Comcast to acquire contact manager Plaxo (AP) 9 minutes ago AP - Comcast Corp. is buying contact management company Plaxo Inc. and plans to incorporate into all its offerings features intended to help people synchronize their address books and connect socially online.
Spammers ordered to pay MySpace 230 mln dlrs (AFP) 20 minutes ago AFP - A US judge has ordered a pair of accused spammers to pay MySpace about 230 million dollars in what was being billed Wednesday as a record-setting punishment for such Internet abuses.
Philly Won't Fight to Save Wi-Fi Network (PC World) 47 minutes ago PC World - The city of Philadelphia is moving on after its brief municipal Wi-Fi relationship with EarthLink, no longer trying to find a...
SEC charges Broadcom co-founders in options probe (AP) 1 hour ago AP - Securities regulators on Wednesday charged Broadcom Corp. co-founders Henry T. Nicholas III and Henry Samueli with falsifying the company's reported income, leading to what is believed to be the largest accounting restatement yet because of backdating stock options.
Samsung joins forces with LG, Harris on mobile TV (AP) 2 hours ago AP - Samsung Electronics is combining efforts with fellow Korean electronics maker LG Electronics to develop a new standard for mobile TV broadcasts, the companies announced Wednesday.
Google starts to blur faces in Street View photos (AP) 3 hours ago AP - After privacy complaints, Google Inc. is beginning to automatically blur faces of people captured in the street photos taken for its Internet map program. Rolling it out will take several months, however.
Steve Jobs Keynote Heightens Expectations for 3G iPhone (NewsFactor) 3 hours ago NewsFactor - Apple's announcement Tuesday that CEO Steve Jobs will keynote the company's Worldwide Developers Conference is fueling speculation that Apple will announce a 3G version of the iPhone. Jobs will speak on Monday, June 9, at 10 a.m. The conference runs June 9-13 in San Francisco.
