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Cisco to buy back $10B in stock
Nov 16 2007 8:04PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Cisco Systems Inc. has boosted its stock buyback effort by $10 billion, a sign the Internet networking supplier still believes its shares are undervalued.
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PC beats WWII computer in code challenge
Nov 16 2007 7:24PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A rebuilt World War II code-cracking computer developed to intercept Nazi messages lost to a desktop computer Friday in a contest to decipher an encrypted radio message.
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Zune 80 in short supply
Nov 16 2007 7:16PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The 80-gigabyte Zune media player Microsoft Corp. launched Tuesday has sold out across the Web, to the dismay of online shoppers and delight of the world's largest software maker.
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AMD sells 8.1 percent stake to Abu Dhabi
Nov 16 2007 6:33PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - With oil prices surging and U.S. stock prices slumping, chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s sale of an 8.1 percent stake to the Abu Dhabi government's investment arm represents the latest plunge by a wealthy Middle Eastern nation into a troubled U.S. corporation.
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EarthLink may exit Wi-Fi
Nov 16 2007 6:21PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - EarthLink Inc., which has been a chief evangelist for blanketing cities with wireless Internet service, said Friday that it plans to consider "strategic alternatives" for that business.
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Wireless links give businesses an option
Nov 16 2007 2:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Consumers chafe at having only two choices _ phone line and cable _ for high-speed Internet service. For businesses, there are often even fewer options _ the offerings of the phone company _ due to the limitations of cable.
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Garmin withdraws $3.3B Tele Atlas bid
Nov 16 2007 2:01PM (CT)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Garmin, the world's largest maker of personal navigation devices, withdrew a $3.3 billion takeover bid for Dutch digital mapmaker Tele Atlas NV on Friday, clearing the way for rival bidder TomTom.
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Scandal highlights Samsung's mixed image
Nov 16 2007 12:51PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Koreans take great pride in Samsung, known worldwide for sleek flat-screen TVs, high-tech mobile phones, hulking container ships and mega-construction projects.
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Scandal highlights Samsung's mixed image
Nov 16 2007 12:51PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Koreans take great pride in Samsung, known worldwide for sleek flat-screen TVs, high-tech mobile phones, hulking container ships and mega-construction projects.
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China export: high-tech outsourcing
Nov 16 2007 12:18PM (CT)
DALIAN, China (AP) - German software giant SAP AG brings its toughest jobs to this port city in China's rustbelt northeast.
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China export: high-tech outsourcing
Nov 16 2007 12:18PM (CT)
DALIAN, China (AP) - German software giant SAP AG brings its toughest jobs to this port city in China's rustbelt northeast.
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China export: high-tech outsourcing
Nov 16 2007 12:18PM (CT)
DALIAN, China (AP) - German software giant SAP AG brings its toughest jobs to this port city in China's rustbelt northeast.
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China export: high-tech outsourcing
Nov 16 2007 12:18PM (CT)
DALIAN, China (AP) - German software giant SAP AG brings its toughest jobs to this port city in China's rustbelt northeast.
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China export: high-tech outsourcing
Nov 16 2007 12:18PM (CT)
DALIAN, China (AP) - German software giant SAP AG brings its toughest jobs to this port city in China's rustbelt northeast.
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China export: high-tech outsourcing
Nov 16 2007 12:18PM (CT)
DALIAN, China (AP) - German software giant SAP AG brings its toughest jobs to this port city in China's rustbelt northeast.
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China export: high-tech outsourcing
Nov 16 2007 12:18PM (CT)
DALIAN, China (AP) - German software giant SAP AG brings its toughest jobs to this port city in China's rustbelt northeast.
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French group wins Kenya telecom auction
Nov 16 2007 11:01AM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A French-led consortium won an auction with a $390 million bid to buy 51 percent of Kenya's troubled state-owned telecommunications company.
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Dell, celebrities help with wish lists
Nov 16 2007 7:10AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Hoping it can boost holiday sales, Dell Inc. has enlisted Burt Reynolds, Ice T and other celebrities to help customers raise money to buy products for themselves or others.
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Web brings national parks closer to kids
Nov 16 2007 4:27AM (CT)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Standing next to Jenny Lake, park ranger Diane McGee tells students about the plants and animals at Grand Teton National Park. "Very soon, we will have snow falling on the ground," she says. "Winters here are very long. We get up to 200 inches of snow here on the valley floor."
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TV spectrum opening for wireless devices
Nov 16 2007 2:30AM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - A U.N. telecoms meeting decided Thursday to give mobile service providers access to bandwidth currently reserved for terrestrial television broadcasts, offering the promise of high-speed Internet access on-the-move anywhere in the world by 2015.
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Cablevision offers on-screen caller ID
Nov 16 2007 2:29AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Couch potato alert: If you get telephone service through your cable TV provider, you don't have to get up while watching TV to see who's calling.
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Poll: IMs help teens avoid embarrassment
Nov 16 2007 2:28AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sure, instant messaging is fast and efficient. For many teenagers, it's also a great way to avoid those OMG moments _ that's "omigod" _ of mortifying face-to-face confrontations.
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Poll: IMs help teens avoid embarrassment
Nov 16 2007 2:28AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sure, instant messaging is fast and efficient. For many teenagers, it's also a great way to avoid those OMG moments _ that's "omigod" _ of mortifying face-to-face confrontations.
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US control of Internet remains issue
Nov 16 2007 2:27AM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - A U.N.-sponsored Internet conference ended Thursday with little to show in closing the issue of U.S. control over how people around the world access e-mail and Web sites.
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GPS helps cities catch goof-offs
Nov 16 2007 2:25AM (CT)
ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - GPS tracking devices installed on government-issue vehicles are helping communities around the country reduce waste and abuse, in part by catching employees shopping, working out at the gym or otherwise loafing while on the clock.
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Singapore bans game over lesbian scene
Nov 16 2007 2:24AM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Singapore has banned an Xbox video game because it contains a sex scene between a woman and a female alien, the city-state's censors said Thursday.
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BEA 3Q earnings beat analysts' estimates
Nov 16 2007 2:23AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - BEA Systems Inc. exceeded analyst expectations in its first quarterly earnings report in 15 months, bolstering management's contention that the business software maker is headed for better times if it's not bought by rival Oracle Corp. or another suitor.
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Report: Amazon to unveil e-book reader
Nov 16 2007 2:21AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Amazon.com Inc. is expected to unveil its long-awaited e-book reader at a media event Monday in New York, according to CNet Networks Inc.'s technology news site.
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Many retailers easy to hack, study finds
Nov 16 2007 1:27AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Half of more than 3,000 retail stores that a wireless security company secretly monitored at major shopping areas in the U.S. and Europe use wireless data systems vulnerable to hacking, the company said Thursday.
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