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  1. A recalled Sony Vaio laptop is seen in an undated handout photo. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission/Handout/Reuters)
    Sony recalls 438,000 laptops on burn concern Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 1:40 PM ET Sent 955 times

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp has launched a voluntary recall of 438,000 Vaio portable computers, citing a potential hazard that could cause the machines to overheat or possibly burn a user.

  2. Sony recalls laptops for possible overheating AP - Thu Sep 4, 4:51 PM ET Sent 198 times

    TOKYO - Sony Corp. is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide because of a wiring flaw that could cause overheating.

  3. From left, Popcuts co-founders Hannes Hesse, CEO Kevin Mateo Lim, and Yiming Liu, are photographed in Somerville, Mass., Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. The new Web site is trying to make it profitable for music lovers to stay ahead of the curve — by paying them when other people purchase MP3s they've bought. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
    New music site gives fans a cut of tune sales AP - Wed Sep 3, 10:13 AM ET Sent 91 times

    NEW YORK - Being a trendsetter can be pricey. As any fashionista or gadget hound knows, the latest frocks and tech toys don't pay for themselves. But a new Web site is trying to make it profitable for music lovers to stay ahead of the curve — by paying them when other people purchase MP3s they've bought.

  4. A screenshot of LinkedIn.com, taken on September 4, 2008. (www.linkedin.com/Reuters)
    LinkedIn lands CNBC deal Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 10:59 AM ET Sent 41 times

    (Reuters) - CNBC has entered into an alliance with LinkedIn under which the financial news channel will air content generated by the professional networking site's 27 million members.

  5. Google Technology Director Craig Silverstein, who was Google's first employee, sits on his beanbag chair in his office at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
    Google reigns as world's most powerful 10-year-old AP - Fri Sep 5, 12:07 PM ET Sent 35 times

    MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world.

  6. Google Chrome, Google Inc.'s new Web browser, is shown during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. Google Inc. is releasing Chrome in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its market-leading search engine. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
    Review: Google Chrome lacks polish under the hood AP - Thu Sep 4, 4:19 PM ET Sent 32 times

    NEW YORK - Google Inc.'s new Web browser, called Chrome, does much of what a browser needs to do these days: It presents a sleek appearance, groups pages into easy-to-manage "tabs" and offers several ways for people to control their Internet privacy settings.

  7. Lucas Charbit (C) and Thomas Latina, both of France, play Rock Band on a Xbox 360 console at the AMD 'Innovation Experience' during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 7, 2008. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)
    Microsoft to cut Xbox 360 U.S. price to below Wii Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 7:49 PM ET Sent 26 times

    SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it plans to cut the U.S. prices of its Xbox 360 video game machine, lowering the price of its entry-level console to $50 below Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) top-selling Wii.

  8. In what is heralded as the seeds of an Internet-age emergency broadcast system, MySpace has teamed with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to spread news on hurricanes through users of the online social network.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)
    MySpace links users to US hurricane emergency alerts AFP - Fri Sep 5, 12:18 AM ET Sent 24 times

    NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) - In what is heralded as the seeds of an Internet-age emergency broadcast system, MySpace has teamed with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to spread news on hurricanes through users of the online social network.

  9. Poignant lion video inspires movie project Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 2:09 AM ET Sent 24 times

    LOS ANGELES/TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - Millions have seen the YouTube video of "Christian the Lion" reuniting in Africa with the two men who bought him from a high-end London department store in 1969.

  10. Internet traffic grows 53 percent from mid-2007 AP - Wed Sep 3, 3:33 PM ET Sent 20 times

    NEW YORK - International Internet traffic kept growing in the last year, but at a slower rate than before, and carriers more than kept pace by adding more capacity, a research firm said Wednesday.

  11. Game designer Will Wright speaks about his latest game SPORE at a promotion event in Singapore August 13, 2008. (Tim Chong/Reuters)
    EA's Spore aims to create new worlds, businesses Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 6:21 PM ET Sent 20 times

    RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc's creature-building game "Spore" offers players a chance to develop new worlds -- and maybe even new lines of business for the video game maker.

