| | Study: Online banking possibly dicier than assumed
2:05PM CT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Many banks are unwittingly training their online customers to take risks with their passwords and other sensitive account information, leaving them more vulnerable to fraud, new research shows. | | |
 Review: TextBuyIt fun, easy to use, but limited
12:06PM CT
NEW YORK (AP) - TextBuyIt, a recently launched shop-by-cell phone service from Amazon.com Inc., seemed like the ultimate comparison shopping tool — perfect for an unabashed bargain hunter like myself. | | |
Yahoo CEO remains upbeat despite lackluster 2Q
11:39AM CT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - With Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover bid off the table and his company's stock price down 20 percent during his 13-month reign as Yahoo's CEO, Jerry Yang has a message for his exasperated shareholders: Things aren't as bleak as they look. | | |
Tech awards go to plane de-icing goo, headlights
2:20PM CT
SEATTLE (AP) - Camera flashcubes of the 1960s, high-definition TVs and the Nicoderm quit-smoking patch have at least one thing in common: Each found a place over the years on R&D Magazine's annual list of the 100 most technologically significant new products. | | |
AT&T 2Q profit up 30 pct, matching Street's view
1:45PM CT
NEW YORK (AP) - AT&T Inc.'s second-quarter financial results Wednesday indicated that the weak economy is catching up to the nation's largest telecommunications company, but investors were largely satisfied with what they saw. | | |
Electronics giants to create wireless HD standard
9:47AM CT
NEW YORK (AP) - Sony, Samsung and other consumer-electronics heavyweights are uniting to support a technology that could send high-definition video signals wirelessly from a single set-top box to screens around the home. | | |
IAC to take $170M in charges for spinoffs
Jul 22 2008 7:42PM CT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Internet conglomerate IAC/InterActiveCorp, preparing to spin off four of its operating units, said late Tuesday it plans to take about $170 million in charges because the housing crisis has diminished the value of its mortgage and real estate businesses. | | |
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