U.S. regulators said Tuesday that Sony BMG Music Entertainment agreed to reimburse consumers up to $150 for damage to their computers from CDs with hidden anti-piracy software.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/30/2007
Microsoft and HP partner to challenge IBM in the market for enterprise services.
Hewlett-Packard Co. said Tuesday that CEO Mark Hurd received an $8.6 million bonus in 2006, a year of strong performance but one plagued by scandal over its shady boardroom spying antics.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/24/2007
A federal judge has thrown out an antitrust lawsuit filed by the distributor of Morpheus file-sharing software against Internet phone service provider Skype Technologies SA, eBay Inc. and other defendants.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/24/2007
Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the world's No. 2 microprocessor maker behind Intel Corp., said Tuesday that it swung to a loss in the fourth quarter as the company incurred heavy costs related to its acquisition of graphics chip maker ATI Technologies Inc., negating record processor sales.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/24/2007
Sun Microsystems Inc. will begin building a line of servers that run on chips from Intel Corp. and will receive Intel's endorsement of Sun's Solaris operating system, executives from both companies said Monday.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/23/2007
State prosecutors offered to drop felony charges against former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairwoman Patricia Dunn and the four other defendants in the company's boardroom spying scandal if they agree to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, a defense lawyer said Thursday.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/19/2007
With iPod sales still soaring, Apple Inc. reaped record profit during the holiday quarter and stands to remain a Wall Street darling despite issuing a second-quarter forecast that fell below analyst expectations.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/19/2007
International Business Machines Corp. rode cost cuts and software acquisitions to healthy fourth-quarter profits, and the company posted a blockbuster number for contract signings. But investors found reasons to be disappointed, sending IBM stock down sharply Friday.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/19/2007
A business group behind copy-protection software for next-generation DVDs was investigating reports that hackers found a way to circumvent its technology.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/18/2007
The state will likely drop criminal charges against a low-level investigator in the Hewlett-Packard Co. boardroom spying scandal because he already pleaded guilty to similar crimes in federal court, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/18/2007
Microsoft Corp. will make Windows Vista available for sale and download online.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/18/2007
The state will likely drop criminal charges against an investigator in the Hewlett-Packard Co. boardroom spying scandal because he already pleaded guilty to similar crimes in federal court.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/18/2007
Hewlett-Packard Co. extended its lead over Dell Inc. in the worldwide personal-computer market in the fourth quarter.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/18/2007
Apple Inc. on Wednesday posted a record profit in its fiscal first quarter, beating Wall Street estimates as earnings rose 78 percent amid strong holiday sales of its iPod music players and Macintosh computers.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/18/2007
Intel's Q4 profit plunged 39 percent, reversing a painful price war with much-smaller rival AMD.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/17/2007
Electronics makers on Wednesday urged Germany to press ahead with cutting copyright fees levied on consumer devices such as computers, printers and scanners.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/17/2007
Federal prosecutors scored their first victory in the investigation of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s ill-fated boardroom spying probe Friday, when a low-level private investigator pleaded guilty to identity theft and conspiracy charges.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/15/2007
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. fell more than 9.5 percent Friday, a day after the world's No. 2 microprocessor maker said plunging computer-chip prices hacked into the company's fourth-quarter results.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/15/2007
So far, when it comes to making money, the online video explosion is mostly about potential. Studios selling TV shows and movies for download, and Web sites like YouTube that link ads to user-generated content, stand to reap billions from the Internet's hottest trend.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/15/2007