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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 2009-11-13T15:50:01-07:00 (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 2009-11-13T05:30:01-07:00 (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 2009-11-12T14:40:04-07:00 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 2009-11-12T14:20:01-07:00 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 2009-11-12T12:00:01-07:00 (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 2009-11-12T11:27:43-07:00 (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 2009-11-11T18:40:02-07:00 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 2009-11-10T19:40:02-07:00 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 2009-11-10T14:30:01-07:00 (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 2009-11-10T12:24:44-07:00 (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 2009-11-09T20:23:33-07:00 Internet giant Google has been ordered to pay 500,000 dollars in damages to Formula 1 racer Rubens Barrichello for hosting fake online profiles of him on its social network Orkut. http://www.physorg.com/news177009760.html Technology - Business 2009-11-09T17:50:03-07:00 Industry tracker Gartner forecast on Monday that revenue from Internet-based "cloud computing" will top 14 billion dollars annually by the end of 2013. http://www.physorg.com/news177009881.html Technology - Business 2009-11-09T17:28:48-07:00 (AP) -- Electronic Arts plans to cut its work force by 17 percent as it tries to align its business with a transforming video game industry. http://www.physorg.com/news177009393.html Technology - Business 2009-11-09T17:17:12-07:00 (AP) -- The social networking site Tagged.com has adopted reforms on the use of invitation e-mails after an attorney general alleged that the Web site essentially stole the identities of some 60 million Internet users. http://www.physorg.com/news176996623.html Technology - Business 2009-11-09T14:10:14-07:00 (AP) -- As its packaged video games business lags, Electronic Arts Inc. has snapped up Playfish Inc., the creator of popular social networking games such as "Who Has the Biggest Brain" and "Pet Society," for $275 million in cash. http://www.physorg.com/news176995904.html Technology - Business 2009-11-09T13:50:03-07:00 (AP) -- In a bid to sell living room electronics and spur buzz for "Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs," Sony Corp. is offering the movie for free to U.S. buyers of its Internet-connected TVs and Blu-ray players starting Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news176909112.html Technology - Business 2009-11-08T13:25:56-07:00 (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 2009-11-08T04:57:46-07:00 (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is upping the ante heading into the holiday season, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following last month's price cut on books. http://www.physorg.com/news176726995.html Technology - Business 2009-11-06T10:52:57-07:00 A judge on Thursday ordered a California online music service to stop delivering Beatles songs to users, according to a copy of the ruling posted online. http://www.physorg.com/news176703515.html Technology - Business 2009-11-06T04:30:03-07:00 Fortune Magazine crowned Apple top dog Steve Jobs "CEO of the Decade" in its newest edition. http://www.physorg.com/news176665402.html Technology - Business 2009-11-05T18:10:02-07:00 (AP) -- It's been a rough year for the video game industry, but Activision Blizzard Inc. reported a profit for its third quarter because of a good response for games such as "Guitar Hero 5" and "World of Warcraft." http://www.physorg.com/news176664093.html Technology - Business 2009-11-05T17:40:01-07:00 (AP) -- Satellite TV operator DirecTV Group Inc. was one of the few pay-TV companies to attract new subscribers in the third quarter, as it reported revenue growth of 10 percent that was partly offset by higher costs to attract and serve those customers. http://www.physorg.com/news176656278.html Technology - Business 2009-11-05T15:27:04-07:00 (AP) -- No Doubt on Wednesday sued video game maker Activision for putting words in band members' mouths. http://www.physorg.com/news176650028.html Technology - Business 2009-11-05T13:50:01-07:00 Blackberry smartphone maker Research in Motion (RIM) announced Thursday it would buy back 1.2 billion US dollars worth of its stock to prop up the sagging share price amid heightened competition. http://www.physorg.com/news176650206.html Technology - Business 2009-11-05T13:30:25-07:00 South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Thursday it will pay 1.3 billion dollars plus royalties to US wireless chip supplier Qualcomm under a new 15-year licensing deal. http://www.physorg.com/news176622718.html Technology - Business 2009-11-05T06:20:05-07:00 Global media giant News Corp. posted an 11 percent rise in quarterly net profit on Wednesday as strong results from its movie, cable television and book publishing divisions offset a newspaper slump. http://www.physorg.com/news176583052.html Technology - Business 2009-11-04T19:00:02-07:00 (AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc. doesn't want Wall Street to interpret its forecast for its first quarterly revenue growth in a year as evidence that the U.S. and other economies are roaring back. http://www.physorg.com/news176579704.html Technology - Business 2009-11-04T17:55:59-07:00 US software giant Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday signed an agreement with Taiwan to jointly establish a research centre here for the development of Internet computing technology. http://www.physorg.com/news176566642.html Technology - Business 2009-11-04T14:26:11-07:00 (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says it is cutting 800 more jobs. That's in addition to the 5,000 layoffs it announced in January. http://www.physorg.com/news176565537.html Technology - Business 2009-11-04T13:59:19-07:00