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China iPhone
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Apple's Vice President of iPod and iPhone Product Marketing, Greg Joswiak speaks during an event to officially launch the Apple iPhone for the first time on Mainland China in Beijing, China, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. The mobile device which has been available for years through unofficial channels in China will finally be accessible to millions of user in one of the world's largest mobile phone market.

Published Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009

Apple Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, a local carrier announced Sunday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets.

Published Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

The flurry of initial public offerings this week is confirmation that this fall's rebound in the market wasn't a fluke and sets the stage for more companies to raise money through IPOs in 2010. But the response to two of the newly public companies shows that investors continue to be careful about where they place their bets.

Published Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

Consumers who haven't yet ordered Barnes & Noble's electronic book reader, the Nook, won't see one before Christmas.

Published Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's.

Published Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

Microsoft Corp. is giving away nearly 24,000 vouchers to North Carolina residents who want to improve their computer skills so they can improve their lot in the work force.

Published Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc.

France Vivendi NBC Universal
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FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2007 file photo, a view of the headquarters of Vivendi SA in Paris, is shown. Media and entertainment conglomerate Vivendi SA is nearing a decision Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, on whether to sell its stake in NBC Universal, which would clear the way for the creation of one of the most powerful media companies in the world.

Published Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

A deal for Comcast Corp. to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal and create one of the most powerful media companies in the world is taking longer than expected as the current owners tussle over price.

Published Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

A group of major national research libraries says users now can search the full text of 1.6 billion pages from 4.6 million digitized volumes.

Published Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, a top executive said Friday.

Cuba Concert
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A student stands next to a painting of a Cuban flag in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. French and Cuban singers will perform a concert as part of the UNICEF fund raising program "Schools Against Hurricanes", aimed to rebuild schools in an area of western Cuban that was devastated in 2008 by Hurricanes.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

President Barack Obama has answered questions submitted by a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn't interested in "talking for the sake of talking" with Raul Castro and indicating he won't visit the island until the communist government changes its ways.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

EBay has completed its sale of Skype for about $2 billion to an investor group that included the founders of the Internet phone service.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

A key element of Dell Inc.'s turnaround strategy has been a vow not to cut prices as aggressively as rivals just to keep market share. The tactic has allowed competitors such as Acer Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. to steal business from Dell, and this fall Dell lost its ranking as the world's No. 2 PC maker.

Earns Dell
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FILE - In this June 30, 2009 file photo, a man works behind Dell laptops on display at a computer store in Beijing, China. Dell Inc. reports quarterly earnings after the market close Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

Some of the computer industry's biggest players - such as IBM Corp., Intel Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. - have wowed Wall Street this fall with stronger-than-expected profits.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

Consumers will have to wait until next year's holiday shopping season to find out if Google Inc.'s new operating system can deliver on its promise to make low-cost computers run faster.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

Shareholders approved the formation of a new company out of DirecTV Group Inc. and some of Liberty Media Corp.'s entertainment businesses, as the chairman of both firms dampened speculation about a sale to a big phone company.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

Think of it as closed captioning for the new media world.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

Yahoo Inc. is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

Once again it's that shopping time of year and if digital photography is on your shopping list, here is a roundup of accessories to kick off the season.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by AT&T Inc. to force competitor Verizon Wireless to pull its "There's a Map for That" commercials.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation's air travel system set off delays and cancellations for passengers around the country.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

Media mogul John Malone said Thursday that Comcast Corp.'s plan to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal would give it too much market power and force competitors to consider similar acquisitions.

Time Warner AOL
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FILE - In this May 28, 2009 file photo, an AOL home page is displayed on a user's computer in Palo Alto, Calif. Time Warner on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 said that it will spin off its Internet business, AOL Inc., as a separate company on Dec. 9.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

The struggling Internet company AOL plans to shed up to 2,500 jobs - more than a third of its work force - as it prepares to separate from Time Warner and finally sever their ill-fated marriage.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

Sony said it aims to be profitable in gaming and flat-panel TVs by the fiscal year ending March 2011, pushing 3-D technology as a way to showcase its strength in entertainment and surface from deep losses.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

Chinese online gaming company NetEase.com Inc. said Wednesday that its third-quarter profit rose on higher revenue from online games.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

