had built into one of the world's largest makers of personal computers.
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Google 4Q earnings nearly triple
Jan 31 2007 11:02PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit nearly tripled as the online search engine leader once again sprinted past analyst expectations, but the breathtaking growth still wasn't enough to propel its high-flying stock to new heights.
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Yahoo to showcase entertainment brands
Jan 31 2007 5:56PM (CT)
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) - Coming off a year in which it was overshadowed by several Internet rivals, Yahoo Inc. is piggybacking on some of the entertainment industry's leading brands in its latest attempt to bolster its own brand.
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Yahoo to showcase entertainment brands
Jan 31 2007 5:56PM (CT)
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) - Coming off a year in which it was overshadowed by several Internet rivals, Yahoo Inc. is piggybacking on some of the entertainment industry's leading brands in its latest attempt to bolster its own brand.
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New `widgets' could enliven cell phones
Jan 31 2007 5:53PM (CT)
PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) - Using the Web on most cell phones has tended to be a balky, awkward experience, reminiscent of what the Internet was like on computers in dial-up 1995. So a handful of startups are trying to make it much cooler.
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New `widgets' could enliven cell phones
Jan 31 2007 5:53PM (CT)
PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) - Using the Web on most cell phones has tended to be a balky, awkward experience, reminiscent of what the Internet was like on computers in dial-up 1995. So a handful of startups are trying to make it much cooler.
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MySpace donates tools to block predators
Jan 31 2007 5:49PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The social-networking site MySpace.com has donated technology it helped develop to identify and block sexual predators from online communities.
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MySpace donates tools to block predators
Jan 31 2007 5:49PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The social-networking site MySpace.com has donated technology it helped develop to identify and block sexual predators from online communities.
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New `widgets' could enliven cell phones
Jan 31 2007 5:41PM (CT)
PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) - Using the Web on most cell phones has tended to be a balky, awkward experience, reminiscent of what the Internet was like on computers in dial-up 1995. So a handful of startups are trying to make it much cooler.
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New `widgets' could enliven cell phones
Jan 31 2007 5:41PM (CT)
PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) - Using the Web on most cell phones has tended to be a balky, awkward experience, reminiscent of what the Internet was like on computers in dial-up 1995. So a handful of startups are trying to make it much cooler.
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Survey: "Tagging" content popular online
Jan 31 2007 4:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Internet users are taking avidly to sites that let them label photos, movies and blogs with their own descriptive tags, providing a major new way of organizing information online, according to a survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
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Survey: "Tagging" content popular online
Jan 31 2007 4:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Internet users are taking avidly to sites that let them label photos, movies and blogs with their own descriptive tags, providing a major new way of organizing information online, according to a survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
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Yahoo to showcase entertainment brands
Jan 31 2007 4:13PM (CT)
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) - Yahoo Inc., overshadowed by several Internet rivals over the past year, is piggybacking on some of the entertainment industry's leading brands in its latest attempt to bolster its own brand.
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Cisco workers pushed on video conference
Jan 31 2007 3:23PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Cisco Systems Inc. rolled out its real-time video conference system for 50,000 employees worldwide in January, inviting them to test equipment with far-flung friends, family and co-workers.
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Cisco workers pushed on video conference
Jan 31 2007 3:23PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Cisco Systems Inc. rolled out its real-time video conference system for 50,000 employees worldwide in January, inviting them to test equipment with far-flung friends, family and co-workers.
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$2M grant to digitize brittle books
Jan 31 2007 3:13PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Scholars and others interested in flipping through some of the Library of Congress' most fragile books will be able to tap the knowledge without damaging the artifacts.
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$2M grant to digitize brittle books
Jan 31 2007 3:13PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Scholars and others interested in flipping through some of the Library of Congress' most fragile books will be able to tap the knowledge without damaging the artifacts.
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UK retailer stops stocking floppy disks
Jan 31 2007 1:29PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - PC World, Britain's largest chain of computer superstores, will say goodbye to floppy disks once the current stash is gone.
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UK retailer stops stocking floppy disks
Jan 31 2007 1:29PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - PC World, Britain's largest chain of computer superstores, will say goodbye to floppy disks once the current stash is gone.
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3Q up at Toshiba, Sharp; off at Fujitsu
Jan 31 2007 12:47PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese electronics makers posted mixed earnings Wednesday, with Toshiba and Sharp weathering cutthroat competition to post higher profits, but Fujitsu slumping amid global pressure on prices.
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3Q up at Toshiba, Sharp; off at Fujitsu
Jan 31 2007 12:47PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese electronics makers posted mixed earnings Wednesday, with Toshiba and Sharp weathering cutthroat competition to post higher profits, but Fujitsu slumping amid global pressure on prices.
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3Q up at Toshiba, Sharp; off at Fujitsu
Jan 31 2007 12:47PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese electronics makers posted mixed earnings Wednesday, with Toshiba and Sharp weathering cutthroat competition to post higher profits, but Fujitsu slumping amid global pressure on prices.
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3Q up at Toshiba, Sharp; off at Fujitsu
Jan 31 2007 12:47PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese electronics makers posted mixed earnings Wednesday, with Toshiba and Sharp weathering cutthroat competition to post higher profits, but Fujitsu slumping amid global pressure on prices.
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Price cuts weighed in PS3 game console
Jan 31 2007 12:45PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Although Sony is blaming its faltering profits partly on PlayStation 3 price cuts in Japan, a senior executive said Wednesday that further slashing prices may be in store for the just-launched video game machine.
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Flying car seen as solution for rescue
Jan 31 2007 11:38AM (CT)
YAVNE, Israel (AP) - Rafi Yoeli has an unconventional solution to saving people from burning high-rises or rescuing soldiers trapped behind enemy lines: a flying car.
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Flying car seen as solution for rescue
Jan 31 2007 11:38AM (CT)
YAVNE, Israel (AP) - Rafi Yoeli has an unconventional solution to saving people from burning high-rises or rescuing soldiers trapped behind enemy lines: a flying car.
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Census Bureau to go high-tech
Jan 31 2007 1:08AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - In the upcoming 2010 census, the Census Bureau for the first time will equip its temporary work force of 500,000 people with hand-held computers made by Harris Corp., to help them make a more precise count of more than 300 million people living in the 50 states and Puerto Rico.
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Teen accuses record companies of collusion
Jan 31 2007 12:46AM (CT)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A 16-year-old boy being sued by five record companies accusing him of online music piracy accused the recording industry on Tuesday of violating antitrust laws, conspiring to defraud the courts and making extortionate threats.
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