Information Technology
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Panasonic, Sanyo shares soar amid takeover reports
Nov 03, 2008 10:00 pm - TOKYO -- Reports that Panasonic Corp. is close to buying smaller rival Sanyo Electric Co. sent shares of both companies soaring in Tokyo Tuesday, fanning speculation tha...
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AT&T to try limits on monthly Internet traffic
Nov 03, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- AT&T Inc., the country's largest Internet service provider, is testing the idea of limiting the amount of data that subscribers can use each month. Dallas-ba...
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MySpace ad deal lets members use copyrighted video
Nov 02, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Instead of trying to take down all copyright-protected videos that its members post, MySpace will let certain clips stay -- and give the creators of the orig...
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It's a camera, it's a phone... it's Motozine!Nov 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. today is expected to unveil Motozine ZN5, its first digital camera that also happens to be a phone. Motorola partnered with Kodak in 2006 ...
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Nintendo eyes record profit
Oct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - TOKYO -- Japanese gamemaker Nintendo said Friday it was on course for record profits in the current fiscal year, bucking the deepening global financial crisis on surging...
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Cricket wireless to hire workers, start service hereOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - San Diego-based Cricket Communications Inc. plans to launch its no-strings-attached wireless service by mid-2009 and will hire about 2,150 workers in Chicago and the sub...
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Netflix, TiVo team up after 4-year courtship
Oct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Home entertainment trendsetters Netflix Inc. and TiVo Inc. are finally joining forces to deliver more movies and old TV episodes to their mutual subscri...
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To turn off, or not turn off your PCOct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Q: At work I am told to turn off my desktop PC at the end of the day. My wife's office tells her to leave her computer on overnight. My former employer said to turn ...
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Microsoft anti-piracy effort called 'a crime'
Oct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - SHANGHAI, China -- An anti-piracy tactic by Microsoft that turns some computer users' screens black is setting off a wave of unexpected indignation among Chinese consume...
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Microsoft: Next Windows won't be as annoying
Oct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The next version of Microsoft Windows, the software that defines the computing experience for most people, will nag users much less than its much-maligned...