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Man pleads guilty in e-mail spam case
Mar 14 2008 10:58PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A man once described as one of the world's top e-mail spammers pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, and failure to file a tax return.
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Man pleads guilty in e-mail spam case
Mar 14 2008 10:58PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A man once described as one of the world's top e-mail spammers pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of mail fraud, wire fraud, and failure to file a tax return.
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Woman to record industry: Stop spying
Mar 14 2008 10:56PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A woman who claims the recording industry's anti-music piracy campaign threatens and intimidates innocent people has filed a new complaint accusing record companies of racketeering, fraud and illegal spying.
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Woman to record industry: Stop spying
Mar 14 2008 10:56PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A woman who claims the recording industry's anti-music piracy campaign threatens and intimidates innocent people has filed a new complaint accusing record companies of racketeering, fraud and illegal spying.
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Linden Lab CEO to step down
Mar 14 2008 5:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Philip Rosedale, founder and chief executive of "Second Life" creator Linden Lab, is stepping down and will become chairman once a replacement is found, the company said Friday.
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Linden Lab CEO to step down
Mar 14 2008 5:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Philip Rosedale, founder and chief executive of "Second Life" creator Linden Lab, is stepping down and will become chairman once a replacement is found, the company said Friday.
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Google says DoubleClick deal cost $3.24B
Mar 14 2008 4:08PM (CT)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Google Inc. has pegged the final acquisition price of online ad service DoubleClick Inc. at $3.24 billion, slightly above the value when Internet search leader announced the deal 11 months ago.
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Google says DoubleClick deal cost $3.24B
Mar 14 2008 4:08PM (CT)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Google Inc. has pegged the final acquisition price of online ad service DoubleClick Inc. at $3.24 billion, slightly above the value when Internet search leader announced the deal 11 months ago.
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Microsoft, Yahoo execs finally meet
Mar 14 2008 3:48PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Microsoft Corp. met with Yahoo Inc. to discuss the software maker's unsolicited takeover bid earlier this week, a breakthrough that could be the first step toward a friendly deal between the two rivals.
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Peer-to-peer networks go legit
Mar 14 2008 3:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The technology best known for pirating movies, music and software online is increasingly being adopted by businesses as a cheap way to get video content to customers.
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Outgoing eBay CEO to stump for McCain
Mar 14 2008 1:26PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Outgoing eBay chief executive Meg Whitman is joining Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign as national co-chairperson.
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LG Electronics says turnaround coming
Mar 14 2008 1:02PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. expects its display division to make a profit in the first half of this year on improved performance from its money-losing plasma display panel business, the company's top executive said Friday.
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LG Electronics says turnaround coming
Mar 14 2008 1:02PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. expects its display division to make a profit in the first half of this year on improved performance from its money-losing plasma display panel business, the company's top executive said Friday.
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Verizon gets cozy with P2P file-sharers
Mar 14 2008 12:47PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Peer-to-peer file sharing, the primary vehicle for online piracy, has been as unpopular with Internet service providers as it has been popular with users.
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Nigerian patent suit still dogs OLPC
Mar 14 2008 11:46AM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - A potential $20 million problem for the group behind the "$100 laptop" isn't going away easily.
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Sweden pursues illegal file-sharers
Mar 14 2008 11:33AM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Swedish courts will soon be able to force the country's Internet providers to produce information on suspected file-sharers in a move to crackdown on piracy, the culture and justice ministers said Friday.
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February video game sales up 34 percent
Mar 14 2008 10:00AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. video game sales _ including hardware and software _ jumped 34 percent in February to hit $1.33 billion, even with two top-selling consoles in short supply, according to data from market researcher NPD Group.
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Microsoft to buy Web ad analysis company
Mar 14 2008 7:25AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. plans to buy Rapt Inc., plugging a hole in its suite of tools for Web publishers and advertisers, the software giant said Friday.
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Sprint Nextel fate source of speculation
Mar 14 2008 4:18AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Sprint Nextel Corp.'s plummeting stock price and the expected exodus of millions of subscribers this year have yielded a fresh round of speculation about the company's future.
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