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  1. Sony recalls laptops for possible overheating AP - Thu Sep 4, 4:51 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

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

  2. This image provided by Vandenberg Air Force Base shows the successful launch of a Delta II, carrying the GeoEye-1 satellite, rocket from Space Launch Complex-2 Saturday Sept. 6, 2008 at Vandenberg Air Force base in Calif. The satellite makers say GeoEye-1 has the highest resolution of any commercial imaging system. It can collect images from orbit with enough detail to show home plate on a baseball diamond.(AP Photo/Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Nathaniel Prost)
    High-resolution satellite launched in California AP - Sun Sep 7, 4:14 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A super-sharp Earth-imaging satellite that can detail an area the size of a baseball diamond's home plate from space has been launched into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the Central California coast.

  3. 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 Avg. Rating: 4.4

    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.

  4. Larry Ellison, owner of America's Cup Challenger BMW Oracle Racing, attends a news conference one day before the Valencia Louis Vuitton Cup competition in Valencia April 15, 2007. (Heino Kalis/Reuters)
    Judge rules Oracle failed to produce CEO's e-mail Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 6:38 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge has ruled that Oracle Corp destroyed or failed to preserve Chief Executive Larry Ellison's e-mail files sought as evidence in a class-action lawsuit filed in 2001 against the software maker.

  5. A TiVo box and navigation screen are seen in an undated handout photo. (PRNewsFoto/Reuters)
    TiVo, DirecTV to develop new DVR Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 10:30 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - TiVo Inc is developing a new digital video recorder for satellite TV provider DirecTV , rekindling a strained relationship and potentially opening the door to boosting the number of its subscribers.

  6. Internet traffic grows 53 percent from mid-2007 AP - Wed Sep 3, 3:33 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    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.

  7. 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 Avg. Rating: 4.2

    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.

  8. In this Aug. 19, 2004 file photo, a photographer photographs the board at the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York shortly after shares of the Internet search engine giant started trading. 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/Kathy Willens, file)
    Google reigns as world's most powerful 10-year-old AP - Sat Sep 6, 1:23 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.2

    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.

  9. Should IT form a union? InfoWorld - Thu Sep 4, 6:00 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.2

    San Francisco - Sixty-hour work weeks with no overtime or comp time, a BlackBerry hitched to your belt 24/7, mandates from managers who have no clue what you actually do ??? all for a job that could be outsourced tomorrow. Is it finally time for technology workers to form a union and demand better working conditions?

  10. 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 Avg. Rating: 4.1

    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.

  11. A Chinese salesgirl holds up a hacked Apple iPhone at a computer centre in Shanghai. In scenes reminiscent of a generation ago, Chinese are tapping friends and relatives travelling abroad to bring back electronic devices that are unavailable in China.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)
    iTunes 8 coming at next week's Apple event? CNET - Wed Sep 3, 6:14 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.1

    Add another possibility to the list of possible announcements at Apple's iPod event next week: a new version of iTunes.

  12. 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 Avg. Rating: 4.0

    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.

  13. 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 Avg. Rating: 4.0

    (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.

  14. Google's chief executive, Eric Schmidt (seen here in June), admitted Thursday there was a "defensive component" to the Web search giant's launch of its own Internet browser, thereby pitting it against Microsoft's dominant software.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)
    Google chief admits to 'defensive component' of browser launch AFP - Wed Sep 3, 9:57 PM ET Avg. Rating: 3.9

    LONDON (AFP) - Google's chief executive admitted Thursday there was a "defensive component" to the Web search giant's launch of its own Internet browser, thereby pitting it against Microsoft's dominant software.

  15. A Dell laptop computer is seen in New York August 26, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
    Dell outsourcing plan may be tough to execute Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 9:13 PM ET Avg. Rating: 3.8

    NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Dell Inc plans to make fewer computers itself and rely on contract manufacturers to cut costs, but the company could find it hard to get rid of its North American factories at a good price.

  16. 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 Avg. Rating: 3.8

    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.

  17. 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 Avg. Rating: 3.7

    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.

  18. What you can--and can't--find about Palin on the Internet CNET - Fri Sep 5, 1:20 AM ET Avg. Rating: 3.2

    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.

  19. 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 Avg. Rating: 3.2

    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.

  20. Stephenie Meyer drops new book after Web leak Reuters - Wed Sep 3, 9:14 AM ET Avg. Rating: 3.2

    CANBERRA (Reuters) - Author Stephenie Meyer, writer of the best-selling young adult "Twilight" books, has put the fifth and final installment in the series on hold in protest after a partial draft was posted on the Internet.

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