AP - When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world.
AP - Shares in Nokia Corp. tumbled Friday after the leading cell phone maker said its third-quarter global market share will decline from second-quarter levels because of aggressive price cuts by its rivals.
AP - Being a trendsetter can be pricey. As any fashionista or gadget hound knows, the latest frocks and tech toys don't pay for themselves. But a new Web site is trying to make it profitable for music lovers to stay ahead of the curve by paying them when other people purchase MP3s they've bought.
Comcast Challenges FCC's Authority To Order Neutrality
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:59:18 GMT NewsFactor - Comcast fired back at the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday in its long-running duel with the agency. The cable-TV and Internet service provider filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C.
Nokia losing market share as price war bites
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:07:39 GMT Reuters - Nokia Oyj (NOK1V.HE), the world's
biggest cellphone maker, said it expects to lose market share
in the third quarter as it fights to maintain profit margins,
sending its shares as much as 14 percent lower.
Dell Previews $349 Linux-Based Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:46:53 GMT NewsFactor - Dell has taken the wraps off a new mini-notebook PC squarely aimed at U.S. consumers. Called the Inspiron Mini 9, the PC maker's first offering in the so-called netbook category sports an 8.9-inch LED screen with a resolution of 1024x600 pixels.
Reuters - Microsoft Corp kicked off a
$300 million marketing campaign on Thursday, aimed at improving
the image of its Windows Vista operating system and strike back
at Apple Inc's "Mac vs. PC" ads.
Reuters - Electronic Arts Inc's
creature-building game "Spore" offers players a chance to
develop new worlds -- and maybe even new lines of business for
the video game maker.