Information Technology
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Electronic Arts takes &2 billion bid to gamemaker Take-Two shareholders
Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The heat is on: Electronic Arts Inc.'s $2 billion bid for "Grand Theft Auto" maker Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. turned hostile today as EA took its $26...
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AOL buying Bebo for $850 million
Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- AOL stepped up its bid to boost traffic and advertising opportunities worldwide as the struggling Internet company agreed Thursday to pay $850 million for th...
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Apple offers new wireless hard drive backupMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - With its new Leopard operating system, Apple tried to solve one of the most nagging problems faced by home-computer users: how to regularly back up their computers compl...
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USB turntable gives new life to record albums
Mar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Most people gave up on their vinyl music collection two decades ago, when compact discs all but nudged LPs off store shelves for good. If you held onto ...
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Kitamura selects Tech Image for PRMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - BUFFALO GROVE -- Tech Image, a technology public relations agency, announced Thursday that it has been named the agency of record for Kitamura Machinery Co., the Japanes...
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T-Mobile takes a shot at home phonesMar 01, 2008 10:00 pm - The poor landline home phone is getting less and less respect. Increasing numbers of people don't even have traditional landline phone service anymore. These folks prefe...
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Lenovo ThinkPad is designed very wellFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - I am writing these words on a new laptop computer that packs a full-size screen and keyboard into a body that's quite thin and light. And it has a solid-state drive with...
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Report: Toshiba may withdraw HD DVD video format
Feb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - TOKYO -- Japanese electronics maker Toshiba might withdraw its HD DVD next-generation video format, Kyodo News agency reported Saturday. The report cited unidentified in...
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New domain names may include .MP3Feb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Internet addresses ending in ".pdf" or ".mp3" could appear under a new proposal, while domain name suffixes consisting entirely of numbers would likely be re...
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Update for Vista leaves little changedFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Microsoft plans next month to roll out the first major update to its Windows Vista operating system, which was introduced in January 2007. There have been a number of sm...