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T-Mobile asks FCC to block Verizon-cable deal

T-Mobile USA, which just had its acquisition by AT&T blocked by regulators, is urging the federal government to block another deal in the wireless world: Verizon's planned purchase of spectrum from cable companies for $3.9 billion.

Updated: 12:01 pm

Company sues Apple over iPad name in Shanghai

Company sues Apple over iPad name in Shanghai

Apple Inc. defended its right to use the iPad trademark in China in a heated court hearing Wednesday that pitted the electronics giant against a struggling Chinese electronics company that denies having sold the mainland China rights to the popular tablet computer's name.

Updated: 9:01 am

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom released on bail

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom released on bail

The founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload was released on bail Wednesday after a New Zealand judge decided Kim Dotcom lacked means to flee because his funds had been seized.

Updated: 9:01 am

Alibaba.com shares surge on privatization bid

Shares of Alibaba.com rocketed on Wednesday after the Chinese e-commerce site said its parent company made a $2.5 billion privatization bid as part of a shift in business strategy that also includes plans to buy back a stake from Yahoo Inc.

Feb 21, 2012 | 10:00 pm

PlayStation Vita's rear pad a touchy subject

PlayStation Vita's rear pad a touchy subject

There's a suspicious knock on the wall.

Feb 21, 2012 | 5:07 pm

Review: Vita sets new standard for portable games

Review: Vita sets new standard for portable games

The PlayStation Vita won't replace your smartphone.

Feb 21, 2012 | 3:29 pm

UK court OKs legal claim to be served via Facebook

Status update: You're sued.

Feb 21, 2012 | 1:48 pm

Netflix strikes movie deal with Weinstein Co.

Netflix has locked up the right to show "The Artist" and other movies from The Weinstein Co. on its Internet video service before the films are released to the leading pay-TV channels.

Feb 21, 2012 | 1:02 pm

Google carrying real-time data from EU exchanges

Google is to carry real-time pricing from leading European stock exchanges, the company said Tuesday, marking an expansion of the online search giant's financial offerings.

Feb 21, 2012 | 12:05 pm

RIM releases belated new PlayBook software

Research In Motion released a free upgraded operating system for its struggling Playbook computer tablet on Tuesday, almost a year later than it first said it would.

Feb 21, 2012 | 11:21 am

Sony makes mobile gaming push with handheld Vita

Sony makes mobile gaming push with handheld Vita

Sony is intensifying its push in handheld gaming with a gadget aimed at hardcore players looking for something with a bit more punch than "Angry Birds," "Words With Friends" and other smartphone pastimes.

Feb 21, 2012 | 9:13 am

Russian search engine Yandex teams up with Twitter

Russia's top search engine Yandex said Tuesday it has teamed up with Twitter to allow the Russian firm to show the full feed of all public Twitter posts.

Feb 21, 2012 | 4:18 am

YouTube enlists big-name help to redefine channels

YouTube enlists big-name help to redefine channels

YouTube is enlisting Hollywood's help to reach a generation of viewers more familiar with smartphones than TV remotes.

Feb 20, 2012 | 7:02 pm

Guns and Androids: Pakistan air force making iPads

Guns and Androids: Pakistan air force making iPads

Inside a high-security air force complex that builds jet fighters and weapons systems, Pakistan's military is working on the latest addition to its sprawling commercial empire: a homegrown version of the iPad.

Feb 19, 2012 | 11:01 pm

Youth shaping future of online TV, movies, music

Youth shaping future of online TV, movies, music

Young people want their music, TV and movies now _ even if it means they get these things illegally.

Feb 18, 2012 | 1:08 pm

Eastern Europeans fuel fight for Internet freedoms

Eastern Europeans fuel fight for Internet freedoms

Eastern Europe's tradition of political revolt has met the digital age. This time it's not communists or food shortages fueling fury, but an international copyright treaty that opponents say threatens freedom on the Internet.

Feb 18, 2012 | 5:48 am

Taiwan's Foxconn raises wages for Chinese workers

Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group said Saturday that it has raised wages by up to 25 percent in the second major salary hike in less than two years, as the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer comes under intensive scrutiny after a spate of suicides.

