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Google working on Internet encyclopedia
Dec 14 2007 5:53PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. is working on a new Internet encyclopedia that will consist of material submitted by people who want to be identified as experts and possibly profit from their knowledge.
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About 1 in 5 IBM employees now in India
Dec 14 2007 4:43PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - IBM Corp.'s expansion in developing countries shows no sign of relenting. The technology company revealed Friday that it now has 73,000 employees in India, almost a 40 percent leap from last year.
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FTC head won't recuse from Google deal
Dec 14 2007 4:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the Federal Trade Commission said Friday she won't remove herself from an antitrust review of Google Inc.'s purchase of online advertising company DoubleClick, rebuffing requests from privacy groups opposed to the transaction.
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Canadian surprised by $85,000 cell bill
Dec 14 2007 4:26PM (CT)
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) - Piotr Staniaszek normally pays $147 a month for his cell phone. So he was more than a little surprised to learn his November bill had ballooned to $59,000.
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Utah firm wants to go where GPS doesn't
Dec 14 2007 3:01PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In one high-tech thriller after another, the hero attaches a tiny tracking device on the villain and follows him as blinking dot on a computer screen.
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Utah firm wants to go where GPS doesn't
Dec 14 2007 3:01PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In one high-tech thriller after another, the hero attaches a tiny tracking device on the villain and follows him as blinking dot on a computer screen.
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Execs: Web ad spending should be higher
Dec 14 2007 1:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Online advertising jumped 25 percent this year, raking in a cool $20 billion, but Internet executives say that figure could have been even higher if advertisers had reliable and consistent ways to measure online audiences.
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GameStop to sell Wii rain checks
Dec 14 2007 12:41PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - To deal with frustration among holiday shoppers hunting for its Wii game console, Nintendo Co. and retailer GameStop Corp. are launching a rain check program.
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GameStop to sell Wii rain checks
Dec 14 2007 12:41PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - To deal with frustration among holiday shoppers hunting for its Wii game console, Nintendo Co. and retailer GameStop Corp. are launching a rain check program.
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Chinese company takes Google to court
Dec 14 2007 7:41AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese company has taken Google's China operations to court over what it says is an infringement of the Chinese translation of its name, "Guge," according to court documents.
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IBM cuts schools a break on $5M debt
Dec 14 2007 4:41AM (CT)
RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) - A San Francisco Bay-area school district that pressed IBM Corp. to rip up an old $5 million debt didn't get its wish, but the technology company has agreed to let the repayment be stretched out over eight years instead of four.
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Netherlands adopts open-source software
Dec 14 2007 4:40AM (CT)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - The Dutch government has set a soft deadline of April 2008 for its agencies to start using open-source software _ freely distributed programs that anyone can modify _ the Netherlands Economic Affairs Ministry said Thursday.
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AMD plans to reach profitability in 2008
Dec 14 2007 4:39AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The world's No. 2 microprocessor maker, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said it won't return to profitability until the second half of next year and delayed the full release of the product it says will enable its recovery.
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Source: Struggling Palm lays off workers
Dec 14 2007 4:37AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Palm Inc., the troubled maker of Treo smart phones, laid off about 10 percent of its work force this week to cut expenses, according to a person familiar with the situation.
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