Information Technology
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Peapod.com marks 20th anniversary, wraps up food driveSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Peapod.com marks its 20th anniversary this year and next week wraps up one of its more successful food drives for area needy. The online grocer actually started in E...
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Twitter gets $100 million
Sep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter Inc. says it has raised another large amount of money to finance its operations until its management figures out how to make money from one of t...
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Nintendo cutting Wii price by $50 to $200
Sep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Nintendo on Sunday will cut the price of its popular Wii console by $50, in a bid to broaden its appeal among potential new customers as it prepares to rele...
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New rule may help Apple, PalmSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Regulators are changing accounting rules so technology companies can report sales for certain gadgets all at once. Apple Inc., for one, has had to spread iPho...
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Actual people physically gather to talk Twitter
Sep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Twitter was a trending topic Tuesday -- and not just on Twitter. Actual people were physically gathered at the Skirball Cultural Center for the two-day c...
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Engadget blog: Wii nears price cut by $50 to $200
Sep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A $50 price cut may be imminent for Nintendo's popular Wii gaming console. Tech blog Engadget said in a posting late Tuesday night that the Wii, which has co...
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Dell agrees to buy Perot Systems for about $3.9 bil
Sep 20, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Dell Inc. plans to buy the technology services company Perot Systems Corp. for about $3.9 billion as it tries to expand beyond the PC business and compete mo...
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EU details Intel's anti-AMD sales tactics
Sep 20, 2009 11:00 pm - BRUSSELS -- The European Union on Monday published e-mail excerpts from computer makers and Intel Corp. to show that Intel pressured chip buyers into choosing Intel over...
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Facebook shuts down thorny marketing tool Beacon
Sep 20, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Facebook is closing an uncomfortable chapter in its five-year history. The social network says it will shut down Beacon, a program that tracks users' activit...
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ComScore, Omniture join up to measure audiences
Sep 20, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Two of the largest companies involved in tracking and analyzing Web traffic are joining forces to measure digital audiences more comprehensively. The partner...