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BK’s Antisocial ‘Whopper Sacrifice’ Lands in the Dumpster

More than 230,000 Facebook members got a rude awakening this past week when they were notified that they had been "de-friended" for a nice, juicy Burger King Whopper ...

Can Carol Bartz Put the Yodel Back in Yahoo?

Struggling Internet portal Yahoo has tapped former AutoDesk CEO Carol Bartz as its new CEO ...

Genachowski Likely to Champion Openness as FCC Chief

President-elect Barack Obama has selected former Internet executive and venture capitalist Julius Genachowski to be the next head of the Federal Communications Commission ...

Expected Sony, Toshiba Losses Rock Japanese CE Market

Two giants of Japan's consumer electronics industry are expected to announce annual losses for the first time in many years ...

OLPC Struggles to Stay Afloat

One Laptop Per Child, a Boston-based nonprofit dedicated to providing cheap laptop computers to children in underdeveloped countries, has laid off 50 percent of its staff ...

Yahoo Narrows CEO Search

Beleaguered Internet portal Yahoo is about to wrap up its search for a CEO to replace cofounder Jerry Yang. An announcement could come as soon as this week ...

Lenovo Bites the Bullet, Cuts Jobs and Executive Pay

Chinese PC maker Lenovo will cut 2,500 jobs, or about 11 percent of its workforce, during the first quarter, the company said Wednesday ...

Sun Turns Its Gaze to the Cloud

Sun Microsystems has acquired Belgian cloud computing company Q-layer for an undisclosed price ...

Intel Warns Investors to Brace for Painful Q4 Report

Chip giant Intel has once again preannounced dire financial results -- yet another sign of the year-long U.S. recession's heavy toll on the technology industry ...

Xbox 360 Weathers 2008 With Record Sales

Microsoft announced Monday that 2008 was the best year ever for its Xbox 360 video game system, despite a year-long U.S. recession that has seen consumer spending plummet ...

Telecom Shows Signs of Buckling Under Recessionary Pressures

AT&T and Verizon shares were hit hard Monday after being downgraded by Bernstein Research ...

LG to Show Off Netflix-Ready High-Def TVs at CES

Netflix is coming to a high-definition LG Electronics television near you ...

Dell Dumps 2 Top Execs in Major Reorg

Dell, the No. 2 PC maker in the U.S., has fired two top executives as part of a major restructuring designed to help close the gap with its largest competitor, HP ...

AMD Makes Deeper Slash in Workforce

Advanced Micro Devices said Monday that it cut 600 jobs in the third quarter -- 100 more than it indicated in the guidance provided to Wall Street early last fall, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission ...

Sony Can Make the PS3 for Less, but Does It Matter?

Sony has drastically reduced the production costs associated with its PlayStation 3 video game console by 35 percent, according to information technology researcher iSuppli ...

Microsoft Mulls Metered Model for PCs

Microsoft first talked about pay-as-you-go computing years ago, but a recent patent publication suggests the software giant is moving ahead with an alternative strategy for expanding PC access around the world ...

Amazon Sales Soar Above Holiday Retail Slump

Online retail giant Amazon.com announced Friday that it had the strongest holiday shopping season in its history ...

Lawsuit Against NYTCo Threatens Widespread Internet Linking Practices

GateHouse Media, a chain of local newspapers, has sued the New York Times Co. for copyright and trademark infringement ...

Elevation Gives Palm a Leg Up

Struggling smartphone maker Palm just got a US$100 million shot in the arm from private equity group Elevation Partners ...

Warner Music, YouTube Out of Tune

Warner Music Group has started pulling some of its songs from YouTube, a move that apparently reflects a breakdown in the renegotiation of a licensing agreement between the two sides ...

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