LG Elec launches Android-based smartphone

2010-03-09T18:30:15Z

<div><p>SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc, the world's No. 3 mobile phone maker, on Wednesday launched a smartphone based on Google's Android operating system in South Korea, as it seeks to boost its relatively weak...

Cable group wants U.S. FCC to end fee disputes

2010-03-09T14:45:33Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A coalition of cable and satellite companies will this week call on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to create a new process to resolve increasingly bitter disputes over carriage fees paid to broadcasters.</p><p>The group, which includes rival TV distributors suc...

Hewlett-Packard says pilfered inkjet parts peddled

2010-03-09T11:17:58Z

<div><p>Hewlett-Packard said it is suing a Taiwan-based firm for peddling inkjet cartridges made from parts swiped from the US technology giant's facilities in Asia.</p><p>HP has called on the Nvidia shares climb as analyst says chip supplies tight, Wall Street underestimates co.</div><div><p>Nvidia Corp. shares rose Tuesday after a Raymond James analyst said chip supplies are tight and Wall Street is underestimating the maker of graphi...

League signs mobile phone deal with Verizon Wireless

2010-03-09T09:45:14Z

<div><p>MIAMI (Reuters) - The NFL has signed a four-year agreement with Verizon Wireless to show live games and highlights on mobile phones in a deal U.S. m...

NFL signs mobile phone deal with Verizon Wireless

2010-03-09T09:45:11Z

<div><p>MIAMI (Reuters) - The NFL has signed a four-year agreement with Verizon Wireless to show live games and highlights on mobile phones in a deal U.S. m...

Broadcom closes acquisition of Teknovus

2010-03-09T00:30:09Z

<div id="subtitle">Broadcom closes acquisition of fiber broadband company Teknovus for $123 million</div><div><p>Chip maker Broadcom Corp. said Monday that it had closed its acquisition of Teknovus Inc., which makes equipment for broadband Internet service over optical fiber.</p><p>Irvine-based Broadcom paid $123 million in cash, wi...

Stay tuned: More fee disputes over local TV coming

2010-03-08T16:45:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Stay tuned: More fee disputes coming over local TV channels on cable lineups</div><div><p>Stay tuned for more fee disputes threatening local television stations on cable TV lineups.</p><p>Broadcasters hurt by declining ad revenue are demanding more fees from cable and other subscription TV providers to carry the stations. The providers are resisting, and in the latest tussle, Reuters) - Google Inc and No. 2 U.S. satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp are jointly testing a television programing search service, the Sybase redeems $390 million of convertible debt</div><div><p>Mobile phone software developer Sybase Inc. said Friday that it has redeemed $390 million of convertible debt.</p><p>The convertible subordinated notes carry an interest rate of 1.75 percent and mature in 2025.</p><p>The Dublin,

Fujitsu shares fall in row over ex-president's exit

2010-03-07T20:30:37Z

<div><p>TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Fujitsu Ltd <6702.T>, Japan's largest IT services firm, fell more than 4 percent on Monday amid a dispute with former president Kuniaki Nozoe over the circumstances that led ...

AMD reduces pay package for CEO by 14 pct. in 2009

2010-03-06T10:00:10Z

<div id="subtitle">AMD reduces pay package for its CEO by 14 percent in 2009 to $4.5 million</div><div><p>Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the world's No. 2 maker of computer microprocessors, reduced its CEO's pay package 14 percent last year. The company cut executives' pay in response to falling sales.</p><p>CEO Dirk Meyer rec...

Venezuela telecom agency rejects anti-Chavez TV

2010-03-06T00:30:15Z

<div id="subtitle">Venezuela telecom agency rejects company's bid to launch cable channels critical of Chavez</div><div><p>A company's bid to launch two cable channels expected to be critical of President Hugo Chavez was rejected Friday, Venezuela's state-run telecommunications agency announced.</p><p>The agency said Empresas 1BC failed to meet a deadline fo...

Movers roundup: Apple, Dish Network

2010-03-05T15:21:50Z

<div id="subtitle">Movers roundup: Apple stock jumps to record high, Dish Network shares climb on analyst upgrade</div><div><p>Among the stock activity stories for Friday, March 5, from AP Financial News:</p><p>NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Apple Inc. jumped...

HP revises results on EDS litigation

2010-03-05T14:46:46Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co <HPQ.N> said it has lowered its first-quarter results by 3 cents a share as a result of years-old litigation involving EDS, which the company bought in 2008.</p><p>HP revised its net earnings for the quarter...

2010 chip revenues to top pre-recession levels: iSuppli

2010-03-05T10:15:20Z

<div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Global chip sales could rise by more than a fifth this year, bringing them back above pre-recession levels, industry watcher iSuppli said on Friday.</p><p>Intel Corp, BEIJING (Reuters) - Microsoft said it will stick to its development strategy for the China Internet search market regardless of the outcome of Google's high-profile spat with Beijing.</p><p...

TW Telecom unit prices $430 million notes offering

2010-03-05T00:00:10Z

<div id="subtitle">TW Telecom subsidiary prices $430 million senior notes offering</div><div><p>A subsidiary of TW Telecom Inc., an Internet and phone service provider, on Thursday priced an offering of $430 million of debt.</p><p>TW Telecom Holdings Inc. is issuing senior notes carrying an interest of 8 percent and maturing in 2018. It is priced at 99.284 percent of its face value...

Former studio heads sue Activision after firing

2010-03-04T12:46:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Former Infinity Ward studio heads sue Activision over firing</div><div><p>Two game studio heads fired by Activision this week are suing the video game publisher, saying it let them go to avoid paying hefty royalties from the popular "Call of Duty."</p><p>In a...

PC sales to grow 20 percent in 2010: Gartner

2010-03-04T12:16:37Z

<div><p>Worldwide sales of personal computers are expected to grow nearly 20 percent this year over 2009, with laptops driving new sales, research group Gartner said on Thursday.</p><p>Gartner said it expected total PC sales of 366.1 million units in 2010, a 19.7 percent increase from the 305.8 million units shipped in 2009.</p><p>It said worldwide PC spending is forecast to reach 245 billion dollars this year, up 12.2 percent from 2009.</p><p>In D...

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