Archives: 2007 July

At business meetings the world over, PowerPoint-style presentations are often met with yawns and glazed eyes. But at one of the world’s top business schools, such slide shows are now an entrance requirement. In a first, the University of Chicago will begin requiring prospective students to submit four pages of PowerPoint-like slides with their applications […]

The iTunes Store said Tuesday it had passed a milestone, selling more than three billion songs since launching four years ago.
The milestone came just six months after iTunes, Apple Inc.’s online music download service, surpassed the two billion tracks-sold mark.

The service launched in April 2003 and it took until February 2006 to sell its first […]

Dell Inc. said it delivered its first “Made in India” computer, with hopes that production there will lift domestic sales in a market that is growing 30 percent a year.
The desktop computer from Dell’s new plant near the southern Indian city of Chennai was delivered Monday to outsourcing company Infosys Technologies Ltd., one of Dell’s […]

The FCC approved rules Tuesday intended to give people more choice on their cell phones and wireless devices after a pivotal airwaves auction next year.
The vote clears the way for the auction, which is expected to raise as much as $15 billion.
The Federal Communications Commission approved a much-debated “open access” provision, pushed by Chairman Kevin […]

Sun Microsystems beat Wall Street expectations on Monday by posting $329 million in earnings for the company’s fiscal fourth quarter versus a loss of $301 million during the year-earlier period. Revenue at the company increased slightly over the year-ago period to $3.835 billion.

Sun’s third straight quarter of profitability was due in part to a 25 […]

Dave Legeret silently fumed as the man seated beside him on the plane blasted techno music on his iPod at full volume.
“It was kind of rude,” recalled Legeret, 38, a jewelry designer from Sandy Hook, Conn., who was forced to listen while flying from New York City to Disney World with his wife and 8-year-old […]

Twenty-nine companies — including Electronic Data Systems Corp., General Dynamics Corp. and AT&T Inc. — on Tuesday were awarded a federal computer systems contract potentially worth up to $50 billion (EU36.5 billion) over 10 years.
The General Services Administration, the government’s main buying arm, said the 5-year contract, which has five 1-year options, covers most technology […]

NEW YORK — Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. on Tuesday said its net loss slimmed substantially in the second quarter, as it added more than a half-million new subscribers and revenue grew by about 50 percent.

Rap singer alleges Apple needs permission from publishers before selling music on iTunes, news report says.

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