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Dell to restate earnings after probe
Aug 16 2007 11:54PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Dell Inc. executives have finally wrapped up a yearlong internal investigation into accounting problems at the computer company, and the mistakes could end up costing them as much as $150 million.
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Dell to restate earnings after probe
Aug 16 2007 11:54PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Dell Inc. executives have finally wrapped up a yearlong internal investigation into accounting problems at the computer company, and the mistakes could end up costing them as much as $150 million.
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Alaska is last state with e-prescription
Aug 16 2007 11:40PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Electronic drug prescriptions can be delivered to pharmacists in all 50 states for the first time this week as Alaska became the final state to join the technological bandwagon.
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Alaska is last state with e-prescription
Aug 16 2007 11:40PM (CT)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Electronic drug prescriptions can be delivered to pharmacists in all 50 states for the first time this week as Alaska became the final state to join the technological bandwagon.
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HP 3Q profit beats Wall Street estimates
Aug 16 2007 10:09PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s third-quarter sales and profit breezed past Wall Street's estimates as the technology bellwether continued to cash in on healthy sales of laptop computers and lucrative printing ink. Shares inched higher on a boosted financial forecast.
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HP 3Q profit beats Wall Street estimates
Aug 16 2007 10:09PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s third-quarter sales and profit breezed past Wall Street's estimates as the technology bellwether continued to cash in on healthy sales of laptop computers and lucrative printing ink. Shares inched higher on a boosted financial forecast.
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HP 3Q profit beats Wall Street estimates
Aug 16 2007 10:09PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s third-quarter sales and profit breezed past Wall Street's estimates as the technology bellwether continued to cash in on healthy sales of laptop computers and lucrative printing ink. Shares inched higher on a boosted financial forecast.
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HP 3Q profit beats Wall Street estimates
Aug 16 2007 10:09PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s third-quarter sales and profit breezed past Wall Street's estimates as the technology bellwether continued to cash in on healthy sales of laptop computers and lucrative printing ink. Shares inched higher on a boosted financial forecast.
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HP 3Q profit beats Wall Street estimates
Aug 16 2007 10:09PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s third-quarter sales and profit breezed past Wall Street's estimates as the technology bellwether continued to cash in on healthy sales of laptop computers and lucrative printing ink. Shares inched higher on a boosted financial forecast.
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Feds face tough questioning in spy case
Aug 16 2007 9:18PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Government lawyers faced tough questioning from an appeals court asked to toss out two legal challenges to a Bush administration anti-terror program that allowed government spies to eavesdrop on Americans without warrants.
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Solar sensors could monitor bridges
Aug 16 2007 9:06PM (CT)
WILLISTON, Vt. (AP) - Steve Arms started by designing sensors that could be arthroscopically implanted to measure strain on knee ligaments. These days, Arms and his company, MicroStrain Inc., are experimenting with wireless sensing technology that could play a bigger role in assessing the condition of bridges after one in Minneapolis collapsed two weeks ago, killing at least nine people.
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Solar sensors could monitor bridges
Aug 16 2007 9:06PM (CT)
WILLISTON, Vt. (AP) - Steve Arms started by designing sensors that could be arthroscopically implanted to measure strain on knee ligaments. These days, Arms and his company, MicroStrain Inc., are experimenting with wireless sensing technology that could play a bigger role in assessing the condition of bridges after one in Minneapolis collapsed two weeks ago, killing at least nine people.
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Solar sensors could monitor bridges
Aug 16 2007 9:06PM (CT)
WILLISTON, Vt. (AP) - Steve Arms started by designing sensors that could be arthroscopically implanted to measure strain on knee ligaments. These days, Arms and his company, MicroStrain Inc., are experimenting with wireless sensing technology that could play a bigger role in assessing the condition of bridges after one in Minneapolis collapsed two weeks ago, killing at least nine people.
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Google's AdSense to distribute videos
Aug 16 2007 9:05PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Short Internet videos from the creator of the animated TV show "Family Guy" and Raven-Symone, star of the Disney Channel show "That's So Raven," will be distributed over Google Inc.'s AdSense network, it was announced Thursday.
