SAN FRANCISCO -- DVD-by-mail service Netflix Inc. has canceled a sequel to a $1 million movie-recommendation contest, avoiding a potential courtroom drama over the privacy rights of its subscribers.
SEATTLE -- Apple Inc. is giving its chief operating officer a $5 million bonus for "outstanding performance" running the company while CEO Steve Jobs was on medical leave.
WASHINGTON -- Saul Centers Inc. declared a quarterly dividend of 36 cents per common share. The dividend will be paid on April 30, 2010 to shareholders of record on April 16, 2010.
MANKATO, Minn. -- HickoryTech Corp., which provides Internet access and other digital services, said Friday its board declared a quarterly dividend of 13 cents a share.
THE DISPUTE: Cable TV providers challenged a five-year extension of federal regulations requiring them to make channels they own available to rivals such as satellite TV.
HELSINKI -- Nokia Corp. on Friday revised its global market share estimate for mobile phones in 2009 to 34 percent, from an earlier 38 percent, and said it expected no growth this year.
WASHINGTON -- The cost of Internet fraud doubled in 2009 to about $560 million, the FBI said Friday. The most common type of frauds reported were scams from people falsely claiming to be from the FBI.
NO SIGNS OF COMPROMISE: China, in a dispute with Google over censoring its China-based search engine, said the company must obey its laws or "pay the consequences."
NEW YORK -- Shares of Digital River Inc., which provides technology and services for companies that sell products online, got a boost Friday after an analyst said McAfee Inc. may be testing out its e-commerce technology.
WASHINGTON -- A federal court has upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make channels they own available to satellite TV providers and other rivals on equal terms.
BEIJING -- Lenovo Group expects wireless Internet products to account for up to 80 percent of its sales within five years as it pursues expansion in faster-growing emerging markets, CEO Yang Yuanqing said Friday.
THE GAMES: Video game software sales dropped 15 percent in February compared to a year ago to $624.4 million. "Bioshock 2" from Take 2 Interactive, which launched in February, and "New Super Mario Bros." from Nintendo were the top two sellers.
SAN FRANCISCO -- VeriSign Inc., whose technology is key to allowing Internet users to access Web sites with names ending in ".com" and ".net," plans to spend more than $300 million over the next decade to upgrade its systems.
HILLSBORO, Ore. -- RadiSys Corp., a maker of servers that support wireless phone networks, said Thursday it acquired privately held Pactolus Communications Software Co. Terms were not disclosed.
Telegraph.co.uk Suicide Attacker Kills 13 in Pakistan - Telegraph A regional military commander in Pakistan says a suicide bomber has killed at least 13 people and wounded at least 53 others in northwestern Swat valley.
Thaindian.com HINDRAF's divorce from Pakatan Rakyat .. - Thaindian ... and Pakatan Rakyat , the allies of the 2008 general election, is set to divide the Malaysian Indian community's votes in the next general elections. ...
Malaysia Star Showbiz: West Side Stephen - Thestar Stephen Rahman-Hughes is excited about putting his own spin on West End and Broadway hits in a series of concerts, writes AREF OMAR THE man who gave Hang Tuah a singing voice and stole the hearts of theatre audience in the successful local musical ...