Feb 18, 2012 | 3:07 am

NJ programmer freed as NY court orders acquittal

NJ programmer freed as NY court orders acquittal

A smiling former Goldman Sachs computer programmer was freed from prison Friday after a surprise ruling from a federal appeals court reversed his conviction on charges he stole computer code.

Feb 17, 2012 | 8:49 pm

Ex-Google CEO Schmidt to sell up to 2.4M shares

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt plans to sell up to 2.4 million shares of stock currently worth nearly $1.5 billion.

Feb 17, 2012 | 7:08 pm

Linsanity helps end Knicks blackout on Time Warner

Linsanity helps end Knicks blackout on Time Warner

First, he lifted the Knicks back into the playoff hunt. Now Jeremy Lin has put them back on TV.

Feb 17, 2012 | 6:13 pm

Demand Media stock soars as 4Q results renew hope

Demand Media Inc.'s stock soared by 31 percent Friday after the online content publisher's fourth-quarter earnings and outlook for this year gave investors hope that it is starting to recover from diminished traffic that had stemmed from changes to Google's Internet search formula.

Feb 17, 2012 | 3:34 pm

Startup sends live local TV to the iPhone

Startup sends live local TV to the iPhone

A startup backed by media billionaire Barry Diller has launched a service that sends live local TV feeds to iPhones and iPads. But the service may be short-lived, since TV stations are likely to challenge its right to use their broadcasts.

Feb 17, 2012 | 3:32 pm

Serious Facebook hack lands UK student in prison

A British student who stole sensitive information from Facebook's internal network was sentenced to eight months in prison Friday in what prosecutors described as the most serious case of social media hacking ever brought before the country's courts.

Feb 17, 2012 | 1:45 pm

US sites hacked as objections grow to piracy deal

Opponents of a controversial global copyright treaty counted three victories Friday as American government websites were hacked and the Eastern European nations of Poland and Slovenia distanced themselves from the deal.

Feb 17, 2012 | 12:02 pm

More US government websites hacked by Anonymous

The hacking group known as Anonymous has claimed a new series of hacks against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and consumer rights websites.

Feb 17, 2012 | 5:55 am

Yelp looking for $12 to $14 per share in IPO

Online review service Yelp rated its own business Thursday, setting an IPO target of $12 to $14 per share that could value the 7-year-old company as high as $840 million.

Feb 16, 2012 | 9:10 pm

Twitter unveils self-service advertising system

Buying ads on Twitter is about to get easier for small businesses as the online messaging service adds a key piece to its moneymaking model.

Feb 16, 2012 | 6:24 pm

Experts urge stronger online regulation bill

Cybersecurity experts urged senators Thursday to close loopholes in legislation to give the government more power to force critical industries to make their computer networks more secure.

Feb 16, 2012 | 5:09 pm

Review: 3 online services that track your spending

Review: 3 online services that track your spending

My approach to tracking my spending has traditionally been to wait for credit card bills to come, then (hopefully) pay them off. Three new online services promise to help you do a better job of tracking as you buy.

Feb 16, 2012 | 1:16 pm

Apple previews Mac OS update, Mountain Lion

Apple previews Mac OS update, Mountain Lion

Apple Inc. on Thursday released a developer preview of an update for the Mac operating system, dubbed "Mountain Lion," that will copy more features and apps from the iPhone and iPad to the Mac.

Feb 16, 2012 | 12:13 pm

MSN adds new feature to take Internet's pulse

MSN adds new feature to take Internet's pulse

Microsoft is hooking up MSN.com with a hipper sidekick to broaden its appeal and stay on top of the Internet's hottest topics.

Feb 16, 2012 | 12:08 pm

Nevada approves regulations for self-driving cars

Nevada is becoming the first state to regulate self-driving vehicles on its roadways.

Feb 16, 2012 | 10:02 am

EU court: Web sites need not check for IP breaches

A European Union court ruled Thursday that social networking sites cannot be compelled to install general filters to prevent the illegal trading of music and other copyrighted material.

Feb 16, 2012 | 7:39 am

Vinny Guadagnino tweets his way into NBA game

The NBA is down to include Vinny Guadagnino in the NBA All-Star celebrity game.

Feb 16, 2012 | 2:30 am

CBS 4Q earnings top views, but sales fall short

Broadcaster CBS says earnings rose 31 percent in the final quarter of 2011, thanks to licensing shows to online video companies such as Netflix.

