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Software streams music with PC off
Sep 13 2006 11:23PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Music lovers can sample songs over the Internet without turning on a personal computer in a first-of-a-kind offering that could help popularize the concept of streaming music.
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Google adds more mapping innovations
Sep 13 2006 10:23PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. has added more video and other bonus features for users of its popular three-dimensional mapping software to unearth even more information about destinations around the world.
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Official: Charges possible in HP scandal
Sep 13 2006 9:32PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - California's attorney general could file criminal charges within a week in the boardroom spying scandal at Hewlett-Packard Co., a spokesman said Wednesday, and experts say the company's top brass and third-party detectives are all possible targets.
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IRobot widens lineup of robotic cleaners
Sep 13 2006 8:18PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - IRobot Corp., the maker of dinner-plate-sized robots that vacuum carpets and scrub hard floors, is now venturing into the heavy-duty messes that accumulate on the rough concrete surfaces and thick carpets of garages and workshops.
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Sony program woes linger for AOL users
Sep 13 2006 5:52PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The much-maligned copy protection program that Sony BMG Music Entertainment put on CDs last year is still posing a threat to computer users running certain versions of AOL or PestPatrol anti-spyware software.
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Princeton prof hacks e-vote machine
Sep 13 2006 5:42PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A Princeton University computer science professor added new fuel Wednesday to claims that electronic voting machines used across much of the country are vulnerable to hacking that could alter vote totals or disable machines.
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Princeton prof hacks e-vote machine
Sep 13 2006 5:42PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A Princeton University computer science professor added new fuel Wednesday to claims that electronic voting machines used across much of the country are vulnerable to hacking that could alter vote totals or disable machines.
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Northrop to build NYC wireless network
Sep 13 2006 5:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The city has awarded defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. a $500 million contract to build a wireless network that will let police and firefighters plug into city computer systems, even when they are rushing to emergencies.
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Sprint launches Power View video network
Sep 13 2006 4:49PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Cell phone company Sprint Nextel Corp. is becoming a media company, producing its own sports and entertainment newscasts for its wireless Internet service in addition to the repackaged video programming it provides from TV networks and other content providers.
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Computers sought to perform petaflops
Sep 13 2006 4:45PM (CT)
URBANA, Ill. (AP) - Supercomputers that perform trillions of operations every second are helping scientists probe life's deepest complexities. But it's still not enough.
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Pretexting common in business world
Sep 13 2006 4:29PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Although the boardroom scandal at Hewlett-Packard Co. made the practice more widely known, buying phone records or other personal information obtained by "pretext" calls appears to have been common in parts of the business world.
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North Korea game on sale in South Korea
Sep 13 2006 4:17PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Another sign North and South Korea are getting along better these days: A computer game made by the North has been released in the South.
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Microsoft sees potential in new markets
Sep 13 2006 3:59PM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. sees potential to sell computer keyboards, mice and other hardware in emerging markets where software sales are hampered by widespread piracy, a sales executive said Wednesday.
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Suspended Va. state worker wins back pay
Sep 13 2006 1:09PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A state employee who was suspended from his job for making unfavorable comments online about a struggling community in rural Virginia has been awarded back pay.
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Australian man probed over Viagra spam
Sep 13 2006 1:07PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - An Australian man is under investigation for sending more than 2 billion junk e-mails in one year to promote Viagra, an official said Wednesday.
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Creators: Lonelygirl15 videos not front
Sep 13 2006 1:00PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The creators behind the Internet video mystery teen Lonelygirl15 want their fans to know they are not a front for a big Hollywood studio marketing some upcoming film.
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Chinese chip maker sues Taiwanese rival
Sep 13 2006 10:53AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - A Chinese chip maker has filed a complaint against a rival in Taiwan alleging breach of contract, escalating an already rancorous dispute between the two.
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DoCoMo to buy stake in fuel cell company
Sep 13 2006 10:47AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's largest mobile phone company plans to buy a large stake in a fuel cell maker to develop handsets with longer-lasting hydrogen-powered batteries that are friendly to the environment.
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Zotob virus writers jailed in Morocco
Sep 13 2006 8:39AM (CT)
RABAT, Morocco (AP) - Two Moroccan men have been sentenced to prison terms for helping write the Zotob computer virus that attacked major U.S. networks last year, a court official said Wednesday.
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Lawsuit against Microsoft set for court
Sep 13 2006 12:23AM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - One of the last remaining consumer class-action antitrust lawsuits filed against Microsoft Corp. in a state court is set to go to trial in November, and the company's co-founder and chairman is on the witness list to testify.
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