International Business News - Technology http://www.ibtimes.com/technology/ All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Swedish wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB and Swiss chip-maker STMicroelectronics NV unveiled plans Wednesday to create a 50-50 joint venture that will make a key component known as chipsets for mobile phones. 166408 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/ericsson-stmicroelectronics-form-joint-venture.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:50:56 EDT Some people who sell things on eBay are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online shoppers. Now even more changes are coming in the next few weeks, but this time eBay Inc. hopes it can cool tempers. 166343 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/some-ebay-sellers-frustrated-with-rule-changes.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:41:38 EDT American Airlines expanded the availability of in-flight Internet access Wednesday, launching airborne e-mail, Web and other online services on some of its longer, nonstop flights. 166499 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/american-launches-in-flight-internet-on-3-routes.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:31:15 EDT Intuit Inc. is expected to offer solid guidance for 2009 when it reports if fiscal fourth-quarter results Thursday after the closing bell. The company has forecast a fourth-quarter loss of 18 to 20 cents per share, or an adjusted loss of 7 to 9 cents per share, excluding restructuring charges. 166504 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/ahead-of-the-bell-analyst-eyes-intuit-09-outlook.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:09:58 EDT Among the premarket stories for Wednesday, Aug. 20, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Shares in Hewlett-Packard Co. rose in premarket trading Wednesday as analysts reiterated favorable ratings following a solid quarter boosted by strong laptop sales and a robust international presence. 166503 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/premarket-roundup-hewlett-packard-oreilly-auto.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:09:06 EDT Qwest Communications International Inc. shuffled the leadership of two sales groups and its products and information technology unit Wednesday, after the leader of the Mass Markets Organization left the company. 166478 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/qwest-changes-leaders-of-sales-group-and-it-unit.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:34:47 EDT Shares in Hewlett-Packard Co. rose in premarket trading Wednesday as analysts reiterated favorable ratings following a solid quarter boosted by strong laptop sales and a robust international presence. 166475 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/ahead-of-the-bell-strong-hp-ratings-reiterated.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:29:51 EDT Business software maker Salesforce.com Inc. on Wednesday said it has bought software maker InStranet Inc. for $31.5 million. The deal adds 350,000 global call center agents to the Salesforce.com team, and will "help catapult our growth in the customer service and support space," said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com. 166464 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/salesforce-com-buys-instranet-for-31-5m.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:08:58 EDT Hewlett-Packard Co. weathered economic turbulence remarkably well in the fiscal third quarter but the technology bellwether faces another big challenge--stiffer personal-computer competition--that threatens to slow its steady growth. 166341 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/112518-earns-hewlett-packard.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/hp-posts-3q-profit-jump-faces-stiff-competition.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/hp-posts-3q-profit-jump-faces-stiff-competition.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:38:14 EDT China has banned the use of its Olympic gold medalists' names as Internet addresses by anyone but the athletes themselves. The move announced Tuesday came after companies registered the names of winning Chinese athletes at the 2004 Athens Olympics as Web addresses, prompting an outcry by sports fans. 166371 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/112436-aptopix-beijing-olympics-gymnastics-mens-all-around.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/china-limits-use-of-olympians-names-online.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/china-limits-use-of-olympians-names-online.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:33:58 EDT In a sign that political instability and natural disasters can fuel technology spending, IBM Corp. plans to invest $300 million building new centers that can store companies' sensitive data and deliver it remotely in the event of a meltdown. 166317 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/ibm-to-spend-300m-to-expand-data-recovery-service.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:40:41 EDT Representatives from Google Inc. and General Electric Co. said Tuesday that widespread use of renewable energy in United States would be possible--if it were cheaper. 166154 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/business-leaders-make-renewable-energy-cheaper.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:30:36 EDT THE RESULTS: Hewlett-Packard Co. said Tuesday that its fiscal third-quarter profit jumped 14 percent while sales rose 10 percent--5 percent if adjusting for currency fluctuations--as strong laptop sales and a robust international presence lifted the technology bellwether. 166292 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/summary-box-hp-3q-profit-jumps-14-pct.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:14:38 EDT A federal judge Tuesday lifted a gag order on three MIT students who were barred from talking publicly about security flaws they discovered in the state's automated mass transit fare system, even as a lawyer for the agency acknowledged the system was "compromised." 166077 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/judge-lifts-gag-on-students-over-transit-security.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:06:26 EDT VeriFone Holdings Inc. on Tuesday appointed Clinton Knowles as its interim chief financial officer while the maker of payment processing equipment tries to recover from an accounting debacle that has battered its stock. 166285 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/verifone-names-new-cfo-to-oversee-corrected-books.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:52:02 EDT VeriFone Holdings Inc.'s shares soared more than 35 percent late Tuesday after the maker of payment processing equipment provided a rosy outlook and cleaned up an accounting mess that had cast a pall over the company. 166282 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/verifone-shares-soar-35-pct-on-upbeat-outlook.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:48:36 EDT Apple Inc. has released an iPhone software update it says improves communication between the smart phone and wireless networks. The iPhone 3G, which went on sale July 11, connects to cellular providers' speedier third-generation networks and was meant to deliver snappier Web surfing and online video viewing than the year-old original model. 166280 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/apple-releases-fix-for-iphone-3g-connectivity-woes.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:37:17 EDT Shares of China TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology Ltd. sank to an all-time low Tuesday after the cell phone design company warned of lower sales from a weakening economy, and said it will cut nearly half of its work force. 165963 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/china-techfaith-plunges-on-sales-warning-shake-up.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:32:14 EDT Hewlett-Packard Co.'s fiscal third-quarter profit jumped 14 percent, beating Wall Street's expectations, as strong laptop sales and a robust international presence lifted the technology bellwether. 166159 http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/112235-earns-hewlett-packard.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/hewlett-packard-3q-profit-jumps-14-pct.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/hewlett-packard-3q-profit-jumps-14-pct.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:50:02 EDT Shares of MetroPCS Communications Inc. fell Tuesday after a Citi analyst cut his earnings forecast on the regional cell-phone carrier for the next two years based on the soft economy. 166109 http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/metropcs-shares-down-after-citi-cuts-forecast.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:44:56 EDT