Archives: 2007 August

LONDON — Artists from Cliff Richard to Amy Winehouse will be paid when their tracks are used as backing music for clips on video-sharing Web site YouTube following a deal with the British society that collects royalties for composers, songwriters and publishers.

Laptop design has advanced a great deal over the past decade, but a few things still generally hold true: Batteries won’t last through a cross-country flight, and affordable laptops weigh too much.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Trying to better compete with rivals Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc.’s president announced in a staff memo Wednesday its plans to reorganize the company’s leadership.

Laptop design has advanced a great deal over the past decade, but a few things still generally hold true: Batteries won’t last through a cross-country flight, and affordable laptops weigh too much.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc <AAPL.O> shares rose more than 5 percent on Wednesday on growing expectations that the company will announce a revamped line of iPods next week.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc <AAPL.O> shares rose more than 5 percent on Wednesday on growing expectations that the company will announce a revamped line of iPods next week.

TOKYO — Japan plans to start research on new networking technology that could one day replace the Internet amid its growing quality and security problems, according to the nation’s communications ministry.

TOKYO — Japan plans to start research on new networking technology that could one day replace the Internet amid its growing quality and security problems, according to the nation’s communications ministry.

Republicans are trying to catch up with Democrats online. And Cyrus Krohn, a veteran of the high-tech industry, is helping them do it.

Republicans are trying to catch up with Democrats online. And Cyrus Krohn, a veteran of the high-tech industry, is helping them do it.