AP source: Google to pay $7M to settle Wi-Fi case
Google will pay a $7 million penalty to settle a multistate investigation into the Internet search leader's collection of emails, passwords and other ...

EU fines Microsoft $733M for breaking browser pact
The European Union has fined Microsoft €561 million ($733 million) for breaking a pledge to offer personal computer users a choice of Internet ...
Samsung invests $112 million in Japan's Sharp
Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it will invest 10.4 billion yen ($111.5 million) in Sharp Corp. to secure a supply of large-size LCD panels.

Roku adds headphones to latest online video player
Roku is plugging headphones and several other new features into its latest set-top box for streaming Internet video to TVs, a move that amplifies its ...
Evernote hacked: 50 million passwords reset
Online note-taking service Evernote Corp. has been hacked and is resetting all its 50 million users' passwords as a precaution. The Redwood City, ...
Samsung's $1B bill in Apple case reduced by $450M
The two biggest — and bitterest — rivals in the smartphone market will have to endure another bruising trial after a federal judge ruled that jurors ...

Apple shareholder drops lawsuit on preferred stock
A disgruntled shareholder pressing Apple to create a new class of preferred stock has dropped a lawsuit that became a moot point after the iPhone and ...
Companies struggle to popularize mobile money
Mobile money may seem like a hot concept, but consumers aren't warming to it. At the world's largest cellphone trade show, here in Barcelona this ...
Google clings to cash for acquisitions, says CFO
Google plans to cling to its bulging stash of cash to pay for potential acquisitions and other technology investments that might boost future profits, ...
Apple says iTunes U downloads top 1 billion
Apple says people have downloaded more than 1 billion items from iTunes U, which features free books, lectures and other information from schools, ...

Barnes & Noble posts 3Q loss as Nook demand slows
Physical books may have a longer shelf life than expected. Barnes & Noble posted a third-quarter loss on Thursday, partly because demand for its ...

Smart watches gain interest and popularity
On a sunny day at a picnic table in Silicon Valley, Eric Migicovsky glanced down at his wristwatch. He wasn't checking the time, he was checking his ...

JC Penney posts 4th straight big loss, sales drop
Boy, it just wasn't J.C. Penney's year. The mid-priced department store chain reported another much larger-than-expected loss in the fiscal fourth ...
Momentum grows for alternative phone system Tizen
The junior league of smartphone operating systems is getting more competitive. Phones from yet another contender — Tizen — will go on sale this year ...
Apple to hand out iTunes credits in settlement
Apple has agreed to give more than $100 million in iTunes store credits to settle a lawsuit alleging that the iPhone and iPad maker improperly charged ...

For 1st time since 1999, music revenues inch up
More than a decade after online file swapping tipped the music industry into turmoil, record executives may finally be getting a sliver of good news.
Microsoft's IE 10 browser coming to Windows 7 PCs
Microsoft is escalating its efforts to bring the latest version of Internet Explorer to more than 700 million personal computers in an attempt to ...
LG aims to raise smartphone sales by 52 percent
LG Electronics Inc. is aiming to raise its smartphone sales by more than half this year as it makes a shift from basic phones to high-end devices ...
Correction: Wireless Show-Firefox Phones story
In a story Feb. 24 about the launch of phones using the Firefox web browser, The Associated Press reported erroneously that 13 phone companies around ...

HP to make $169 Android tablet, eschewing Windows
Hewlett-Packard Co. is making a tablet computer that uses Google's Android operating system, steering clear of Microsoft's latest tablet-oriented ...
Judge blocks shareholder vote on Apple proposal
A federal judge is blocking Apple from conducting a shareholder vote on a package of governance proposals, handing a victory to a rebel investor who ...
HP's 1Q offers glimmer of hope, stock surges
Hewlett-Packard Co.'s latest quarterly results provided a glimmer of hope after months of gloomy news. The fiscal first-quarter numbers announced ...
Rebel Apple investor tries to rally Street
A Wall Street maverick who wants Apple Inc. to share more of its wealth with investors took his case to other shareholders Thursday, urging them to ...