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Needles and spins: Vinyl comeback drives turntable demand Mon, 12 May 2008 10:35:50 -0400
For decades the turntable market has survived because of the patronage of old folks, hip-hop DJs and those dorky crate-diggers who haunt the Harvard Square record shops. But...

New top-of-the-line BlackBerry doubles screen resolution Mon, 12 May 2008 09:59:30 -0400
NEW YORK - Research In Motion Ltd. on Monday introduced its first major new BlackBerry model in more than a year: the Bold, a high-end model that further demonstrates the...

JVC, Kenwood move toward merger Mon, 12 May 2008 06:47:03 -0400
TOKYO - Home electronics suppliers Victor Co. of Japan and Kenwood Corp. said Monday they have agreed to set up a joint holding company effective Oct. 1. The move is the...

Next generation of business software could get more fun Mon, 12 May 2008 04:27:05 -0400
CAMBRIDGE - Once upon a time, people bonded with their co-workers on office softball teams and traded gossip at the watercooler. OK, so those days aren't gone yet....

Sick hacker glories in an attack on Epilepsy Foundation Sun, 11 May 2008 04:03:49 -0400
SAN FRANCISCO - Computer attacks typically don't inflict physical pain on their victims. But in a rare example of an attack apparently motivated by malice rather than...

Video game, accessory sales jump 47 pct in April Fri, 16 May 2008 07:56:23 -0400
NEW YORK - Americans spent $1.23 billion on video games, hardware and accessories in April, up 47 percent from a year earlier, even as the price of more essential items like...

Apple Store opens with polish Fri, 16 May 2008 06:03:06 -0400
It was a great night to be an Apple fan. Seconds after a cheering mob of Apple employees threw open the glass doors at the nation's largest Apple Store, awestruck...

New 'Grand Theft Auto' next generation of violence Thu, 15 May 2008 15:50:01 -0400
The video game "Grand Theft Auto IV" arrived in stores April 29, accompanied by the usual outrage. The new game is part of a series in which players control a villain...

Boston's Apple Store about to bear fruit Thu, 15 May 2008 15:12:13 -0400
Thousands of Mac fans and technology geeks are expected to descend on Boylston Street today for the 6 p.m. opening of Boston's first Apple Store, the largest in the country. ...

EU warns Google over photos on Street View Thu, 15 May 2008 14:04:33 -0400
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The EU's top data protection supervisor said today that Google Inc.'s "Street View" map and imaging feature could pose privacy problems...

Icahn sends letter to Yahoo, plans proxy battle Thu, 15 May 2008 12:34:02 -0400
SAN FRANCISCO - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is setting out to oust Yahoo Inc.'s board of directors for "irresponsible" and "unconscionable" actions...

Companies eye tryouts for PBS' 'Everyday Edisons' Thu, 15 May 2008 03:28:36 -0400
Staples Inc. will be among the national companies looking for innovative products this Saturday at an open casting call for inventors hosted in Providence by the PBS reality...

Nintendo's WiiWare games are disappointing Mon, 19 May 2008 12:36:18 -0400
One of the best features of Nintendo's Wii is the Virtual Console, a downloadable library of more than 200 classic games. It's a great resource for young gamers...

EA again extends Take-Two deadline Mon, 19 May 2008 10:35:09 -0400
NEW YORK - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. has for a third time extended the deadline for its $2 billion tender offer to buy smaller rival Take-Two Interactive Software...

Dell CFO Carty resigns, Gladden named successor Mon, 19 May 2008 09:06:59 -0400
ROUND ROCK, Texas - Computer maker Dell says Don Carty, the chief financial officer hired a year and a half ago to help lead the company's turnaround plan, has resigned. He...

Microsoft: New talks for alternative Yahoo deal Mon, 19 May 2008 07:51:58 -0400
SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp. is once again trying to team up with Yahoo Inc. to challenge Internet search and advertising leader Google Inc., although at this point the...

