Archives: 2008 January

CHICAGO, Jan. 31 — Struggling cellphone maker Motorola said Thursday that it was considering separating the handset unit from its other businesses in an effort to snap a deep slump since its meteoric success with the Razr.

Despite delaying two games, company keeps revenue estimates in line with Wall Street targets due to strong sales of Rock Band. Top video game publisher Electronic Arts lowered its profit forecast Thursday as it delayed Mercenaries 2 and a new Battlefield title, sending its shares down 6 percent….

Company says it might consider busting into pieces to revive its ailing cell phone business. But is it the right move? Maybe Carl Icahn was right about Motorola. The company, which practically invented the cell phone market in the ’80s, is considering spinning off its beleaguered…

Plus: Sony profit up, forecast cautious…Matsushita profit up 22 percent…Amazon's profit up, margins squeezed…SAP cautious on 2008.

Google fourth-quarter financial results indicate that making a fortune on social ads may not be as easy as poking a friend.

Robots that recognize your voice or remember what you look like. Robots that play musical instruments. Robots that shake your hand and know up to 10,000 words — in Japanese.

Chief Executive Kevin DeNuccio will become vice chairman, company says, and Georges Antoun, a Redback vice president, will replace him. The head of telecom equipment maker Ericsson’s Redback Networks is leaving his executive position to become vice chairman of the unit, Redback’s chairman said on Thursday. …

If you think the Apple iPhone is cool, wait till you see the Nuvifone that Garmin announced Wednesday in New York. It combines GPS, mobile phone, still and video camera, and MP3 and video player functionality with Internet access capability. Or it will, anyway, if Garmin can stick to its announced launch schedule and deliver […]

Lots of people are keying in on the research firm's guess that Apple will double its U.S. share, but also worth noting are forecasts that we'll be traveling without laptops and renting our business software.

Though consumer awareness about the federally-mandated transition to digital television (DTV) has grown substantially over the past year, a huge effort will be required to ensure that next year’s handoff goes smoothly, industry observers say.

A new survey of TV households commissioned by the National Association of Broadcasters shows that consumer awareness about the transition has […]