Feb 15, 2012 | 3:27 pm

Cisco challenges Microsoft takeover of Skype in EU

Networking company Cisco said Wednesday that it is challenging Microsoft's $8.5 billion takeover of Skype at the European Union's top court to ensure Microsoft won't block other video conferencing services.

Feb 15, 2012 | 2:48 pm

FCC plans to nix wireless network that may jam GPS

FCC plans to nix wireless network that may jam GPS

Federal officials plan to kill a proposal to build a new national high-speed wireless network after concluding it would in some cases jam personal-navigation and other GPS devices.

Feb 15, 2012 | 2:49 pm

FCC adopts new rules against 'robocalls'

The federal government is cracking down on "robocalls," those automated phone calls with the tendency to interrupt Sunday dinners and otherwise annoy consumers.

Feb 15, 2012 | 2:08 pm

Urgent tweet in Kenya village: Help, sheep missing

Urgent tweet in Kenya village: Help, sheep missing

When the administrative chief of this western Kenyan village received an urgent 4 a.m. call that thieves were invading a school teacher's home, he sent a message on Twitter. Within minutes residents in this village of stone houses gathered outside the home, and the thugs fled.

Feb 15, 2012 | 12:07 pm

Japan planned review of tsunami risk, but too late

Japan planned review of tsunami risk, but too late

Four days before a tsunami devastated a Japanese nuclear plant, its operator promised a fuller assessment of the risk of such a disaster _ but not for seven months.

Feb 15, 2012 | 7:11 am

Alibaba to reach out to Yahoo CEO on stalled deal

Alibaba Group and Japan's Softbank will go directly to Yahoo's chief executive, bypassing negotiators from the U.S. Internet company, after talks over the sale of Yahoo's Asian holdings broke down, a person familiar with the negotiations said Wednesday.

Feb 15, 2012 | 6:57 am

Yahoo's talks to sell Asian assets unravel

As Yahoo tries to head in a new direction, the fate of the struggling Internet company's Asian holdings remains in limbo.

Feb 14, 2012 | 7:29 pm

Yahoo faces investor mutiny as Asia talks unravel

Yahoo's hopes for a fresh start under a new CEO faded Tuesday as its closely watched discussions to sell most of its Asian holdings unraveled and a frustrated shareholder announced that he will try to seize four seats on the struggling Internet company's board.

Feb 14, 2012 | 6:47 pm

AP sues Meltwater News claiming copyright offense

The Associated Press is suing a digital news distributor, claiming it infringed on AP copyrights.

Feb 14, 2012 | 3:58 pm

Bulgaria could suspend vote on trade agreement

Bulgaria could join Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland in delaying its decision on whether to sign an international copyright treaty that some Internet users say could lead to online censorship.

Feb 14, 2012 | 10:46 am

Review: 'The Darkness II' not worth embracing

Review: 'The Darkness II' not worth embracing

When the demonic first-person game "The Darkness" was released in 2007, it was a twisted breath of fresh air among all the war simulators and space-marine romps.

Feb 14, 2012 | 9:29 am

UnitedHealth unveils patient info service for MDs

UnitedHealth Group's Optum business is launching a service that allows doctors to share information about patients over the Internet, as health care companies continue their push to improve care with better coordination.

Feb 14, 2012 | 9:19 am

Ahead of the Bell: Zynga to post 4Q results

Zynga will show whether it was able to further boost its rapidly growing number of followers, as well as its profit and revenue as a publicly traded company, when the online game maker reports fourth-quarter results Tuesday.

Feb 14, 2012 | 8:14 am

Independent group inspecting Apple suppliers

Independent group inspecting Apple suppliers

Apple said Monday that an independent group, the Fair Labor Association, has started inspecting working conditions in the Chinese factories where its iPads and iPhones are assembled.

Feb 13, 2012 | 7:40 pm

US, EU clear Google's $12.5B Motorola Mobility bid

US, EU clear Google's $12.5B Motorola Mobility bid

Google's $12.5 billion bid to buy cellphone maker Motorola Mobility has won approvals from U.S. and European antitrust regulators, moving Google a major step closer to completing the biggest deal in its 13-year history.

Feb 13, 2012 | 6:23 pm

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