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Gamers spend about $170M on 'Halo 3'
Sep 27 2007 10:22PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Video game enthusiasts in the United States plunked down about $170 million on copies of "Halo 3" in the 24 hours after the Xbox 360 game went on sale, Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday.
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Palm shares surge on new Palm Centro
Sep 27 2007 7:54PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Shares of Palm Inc. rose more than 6 percent Thursday after the smartphone maker unveiled a trimmer, more affordable model designed to fight back against the onslaught of competition and attract more customers.
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Yahoo to silence podcast service
Sep 27 2007 5:56PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo Inc. will jettison a little-used service for finding and rating audio programs known as "podcasts," the latest casualty of the Internet company's rejuvenation effort.
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Senate panel probes Google's acquisition
Sep 27 2007 5:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators expressed no outright opposition to Google's $3.1 billion purchase of online advertising firm DoubleClick at a hearing focused on the deal's potential threats to competition and consumer privacy.
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Robots take on social tasks
Sep 27 2007 4:51PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Dominated by home-cleaning gadgets, the consumer robotics market is expanding with the arrival of 'bots that can spy inside your home when you're away or arrange virtual meetings of family or friends.
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Robots take on social tasks
Sep 27 2007 4:51PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Dominated by home-cleaning gadgets, the consumer robotics market is expanding with the arrival of 'bots that can spy inside your home when you're away or arrange virtual meetings of family or friends.
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Robots take on social tasks
Sep 27 2007 4:51PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Dominated by home-cleaning gadgets, the consumer robotics market is expanding with the arrival of 'bots that can spy inside your home when you're away or arrange virtual meetings of family or friends.
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Robots take on social tasks
Sep 27 2007 4:51PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Dominated by home-cleaning gadgets, the consumer robotics market is expanding with the arrival of 'bots that can spy inside your home when you're away or arrange virtual meetings of family or friends.
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Robots take on social tasks
Sep 27 2007 4:51PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Dominated by home-cleaning gadgets, the consumer robotics market is expanding with the arrival of 'bots that can spy inside your home when you're away or arrange virtual meetings of family or friends.
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Texting, Facebook used to alert students
Sep 27 2007 4:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - When a masked freshman came to campus at St. John's University with what police said was a loaded rifle sticking out of a bag, the school alerted students via cell-phone text messages within 18 minutes.
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Texting, Facebook used to alert students
Sep 27 2007 4:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - When a masked freshman came to campus at St. John's University with what police said was a loaded rifle sticking out of a bag, the school alerted students via cell-phone text messages within 18 minutes.
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FCC chairman discusses proposed takeover
Sep 27 2007 4:25PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Broadcasters nationwide need not worry about local advertising revenue disappearing if the proposed takeover of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. by Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. goes through, the FCC's chairman said Thursday.
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Disney ends cell phone service for kids
Sep 27 2007 4:03PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Walt Disney Co. will pull the plug on its branded cell phone service by the end of the year, the company said Thursday.
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Big American names join Chinese company
Sep 27 2007 3:47PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Chinese news and broadcast company Xinhua Finance Media Ltd. added two big names in American media to its board, appointed two other new directors and named a new internal auditor Thursday.
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Minnesota says Sprint duped customers
Sep 27 2007 2:59PM (CT)
ST. PAUL (AP) - Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson sued Sprint Nextel Corp. Thursday, accusing the wireless carrier of extending customers' contracts without their informed consent.
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Subdued virtual world for Japan
Sep 27 2007 11:31AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Orderly, pornography-free and safe for children, "meet-me," an online interactive virtual Tokyo, is Japan's answer to "Second Life." Or so its creators hope.
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Subdued virtual world for Japan
Sep 27 2007 11:31AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Orderly, pornography-free and safe for children, "meet-me," an online interactive virtual Tokyo, is Japan's answer to "Second Life." Or so its creators hope.
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Subdued virtual world for Japan
Sep 27 2007 11:31AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Orderly, pornography-free and safe for children, "meet-me," an online interactive virtual Tokyo, is Japan's answer to "Second Life." Or so its creators hope.
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Ethics group rips Google on copyrights
Sep 27 2007 10:53AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An ethics group is urging Congress to scrutinize Google Inc.'s copyright controls after finding hundreds of apparently pirated movies available on the Internet search leader's Web site.
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Chicago video surveillance gets smarter
Sep 27 2007 10:24AM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A car circles a high-rise three times. Someone leaves a backpack in a park. Such things go unnoticed in big cities every day. But that could change in Chicago with a new video surveillance system that would recognize such anomalies and alert authorities to take a closer look.
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US video shows simulated hacker attack
Sep 27 2007 7:47AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A government video shows the potential destruction caused by hackers seizing control of a crucial part of the U.S. electrical grid: an industrial turbine spinning wildly out of control until it becomes a smoking hulk and power shuts down.
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US video shows simulated hacker attack
Sep 27 2007 7:47AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A government video shows the potential destruction caused by hackers seizing control of a crucial part of the U.S. electrical grid: an industrial turbine spinning wildly out of control until it becomes a smoking hulk and power shuts down.
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US video shows simulated hacker attack
Sep 27 2007 7:47AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A government video shows the potential destruction caused by hackers seizing control of a crucial part of the U.S. electrical grid: an industrial turbine spinning wildly out of control until it becomes a smoking hulk and power shuts down.
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Microsoft rolls out search improvements
Sep 27 2007 7:45AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp., the No. 3 Web search provider in the U.S., is rolling out changes to its search engine aimed at narrowing the gap between it and market leader Google Inc.
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Microsoft touts new 'media extenders'
Sep 27 2007 6:51AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Microsoft Corp. and its hardware partners are trying to bridge the divide between home computers and TV sets this holiday season with the release of several "media extenders."
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