HP posts 3Q profit jump; faces stiff competition (AP)
AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. weathered economic turbulence remarkably well in the fiscal third quarter but the technology bellwether faces another big challenge — stiffer personal-computer competition — that threatens to slow its steady growth.
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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes (AP)
AP - Some people who sell things on eBay are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers. Now even more changes are coming in the next few weeks, but this time eBay Inc. hopes it can cool tempers.
China limits use of Olympians' names online (AP)
AP - China has banned the use of its Olympic gold medalists' names as Internet addresses by anyone but the athletes themselves.
Intel unveils new chip design to challenge AMD (AP)
AP - Intel Corp. cracked the lid Tuesday on a new chip design that is at once a big challenge to smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and an admission that AMD nailed a key design feature before it slipped into a severe financial slump.
eBay to lower sellers' fixed-price fees (CNET)
CNET - eBay will reduce the fees it charges to sellers to list fixed-price items, the online auctioneer is set to announce Wednesday.
Martin wants broadband across USA (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - WASHINGTON - High-speed Internet access is so important to the welfare of U.S. consumers that America can't afford not to offer it - free of charge - to anybody who wants it, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin says.
Apple tries to de-bug iPhone (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Apple (AAPL) acknowledged Tuesday that a software update for the iPhone partly fixes the connection snags that have caused a global firestorm for the new iPhone 3G.
STMicro, Ericsson in tie-up for semi-conductors, mobile platforms (AFP)
AFP - French-Italian group STMicroelectronics and Sweden's Ericsson announced Wednesday a 50-50 joint venture merging their semi-conductor and mobile telephone platform activities.
Microsoft to pay Novell $100 million more for Linux support (Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp plans to pay software maker Novell Inc up to $100 million in additional subscription fees due to strong demand for Novell's open-source Linux software that partners with Microsoft's proprietary Windows software.
Ericsson, STMicro merge wireless chips (Reuters)
Reuters - Ericsson (ERICb.ST) and STMicroelectronics have agreed to join their wireless chip and software businesses to create a joint venture that will supply four of the world's top five cell phone makers.
JavaFX looks to stake claim in RIA (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - With its new JavaFX technology for rich Internet applications, Sun Microsystems hopes to leverage the strength of the Java development base and Java's ubiquitous presence on devices to make a strong run in a race in which it is a very late entrant.
Electronic Arts sets February launch date for Sims 3 (Reuters)
Reuters - Video games publisher Electronic Arts set a launch date of February 20, 2009 for the latest installment of its biggest-selling franchise, the Sims, on Wednesday.
American launches in-flight Internet on 3 routes (AP)
AP - One of the few remaining Internet-free havens vanished Wednesday as American Airlines launched airborne e-mail, Web and other online services on some of its longer, nonstop flights.
EBay Lowers Fees for Fixed-price Items (PC World)
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Palm unveils Treo Pro to battle BlackBerry (Reuters)
Reuters - Palm Inc unveiled a Treo smartphone on Wednesday based on Microsoft Corp software to compete for business users against rivals such as Research In Motion's BlackBerry.
Microsoft, Novell expand alliance with $100M deal (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp., expanding on an alliance with Novell Inc., has agreed to buy as much as $100 million more for subscription certificates for Novell's Linux products, Novell said Wednesday.
An EA merger with Take-Two gets U.S. antitrust OK (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. antitrust authorities would approve a combination of Electronic Arts Inc with rival video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software, according to letters from the Federal Trade Commission posted on the agency's web site.
Sony says to launch new version of PSP handheld (Reuters)
Reuters - Consumer electronics giant Sony Corp (6758.T) announced a new version of its Playstation Portable handheld games console that can be used as a telephone on Wednesday, to go on sale in Europe on October 15.
FTC all but bans robocalls (CNET)
CNET - WASHINGTON--The Federal Trade Commission essentially banned robocalls Tuesday--creating new rules that telemarketers may only send the prerecorded sales pitches to people who actually want to receive them.
Microsoft Details Strategy To Grab Google's Market (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft laid out its "catch Google" strategy at the Search Engines Strategies Conference and Expo in San Jose Tuesday. Appearing as the second keynote, Satya Nadella, senior vice president for search and advertising, vowed that additional investment and new deep-search techniques will allow the company to gain share over market behemoth Google.
Apple acknowledges iPhone 3G reception issues (CNET)
CNET - Apple has finally acknowledged the iPhone 3G's reception issues, confirming that the iPhone OS 2.0.2 software update was designed to fix those problems.
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