'Second Life' Web avatar has a mind of its very own Sun, 18 May 2008 23:15:43 -0400
TROY, N.Y. - Edd Hifeng barely merits a second glance in "Second Life." A steel-gray robot with lanky limbs and linebacker shoulders, he looks like a typical avatar...

Microsoft tries a new approach to Microsoft Sun, 18 May 2008 22:46:44 -0400
SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp. is once again trying to team up with Yahoo Inc. to challenge Internet search and advertising leader Google Inc., although at this point the...

Recycling options lag the compact fluorescent push Sun, 18 May 2008 20:44:12 -0400
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. - It's a message being drummed into the heads of homeowners everywhere: Swap out those incandescent lights with longer-lasting compact fluorescent...

Misinformation abounds as digital TV shift nears Wed, 21 May 2008 08:43:30 -0400
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - By now, most consumers are aware that some kind of switch is set for February that has to do with their televisions and digital signals. But after that,...

Cell phone users may get break on fees Wed, 21 May 2008 05:45:54 -0400
WASHINGTON - The government is quietly negotiating to help cell phone customers avoid expensive fees when they cancel contracts with wireless companies, The Associated Press...

Laptop-for-kids project resumes donation program Tue, 20 May 2008 16:30:27 -0400
CAMBRIDGE - The One Laptop Per Child project plans to resume its Give One Get One program, in which people spend $400 to buy one of the nonprofit's rugged computers and...

Napster rolls out all-MP3 download store Tue, 20 May 2008 06:03:16 -0400
LOS ANGELES - Napster Inc. begins selling MP3s Tuesday, a move the online music service hopes will lure iPod users and turn around Napster's sliding fortunes. The...

TV boxes let Netflix users bypass mail delivery Tue, 20 May 2008 05:58:14 -0400
SAN FRANCISCO - Preparing for the eventual extinction of its DVD-by-mail rental service, Netflix Inc. on Tuesday is introducing its first solution for subscribers who want...

That dead moose on Craigslist? It's not a joke Tue, 20 May 2008 04:44:20 -0400
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - When a 300-pound yearling moose stumbled into Calvin Hay's Hillside yard and died earlier this month, he called the Alaska Department of Fish and...

This week in video-game news Tue, 20 May 2008 03:42:41 -0400
The E3 Media & Business Summit, the video-game industry's biggest North American event, is two months away. While a few companies - Vivendi and Activision - have...

Microsoft to provide cash rewards for using its search engine Thu, 22 May 2008 07:40:47 -0400
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Microsoft's new strategy for beating Google can be summed up in three words: Share the wealth. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announced the company's...

Better bug repellants studied Mon, 26 May 2008 18:20:42 -0400
WASHINGTON - Researchers have identified seven possibilities for the next generation of mosquito repellant, some of which may work several times longer than the current standard-bearer,...

YouTube: Viacom challenge threatens Internet freedom Mon, 26 May 2008 15:46:33 -0400
NEW YORK - A $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit over YouTube's ability to keep copyrighted material off its popular video-sharing site threatens how hundreds of...

Spud king J.R. Simplot, who also financed computer chips, dies at 99 Sun, 25 May 2008 20:57:39 -0400
BOISE, Idaho - Billionaire J.R. Simplot, the spud king of America whose wealth also helped create one of the world's biggest computer chip makers, died Sunday at his...

Spacecraft on track to make historic Mars landing Sun, 25 May 2008 12:49:08 -0400
PASADENA, Calif. - A three-legged NASA spacecraft was closing in on Mars today for what scientists hope will be the first-ever touchdown near Mars' north pole to study...

Gov. Patrick: Put Cyber Command at Hanscom Fri, 23 May 2008 10:07:06 -0400
Gov. Deval Patrick passed through Hanscom Air Force Base's guarded gate for the first time yesterday, on a mission to expand military operations and create hundreds of...

Agreement may mean end of cable set-top boxes Tue, 27 May 2008 17:20:27 -0400
WASHINGTON - The set-top box, a necessary appendage for millions of cable televisions for decades, is moving toward extinction. A leading television manufacturer, Sony...

