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Where's Assad? Mystery deepens about Syrian leader
Syrian President Bashar Assad urged his military Wednesday to boost its fight against rebels, but his written call to arms only deepened a mystery ...
FTC wants to extend rules on child online privacy
Federal regulators want to update rules aimed at protecting children's online privacy to account for newer developments such as Facebook and mobile ...
Google delays Nexus Q, no timing given
Google says it is delaying the Nexus Q, a home entertainment device that was supposed to come out in July. To make up for the delay, Google Inc.
NBC to break even, not lose money on Olympics
Viewer excitement about the Olympics is translating into gold for NBC: The broadcaster now expects to break even on the London Games rather than take ...
BMW earnings fall 28 percent
German luxury automaker BMW AG said earnings fell 28 percent in the second quarter due to higher costs for staff and investments in new technology and ...
Apple claims Samsung copied iPhone technology
Apple Inc. designer Christopher Stringer spent many of his 17 years at the company developing the company's iconic iPhone and iPad. On Tuesday ...
YouTube selects 10 shorts films for Venice Fest
YouTube's inaugural film festival has selected 10 short films that it will send to the Venice Film Festival. The Google video site announced Wednesday ...
Amazon tops iTunes Match offer with more storage
Amazon.com Inc. has updated its cloud music player to mimic Apple Inc.'s iTunes Match, but is offering 10 times more storage space for the same price.
FACT CHECK: Romney on Polish economy, gov't role
Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney hailed Poland's economy Tuesday as something akin to a Republican dream: a place of small government, ...
The Daily tablet newspaper lays off third of staff
The Daily, a digital-only news publication championed by News Corp. founder Rupert Murdoch, is laying off nearly a third of its staff. In cutting 50 ...
DreamWorks 2Q profit drops 63 pct, misses Street
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. said Tuesday that its second-quarter net income fell 63 percent, to a level below analysts' expectations. The company ...
Verizon settles FCC probe into 'tethering' block
In the first move of its kind, the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday said it's accepting a $1.25 million settlement from Verizon Wireless ...
Review: NBC offers plenty of live Olympics online
Soccer and balance beam gymnastics on the desktop. Swimming and badminton on the laptop. Boxing on the iPhone. Gymnasts' floor exercises on the iPad.
Rowling webcast will promote new Potter kids club
J.K. Rowling's next book is for adults, but she will be on hand this fall to help promote a new club for kids, the Harry Potter Reading Club.
Teen cited for harassing British diver on Twitter
A U.K. teenager was arrested and cited for harassment Tuesday for posting malicious Twitter messages directed at British Olympic diver Tom Daley, ...
Japan's pro-bomb voices rise as nuke power debated
A contentious debate over nuclear power in Japan is bringing another question out of the shadows: Should Japan keep open the possibility of making ...
Earnings Preview: LinkedIn to post 2Q results
LinkedIn is expected to quadruple its second-quarter earnings when it posts results Thursday, which would be a respite from a string of underachieving ...
'Tubular Bells' Oldfield proud of Olympic opener
Mike Oldfield wants to use the Olympics opening ceremony as a rallying cry. The British musician performed his most famous composition, "Tubular ...
Panasonic returns to profit in 1Q on cost cutting
Panasonic Corp. said Tuesday it returned to the black in the April-June quarter, logging a net profit of 12.8 billion ($163 million) mainly on lower ...
Philippine police arrest SKorean cellphone hackers
Philippine police have arrested eight South Koreans who allegedly hacked into one of the country's biggest telecommunications companies to lower the ...
Taiwan economy contracts 0.2 percent in 2Q
Taiwan's economy contracted 0.2 percent in the second quarter from the year before as demand faded for the island's mainstay electronics exports.
NASA to athletic Mars rover: 'Stick the landing'
It's NASA's most ambitious and expensive Mars mission yet — and it begins with the red planet arrival late Sunday of the smartest interplanetary rover ...