A Silicon Valley Democrat in the U.S. Congress is proposing a new auction of unused radio spectrum, but with some ambitious strings attached: The winner would have to offer a free, wireless broadband network that reaches 95 percent of the American population within a decade.
Voicing disappointment that familiar large wireless carriers …
After a quiet few weeks, Electronic Arts and its takeover target, Take-Two Interactive Software, are back to sparring again.
The latest round between the video game makers got into full swing Friday morning with word from EA that it would extend its Friday deadline for buying up all Take-Two shares …
Google’s shares soared 19.1 percent in morning trading Friday, poising the Internet giant to mark its largest-ever one-day gain, partying like it’s 1999.
The Internet search giant’s stock jumped as high as $535.50 a share in early-morning trading, up sharply from its close of $449….
AT&T will cut roughly 1.5 percent of its workforce, primarily among its management ranks, according to a filing Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The move is part of its “next step in streamlining its operations,” following its acquisitions of several regional companies in recent years. …
Following a storm of criticism, Apple has changed its Software Update software to mark a distinction between new programs, such as its Safari on Windows browser, and updates to existing ones.
Last month, Apple started to include Safari 3.1 in a list of applications available from its Software Update …
LiveUniverse has acquired Pageflakes, a personalized home page service that had been rumored to be in need of a buyer. Pageflakes competes with the giants–Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and AOL, as well as Netvibes. It’s no wonder that the company was looking for an exit. The acquisition was first reported …
Sometime in the next few weeks, online shoe seller Zappos.com will launch a new user interface that could soon let consumers buy lipstick and MP3 players along with Birkenstocks and Nikes.
The company is preparing to do a soft launch of the new, cleaner look to around 1,000 …
A copy of Google CEO Eric Schmidt's speech is available at YouTube
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LAS VEGAS–A year ago Wednesday, Google CEO Eric Schmidt delighted an audience of TV and radio broadcasters when he promised to roll out a system that would mean the end of piracy at YouTube.
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ThinkPad X300’s solid-state drive beats fast hard drives.
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Solid-state drives continue to outperform hard-disk drives in tests, providing some consolation for the high price.
The X300 ThinkPad, which starts at $2,900, is one of the hottest–and most expensive–notebooks on the market now. The Apple MacBook Air …
Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-Hee was indicted on charges of evading taxes on billions of dollars he hid in stock accounts under the names of his aides, The New York Times is reporting.
He also faces criminal charges of breach of trust, stemming from his …
