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Yahoo buys maker of 'widget' applications
Jul 24 2005 11:08PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hoping to pave a new path to its popular Web site, Yahoo Inc. has acquired Konfabulator, a tiny software maker that provides a computer platform for monitoring the weather, stock prices and a wealth of other customized information without opening a Web browser.
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Online news consumers become own editors
Jul 24 2005 9:47PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - J.D. Lasica used to visit 20 to 30 Web sites for his daily fix of news. Now, he's down to three _ yet he consumes more news online than ever. Lasica is among a growing breed of information consumers who use the latest Internet technologies to completely bypass the home pages of news sites and jump directly to articles that interest them.
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Bells get another shot with Texas bill
Jul 24 2005 6:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A bill that would make it easier for telephone companies to sell cable TV may be put to a vote again in the Texas statehouse this week, revived for the second time since May courtesy of an unrelated stalemate over public school funding.
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Intel: No decision yet on Israel plant
Jul 24 2005 2:02PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Intel Corp., the world's leading computer chip-maker, has decided to build a second, $4 billion plant in southern Israel, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told his Cabinet on Sunday. But an Intel spokesman in Israel, Koby Bahar, said the company has not made a decision to build a new plant in Israel.
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LAPD recruits computer to stop rogue cops
Jul 24 2005 6:28AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dogged by scandal, the Los Angeles Police Department is looking beyond human judgment to technology to identify bad cops. This month, the agency began using a $35 million computer system that tracks complaints and other telling data about officers _ then alerts top supervisors to possible signs of misconduct.
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