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ISPs hog rights in fine print
Apr 4 2008 11:29PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In their subscriber contracts, some Internet providers explicitly absolve themselves of obligations that, it seems, no one would imagine they had in the first place.
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Microsoft 'evaluating' its Yahoo offer
Apr 4 2008 8:09PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A person familiar with Microsoft's bid for Yahoo said Friday the software company is evaluating its offer in light of the economic climate and the Internet pioneer's deteriorating business.
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Microsoft to appeal $367M patent ruling
Apr 4 2008 7:53PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - A jury on Friday ordered Microsoft Corp. to pay $367.4 million to Alcatel-Lucent for infringing on two patents, a decision the software maker vowed to appeal.
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Courts disagree on legality of uploading
Apr 4 2008 4:27PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Leaving a copyrighted song where others can get at it with peer-to-peer software doesn't constitute a copyright violation until someone downloads it, a federal judge said in a record industry lawsuit against college students.
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InfoUSA gets Nasdaq delisting notice
Apr 4 2008 4:04PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Database provider InfoUSA Inc. said Friday it received a Nasdaq delisting notice earlier this week because it still hasn't filed its annual report.
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InfoUSA gets Nasdaq delisting notice
Apr 4 2008 4:04PM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Database provider InfoUSA Inc. said Friday it received a Nasdaq delisting notice earlier this week because it still hasn't filed its annual report.
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Federal ban on contracts with IBM lifted
Apr 4 2008 4:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government has lifted a week-old ban that prevented IBM from getting new federal contracts in an exchange for an agreement from the company to drop its protest of an $84 million Environmental Protection Agency contract it lost last year.
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Federal ban on contracts with IBM lifted
Apr 4 2008 4:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government has lifted a week-old ban that prevented IBM from getting new federal contracts in an exchange for an agreement from the company to drop its protest of an $84 million Environmental Protection Agency contract it lost last year.
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Clarification: Faster Internet story
Apr 4 2008 3:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In an April 2 story about faster Internet service, The Associated Press reported that Comcast Corp. offers an 8-megabit-per-second service for $53 a month and a 6 Mbps tier for $43. Comcast described these as regular prices, without noting that customers must also subscribe to Comcast's television service to qualify. Comcast confirmed this after the story was published.
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Clarification: Faster Internet story
Apr 4 2008 3:34PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In an April 2 story about faster Internet service, The Associated Press reported that Comcast Corp. offers an 8-megabit-per-second service for $53 a month and a 6 Mbps tier for $43. Comcast described these as regular prices, without noting that customers must also subscribe to Comcast's television service to qualify. Comcast confirmed this after the story was published.
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Couple sues Google for posting house pix
Apr 4 2008 3:15PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A western Pennsylvania couple has sued Google Inc., saying pictures of their home on its Web site violate their privacy and devalued their property.
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Couple sues Google for posting house pix
Apr 4 2008 3:15PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A western Pennsylvania couple has sued Google Inc., saying pictures of their home on its Web site violate their privacy and devalued their property.
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Samsung chief denies ordering slush fund
Apr 4 2008 11:44AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Special prosecutors probing claims of corruption at Samsung Group took their investigation to the very top Friday, questioning its chairman for nearly 11 hours over allegations the iconic conglomerate used a slush fund to bribe influential legal figures.
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Samsung chief denies ordering slush fund
Apr 4 2008 11:44AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Special prosecutors probing claims of corruption at Samsung Group took their investigation to the very top Friday, questioning its chairman for nearly 11 hours over allegations the iconic conglomerate used a slush fund to bribe influential legal figures.
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Samsung chief denies ordering slush fund
Apr 4 2008 11:44AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Special prosecutors probing claims of corruption at Samsung Group took their investigation to the very top Friday, questioning its chairman for nearly 11 hours over allegations the iconic conglomerate used a slush fund to bribe influential legal figures.
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ISPs hog rights in fine print
Apr 4 2008 11:43AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - What's scary, funny and boring at the same time? It could be a bad horror movie. Or it could be the fine print on your Internet service provider's contract.
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ISPs hog rights in fine print
Apr 4 2008 11:43AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - What's scary, funny and boring at the same time? It could be a bad horror movie. Or it could be the fine print on your Internet service provider's contract.
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Verizon to use spectrum for broadband
Apr 4 2008 11:39AM (CT)
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. (AP) - Verizon Wireless said Friday it will use the spectrum it agreed to buy in the government's wireless auction this winter to expand its data services.
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Navajo Nation to lose Internet signal
Apr 4 2008 8:36AM (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 shuts access as planned.
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Britain seeks pedophiles Facebook ban
Apr 4 2008 6:50AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The British government wants to ban convicted pedophiles from using social networking Web sites such as Facebook, the Home Office said Friday.
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Britain seeks pedophiles Facebook ban
Apr 4 2008 6:50AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The British government wants to ban convicted pedophiles from using social networking Web sites such as Facebook, the Home Office said Friday.
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iTunes overtakes Wal-Mart in music sales
Apr 4 2008 6:38AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Apple Inc. says a new consumer study shows its iTunes online music store vaulted past Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in February to become the top overall music retailer in the U.S.
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AT&T wanted unrestricted spectrum
Apr 4 2008 12:35AM (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 4 2008 12:30AM (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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