- 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.
- 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.
- Google outpaces search market growth
(CNET)
CNET - Google’s quantity searches in the United States during July surged 16 percent over the last year, cementing the company’s lead at the top of the market, according to statistics released Tuesday by Nielsen Online.
- A modern electoral tradition: selling votes on eBay
(AFP)
AFP - Ever since the online auction site eBay sprung up 10 years ago as a hub for selling just about everything imaginable, a handful of Americans has tried to sell votes, even though it is illegal.
- Vodafone firm to sell iPhone 3G in India
(Reuters)
Reuters - Vodafone Essar, India’s third-largest
mobile operator, will sell Apple’s iPhone 3G at 31,000
rupees ($708) for the 8GB model, a senior company official, who
could not be named, said on Wednesday,
- Almost one mobile phone for every South Korean, statistics show
(AFP)
AFP - Tech-savvy South Korea now has 45 million mobile phones, equivalent to 91 percent of the total population, the Korea Communications Commission said Wednesday.
- 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.
- Apple updates iPhone software to fix glitches
(Reuters)
Reuters - Apple Inc has issued a
software update for the latest iPhone to help fix connection
problems that led to a flurry of online complaints from
customers, a European mobile service provider said on Tuesday
as Credit Suisse reported strong U.S. sales of the device.