Semiconductor maker Semtech Corp. on Wednesday reported a third-quarter loss due to a charge related to its acquisition of Sierra Monolithics Inc.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

Semiconductor maker Marvell Technology Group Ltd. said Wednesday that it named Ta-lin Hsu to its board.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

Semiconductor maker Semtech Corp. said Wednesday that it agreed to buy fellow chipmaker Sierra Monolithics Inc. for $180 million in cash.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

In a Nov. 17 story about job cuts at Verizon Communications Inc., The Associated Press, relying on a labor union report, erroneously reported that Verizon is laying off more than 1,000 employees in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

Sony Corp. says some customers who pre-order its newest e-reader may not get the gadget in time for the holidays.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

IBM Corp. said Wednesday it signed a contract extension worth 300 million pounds ($500 million) with a British government agency that licenses drivers and registers their cars.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

A New Jersey man will serve a 366-day federal prison term for conducting a cyber attack on Church of Scientology Web sites in January 2008.

Digital Life Tech Test Palm Pixi
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In this photo made Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, the Palm Pixi from Sprint is shown in San Francisco.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

Palm Inc. is fighting harder than ever to snag a chunk of the smart phone market, and just six months after releasing the stylish Pre it's back with a lighter, more petite and affordable version called the Pixi.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

You might call him the Mickey Mouse of video games. He's reminiscent of a doughnut, round and sweet and comforting. He's also a vessel, devoid of a real personality so you can live vicariously through him.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

The video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" is blasting its way into entertainment history.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

JPMorgan Chase is letting Facebook users help decide how to give away $5 million.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

Union officials in the United States are teaming up with their German counterparts in a bid to organize workers at wireless carrier T-Mobile USA.

DirecTV CEO
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FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2006 file photo, Michael White, then, CEO of PepsiCo USA, speaks in a panel session on Global Brands during the World Economic Forum WEF in Davos, Switzerland. DirecTV Group Inc. said Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, that White will take the chief executive position on Jan. 1. He is now also chief executive of PepsiCo International.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

DirecTV Group Inc. chose the vice chairman of PepsiCo Inc. as its chief executive Wednesday, filling a vacuum created when its former chief left just as the nation's largest satellite TV provider was in the midst of a spinoff.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

A couple suspected of helping spread some of the Internet's most aggressive computer viruses has been arrested in the English city of Manchester, police said Wednesday.

Games Video Game Awards
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FILE - In this file video game image released by Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., a scene is shown from "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves."

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

"Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" has seized a leading eight nominations for this year's Video Game Awards, Spike TV announced Wednesday.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

Cell phone handset maker Sony Ericsson will move its North American headquarters from North Carolina to Atlanta and close a half-dozen sites worldwide as it retrenches against what it expects will be a tighter market and cuts about 1,600 jobs globally.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

Chinese astronomers have signed on to participate in the development of the world's largest telescope that will be built atop a Hawaii volcano, a group said Tuesday.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

California regulators adopted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards for televisions Wednesday in hopes of reducing electricity use at a time when millions of American households are switching to power-hungry, wide-view, flat-screen, high-definition sets.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

Users of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles can now brag about their achievements on Facebook as both systems integrate the social network this week.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

Stung by an embarrassing electronic leak last month revealing ethics investigations into dozens of lawmakers, Congress moved Tuesday to prohibit federal employees from using the same type of Internet file-sharing software blamed for the disclosure.

Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

A Beijing court has ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling some versions of its Windows operating system in China in a licensing dispute with a local supplier.

Published Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009

South Korea's telecommunications regulator cleared the way Wednesday for the launch of Apple's iPhone, amid reports the hit device could reach consumers by the end of this month.

Published Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009

Scientists say they've made a breakthrough in their pursuit of computers that "think" like a living thing's brain - an effort that tests the limits of technology.

Published Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009

Concur Technologies Inc., which makes corporate expense-management software, said Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose as revenue got a boost from a 13 percent increase in subscription revenue.

Published Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009

With Cyber Monday, the unofficial start of the Internet holiday shopping season nearing, a Senate committee Tuesday condemned three online companies, saying they are tricking consumers into signing up for subscription services they don't want.

Published Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009

Design and engineering software maker Autodesk Inc. said Tuesday its business looks "increasingly stable" despite posting a sharp drop in third-quarter profit.


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