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09/08/2010 10:07 AM
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H-P Sues to Stop Ex-Chief's Job
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H-P sued to block former CEO Mark Hurd from joining rival Oracle as a senior executive, citing trade-secret and other concerns.
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09/08/2010 12:15 AM
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Google TV to Go Global
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt said the Internet company plans to launch its Google TV platform globally next year, in the company's latest move to expand its reach outside its core U.S. market.
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09/07/2010 01:56 PM
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Connecticut Pressures Craigslist on Prostitution Ads
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Connecticut's attorney general wants confirmation that Craigslist has closed its adult-services section, used for prostitution ads. Currently that part of the site says "censored."
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09/07/2010 06:57 PM
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LCD-Panel Prices Falling
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Signs of a sluggish back-to-school season for consumer electronics in the U.S. have hit prices of LCD panels, and some Asian makers of the components are forecasting continued weakness.
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09/08/2010 09:54 AM
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Vodafone-China Mobile Split Highlights Tense Ties
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Vodafone's $6.65 billion sale of its stake in China Mobile highlights the challenges faced by foreign carriers looking to link up with Chinese telecoms.
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09/08/2010 08:32 AM
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India Court Rules Against Vodafone
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An Indian court ruled that the country's authorities have the right to tax Vodafone International Holdings's purchase of a majority stake in a local mobile-service provider.
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09/08/2010 08:36 AM
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Web-Bargain Luxury Comes to Japan
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A surging yen is encouraging third-party websites to jump in with deep discounts on high-end luxury goods in Japan, where high-end retailers have been able to charge premiums for decades.
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09/07/2010 09:06 PM
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Inquiry Zeroes In on Google Deal
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Google's plan to buy travel-search software firm ITA raises two competition issues for U.S. regulators.
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09/06/2010 11:09 PM
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Toshiba Plans to Release Tablet
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Toshiba said that it will release by year-end a tablet computer that runs on Google's Android operating system as the company aims to compete with Apple's iPad.
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09/06/2010 09:44 PM
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Deals Offer Dell Multiple Paths to Goal
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After losing out to H-P last week in its bid to acquire storage maker 3PAR, Dell has other options as it looks to expand beyond its core personal-computer business.
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09/07/2010 07:20 PM
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Cisco Settles Charges
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The Justice Department said Cisco and Westcon Group North America agreed to pay $48 million to settle charges that the companies made misrepresentations during contract negotiations with the federal government.
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09/06/2010 11:02 PM
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Samsung Flags Record Investments
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Samsung is considering investing a record $25.55 billion next year to bolster its existing operations and expand into new businesses.
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09/07/2010 03:39 AM
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Hon Hai Looks to China's Interior
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Hon Hai is investing in China's hinterland, as the electronics titan bets that the country can retain its role as the world's factory floor for decades.
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09/06/2010 09:20 PM
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Vodafone Should Ring the Boardroom Changes
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Sir John Bond can't be blamed for all of Vodafone Group's perceived strategic weaknesses. But the departure of the chairman of the U.K-based telecom group would certainly appease disgruntled shareholders.
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09/07/2010 02:25 PM
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TPV Capitalizes on Rising Consumer Demand
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TPV Chairman Jason Hsuan is upbeat about industry growth prospects because of rising outsourcing orders from TV makers and the uptake of new products such as three-dimensional TVs and LED backlit TVs.
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09/06/2010 08:15 PM
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Probe Finds New Meters Accurate
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An investigation spurred by a surge in energy-bill complaints found new smart meters installed in Northern California are accurately measuring energy use.
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09/06/2010 10:10 PM
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Wireless Firm's Tower Deal Scrapped
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A deal to merge the telecom-tower assets of Reliance Infratel with telecom-infrastructure company GTL Infrastructure was scrapped, dealing a blow to the fund-raising and debt-reduction efforts of Reliance Communications.
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09/06/2010 12:47 PM
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Samsung Mobile Display to Boost 2011 Production
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Samsung Mobile Display, which has had difficulty meeting demand for ultra-thin screens for smartphones, expects its production capacity to increase sharply when its new facility opens in July.
