Technology News
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By The Numbers: Netflix subscribers
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:52PM July 24, 2012 CommentOn Tuesday, Netflix reported a 91 percent reduction in second-quarter earnings amid a slowdown in subscriber growth. Netflix Inc. added 1.1 million worldwide subscribers to its streaming service — in line with management predictions, but below what analysts had hoped for.
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Review: 'Secret World' _ a thinking person's MMO
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:06PM July 24, 2012 CommentIt's no secret that most massively multiplayer online games take place in either fantasylands, sci-fi galaxies or apocalyptic dominions, which is why it's so refreshing that "The Secret World" is ambitiously set in a twisted take on our own world where apparently everything that ever happened on "The X-Files," ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Fringe" is real.
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AP Exclusive: Webcams make Alaska bears accessible
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:21AM July 24, 2012 CommentANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A new video initiative is bringing the famed brown bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park directly to your computer or smartphone.
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TomTom sales fall in Q2, unveils deal with Peugeot
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:11AM July 24, 2012 CommentAMSTERDAM (AP) — TomTom NV, Europe's largest maker of navigation devices, reported a return to profit in the second quarter, and its shares surged Tuesday after it announced a supply deal with carmaker Peugeot.
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Earnings Preview: Amazon 2Q revenue likely strong
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:49AM July 24, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Amazon.com is expected to post sharply higher revenue when it reports second-quarter results Thursday after the market closes, but its investments in new distribution facilities may weigh on the online retailer.
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Apple to Report Results As Eyes Turn to iPhone 5
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:12AM July 24, 2012 Comment
MacBook Air at an Apple Store in Chicago, Illinois.
NEW YORK (AP) — Analysts are likely to probe Apple executives for clues as to how fast the company can ramp up production of an expected iPhone 5.
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Netflix to update investors on customer count
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:00AM July 24, 2012 CommentLOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) — Netflix will update its customer count and growth strategy Tuesday afternoon when the video subscription services releases its second-quarter results.
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Cisco to lay off 1,300 employees in latest cutback
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:28PM July 23, 2012 CommentSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Cisco Systems is preparing to lay off about 1,300 workers just a few months after the world's largest maker of computer networking equipment warned that growing economic uncertainty is making it tougher to close sales with its customers.
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Software maker VMware buys Nicira for $1.26B
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:36PM July 23, 2012 CommentPALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Business software maker VMware is buying computer networking specialist Nicira for nearly $1.3 billion.
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Navy radio might be crippling Conn. garage doors
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:42PM July 23, 2012 CommentHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A radio signal being transmitted out of a submarine base is likely behind reports of garage doors failing to open and close in southeastern Connecticut, the U.S. Navy said Monday.
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News Corp to launch tablet education pilot
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:21PM July 23, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — News Corp. on Monday named its grade school education business Amplify and said it and AT&T would fund a pilot project that aims to put tablet computers in students' hands in the coming school year.
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How Apple's phantom taxes hide billions in profit
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:35PM July 23, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — On Tuesday, Apple is set to report financial results for the second quarter. Analysts are expecting net income of $9.8 billion. But whatever figure Apple reports won't reflect its true profit, because the company hides some of it with an unusual tax maneuver.
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Ex-Yahoo CEO becomes head of ShopRunner
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:18PM July 23, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Recently ousted Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has landed a new job leading ShopRunner, an online service that provides two-day shipping from a variety of Internet retailers.
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RIM investor Watsa doubles stake
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:44PM July 23, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Prem Watsa, one of Canada's best-known value investors, has nearly doubled his stake in BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. to 9.9 percent, according to a regulatory filing Monday.
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Big Tech Stocks Rally After Early Earnings Reports
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:32AM July 23, 2012 Comment
Google Inc. Vice President Marissa Mayer speaks to foreign and local media during a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Mayer explained Google's continued focus on innovative searching techniques and applications.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — That wasn't so bad, after all.
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New lab working on security shoe sole to ID people
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:18PM July 21, 2012 CommentPITTSBURGH (AP) — High-tech security? Forget those irksome digital eye scans. Meet the biometric shoe.
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DirecTV, Viacom fight to draw in channel punch-out
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:00PM July 20, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Viacom and DirecTV fought a bruising bout over fees to a draw Friday and agreed to a long-term deal that ended a 10-day channel blackout.
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Judge: Kleiner must fight lawsuit in open court
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:35PM July 20, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One of Silicon Valley's oldest venture capital firms must fight a gender bias and retaliation lawsuit in open court, a judge ruled Friday.
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IPO market heats up after Facebook freeze
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:12PM July 20, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Investors showed their appetite for freshly public technology stocks on Friday, but a decidedly old-school company — Fender Instruments — bowed out of its planned initial public offering citing market conditions.
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Online campaign winds down for bullied NY woman
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:13PM July 20, 2012 CommentGREECE, N.Y. (AP) — An online campaign that aimed to raise $5,000 to send a bullied bus monitor on vacation is winding down — after tallying more than $683,000.
