Disney, Time Warner make progress on program fees
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:37 am PDT
AP - Walt Disney Co. and Time Warner Cable Inc. said Sunday that they have made "significant progress" in resolving their issues over programming fees with less than a week left to renew a pact that feeds TV channels like ESPN into American households. Full Story | Top |
3Par calls HP $30 bid `superior'; Dell mulls reply
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:45 am PDT
AP - Data storage company 3Par Inc. says its board has determined that Hewlett-Packard Co.'s $2 billion, $30-per-share takeover bid is superior to a rival offer from Dell Inc., but Dell said Saturday it was mulling over a higher bid. Full Story | Top |
Three big-carrier, Android-packing Samsung Galaxy phones down, one to go
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:49 pm PDT
Ben Patterson - We've already got the Captivate for AT&T, the Epic 4G for Sprint, and the Vibrant for T-Mobile — all three of which come armed with eye-popping 4-inch displays, slim profiles, speedy 1GHz processors, and five-megapixel cameras — and now Samsung’s set to finish its lap of the four big U.S. carriers with the Fascinate, due in the coming weeks for Verizon Wireless. Full Story | Top |
Is Blockbuster poised to declare bankruptcy?
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:04 pm PDT
Ben Patterson - Rumors of imminent bankruptcy have been dogging the financially struggling Blockbuster video rental chain for years, and a recent report claims that Blockbuster will finally file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as early as next month. But while the easy-to-hate Blockbuster may be down, it’s probably not out—and that’s a good thing for us movie-loving consumers. Full Story | Top |
Travel, academics lead iPad Apps of the Week
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:24 pm PDT
Appolicious - There was lots of good stuff in the iTunes App Store this week for the iPad. Travel guides, cool games and a great tool for students and academics all make an appearance on the list this week, along with a physics game for your entertainment. Full Story | Top |
No solution for BlackBerry in India, 4 days to go
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:29 am PDT
 AP - Efforts by Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry, to broaden the debate over data encryption were dismissed by Indian industry groups as unnecessary Friday and appeared unlikely to break a logjam over government demands for access to users' e-mails by an Aug. 31 deadline. Full Story | Top |
India meets for decision on BlackBerry ban
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:15 pm PDT
Reuters - Indian officials meet on Monday to decide whether to ban some of Research In Motion's BlackBerry services, a day before the deadline runs out for the firm to give security agencies access to its secure data. Full Story | Top |
Vodafone 'to sell China Mobile stake'
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:38 am PDT
 AFP - British mobile phone giant Vodafone is to sell its shares in China Mobile to raise more than four billion pounds (6.2 billion dollars, 4.9 billion euros), a newspaper reported Sunday. Full Story | Top |
It's Not Over: HP Ups the Ante for 3PAR To $2 Billion
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:13 am PDT
NewsFactor - Hewlett-Packard submitted a $2 billion offer for 3PAR on Friday morning, topping Dell's latest $1.8 billion bid for the storage technology provider. Formed in 1999 by a group of server-cluster engineers from Sun Microsystems, 3PAR offers technologies that enable enterprises to service a wide range of applications concurrently from multiple on-premise servers, virtual cloud servers, or hybrid systems that combine on-premise and off-premise elements. Full Story | Top |
Online video key to Disney, Time Warner Cable row
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:23 pm PDT
Reuters - The growing availability of popular TV shows on the Web is at the heart of ongoing contentious programing fee negotiations between Walt Disney Co and Time Warner Cable Inc, according to a person familiar with the discussions. Full Story | Top |
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