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09/06/2010 12:00 AM
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Texas Probing Google's Searches
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Google said the Texas attorney general's office is conducting an antitrust review of the Web giant's core search-engine business, another sign of growing government scrutiny of the company.
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09/03/2010 10:24 PM
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Google Settles Lawsuit for $8.5 Million
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Google has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a private class-action lawsuit that alleged its Buzz social networking service violated users' privacy.
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09/05/2010 08:43 PM
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KT Sets iPhone Date
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South Korea's KT Corp. will start selling Apple's iPhone 4 in the country on Sept. 10.
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09/03/2010 10:23 PM
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T-Mobile in Talks for New Phone
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T-Mobile USA is in talks to distribute Huawei Technologies's new Google-powered smartphone this holiday season. The Ideos phone could be priced under $100 in the U.S.
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09/03/2010 10:21 AM
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H-P Outguns Dell in Takeover Duel
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It wasn't the biggest bidding war the tech world has ever seen, but the battle between titans H-P and Dell for a humble maker of data-storage systems certainly qualified as one of the wildest ever.
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09/03/2010 05:23 PM
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A New Digital Battlefield
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TV shows are emerging as a new front in the war over digital media between Amazon.com and Apple amid their ongoing battles over electronic books and online music.
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09/03/2010 03:51 AM
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Samsung Unveils iPad Rival
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Samsung introduced its Galaxy Tab to rival Apple's iPad tablet. The device could help the company make up for lost ground in its smartphone business.
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09/03/2010 06:48 AM
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Samsung Expects Profit Boost From Mobile Phones
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South Korea's Samsung Electronics forecsts a double-digit profit margin from its mobile operations in the third quarter.
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09/02/2010 11:00 PM
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Google, AOL Widen Alliance
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Google and AOL agreed to extend their Web-search partnership for five years and expanded their cooperation into mobile search and online video, two areas where growth expectations are high.
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09/03/2010 01:47 AM
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Baidu Unveils App Store
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Baidu unveiled a platform that lets users run applications through the company's website, beating Google to the punch. Users of the service can run applications similar to those found on Facebook or Apple's App Store.
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09/02/2010 10:32 PM
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Billboards That Can See You
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Japan is pioneering the use of cameras and sensors to glean more information about who is looking at signs and electronic public displays, and is incorporating cellphone technology to make them more interactive.
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09/02/2010 10:31 PM
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Apple's New TV Model May Cost Intel
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Lower pricing is one of the most noticeable features of Apple's latest gadget for delivering Internet video to TVs. Some of the savings appear to come at the expense of Intel.
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09/02/2010 11:56 PM
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iPhone Adds Carriers in Germany
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Deutsche Telekom will lose exclusivity for Apple's iPhone in Germany ahead of the holiday shopping season, bringing the number of providers that sell the device in the country to three.
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09/02/2010 11:51 PM
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Video Game Tort: You Made Me Play You
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Does needing an online fix qualify as bodily harm?
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09/02/2010 09:21 PM
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3PAR Insiders Reap Windfall
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Three venture-capital firms stand to get about $800 million from H-P's purchase of 3PAR, while the storage firm's CEO could collect nearly $100 million.
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09/02/2010 04:51 PM
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Some 3PAR Traders Left Holding the Bag
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The end to the 3PAR bidding war appears to have left some speculative options traders one volley short.
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09/02/2010 02:42 AM
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Apple Tries Again at TV
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Apple is making another push to bring Internet-delivered TV to the living room, but CEO Steve Jobs's plan to offer 99-cent TV-show rentals is getting limited support from media companies.
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09/01/2010 09:02 PM
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Amazon Cuts Some TV Shows to 99 Cents
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Amazon.com cut the price on some downloaded TV shows to 99 cents from $2.99 in the wake of Apple's announcement it will begin streaming some shows for 99 cents.
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09/01/2010 09:35 PM
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FCC Still Weighing Broadband Plan
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The FCC is still considering a proposal to re-regulate broadband access under rules designed for telephone service, contrary to speculation that the agency had abandoned the effort in the face of industry opposition.
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09/02/2010 04:11 PM
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VimpelCom in Deal Talks
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Russian telecom operator Vimpel Communications said it's in talks to buy Egyptian and Italian telecom assets, as it reported a 52% decline in net profit.
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