  12. A data processing firm has launched an urgent review after a staff member sold a computer on eBay containing the personal details of a million bank customers, the company has said.(AFP/File/Jacques Demarthon)
    New eBay site has social, environmental aim AP - Wed Sep 3, 4:55 AM ET Sent 17 times

    NEW YORK - Most consumers probably associate eBay Inc. more with vintage lunch boxes and low-priced electronics than with laptop bags made from recycled plastic by women in New Delhi.

  13. Report: Samsung working to acquire SanDisk AP - Fri Sep 5, 4:39 PM ET Sent 16 times

    SEOUL, South Korea - Samsung Electronics Co. is pursuing an acquisition of U.S. computer memory card maker SanDisk Corp., a South Korean online business newspaper reported Friday.

  14. Sony Recalls Thousands of Vaio PCs Over Burn Risk PC Magazine - Thu Sep 4, 5:51 AM ET Sent 12 times

    Sony said Thursday that it would recall 73,000 notebooks because of a potential burn risk caused by a short circuit.

  15. Adobe to announce Creative Suite 4 on Sept. 23 Macworld.com - Thu Sep 4, 4:00 AM ET Sent 11 times

    Adobe will officially announce Creative Suite 4 on September 23, 2008. The company will also host a webcast introducing the products to the public.

  16. Windows Vista logo decorates downtown Bucharest January 31, 2007. (Mihai Barbu/Reuters)
    Microsoft kicks off $300 million Windows marketing push Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 9:33 PM ET Sent 10 times

    SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp kicked off a $300 million marketing campaign on Thursday, aimed at improving the image of its Windows Vista operating system and strike back at Apple Inc's "Mac vs. PC" ads.

  17. Tech firms fare better than most in jobs slump AP - Fri Sep 5, 4:21 PM ET Sent 9 times

    NEW YORK - Technology appears to be one of the least hard-hit sectors in an economy beset by unemployment at a five-year high.

  18. Nokia's Research Center in Helsinki, pictured in 2007. Nokia, the world's leading mobile phone maker cut its third quarter market share guidance, sending its share price tumbling.(AFP/File/Antti Aimo-Koivisto)
    Nokia warns 3Q market share will fall; shares dive AP - Fri Sep 5, 4:36 PM ET Sent 9 times

    HELSINKI, Finland - Shares in Nokia Corp. tumbled Friday after the leading cell phone maker said its third-quarter global market share will decline from second-quarter levels because of aggressive price cuts by its rivals.

  19. Employees of Samsung Group walk in front of the company's logo at its headquarters in Seoul April 22, 2008. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday it was considering 'various opportunities' regarding SanDisk, in response to reports it was interested in bidding for the U.S. flash memory maker. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)
    Samsung Elec mulls SanDisk buy; Toshiba shrs fall Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 11:51 AM ET Sent 9 times

    SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), the world's top maker of memory chips, said it may buy flash memory maker SanDisk , which is valued at $3.2 billion, in a deal that could reshape a struggling industry.

  20. A man looks at Sony Vaio laptops at a showroom in Singapore September 5, 2008. Sony shares fell more than 4 percent to hit the lowest in almost three years on Friday after the electronics maker announced a recall of 438,000 Vaio portable computers due to possible overheating that could burn users. (Vivek Prakash/Reuters)
    Sony shares hit 3-yr low after Vaio laptop recall Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 12:42 AM ET Sent 8 times

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp (6758.T) shares fell more than 4 percent to hit the lowest in almost three years on Friday after the electronics maker announced a recall of 438,000 Vaio portable computers due to possible overheating that could burn users.

  21. What you can--and can't--find about Palin on the Internet CNET - Fri Sep 5, 1:20 AM ET Sent 7 times

    John McCain's announcement last week that he has chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate left the public thirsting for information about the Alaska governor-- and inspired hundreds of commentators, entrepreneurs, and Palin imitators to try to fill in the gaps.

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