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(AP) -- The struggling Internet company AOL plans to shed up to 2,500 jobs - more than a third of its work force - as it prepares to separate from Time Warner and finally sever their ill-fated marriage. http://www.physorg.com/news177846925.html Technology - Business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:55:46 EST news177846925 A Chinese court has ruled Microsoft Corp. infringed a Chinese company's intellectual property rights by including certain fonts in its operating systems, the companies confirmed Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news177662158.html Technology - Business Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:42:00 EST news177662158 Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to decline by more than 11 percent in 2009 over last year, less than previously forecast, market research firm Gartner said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news177618729.html Technology - Business Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:33:54 EST news177618729 (AP) -- Intel Corp. is paying Silicon Valley rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. $1.25 billion to squash a legal battle over Intel's sales tactics, a rift that led to antitrust charges against Intel in several countries and was headed toward a costly and nasty trial next year. http://www.physorg.com/news177247607.html Technology - Business Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:27:43 EST news177247607 (AP) -- European antitrust regulators have formally objected to Sun Microsystems Inc.'s planned $7.4 billion sale to Oracle Corp., escalating a battle over a deal that has already been cleared in the U.S. http://www.physorg.com/news177020567.html Technology - Business Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:23:33 EST news177020567 (AP) -- With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections for software. http://www.physorg.com/news176878623.html Technology - Business Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:57:46 EST news176878623 (AP) -- New York's attorney general hit Intel Corp. with an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday, claiming the company used "illegal threats and collusion" to dominate the market for computer microprocessors. http://www.physorg.com/news176556879.html Technology - Business Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:35:22 EST news176556879 (AP) -- Consumers may be shopping for computers again, but Microsoft Corp. still needs businesses to start doing the same. http://www.physorg.com/news175506785.html Technology - Business Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:53:45 EST news175506785 Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, took on the iconic iPhone on Thursday by suing US rival Apple for infringing 10 Nokia patents on mobile phone technology. http://www.physorg.com/news175434033.html Technology - Business Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:41:41 EST news175434033 (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. has pumped up its profits by laying off workers and weeding out unpopular Internet services. http://www.physorg.com/news175274907.html Technology - Business Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:28:57 EST news175274907 (AP) -- Wall Street knew Apple Inc.'s results for the most recent quarter would blow past the company's guidance, but investors clearly weren't prepared for the 47 percent jump in profit that Apple delivered. http://www.physorg.com/news175190117.html Technology - Business Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:55:42 EST news175190117 (AP) -- Google Inc.'s earnings and stock price are soaring again - and so is the Internet search leader's optimism. http://www.physorg.com/news174890797.html Technology - Business Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:47:14 EST news174890797 (AP) -- Google Inc. shifted into a higher gear in the third quarter and began to leave the recession behind as the 11-year-old Internet search leader recorded its biggest profit yet. http://www.physorg.com/news174847294.html Technology - Business Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:10:04 EST news174847294 (AP) -- IBM Corp. is a rare example of a company that has kept boosting profit and jacking up its guidance even as the recession has sapped its sales. http://www.physorg.com/news174847062.html Technology - Business Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:50:01 EST news174847062 (AP) -- Larry Ellison ratcheted up his rhetoric against IBM Corp. on Wednesday, challenging Oracle Corp.'s longtime partner and rival to "make our day" in a battle over business software performance. http://www.physorg.com/news174804466.html Technology - Business Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:10:01 EST news174804466 (AP) -- ASML Holding NV, a key supplier to computer chip makers, reported Wednesday a net profit of euro20 million ($29.7 million) for the third quarter, ending a nine-month streak of losses, and said new orders had increased sharply. http://www.physorg.com/news174719091.html Technology - Business Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:05:17 EST news174719091 A US technology company which won a patent case against software giant Microsoft filed suit on Tuesday against nearly two dozen other high-profile firms accusing them of violating the same patent. http://www.physorg.com/news174069684.html Technology - Business Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:41:58 EST news174069684 (AP) -- Verizon Wireless and Google Inc. are teaming up to tackle the challenge posed by the iPhone, saying they will collaborate closely to create wireless devices that use Google's software. http://www.physorg.com/news174041772.html Technology - Business Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:57:03 EST news174041772 Information technology will be an employment machine, generating 5.8 million new jobs in the coming four years, according to International Data Corporation (IDC) research released. http://www.physorg.com/news173940306.html Technology - Business Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:45:51 EST news173940306 (AP) -- Netflix Inc. declared a seven-member group of researchers, scientists and engineers from around the world as winners Monday of its three-year, $1 million contest to improve its movie recommendation system by at least 10 percent. http://www.physorg.com/news172753144.html Technology - Business Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:59:30 EST news172753144 (AP) -- The European Union on Monday published e-mail excerpts from computer makers and Intel Corp. to show that Intel pressured chip buyers into choosing Intel over rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. http://www.physorg.com/news172734870.html Technology - Business Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:28:25 EST news172734870 (AP) -- Japanese electronics makers NEC Corp., Casio Computer Co. and Hitachi said Monday they will combine their mobile phone handset-manufacturing operations by April next year in a bid to boost their competitiveness at home and abroad. http://www.physorg.com/news172129644.html Technology - Business Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:48:11 EST news172129644 Online auction giant eBay announced Tuesday it has agreed to sell 65 percent of its stake in Skype to a group of investors in a deal that values the Web communications service at 2.75 billion dollars. http://www.physorg.com/news171000933.html Technology - Business Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:16:12 EST news171000933 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to allow it to keep selling Word software as it fights an unfavorable patent ruling. http://www.physorg.com/news169891717.html Technology - Business Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:20:02 EST news169891717 The French advertising group Publicis said Sunday it would buy the digital advertising agency Razorfish from Microsoft for 530 million dollars (380 million euros). http://www.physorg.com/news169052428.html Technology - Business Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:00:56 EST news169052428 (AP) -- Google Inc. says it plans to acquire On2 Technologies Inc., a provider of digital video compression technology, in an all-stock deal valued at $106.5 million. http://www.physorg.com/news168693094.html Technology - Business Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:12:10 EST news168693094 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. will hire at least 400 workers from Yahoo Inc. if government regulators approve the companies' proposed Internet search partnership, and Yahoo will receive $150 million to cover any unexpected costs during the switch to new technology. http://www.physorg.com/news168671619.html Technology - Business Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:25:56 EST news168671619 Microsoft Corp.'s quarterly earnings report last week featured a number of grim statistics, including a relatively overlooked, albeit steep decline related to its Zune portable media player_potentially adding more uncertainty to the embattled product's future. http://www.physorg.com/news168198505.html Technology - Business Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:48:54 EST news168198505 Kathleen Byrnes and Justin Choi, a married couple attending medical school at Tulane University, say $40 is just too much to fork over for a Nintendo Wii game they might not enjoy. They haven't bought one since last fall, when they picked up "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed." http://www.physorg.com/news168192376.html Technology - Business Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:40:02 EST news168192376 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its profit in the last quarter plunged 29 percent because of weak computer sales, ending a fiscal year in which the software maker's revenue fell for the first time since the company went public in 1986. http://www.physorg.com/news167587038.html Technology - Business Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:57:49 EST news167587038