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US newspaper advertising revenue fell by nearly 28 percent in the third quarter, continuing a slide which has led to layoffs, bankruptcies and the closure of several dailies. http://www.physorg.com/news177953266.html Technology - Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:40:03 EST news177953266 (AP) -- European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. http://www.physorg.com/news177943402.html Technology - Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:03 EST news177943402 (AP) -- A deal for Comcast Corp. to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal and create one of the most powerful media companies in the world is taking longer than expected as the current owners tussle over price. http://www.physorg.com/news177943175.html Technology - Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:41:07 EST news177943175 (AP) -- Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, a top executive said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news177919467.html Technology - Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:40:02 EST news177919467 (AP) -- EBay has completed its sale of Skype for about $2 billion to an investor group that included the founders of the Internet phone service. http://www.physorg.com/news177919207.html Technology - Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:39 EST news177919207 (AP) -- Some of the computer-industry's biggest players - such as IBM Corp., Intel Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. - have wowed Wall Street this fall with stronger-than-expected profits. http://www.physorg.com/news177875245.html Technology - Business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:00:03 EST news177875245 Can Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, Silicon Valley's version of the long-squabbling Hatfields and McCoys, really get along? http://www.physorg.com/news177859569.html Technology - Business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:40:01 EST news177859569 (AP) -- A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by AT&T Inc. to force competitor Verizon Wireless to pull its "There's a Map for That" commercials. http://www.physorg.com/news177856137.html Technology - Business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:40:03 EST news177856137 (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 (AP) -- Sony said it aims to be profitable in gaming and flat-panel TVs by the fiscal year ending March 2011, pushing 3-D technology as a way to showcase its strength in entertainment and surface from deep losses. http://www.physorg.com/news177839700.html Technology - Business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:20:01 EST news177839700 (AP) -- The video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" is blasting its way into entertainment history. http://www.physorg.com/news177783744.html Technology - Business Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:00:05 EST news177783744 (AP) -- DirecTV Group Inc. is naming the vice chairman of PepsiCo Inc. as its chief executive. http://www.physorg.com/news177775921.html Technology - Business Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:40:02 EST news177775921 (AP) -- Cell phone handset maker Sony Ericsson will move its North American headquarters from North Carolina to Atlanta and close a half-dozen sites worldwide as it retrenches against what it expects will be a tighter market and cuts about 1,600 jobs globally. http://www.physorg.com/news177773045.html Technology - Business Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:40:02 EST news177773045 (AP) -- South Korea's telecommunications regulator cleared the way Wednesday for the launch of Apple's iPhone, amid reports the hit device could reach consumers by the end of this month. http://www.physorg.com/news177759487.html Technology - Business Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:50:01 EST news177759487 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) -- Internet phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. has agreed to pay $3 million to 32 states to settle an investigation into some of its business practices. http://www.physorg.com/news177615728.html Technology - Business Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:00:01 EST news177615728 (AP) -- Some 2,000 employees in Finland's technology sector will begin a strike in two weeks time if no agreement is reached in labor talks with company managers, union leaders said Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news177592286.html Technology - Business Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:30:08 EST news177592286 (AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. said Monday it raised its bid for Norway's Tandberg ASA after only a fraction of Tandberg shareholders agreed to Cisco's initial offer. http://www.physorg.com/news177592415.html Technology - Business Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:14:22 EST news177592415 India's fraud office will file charges this month against the founder of outsourcer Satyam after he admitted to falsifying profits in the nation's biggest corporate fraud, a minister said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news177581463.html Technology - Business Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:11:24 EST news177581463 Switzerland-based Logitech is buying video-conferencing equipment firm LifeSize Communications in a 405-million-dollar deal expected to close next month. http://www.physorg.com/news177347836.html Technology - Business Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:50:01 EST news177347836 (AP) -- After a slight reprieve in September, U.S. video game retail sales slumped again in October, unable to escape the economic turmoil that's cutting into consumer spending and swelling the ranks of unemployed. http://www.physorg.com/news177311963.html Technology - Business Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:30:01 EST news177311963 (AP) -- New regulatory filings suggest many more layoffs could be coming at AOL LLC as it separates from Time Warner Inc. by the end of the year. http://www.physorg.com/news177258079.html Technology - Business Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:40:04 EST news177258079 Global sales of mobile phones reversed a slide that began late last year and turned positive in third quarter 2009, a trend expected to accelerate thanks to smartphones, a study disclosed Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news177257044.html Technology - Business Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:20:01 EST news177257044 US conglomerate General Electric on Thursday announced it would sell its security unit to United Technologies Corp. for 1.82 billion dollars. http://www.physorg.com/news177248056.html Technology - Business Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:00:01 EST news177248056 (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) -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s $2.7 billion takeover of 3Com Corp. is a shot at networking leader Cisco Systems Inc. - and a sign of how old relationships are being frayed by a flurry of maneuvers by technology heavyweights. http://www.physorg.com/news177186490.html Technology - Business Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:40:02 EST news177186490 Adobe Systems, known for its Photoshop editing program and Acrobat document software, announced on Tuesday it was cutting some 680 jobs worldwide, about nine percent of its workforce. http://www.physorg.com/news177102314.html Technology - Business Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:40:02 EST news177102314 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) said Tuesday China's top chip maker will pay it 200 million US dollars cash after they settled a long-running dispute over alleged theft of trade secrets. http://www.physorg.com/news177083799.html Technology - Business Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:30:01 EST news177083799 (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Carol Bartz promised Tuesday to turn around the struggling Internet company after this year's "terrible" performance. http://www.physorg.com/news177078242.html Technology - Business Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:24:44 EST news177078242