Sprint Plans Big Write-Off Of Assets
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Sprint Nextel said yesterday that it may write off as much as $31 billion related to its 2005 merger with Nextel Communications.
Archive for January, 2008
Sprint Nextel said yesterday that it may write off as much as $31 billion related to its 2005 merger with Nextel Communications.
Trumpeting the Modern Robot
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Robots that recognize your voice or remember what you look like. Robots that play musical instruments. Robots that shake your hand and know up to 10,000 words -- in Japanese.
Google Earnings Dismay Investors
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Google seemed to lose some of its sheen yesterday, after the company posted financial results indicating the online advertising market may be starting to slow.
Reframing Digital Entertainment
Thursday, January 31st, 2008As prices fall and services expand, digital frames are poised to become the new media hearth
FCC Auction Opens Door to Open Access
Thursday, January 31st, 2008With a burst of bids, the FCC's latest wireless auction will be its most profitable ever—and a mobile network open to any device or service is a virtual certainty
Motorola: The End of an Error
Thursday, January 31st, 2008The Razr maker will likely sell or spin off its cell-phone division. Possible acquirers include Asian rivals and private equity players
TiVo’s shares soar after ruling in Dish patent dispute
Thursday, January 31st, 2008A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld TiVo's claims that Dish Network infringed on one of its patents, skyrocketing TiVo's ...
Virtual Factories Get Real
Thursday, January 31st, 2008In this podcast, Paul Camuti, CEO of Siemens Corporate Research, talks about how virtual factories can save corporations time and money
Get your hands dirty with two Wii titles
Thursday, January 31st, 2008If you're up for a messy good time offroading in a motocross bike or playing as a bloodthirsty assassin, leading video game publisher ...
Airwaves auction bidder must open up network
Thursday, January 31st, 2008A federal auction of wireless airwaves reached a milestone Thursday, drawing a $4.71 billion bid for a key chunk of spectrum ...
Crash scenes in latest ‘Burnout’ are a gamer’s paradise
Thursday, January 31st, 2008The new year gets off to a blazing start with crash fest Burnout Paradise, a raucous racer that kicks the franchise into a higher ...
Google comes up short of analysts’ expectations
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Google's fourth-quarter profit missed analyst expectations, signaling the crumbling U.S. economy has dented the Internet search ...
Overstating the Osteoporosis Risk
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Drugmakers are stoking fears of fracture among middle-aged women. But experts say the risk is low
Finger-thin cables tie Internet together (AP)
Thursday, January 31st, 2008AP - The lines that tie the globe together by carrying phone calls and Internet traffic are just two-thirds of an inch thick where they lie on the ocean floor.
Finger-thin cables tie Internet together (AP)
Thursday, January 31st, 2008AP - The lines that tie the globe together by carrying phone calls and Internet traffic are just two-thirds of an inch thick where they lie on the ocean floor.