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Co-Inventor of the TV remote dies
Feb 16 2007 7:12PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Hit the mute button for a moment of silence: The co-inventor of the TV remote, Robert Adler, has died. Adler, who won an Emmy Award along with fellow engineer Eugene Polley for the device that made the couch potato possible, died Thursday of heart failure at a Boise nursing home at 93, Zenith Electronics Corp. said Friday.
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Top Motorola phone exec takes Dell job
Feb 16 2007 5:22PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - The head of Motorola Inc.'s cell phone business resigned Friday, focusing new attention on a division whose performance has faltered after two years of success fueled by Razr handsets.
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Dell hires former Motorola executive
Feb 16 2007 5:18PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Dell Inc. said Friday it was naming a former Motorola Inc. executive as president of the computer maker's consumer business, the latest in a string of executive moves at the struggling company.
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Dell hires former Motorola executive
Feb 16 2007 5:18PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Dell Inc. said Friday it was naming a former Motorola Inc. executive as president of the computer maker's consumer business, the latest in a string of executive moves at the struggling company.
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CFO of AOL leaving for private equity
Feb 16 2007 5:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - AOL Chief Financial Officer Steve Swad will join a private-equity firm and become the latest senior manager to leave as the Internet company tries to transform itself into an online advertising conduit.
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Cuba embraces open-source software
Feb 16 2007 3:42PM (CT)
HAVANA (AP) - Cuba's communist government is trying to shake off the yoke of at least one capitalist empire _ Microsoft Corp. _ by joining with socialist Venezuela in converting its computers to open-source software.
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Watches lose ground to cell phones
Feb 16 2007 2:39PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Allison Elliott occasionally wears the delicate gold windup watch that belonged to her grandmother. But it's really just for show.
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Watches lose ground to cell phones
Feb 16 2007 2:39PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Allison Elliott occasionally wears the delicate gold windup watch that belonged to her grandmother. But it's really just for show.
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FDA warns of dangers of Internet drugs
Feb 16 2007 12:45PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumers who thought they were purchasing sleep aids, antidepressants and other drugs over the Internet instead were shipped a powerful anti-psychotic, sending some unwitting victims to the emergency room, federal health officials warned Friday.
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FDA warns of dangers of Internet drugs
Feb 16 2007 12:45PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumers who thought they were purchasing sleep aids, antidepressants and other drugs over the Internet instead were shipped a powerful anti-psychotic, sending some unwitting victims to the emergency room, federal health officials warned Friday.
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Cisco extends iPhone talks with Apple
Feb 16 2007 10:03AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Apple Inc. has another week to respond to Cisco Systems Inc.'s trademark infringement lawsuit that threatens to keep Apple from using the name "iPhone" on its much-hyped cell phone-music player.
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New Orleans seeks text-message donations
Feb 16 2007 7:26AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The cash-strapped city, which has borrowed heavily to continue operating after Hurricane Katrina, is turning to text-messaged donations in an effort to defray the costs of Mardi Gras, its premier cultural event.
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Malaysia raids illegal software sellers
Feb 16 2007 4:19AM (CT)
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysian authorities have begun raiding computer retail outlets offering pirated software amid concerns that illegal copies of Microsoft Corp.'s newest operating system, Windows Vista, are already on sale.
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MySpace faces stiff competition in Japan
Feb 16 2007 12:15AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Visit Japan's top social-networking site, the 8-million-strong "Mixi," and you'll see prim, organized columns and boxes of stamp-size photos _ not the flashy text and teen-magazine-like layout of its American counterpart, MySpace.com. The difference in appearance between the two online hangouts reflects a broader clash of cultures _ and illustrates the challenge News Corp.'s MySpace faces as it jumps into the Japanese market.
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MySpace faces stiff competition in Japan
Feb 16 2007 12:15AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Visit Japan's top social-networking site, the 8-million-strong "Mixi," and you'll see prim, organized columns and boxes of stamp-size photos _ not the flashy text and teen-magazine-like layout of its American counterpart, MySpace.com. The difference in appearance between the two online hangouts reflects a broader clash of cultures _ and illustrates the challenge News Corp.'s MySpace faces as it jumps into the Japanese market.
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