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Microsoft antitrust compliance on track
Aug 31 2007 5:55PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. has submitted a test version of its Windows Vista operating system with features that make it easier to use non-Microsoft programs to search PC hard drives, according to a report issued by the Justice Department Friday.
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Microsoft antitrust compliance on track
Aug 31 2007 5:55PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. has submitted a test version of its Windows Vista operating system with features that make it easier to use non-Microsoft programs to search PC hard drives, according to a report issued by the Justice Department Friday.
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Apple won't sell NBC programs on iTunes
Aug 31 2007 4:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Apple Inc. escalated a dispute with NBC Universal over the pricing of television shows by announcing Friday it would not sell any of NBC's programs for this fall season on iTunes.
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Ark. computers delete Huckabee criticism
Aug 31 2007 4:28PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Internet criticism of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's involvement in the pardon of a castrated rapist and his heavy use of a state airplane disappeared with a mouse click.
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Google begins hosting news on its site
Aug 31 2007 4:22PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Internet search leader Google Inc. on Friday began hosting material produced by The Associated Press and three other news services on its own Web site instead of only sending readers to other destinations.
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Dell reports 2Q earnings jump
Aug 31 2007 3:34PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Dell Inc. finally saw some positives in its second-quarter earnings report after a year of continuing misfires, but analysts believe it's too soon to tell if the computer maker can return to being an industry juggernaut.
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Dell reports 2Q earnings jump
Aug 31 2007 3:34PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Dell Inc. finally saw some positives in its second-quarter earnings report after a year of continuing misfires, but analysts believe it's too soon to tell if the computer maker can return to being an industry juggernaut.
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Judge OKs settlement in Microsoft case
Aug 31 2007 2:59PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A district court judge on Friday approved the $179.95 million settlement in the Iowa class-action lawsuit against Microsoft Corp.
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Prank starts 25 years of security woes
Aug 31 2007 12:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - What began as a ninth-grade prank, a way to trick already-suspicious friends who had fallen for his earlier practical jokes, has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to let loose a personal computer virus.
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Prank starts 25 years of security woes
Aug 31 2007 12:55PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - What began as a ninth-grade prank, a way to trick already-suspicious friends who had fallen for his earlier practical jokes, has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to let loose a personal computer virus.
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Germany wants to spy on suspects via Web
Aug 31 2007 11:51AM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - German officials on Friday defended a proposal to use "Trojan horse" software to secretly monitor potential terror suspects' hard drives, amid fierce debate over whether the measures violate civil liberties.
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Germany wants to spy on suspects via Web
Aug 31 2007 11:51AM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - German officials on Friday defended a proposal to use "Trojan horse" software to secretly monitor potential terror suspects' hard drives, amid fierce debate over whether the measures violate civil liberties.
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Sharp to ship scanner, touch screen LCD
Aug 31 2007 6:43AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. plans to start shipping a new touchscreen liquid crystal display with scanner functions for mobile electronic devices this September, the company said Friday.
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Municipal Wi-Fi faces financial hurdles
Aug 31 2007 6:40AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A year ago, it seemed like just about every major U.S. city was drawing up ambitious plans to build wireless Internet networks so more people, both rich and poor, could have online access wherever they wanted. Now, economics is blurring the Utopian vision as city leaders and the companies proposing to build the Wi-Fi networks haggle over whether the projects make financial sense.
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Thailand lifts 4-month ban on YouTube
Aug 31 2007 2:37AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The Thai government said Friday it has lifted a four-month ban on YouTube after the popular video-sharing Web site's operator agreed not to allow videos that violate the country's laws or are deemed offensive to Thai people.
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