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Reports: Yahoo board mulls Microsoft bid
Feb 8 2008 7:48PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo Inc.'s board reportedly held a special meeting Friday to discuss how to handle the slumping Internet pioneer's first response to Microsoft Corp.'s week-old takeover bid, setting the stage for either a quick resolution or months of acrimonious wrangling.
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Dell drops AMD chips from many machines
Feb 8 2008 6:49PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Dell Inc. has stopped selling many computers with processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on its Web site, although it will continue selling some through retailers.
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University group sues Intel over patents
Feb 8 2008 5:45PM (CT)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The University of Wisconsin-Madison's research arm has sued computer chip maker Intel claiming the company violated the university's patents in making the popular Core 2 Duo processor.
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Polaroid closing instant film factories
Feb 8 2008 4:54PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Polaroid Corp. is dropping the technology it pioneered long before digital photography rendered instant film obsolete to all but a few nostalgia buffs.
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Alcatel-Lucent sees loss, uncertain 2008
Feb 8 2008 4:32PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Telecommunication equipment titan Alcatel-Lucent sees global economic woes causing it uncertainty in 2008 after the newly merged company survived a choppy 2007, reporting a fourth-quarter loss Friday and scrapping its dividend for last year.
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Microsoft helps nab $900M piracy ring
Feb 8 2008 4:02PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Near-perfect knockoffs of 21 different Microsoft programs began surfacing around the world just over a decade ago.
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Microsoft helps nab $900M piracy ring
Feb 8 2008 4:02PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Near-perfect knockoffs of 21 different Microsoft programs began surfacing around the world just over a decade ago.
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Abandoned anchor cut Gulf Internet cable
Feb 8 2008 2:24PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - An abandoned anchor was responsible for cutting one of the undersea Internet cables severed last week, causing disruptions across the Middle East and parts of Asia, the cable's owner said Friday.
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Doctors use Wii games for rehab therapy
Feb 8 2008 1:05PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Some call it "Wiihabilitation." Nintendo's Wii video game system, whose popularity already extends beyond the teen gaming set, is fast becoming a craze in rehab therapy for patients recovering from strokes, broken bones, surgery and even combat injuries.
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TeliaSonera profit up, cuts 2,900 jobs
Feb 8 2008 1:01PM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Nordic telecommunications operator TeliaSonera AB on Friday reported an 11 percent rise in its fourth-quarter net profit, but said it would slash 2,900 jobs, or 9.3 percent of its work force, to cut costs.
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Feds querying labels over 'Total Music'
Feb 8 2008 5:03AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department has launched an inquiry into "Total Music," an approach for selling digital music that has been the subject of early discussions between major record labels and consumer electronics manufacturers, a person familiar with the inquiry said Thursday.
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Cisco shares fall on gloomy outlook
Feb 8 2008 2:18AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Cisco Systems Inc. CEO John Chambers' troubling assessment of the health of U.S. technology spending late last year triggered a stock sell-off that chopped Cisco's market value by one-third.
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Modu to launch tiny phone 'module'
Feb 8 2008 12:01AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - An Israeli startup has convinced wireless carriers in three countries to try a new concept: a tiny cell phone that pops into interchangeable "jackets" to become a bigger, smarter phone _ or into other gadgets to connect them to the Internet.
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