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Brocade exec guilty in stock option case
Dec 5 2007 9:48PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The former vice president of human resources at Brocade Communications Systems Inc. was convicted Wednesday in the company's second criminal stock options backdating case to go to trial.
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News Corp. buys Beliefnet
Dec 5 2007 6:57PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - News Corp.'s Fox Entertainment Group has acquired Beliefnet, a Web site catering to faith communities, in a move designed to boost online marketing and distribution of Fox's film and TV programs.
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Microsoft spikes dirty Santa bot
Dec 5 2007 6:03PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. quickly shut down Santa Claus' Web privileges after it found out the automated elf it created for kids to instant message with was talking naughty, not nice.
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Facebook lets users block marketing tool
Dec 5 2007 6:03PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Saying it went too far in its pursuit of profit, the popular Internet hangout Facebook Inc. is allowing its 55 million users to permanently turn off a new marketing tool that tracks their activities at other Web sites.
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Experts Warn of Online Coupon Scams
Dec 5 2007 5:21PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Online shopping scams could become a major security threat in the weeks leading up to Christmas as consumers eagerly type in credit card numbers, click on discount coupons and participate in online promotions, security experts worry.
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Experts Warn of Online Coupon Scams
Dec 5 2007 5:21PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Online shopping scams could become a major security threat in the weeks leading up to Christmas as consumers eagerly type in credit card numbers, click on discount coupons and participate in online promotions, security experts worry.
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No-assembly humanoid is affordable toy
Dec 5 2007 4:39PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Relatively affordable at $300, i-Sobot has 17 motors, can recognize spoken words and be controlled remotely, making the walking, somersaulting, karate-chopping robot as close to a humanoid as toys get.
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No-assembly humanoid is affordable toy
Dec 5 2007 4:39PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Relatively affordable at $300, i-Sobot has 17 motors, can recognize spoken words and be controlled remotely, making the walking, somersaulting, karate-chopping robot as close to a humanoid as toys get.
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No-assembly humanoid is affordable toy
Dec 5 2007 4:39PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Relatively affordable at $300, i-Sobot has 17 motors, can recognize spoken words and be controlled remotely, making the walking, somersaulting, karate-chopping robot as close to a humanoid as toys get.
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No-assembly humanoid is affordable toy
Dec 5 2007 4:39PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Relatively affordable at $300, i-Sobot has 17 motors, can recognize spoken words and be controlled remotely, making the walking, somersaulting, karate-chopping robot as close to a humanoid as toys get.
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Newspapers hope for online growth in '08
Dec 5 2007 3:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Newspaper publishers, entering 2008 with some of the worst economic conditions in many years, said Wednesday they hope to bring even more readers _ and ad spending _ to their Web sites with expanded offerings of news, advertising and video.
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Verizon: Open access should cut costs
Dec 5 2007 2:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Verizon Communications Inc.'s plan to open its wireless network to any devices, not just Verizon cell phones, is partly motivated by a desire to cut costs, the company's chief operating officer said Wednesday.
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Professors learn in virtual world
Dec 5 2007 1:24PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - It's tough to teach a college class when your students are constantly flying around the room.
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New editing program touches up Flickr
Dec 5 2007 7:44AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo Inc. is touching up its popular online photo-sharing service, Flickr, with free editing tools aimed at the growing number of shutterbugs who want to doctor their digital pictures.
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