AP - ap.online.headlines.technology http://www.comcast.net?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_ AP - ap.online.headlines.technology News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:27:17 -0500 Time Warner Cable asks help on rising program fees Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:07:29 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/technology/2009/11/25/US.TEC.Time.Warner.Cable.Fees/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_technology_US.TEC.Time.Warner.Cable.Fees 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-5c8728f0:1252c70aea7:-748c Time Warner Cable Inc. is asking the public for help as it tries to curtail increases in the programming fees it has to pay to carry cable channels and broadcast stations on its systems. AT&T and Verizon ads duel on airwaves and in court Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:02:19 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/technology/2009/11/25/US.TEC.AT_T.Verizon.Ad.Spat/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_technology_US.TEC.AT_T.Verizon.Ad.Spat 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-2de4 What would the holidays be without bickering between siblings? AT&T and Verizon are swamping TV with ads attacking facets of each other's wireless networks. While the ads stick fairly close to the truth, there's a lot they don't say. US online ad revenue down 5.4 pct in third quarter Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:02:36 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/technology/2009/11/25/US.TEC.TechBit.Internet.Advertising/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_technology_US.TEC.TechBit.Internet.Advertising 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-5c8728f0:1252c70aea7:-7757 Online advertising revenue in the U.S. fell 5.4 percent in the third quarter from a year ago, as the sputtering economy kept its tight grip on even the fastest growing segment of industry, according to a report released Wednesday. Facebook creates dual-class structure, but no IPO Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:57:33 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/technology/2009/11/24/US.TEC.Facebook.Stock/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_technology_US.TEC.Facebook.Stock 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3417 Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure designed to give founder Mark Zuckerberg and other existing shareholders control over the company. Microsoft says cost-cutting CFO to step down Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:37:48 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/technology/2009/11/24/US.Microsoft.CFO/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_technology_US.Microsoft.CFO 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3179 Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said its chief financial officer is departing at the end of the year and will be replaced by the man now responsible for the books at the division that produces Microsoft Office and other business programs. Google apologizes for offensive first lady image Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:28:02 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/technology/2009/11/25/US.TEC.Google.Search.Apology/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_technology_US.TEC.Google.Search.Apology 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-3143 Google Inc. is apologizing for a racially offensive image of the first lady that appears at the top of the list when users search for pictures of Michelle Obama on its site. Review: A riff on robotics with self-tuning guitar Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:59:02 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/technology/2009/11/25/US.TEC.Digital.Life.Tech.Test.Dark.Fire/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_technology_US.TEC.Digital.Life.Tech.Test.Dark.Fire 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-5c8728f0:1252c70aea7:-756a New cars have been tuning themselves for the better part of two decades now, so it should feel less impressive that Gibson has built a guitar that can smoothly do the same. Senators press EU to speed its Oracle-Sun probe Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:00:48 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/technology/2009/11/24/US.Oracle.Sun/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_technology_US.Oracle.Sun 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-34ea U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's "precarious" financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing company. EU assembly adopts Internet, phone user rights Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:29:48 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/technology/2009/11/25/EU.TEC.TechBit.EU.Telecoms/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_technology_EU.TEC.TechBit.EU.Telecoms 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-28f7 The European Parliament has endorsed new telecom rules that would give phone and Internet users more rights and allow them to appeal to national courts if they are cut off for illegal file-sharing. Internet activists push for greater democracy Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:30:54 -0500 http://www.comcast.net/news/articles/technology/2009/11/25/EU.TEC.TechBit.Internet.Activism/?cid=rssfeed&attr=article_news_technology_EU.TEC.TechBit.Internet.Activism 30c13f3b44bbe3d1:-3696644f:1250ca3ef75:-28f6 The Internet can be a powerful medium for politicians to get their message across but it is also a vital means for civilians to have a say in what politicians do, participants in a political conference say.