Belgian copyright group wants $77M from Google Tue, 27 May 2008 12:44:01 -0400
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Belgian French-language newspapers said today they want search engine Google Inc. to pay up to 49 million euros ($77 million) in damages for publishing...

YouTube suit called threat to online communication Tue, 27 May 2008 06:06:13 -0400
NEW YORK - A $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit challenging YouTube's ability to keep copyrighted material off its popular video-sharing site threatens how hundreds...

Borders returns to Web retailing after 7 years Tue, 27 May 2008 06:02:38 -0400
DETROIT - Borders Group is jumping back into online retailing with a Web site designed to evoke the feeling of browsing at a neighborhood bookstore, down to the popular shelves...

Japan urges limits to youngster cell phone use Tue, 27 May 2008 05:57:54 -0400
TOKYO - Japanese youngsters are getting so addicted to Internet-linking cell phones that the government is starting a program warning parents and schools to limit their use...

US uses bullets ill-suited for new ways of war Mon, 26 May 2008 22:49:23 -0400
WASHINGTON - Strange as it sounds, nearly seven years into the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, bullets are a controversial subject for the U.S. Smaller, steel-penetrating...

Lexus of space station labs poised for launch Mon, 26 May 2008 22:42:24 -0400
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Japan is about to roll out the Lexus of space station labs, a whopper in size and sophistication. The $1 billion Kibo lab - which means "hope"...

State's $1 billion biotech CEO Thu, 29 May 2008 00:20:29 -0400
State leaders are willing to pay top dollar to have Susan Windham-Bannister advocate for the region's thriving life science companies. Yesterday, Massachusetts Housing...

Waltham firm wins war-robot order Foster-Miller Wed, 28 May 2008 22:35:06 -0400
Foster-Miller Inc. of Waltham won its largest Pentagon contract ever to provide American soldiers with small robots used to combat roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...

Astronauts to deliver pump for balky space toilet Wed, 28 May 2008 16:04:53 -0400
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA rushed today to get a special pump on board shuttle Discovery to fix a balky toilet at the international space station, as the launch countdown...

Wild computer conversions win fame among gamers Wed, 28 May 2008 10:07:16 -0400
VERONA, Wis. - Benjamin Heckendorn takes the average videogame system or computer, tears it apart and transforms it into a work of art. Anything from a Commodore 64 to...

Wi-Fi users vulnerable to computer hackers Wed, 28 May 2008 05:06:45 -0400
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The FBI recently issued an alert warning that wireless Internet networks, often called Wi-Fi hotspots, are more vulnerable to hackers than most users...

Microsoft demos future Windows with touch-screen Wed, 28 May 2008 03:44:22 -0400
CARLSBAD, Calif. - Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that its next operating system will be made for touch-screen applications, an alternative to the computer mouse, and its top...

3G network will add to iPhone's appeal Fri, 30 May 2008 05:49:58 -0400
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Buzz about the new iPhone - expected to be released in June - has less to do with the phone itself than its use of AT&T's 3G network. That 3G...

Google jumps further ahead of Yahoo in ad clicks Fri, 30 May 2008 05:47:33 -0400
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Getting people to click on paid advertisements is crucial for Internet search companies and in that department Google just jumped even further ahead of...

Comcast.net site is hacked briefly Thu, 29 May 2008 17:37:07 -0400
NEW YORK - Hackers took over Comcast Corp.'s Web portal for several hours overnight, denying 14.1 million subscribers access to the cable company's site for e-mail,...

Circuit City shrinks cable installation service business Thu, 29 May 2008 09:40:28 -0400
RICHMOND, Va. - Circuit City says it is cutting 123 employees nationally from a pilot program of its Firedog service business. The cuts in Massachusetts, Virginia, Texas,...

Yahoo CEO says company is not 'under siege' Thu, 29 May 2008 07:38:28 -0400
CARLSBAD, Calif. - Yahoo Inc. CEO Jerry Yang rejected the image of his company as "under siege" Wednesday, telling conference goers that executives are rallying...

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