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Sony launches expanded recycling program
Aug 16 2007 9:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Does that Walkman walk no more, or is the original PlayStation now a doorstop? Starting next month, Sony Corp. will take them back at 75 recycling stations around the country.
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Longtime rivals IBM, Sun to collaborate
Aug 16 2007 9:04PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Two longtime rivals in computing, IBM Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc., plan to cooperate on server technologies, a move that could put pressure on their joint competitor Hewlett-Packard Co.
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Compact Disc celebrates 25th anniversary
Aug 16 2007 9:04PM (CT)
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) - It was Aug. 17, 1982, and row upon row of palm-sized plates with a rainbow sheen began rolling off an assembly line near Hanover, Germany. An engineering marvel at the time, today they are instantly recognizable as Compact Discs, a product that turns 25 years old on Friday _ and whose future is increasingly in doubt in an age of iPods and digital downloads.
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Compact Disc celebrates 25th anniversary
Aug 16 2007 9:04PM (CT)
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) - It was Aug. 17, 1982, and row upon row of palm-sized plates with a rainbow sheen began rolling off an assembly line near Hanover, Germany. An engineering marvel at the time, today they are instantly recognizable as Compact Discs, a product that turns 25 years old on Friday _ and whose future is increasingly in doubt in an age of iPods and digital downloads.
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Diebold can't sell voting-machines unit
Aug 16 2007 4:49PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Diebold Inc. confirmed on Thursday what had been widely speculated since January: That it tried and failed to sell its often criticized voting technology business.
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Diebold can't sell voting-machines unit
Aug 16 2007 4:49PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Diebold Inc. confirmed on Thursday what had been widely speculated since January: That it tried and failed to sell its often criticized voting technology business.
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Diebold can't sell voting-machines unit
Aug 16 2007 4:49PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Diebold Inc. confirmed on Thursday what had been widely speculated since January: That it tried and failed to sell its often criticized voting technology business.
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HP 3Q profit beats Wall Street estimates
Aug 16 2007 4:41PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s third-quarter sales and profit breezed past Wall Street's estimates as the technology bellwether continued to cash in on healthy sales of laptop computers and lucrative printing ink. Shares rose more than 2 percent on a higher financial forecast.
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HP 3Q profit beats Wall Street estimates
Aug 16 2007 4:41PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s third-quarter sales and profit breezed past Wall Street's estimates as the technology bellwether continued to cash in on healthy sales of laptop computers and lucrative printing ink. Shares rose more than 2 percent on a higher financial forecast.
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HP 3Q profit beats Wall Street estimates
Aug 16 2007 4:41PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s third-quarter sales and profit breezed past Wall Street's estimates as the technology bellwether continued to cash in on healthy sales of laptop computers and lucrative printing ink. Shares rose more than 2 percent on a higher financial forecast.
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HP 3Q profit beats Wall Street estimates
Aug 16 2007 4:41PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s third-quarter sales and profit breezed past Wall Street's estimates as the technology bellwether continued to cash in on healthy sales of laptop computers and lucrative printing ink. Shares rose more than 2 percent on a higher financial forecast.
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HP 3Q profit beats Wall Street estimates
Aug 16 2007 4:41PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s third-quarter sales and profit breezed past Wall Street's estimates as the technology bellwether continued to cash in on healthy sales of laptop computers and lucrative printing ink. Shares rose more than 2 percent on a higher financial forecast.
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Many Skype users unable to make calls
Aug 16 2007 4:34PM (CT)
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Skype, the popular computer program that lets its users make long-distance phone calls over the Internet, said Thursday that software problems have left many of its millions of users without service worldwide.
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IBM, accounting firm settle lawsuit
Aug 16 2007 2:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - International Business Machines Corp. and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP have agreed to pay nearly $5.3 million combined to settle allegations that they made improper payments on government technology contracts, the Justice Department said Thursday.
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IBM, accounting firm settle lawsuit
Aug 16 2007 2:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - International Business Machines Corp. and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP have agreed to pay nearly $5.3 million combined to settle allegations that they made improper payments on government technology contracts, the Justice Department said Thursday.
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Couple tries to name baby 'at' symbol
Aug 16 2007 8:24AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese couple seeking a distinctive and modern name for their child chose the commonly used Internet 'at' symbol, much to the consternation of Chinese officials.
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