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Online Money: Fidelity expands online news focus

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:06:52 -0500

BOSTON (AP) _ Fidelity Investments is joining the rush to satisfy investors' growing appetite for news about financial market turmoil.

Online Money: Fidelity expands online news focus, HFR

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:06:42 -0500

BOSTON (AP) _ Fidelity Investments is joining the rush to satisfy investors' growing appetite for news about financial market turmoil.

NFL offers first live game broadcast in 3-D

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:18:40 -0500

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ In broadcasting the world's first live 3-D football game to theaters in Los Angeles, New York and Boston on Thursday evening, the NFL promises an "up close, personal, visceral" experience that could open a new revenue stream for the league.

Apple vs. Psystar: CONSPIRACY!!!

jfruh — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:16:44 -0500

Who's really behind the ragtag Apple cloner? Wheels within wheels, man!

Fitch: Outlook negative for US IT sector

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:16:54 -0500

NEW YORK (AP) _ The outlook for the majority of the U.S. information technology sector is negative for 2009, Fitch Ratings said Wednesday.

Worldwide IT spending will decline 2 to 3 percent in 2009, led by hardware and semiconductors, headwinds that will hurt profits and weaken credit profiles, the ratings agency said.

Vista SP2: Six Things You Need to Know

ITworld staff — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:07:17 -0500

Windows Vista SP2 is set to be released as a public beta version Thursday on the Microsoft TechNet site. Here's what you need to know before making the upgrade.

Nokia N79 Gets Company from New Nokia N79 White Edition

ballswinger — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:04:03 -0500

Colour variants of mobile phones is not a new phenomenom, however the new Nokia N79 has found company with another in the range that is a little different.

Networking glitch knocks Yahoo offline for some

ITworld staff — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:59:52 -0500

A networking problem made Yahoo's Web site unreachable for many users on Wednesday.

Adobe says it will cut 600 jobs, lowers revenue guidance

ITworld staff — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:51:30 -0500

Adobe, hit by the global economic downturn, said it will cut 600 jobs and lowered its revenue expectations for the fourth quarter.

Experimental cotton unlikely to pose feed hazard, 1st Ld-Writethru

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:23:40 -0500

WASHINGTON (AP) _ An unauthorized strain of genetically modified cotton was accidentally mixed in with other harvested cotton in Texas last month, but government officials on Wednesday played down any safety concerns.

Consumer group questions online medical device ads, 1st Ld-Writethru

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:52:48 -0500

WASHINGTON (AP) _ A consumer watchdog group on Wednesday questioned the legality of several advertisements for medical devices that appear on YouTube and called on regulators to crack down on the promotions.

Rising royalties send Yahoo's Launchcast to CBS, 3rd Ld-Writethru, TEC

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:42:27 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Yahoo Inc. is plugging its Internet radio service into CBS Corp.'s webcasting network in a move driven by dramatically higher fees for airing music online.

Rising royalties send Yahoo's Launchcast to CBS

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:42:22 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Yahoo Inc. is plugging its Internet radio service into CBS Corp.'s webcasting network in a move driven by dramatically higher fees for airing music online.

Experimental cotton unlikely to pose feed hazard

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:16:33 -0500

WASHINGTON (AP) _ An unauthorized strain of genetically modified cotton was accidentally mixed in with other harvested cotton in Texas last month, but government officials said Wednesday they do not believe the incident poses safety concerns.

Consumer group questions online medical device ads

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:30:09 -0500

TechBits package

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:24:44 -0500

BEIJING (AP) _ Authorities in a southern Chinese city require that Internet cafes pay close attention to the operating systems used on their computers, saying the rule should promote wider use of legitimate software. But is it really a way to help the authorities snoop on users?

Wikipedia hopes to make editing user-friendly

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:24:42 -0500

NEW YORK (AP) _ Concerned that many would-be contributors to Wikipedia are being scared away, the foundation that runs the Internet encyclopedia is getting an $890,000 grant to try to make the editing process more user-friendly.

Professors aim to get students a Web analysis tool

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:14:21 -0500

NEW YORK (AP) _ For anyone who remembers sifting through yellowed card catalogs in the library for that 10th-grade history project, the abundance of information available online is astounding ? as is the task of sifting out unreliable information.

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PC sales expected to drop as economy strikes another blow

ITworld staff — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:52:28 -0500

Industry analyst firm IDC Wednesday said it is projecting that worldwide PC sales will quickly drop off because the sagging economy is causing people to hold onto their savings while credit is unavailable.