Hewlett-Packard puts Bradley in strategy role
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
NEW YORK — Todd Bradley, the head of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s printing and personal computer business, has been appointed to a new position in charge of the company's strategy with a focus on China, the company said Tuesday.
Spotify's Top 10 most streamed tracks
|Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
The following list represents the top streamed tracks on Spotify from Monday, June 10, to Sunday, June 16:
US video game retail sales fall 25 percent in May
|Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
NEW YORK — U.S. retail sales of video games, hardware and accessories declined 25 percent in May as demand for aging game consoles continued to fade and fewer new games launched compared with last year, according to market researcher NPD Group.
Kabel Deutschland shares rise on takeover interest
|Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
BERLIN — Shares in Germany's biggest cable operator are up after Kabel Deutschland received a preliminary takeover proposal from U.S. firm Liberty Global.
With Samsung, Jay-Z's business continues to boom
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
NEW YORK — He really is more than a businessman.
Facebook CEO meets SKorean president
|Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has met South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Seoul to discuss ways to stimulate entrepreneurship and venture firms in Asia's fourth-largest economy.
Chinese supercomputer named as world's fastest
|Monday, Jun. 17, 2013
BEIJING — A Chinese university has built the world's fastest supercomputer, almost doubling the speed of the U.S. machine that previously claimed the top spot and underlining China's rise as a science and technology powerhouse.
A look at original shows by online video services
|Monday, Jun. 17, 2013
LOS ANGELES — Netflix's deal to air 300 hours of original television programming from Dreamworks Animation in a multi-year deal is part of a trend in which online streaming video services including Amazon and Hulu are increasingly producing original shows.
How Britain spies on friends and rivals alike
| |Monday, Jun. 17, 2013
LONDON — Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's leaks to the Guardian newspaper have thrown back the curtain on the world of diplomatic espionage, revealing - in explicit detail - how British spies monitor enemies and allies alike. So what does GCHQ, Britain's eavesdropping agency, actually do? And how does it do it? And is any of this really all that surprising?
Google settles suit, clears way for stock split
| |Monday, Jun. 17, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO — Google has resolved a shareholder lawsuit blocking a long-delayed stock split, clearing the way for the Internet search leader to issue a new class of non-voting shares later this year.
News Summary: Apple details gov't data requests
|Monday, Jun. 17, 2013
NEW YORK — DISCLOSURE: Apple Inc. said it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from U.S. law enforcement for customer data for the six months ended in May.
Israel picks team to build high-speed web network
|Monday, Jun. 17, 2013
JERUSALEM — An Israeli committee has chosen a consortium led by Swedish company ViaEuropa to build a nationwide high-speed broadband network.
Russian tycoon wants to move mind to machine
| |Monday, Jun. 17, 2013
NEW YORK — Can the City That Never Sleeps become the City That Never Dies? A Russian multimillionaire thinks so.
Union ratchets up pressure on Amazon Germany
|Monday, Jun. 17, 2013
BERLIN — Union members at online retailer Amazon's German operations have begun a two-day strike to ratchet up pressure on the company over pay demands.
Apple details government requests for data
|Monday, Jun. 17, 2013
NEW YORK — Apple says it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from U.S. law enforcement for customer data for the six months ended in May.
Netflix cuts original TV deal with DreamWorks
| |Monday, Jun. 17, 2013
LOS ANGELES — Netflix said Monday that it would offer new TV shows from DreamWorks Animation starting in 2014 in what the company described as its biggest transaction ever for original first-run content.
Ohio police chief takes criminals to task online
| |Monday, Jun. 17, 2013
KENT, Ohio — If you're up to no good in this pocket of northeast Ohio, especially in a witless way, you're risking not only jail time or a fine but a swifter repercussion with a much larger audience: You're in for a social media scolding from police Chief David Oliver and some of his small department's 52,000-plus Facebook fans.
Scientists moving 15-ton magnet from NY to Chicago
| |Sunday, Jun. 16, 2013
UPTON, N.Y. — New York to Chicago, in five weeks?
Russian tycoon wants to move mind to machine
| |Saturday, Jun. 15, 2013
NEW YORK — Can the City That Never Sleeps become the City That Never Dies? A Russian multimillionaire thinks so.
Russian tycoon wants to move mind to machine
| |Saturday, Jun. 15, 2013
NEW YORK — Can the City That Never Sleeps become the City That Never Dies? A Russian multimillionaire thinks so.
