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Tech Industry News Archives for February 19, 2008

HP's 1Q profit rises 38 percent
Feb 19 2008 8:27PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co. delivered a fiscal first-quarter profit above analyst expectations and brightened its outlook for the rest of the year, providing a ray of high-tech hope amid the gathering economic gloom.
 
Microsoft readies Yahoo proxy battle
Feb 19 2008 7:14PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. is getting ready to take its bid for Yahoo right to the Web portal's shareholders, even as analysts wait for a higher offer.
 
NASA gives grant for cargo spaceship
Feb 19 2008 6:51PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASA has picked a veteran aerospace company to develop a new commercial spaceship capable of flying cargo to the international space station.
 
Blu-ray wins after HD DVD is scuttled
Feb 19 2008 6:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The HD DVD is now the Highly Dead DVD.
 
Blu-ray wins after HD DVD is scuttled
Feb 19 2008 6:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The HD DVD is now the Highly Dead DVD.
 
Blu-ray wins after HD DVD is scuttled
Feb 19 2008 6:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The HD DVD is now the Highly Dead DVD.
 
Blu-ray wins after HD DVD is scuttled
Feb 19 2008 6:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The HD DVD is now the Highly Dead DVD.
 
Blu-ray wins after HD DVD is scuttled
Feb 19 2008 6:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The HD DVD is now the Highly Dead DVD.
 
Yahoo adopts new severance plans
Feb 19 2008 5:46PM (CT)
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) - Yahoo Inc. is adopting severance plans to take effect if the Web portal is taken over by Microsoft Corp.
 
Yahoo adopts new severance plans
Feb 19 2008 5:46PM (CT)
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) - Yahoo Inc. is adopting severance plans to take effect if the Web portal is taken over by Microsoft Corp.
 
Web site 'Wikileaks' shuttered over post
Feb 19 2008 5:41PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge has set off a free speech tempest after shutting down a U.S. Web site for posting internal documents accusing a Cayman Islands' bank branch of money laundering and tax evasion schemes.
 
FCC must study bird-tower collisions
Feb 19 2008 5:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Birds and wireless towers are a deadly mix _ a fact that preservationists and policy makers agree to. But the role of the regulators in keeping the two apart has been up in the air.
 
Rural TV plan has critics
Feb 19 2008 5:00PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Federal Communications Commission plan to help owners of rural television stations survive the transition to digital broadcasting is great for station owners, bad for cable companies and of questionable value to viewers, according to critics.
 
Universal to publish Blu-ray discs
Feb 19 2008 4:53PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Universal Studios, one of the two major studios that was putting out HD DVDs, will focus its attention on the rival Blu-ray movie disc format.
 
Mags, websites, fairs tap tech DIY boom
Feb 19 2008 4:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - What do you do when you've bolted a computer onto a remote-controlled car, hooked it up with Internet access, a wireless router and a camera but you don't have anyone to show it off to?
 
Mags, websites, fairs tap tech DIY boom
Feb 19 2008 4:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - What do you do when you've bolted a computer onto a remote-controlled car, hooked it up with Internet access, a wireless router and a camera but you don't have anyone to show it off to?
 
Mags, websites, fairs tap tech DIY boom
Feb 19 2008 4:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - What do you do when you've bolted a computer onto a remote-controlled car, hooked it up with Internet access, a wireless router and a camera but you don't have anyone to show it off to?
 
Mags, websites, fairs tap tech DIY boom
Feb 19 2008 4:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - What do you do when you've bolted a computer onto a remote-controlled car, hooked it up with Internet access, a wireless router and a camera but you don't have anyone to show it off to?
 
Mags, websites, fairs tap tech DIY boom
Feb 19 2008 4:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - What do you do when you've bolted a computer onto a remote-controlled car, hooked it up with Internet access, a wireless router and a camera but you don't have anyone to show it off to?
 
3 cell carriers in price battle
Feb 19 2008 4:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Verizon Wireless introduced an unlimited calling plan $99.99 a month on Tuesday, a move that was quickly matched by AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA and weighed down stock prices for all U.S. mobile carriers.
 
Regulators approve Thomson-Reuters deal
Feb 19 2008 2:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Regulators signed off on a deal Tuesday that will create an enormous supplier of financial news and information, giving their blessing to a combination of Thomson Corp. and Reuters Group PLC as long as the companies help other parties compete in the arena of financial database services.
 
Regulators approve Thomson-Reuters deal
Feb 19 2008 2:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Regulators signed off on a deal Tuesday that will create an enormous supplier of financial news and information, giving their blessing to a combination of Thomson Corp. and Reuters Group PLC as long as the companies help other parties compete in the arena of financial database services.
 
High costs drive online prescribing push
Feb 19 2008 1:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Motivated by mounting medical costs, lawmakers and executives are urging doctors to embrace a seemingly simple way to save billions of dollars a year: prescribe medications online.
 
High costs drive online prescribing push
Feb 19 2008 1:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Motivated by mounting medical costs, lawmakers and executives are urging doctors to embrace a seemingly simple way to save billions of dollars a year: prescribe medications online.
 
Toshiba quits HD DVD business
Feb 19 2008 12:34PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Toshiba's decision to no longer develop, make or market high-definition HD DVD players and recorders will mean consumers can start feeling more confident about buying the victorious rival technology _ a Blu-ray disc player.
 
Toshiba quits HD DVD business
Feb 19 2008 12:34PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Toshiba's decision to no longer develop, make or market high-definition HD DVD players and recorders will mean consumers can start feeling more confident about buying the victorious rival technology _ a Blu-ray disc player.
 
Toshiba quits HD DVD business
Feb 19 2008 12:34PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Toshiba's decision to no longer develop, make or market high-definition HD DVD players and recorders will mean consumers can start feeling more confident about buying the victorious rival technology _ a Blu-ray disc player.
 
Chinese search engine censured
Feb 19 2008 10:40AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - China's top Internet search engine, Baidu.com, has been censured by a government-sponsored watchdog for allegedly helping spread sexually explicit photos that appear to feature several Hong Kong stars.
 
Microsoft giving away developer software
Feb 19 2008 2:08AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. is giving students free access to its most sophisticated tools for writing software and making media-rich Web sites, a move that intensifies its competition with Adobe Systems Inc. and could challenge open source software's popularity.
 
   

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