On Its Way to the Streaming-Movie Future, Netflix Forgets to Keep DVD Fans Happy
Less DVD support and price hikes could make Netflix lose its base audience.
Technology
iPhones Make Far More Margin -- 70% -- Than Analysts and Apple Watchers Think
In the past, analysts have estimated that the iPhone brought in 60 percent margins. But new information allows a more accurate calculation of more than 70 percent.
IBM Profits on Old Hardware, the Mainframe [Update]
Mainframes were written off as anachronistic, but IBM's soaring profits show that the old style computers can be an engine of success in the new world of cloud computing.
Playboy Going on iPad: What is Apple's Stance on Porn?
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner tweeted that the entire magazine, centerfolds too, will be on the iPad. If Hefner is right, Apple is either reneging on its vow not to publish porn or making unfair exceptions.
Living Social Gets Buzz, But Still Needs a Business Model
Living Social is raking in sales with its Amazon card deal, but scratch beneath the surface and you'll see the company's strategy is as faulty as Groupon's.
Apple Earnings: Big Profits and Truly Enormous iGadget Volume [Update]
Apple is now on pace to sell 150 million iPhones, iPads and similar smart gadgets a year -- and that's assuming sales stay flat from here on out.
Carriers Slash Galaxy Tab Prices, But the Buzz on iPad 2 Is Already Loud
Round 1 in the tablet price wars to Apple. Samsung, Sprint and Verizon slash prices on the Galaxy Tab, but it's too little, too late to beat back the buzz on the iPad 2
Apple Invents at Home, Other Tech Companies Need Overseas R&D
High tech outsourcing of another kind: How Apple, Google, Microsoft and others are looking to talent in other countries to bolster innovation and help keep their pool of patents growing.
Goldman Sachs Scrambles To Avoid Egg on Its Facebook
Goldman Sachs gives up selling Facebook shares to its top US customers. Facebook should realize who will be left holding the bag if things go wrong.
Has Bing Become Better than Google?
Google is still king of the search hill, but Microsoft Bing is catching up to -- and possibly surpassing -- the master on a number of measures.
Apple to Newspaper Publishers: Drop Dead
Newspapers looked to the iPad as a savior. But now it, and Apple, have begun to look like a nightmare the publishers can't awaken from.
Google Nabs an Ebook Reader Company; Will this Be the SpeedBook?
Google has acquired eBook Technologies, a company that had e-reader hardware, software systems, and patents. Will this become the basis of the Google SpeedBook?
Motorola Atrix: Another Bell Tolls for the Notebook Market
Smartphones are soon going to start eating the laptop market, if the Motorola Atrix -- a cellphone that can power a notebook-sized PC -- is any indication.
Intel Earnings: A Strong Show, but the Chip Industry Still Has Big Problems
Intel made Wall Street happy today with much stronger than expected results for the last quarter of 2010. However, the PC industry still has abundant bad news.
International Callers Hang Up on Telcos and Pick Up Skype
Skype has led Internet telephony services to become a threat to traditional telephone companies. Now it has claimed 25 percent of international voice minutes.
DOJ issues new subpoenas in Alaska Senate probe
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Live Updates: Trump campaigns in South Carolina and more
Patrick Stewart, best known for "Star Trek" and "X-Men," dies at 86
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Iran claims 4 tankers hit mines in Strait of Hormuz
El-Sayed's faith, family under scrutiny in campaign. Here's what we know.
Hegseth fires Pentagon's top military planner over alleged leaks
Investigation
Whistleblower says DEA let fentanyl pills hit the streets
U.S. citizens included on DOJ list of 400 alleged noncitizens, Washington says
