Google is expected to announce this week its next steps in China, where it has said its plans to stop censoring search results may force it to close down its site.
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Systemax is trying to profit after buying the names of two deceased store chains, CompUSA and Circuit City.
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A senior AT&T executive said Verizon may turn to its LTE wireless technology before it is fully mature and consumers won't be able to make much use of next-generation networks for another two years.
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Weeks before Apple's iPad is released, amateur analysts are reading the digital equivalent of tea leaves to estimate early sales.
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Iran must stop jamming satellite broadcasting and censoring the Internet, the European Union said, but the bloc stopped short of threatening any action if Tehran doesn't agree to it.
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Chinese television maker Skyworth Digital said it has joined South Korea's LG Display and state-owned Guangzhou-Kaide Technologies in a venture that will build a $4 billion liquid crystal display plant in China.
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China Telecom, the country's largest fixed-line operator by subscribers, reported a jump in full-year net profit as its year-earlier result was weighed by an impairment loss associated with its mobile business.
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Deutsche Telekom's decision to set a 30% female management quota has spurred a debate over the role women play in corporate Germany.
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Palm's shares tumbled more than 25% as some analysts said the company's latest lowered forecast and weak smart-phone sales raised serious concerns about Palm's viability.
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Apple is still working to secure content for the iPad with just weeks to go before the tablet computer's release, as the company tempers some of its initial ambitions for the much-hyped device.
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Barnes & Noble tapped the president of its Web site, William Lynch, as its new chief executive, succeeding Steve Riggio.
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Yelp, a popular Web service that allows users to rate local businesses, is in the hot seat to defend the way it sells online ads to local businesses.
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A federal judge has approved a $9.5 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit over alleged privacy violations by Facebook. Some privacy groups had objected to the deal, which creates a foundation.
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Samsung Electronics chief executive Choi Gee-sung said the company expects 2010 sales to grow at a double-digit percentage rate.
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A federal judge ruled that Theflyonthewall.com misappropriated the "time-sensitive recommendations" of several banks by immediately publishing news of analyst rating changes.
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Turnaround expert Jerome York died after being stricken with a brain aneurysm. After helping to revamp IBM, he led Kerkorian's attempts to force changes at Chrysler and GM.
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China Google Users Appeal for Clarity
A group of Chinese Internet activists have started a public letter addressed to Google and the Chinese government, demanding answers about the status of talks between the two parties.
App Watch: Helping Young Drivers Learn Safety Skills
A free iPhone app that helps young drivers review safe-driving skills could also help them get a discount on car insurance.
More human-rights groups are expressing concern about the use of social-networking sites to spread racism.
Google is expected to announce this week its next steps in China; Systemax is trying to profit after buying the names of two deceased store chains.
Startup Says Quantum Dots Can Transform Cellphone Cameras
Most cellphones can take pictures, but their resolution lags far behind the images created by more costly digital cameras. InVisage hopes to change that.
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Marisa Taylor reviews the Allegro Wi-Fi Radio, a portable radio that will stream thousands of Internet radio stations wherever there's a Wi-Fi signal.
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Why robocars, and not high-speed rail, could revolutionize transportation in the next decade.
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It is hard for investors to brush off the long-term threats facing Microsoft, whether from Google's low-cost office software or Apple's rising star. Those worries are very real. Yet they are easy to exaggerate for the immediate future.
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Walt Mossberg says the X100e and the Edge offer relatively low-price and colorful alternatives to Lenovo's traditional ThinkPad model.
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A handful of cash-rich companies are consolidating power in the tech industry, using their wealth to expand into new businesses and making it harder for small competitors to break through.
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Xobni Mobile for BlackBerry compiles contact information on the BlackBerry for anyone you've emailed—regardless of whether or not you saved their information in your address book.
Easton Capital is raising two new funds - a $50 million to $75 million fund aimed at deals that can produce returns in three to five years and a $100 million to $200 million for a biotech fund with a longer time horizon.
In this morning's Web roundup, Easton Capital looks to a capital-efficent model for health-care investing with a pair of funds, while Fred Wilson takes on Ben Horowitz over whether software start-ups need boatloads of money. Also, energy-storage technology makes progress and Boston Globe columnist Scott Kirsner touts the Startup Visa.
For years, lawyer advertisements have featured pinstripe-suited men standing in front of mahogany desks and leather-bound books, urging viewers to "call now!" Avvo wants to change that.
Trading in shares of both Intersil (ISIL) and Techwell (TWLL) have been halted for news pending. Draw your own conclusions.
Palm (PALM) this morning said it will launch versions of the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus on AT&T (T). The news was widely expected; AT&T had announced in January that it would be adding two phones from Palm sometime this year. Palm already sells phones through both Sprint (S) and Verizon [...]
Shanda Interactive (SNDA) this morning said its board has authorized the repurchase of up to $300 million of its American depositary shares. The company has a market of about $2.8 billion. Nonetheless, SNDA is down 6 cents, to $41.50.
Investment firm Elliott Associates this morning said it “welcomed” Novell's (NOVL) decision to “conduct a sale of the company.” Elliott has bid $5.75-a-share in cash for Novell; the company over the weekend rejected the offer as too low, but said it had hired J.P. Morgan to consider strategic alternatives, including [...]