11:00 18.08.2006
AP - Dell Inc.'s announcement that it will expand its use of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. microprocessors is another win for the smaller chip maker against larger rival Intel Corp.
Reuters - Three quarters of Americans can correctly identify two of Snow White's seven dwarfs while only a quarter can name two Supreme Court Justices, according to a poll on pop culture released on Monday.
AFP - Management software firm CA Inc. announced that its profits plummeted 64 percent in its latest fiscal quarter and that it would layoff 1,700 workers worldwide to increase efficiency.
Reuters - Dell, the world's largest personal computer maker, said on Monday it would recall 4.1 million notebook computer batteries after determining they could overheat and posed a fire hazard.
AP - Dell Inc. said Monday it will recall 4.1 million notebook computer batteries because they can overheat and catch fire. Dell negotiated conditions of the recall with the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission, which called it the largest electronics-related recall ever conducted by the agency.
NewsFactor - Garage bands and Keifer Sutherland will soon be rubbing shoulders on one of the Internet's hottest Web sites. Fox Interactive Media will now be supplying a limited selection of downloadable content to MySpace.com users. Shows available for purchase will include hits such as "24" and "Prison Break." Movies will include "Thank You For Smoking" and "X-Men: The Last Stand." According to analysts, MySpace and parent company Fox, intend to penetrate the fairly undeveloped video direct download market with well-known shows in order to reach a new, younger audience. ...
Reuters - All too familiar with hackers looking to exploit security flaws in its software, Microsoft Corp. warned video game developers on Monday that their PC games are now a target for criminals.
Reuters - Business software maker CA said on Monday that it would cut 1,700 jobs, or 10.5 percent of its workforce. The company also reported that its first quarter net income fell 64 percent as expenses rose.
AP - Dell Inc. said Monday it will recall 4.1 million notebook computer batteries because they can overheat and catch fire. A Dell spokesman said the batteries were made by Sony Corp. and placed in notebooks that were shipped between April 1, 2004, and July 18 of this year.
AP - Hoping to trigger a federal investigation, a civil liberties group accused AOL of breaking a promise to protect its subscribers' privacy when the Time Warner Inc. subsidiary recently released millions of Internet search requests — data that touched upon everything from Social Security numbers to murder plots.
Investor's Business Daily - Reviving an old feud with Microsoft's Windows, IBM is launching Linux and Macintosh versions of its most popular software -- and vowing to help other software makers do the same.
