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Dell 2Q profit drops 17 percent and stock plunges

August 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Computer maker Dell Inc. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 17 percent, hurt in part by PC price cuts. Both earnings and margins fell short of Wall Street estimates, and Dell shares ...


Even critics give Apple a pass on iPhone 3G woes

August 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- First an iPhone price cut left early buyers feeling foolish, and then came reports that some iPods were spitting sparks. Now the new iPhone 3G has been marred by bugs, spotty service, disappearing ...


TiVo shows another profit, but outlook weak

August 27, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- TiVo Inc. posted a quarterly profit for only the third time in its 11-year history Wednesday as the pioneer in digital video recorders boosted margins on hardware and reduced marketing costs in its fiscal second ...


Broadcom co-founder apologizes after plea deal

August 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

(AP) -- Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry Samueli has apologized for lying to the Securities and Exchange Commission during its probe of stock options backdating at the chip maker.


US company sues Nintendo in Wii wand patent suit

August 21, 2008 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | User comments: 2

(AP) -- Nintendo's hit Wii console with its wandlike remote controller has been targeted in patent infringement complaints by a U.S. technology company.


IAC completing split into 5 publicly traded parts

August 21, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp is completing its split into five publicly traded companies Thursday - a move intended to give each business more focus and value than the previously cluttered whole.


HP posts 3Q profit jump; faces stiff competition

August 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. weathered economic turbulence remarkably well in the fiscal third quarter but the technology bellwether faces another big challenge - stiffer personal-computer competition - that ...


Qwest, unions agree on new contracts

August 18, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Qwest Communications International Inc. and negotiators for its largest union have tentatively agreed on a contract about a day after the previous one expired, both sides said Monday.


Electronic Arts won't extend Take-Two deadline

August 18, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. may be retracting its hostile bid for smaller rival Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., but a deal - and a friendly one at that - is more likely than ever.


Qwest reaches labor agreement with 2 unions

August 18, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Qwest Communications International Inc. has reached a tentative agreement with its largest union about a day after a labor contract had expired, both sides said early Monday.


Qwest, union keep talking as contract expires

August 17, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Qwest Communications International Inc. and members of its largest union kept negotiating Sunday as a labor contract expired.


Netflix resumes normal shipping after 3-day glitch

August 15, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Online DVD rental leader Netflix Inc. resumed normal shipments Friday after its distribution centers were crippled by three days of severe technical problems, a spokesman said.


Qwest union contract expires Saturday

August 15, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- The labor contract with the largest union at Qwest Communications International Inc. expires Saturday, little more than a week before the company is to provide phone and Internet service for the Democratic National ...


Yahoo selects Biondi, Chapple as new board members

August 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. said Thursday it will add the former chief executives of Viacom and Nextel Partners to its board of directors as part of the company's deal to ward off a proxy fight with billionaire investor Carl Icahn.


Netflix shipping centers slammed by problems

August 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

(AP) -- Netflix Inc. said Thursday that major technical problems over the past three days have severely limited the number of DVDs it could send out.


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