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Navajo Nation to lose Internet signal
Apr 3 2008 11:43PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The thousands of Navajo Nation residents who rely on the Internet to work, study and communicate across their 27,000-square-mile reservation will be out of luck Monday, if their service provider is shuttered as planned.
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Navajo Nation to lose Internet signal
Apr 3 2008 11:43PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The thousands of Navajo Nation residents who rely on the Internet to work, study and communicate across their 27,000-square-mile reservation will be out of luck Monday, if their service provider is shuttered as planned.
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AT&T: We wanted unrestricted spectrum
Apr 3 2008 10:44PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - AT&T Inc. sought unrestricted portions of wireless spectrum in the recent auction by the Federal Communications Commission because they better complimented the company's existing holdings, executives said Thursday.
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AT&T: We wanted unrestricted spectrum
Apr 3 2008 10:44PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - AT&T Inc. sought unrestricted portions of wireless spectrum in the recent auction by the Federal Communications Commission because they better complimented the company's existing holdings, executives said Thursday.
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Qualcomm aims to expand TV service
Apr 3 2008 9:49PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Qualcomm Inc. said Thursday that it will use the radio spectrum it won in a recent government auction to double the capacity of its mobile television service on swaths of both coasts.
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Qualcomm aims to expand TV service
Apr 3 2008 9:49PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Qualcomm Inc. said Thursday that it will use the radio spectrum it won in a recent government auction to double the capacity of its mobile television service on swaths of both coasts.
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Motorola cuts another 2,600 jobs
Apr 3 2008 8:55PM (CT)
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (AP) - Beleaguered cell phone maker Motorola Inc. said Thursday that it is laying off another 2,600 workers, bringing the company's total employee cuts to more than 10,000 since last year.
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Losses rise in online scams
Apr 3 2008 7:47PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Money lost in Internet-related crimes hit a new high last year, topping about $240 million, according to a government report showing increases in scams involving pets, check-cashing schemes and online dating.
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Losses rise in online scams
Apr 3 2008 7:47PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Money lost in Internet-related crimes hit a new high last year, topping about $240 million, according to a government report showing increases in scams involving pets, check-cashing schemes and online dating.
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iTunes overtakes Wal-Mart in music sales
Apr 3 2008 6:54PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Apple Inc.'s iTunes online music store vaulted past Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in February to become the top overall music retailer in the U.S., a market research firm said Thursday.
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iTunes overtakes Wal-Mart in music sales
Apr 3 2008 6:54PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Apple Inc.'s iTunes online music store vaulted past Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in February to become the top overall music retailer in the U.S., a market research firm said Thursday.
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MySpace, record cos. launch new service
Apr 3 2008 6:46PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - MySpace, which has lured millions of big acts and garage bands alike to build profiles on the popular social networking hub to attract fans, said Thursday it will turn those pages into portals for selling music, merchandise and more.
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MySpace, record cos. launch new service
Apr 3 2008 6:46PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - MySpace, which has lured millions of big acts and garage bands alike to build profiles on the popular social networking hub to attract fans, said Thursday it will turn those pages into portals for selling music, merchandise and more.
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Dell CEO says to expect more job cuts
Apr 3 2008 3:02PM (CT)
ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) - Dell Inc. is committed to reducing costs and will cut more jobs than the 8,800 previously announced as it tries to make itself more competitive, Michael Dell, founder and CEO of the world's second largest computer maker, said Thursday.
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Kindle helps tiny e-book market
Apr 3 2008 2:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - More than four months after Amazon.com released the Kindle, no one is sure whether the latest e-book reader is really hot _ or not. But publishers believe that the Kindle has helped, if not revolutionized, the tiny electronic market.
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Projectors to magnify cell-phone cinema
Apr 3 2008 1:38PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Recognizing that it's not much fun to watch movies on a tiny cell phone, a number of companies are racing to develop gadgets that project what's playing on the small screen onto walls, table cloths and other handy surfaces.
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Projectors to magnify cell-phone cinema
Apr 3 2008 1:38PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Recognizing that it's not much fun to watch movies on a tiny cell phone, a number of companies are racing to develop gadgets that project what's playing on the small screen onto walls, table cloths and other handy surfaces.
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Low-cost computers get XP until 2010
Apr 3 2008 1:36PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will keep selling a version of Windows XP for use on a new breed of low-cost computers for at least two years longer than the system will be available for mainstream PCs.
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Tech publisher IDG gets new CEO
Apr 3 2008 12:50PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - An executive who oversees International Data Group's U.S. technology publications has been promoted to the top job managing the company's global media operations.
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European Web startups pitch investors
Apr 3 2008 11:47AM (CT)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Executives from a bevy of young European companies took the stage in Amsterdam Thursday, hoping to strike it big in what they anticipate will be a second Internet boom.
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European Web startups pitch investors
Apr 3 2008 11:47AM (CT)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Executives from a bevy of young European companies took the stage in Amsterdam Thursday, hoping to strike it big in what they anticipate will be a second Internet boom.
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Intel unveils new Classmate PCs
Apr 3 2008 9:49AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Intel Corp. unveiled new features for its line of low-cost laptops for schools Wednesday, adding bigger screens and more data storage capacity as the chip maker ratchets up its rivalry with the One Laptop per Child organization, which sells a competing machine.
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iPhone popularity spurs Blackberry sales
Apr 3 2008 5:31AM (CT)
TORONTO (AP) - Not only did Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry smart phone, see its profit more than double last quarter, it may have gotten a boost from a top competitor's strong sales.
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iPhone popularity spurs Blackberry sales
Apr 3 2008 5:31AM (CT)
TORONTO (AP) - Not only did Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry smart phone, see its profit more than double last quarter, it may have gotten a boost from a top competitor's strong sales.
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iPhone popularity spurs Blackberry sales
Apr 3 2008 5:31AM (CT)
TORONTO (AP) - Not only did Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry smart phone, see its profit more than double last quarter, it may have gotten a boost from a top competitor's strong sales.
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Zillow launches mortgage marketplace
Apr 3 2008 5:17AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Armed with market research that showed Americans spend as much time researching a vacation as they do a mortgage loan (answer: five hours), Zillow.com is launching a mortgage marketplace that allows consumers to anonymously receive custom loan quotes and rate their lenders.
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