Technology News
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British man wins 'Twitter threat' appeal
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:16AM July 27, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — A British man on Friday won a High Court challenge of his conviction for tweeting that he would blow up an airport if his flight was canceled, a ruling that had made him an Internet free speech cause celebre.
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Galaxy phones drive Samsung to record profit again
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:01AM July 27, 2012 CommentSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung, the world's largest technology company by revenue, reported another record-high quarterly profit as customers flocked to Galaxy smartphones, helping it outdo rivals at a challenging time for the global tech industry.
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Facebook's stock tumbles after 1st public quarter
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:25PM July 26, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's first earnings report as a public company had solid numbers, but in the end it landed with a thud — much like its rocky initial public offering two months ago.
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Amazon.com meets tiny 2Q profit expectations
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:18PM July 26, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday reported muted second-quarter earnings and projected an operating loss for the current quarter as it absorbs the costs of a warehouse technology acquisition and plans to spend more on order-fulfillment centers ahead of the holidays.
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Worries about future pummel Zynga shares
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:12PM July 26, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Zynga investors are not playing games.
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Sprint loss widens, but revenue beats estimates
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:09PM July 26, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Sprint Nextel Corp., the country's third-largest wireless carrier, on Thursday reported a wider loss for the second quarter as wrote down the value of its moribund Nextel network.
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Twitter: Data center problems caused outage
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:53PM July 26, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Twitter blamed systems failures — not a crush of traffic around the Olympic games — for an outage on Thursday that saw people around the world experience problems accessing the micro blogging site for more than an hour.
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Google to offer KC ultra-fast Internet for $70/mo.
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:19PM July 26, 2012 CommentKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Google Inc. revealed Thursday what it will charge for its long-awaited, ultra-fast Internet service in Kansas City: $70 per month.
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Tweet this: Study finds limits to new 'Twiplomacy'
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:21PM July 26, 2012 CommentGENEVA (AP) — The governments of almost two-thirds of the 193 U.N. member nations have joined the Twitterverse where President Barack Obama and his tweet on gay marriage are the most popular to date, says a new study Thursday.
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Ahead of the Bell: Zynga
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:14AM July 26, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Zynga and other social media companies tumbled in trading before Thursday's opening bell after the online gaming site posted poor quarterly results and cut its outlook, prompting a number of analyst downgrades.
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LG Display sinks to loss in 2Q on low TV demand
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:09AM July 26, 2012 CommentSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — LG Display reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss Thursday, hit by a U.S. price-rigging penalty and weak demand for TVs.
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SK Hynix sinks to loss on oversupply, weak demand
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:11AM July 26, 2012 CommentSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — SK Hynix Co., which supplies mobile chips to Apple Inc., sank to a quarterly loss as oversupply battered mobile chip prices while demand for personal computers weakened.
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Game maker Zynga stock tanks after weak 2Q report
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:47PM July 25, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Zynga Inc. lost money and received less revenue than anticipated in the second quarter because "CityVille," ''FarmVille" and other games are not attracting as many paying players as they should.
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Facebook's day of reckoning: 2Q earnings report
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:21PM July 25, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — It's showtime for Facebook. Call it the second act after its rocky initial public offering two months ago. On Thursday, the company will take the spotlight once again for its first earnings report as a public company.
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Review: New Mac software well worth $20 upgrade
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:51PM July 25, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — I didn't need to spend a lot of time with the new Mac operating system to see that phones and tablet computers have won out over personal computers at Apple.
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Details on upgrading to new Mac system
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:50PM July 25, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — So you've heard a lot about Apple's new operating system, Mountain Lion, and think you're ready to upgrade your Mac computer. Your options depend on what computer you have now.
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Stars from Hanks to Seinfeld enter digital fray
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:22PM July 25, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — As a new wave of big names enter the growing field of Web series, leave it to Larry David to keep enthusiasm in check.
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Apple shares retreat after rare earnings miss
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:37PM July 25, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Apple's stock fell Wednesday after the company did something un-Apple-like: posting results below Wall Street expectations.
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UK watchdog: Stop recording taxi conversations
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:54PM July 25, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Britain's information watchdog on Wednesday ordered a city council to stop the mandatory recording of people's conversations in taxis, saying the policy breaches the Data Protection act.
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States ask help collecting Internet sales taxes
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:35PM July 25, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — More than 21 states have simplified how they collect taxes in hopes of recovering an estimated $20 billion in sales taxes that go uncollected by out-of-state online merchants every year. But the nation's governors say they still need help from Congress.
