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(AP)—A man who ran a Ponzi scheme disguised as an online advertising company has been sentenced to 78 months in prison. http://phys.org/news265481566.html Technology Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:52:50 EST news265481566 (Phys.org) -- Recent economic turbulence and the pressures of an ongoing news cycle have forced some daily newspapers to re-examine their business models and change how they deliver news, according to a Kansas State University newspaper expert. http://phys.org/news262338730.html Other Sciences Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:52:16 EST news262338730 Peer-to-peer (P2P) services are emerging in mobile devices, such as smartphones, equipped with an Internet connection. http://phys.org/news258717580.html Technology Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:59:50 EST news258717580 The US online movie business more than doubled in 2011 to rake in $992 million and will almost double again this year, a research report showed Friday. http://phys.org/news257798103.html Technology Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:35:23 EST news257798103 BlackBerry maker Research In Motion warned Tuesday it could report a loss in the current quarter and said it had hired investment firms to study its strategic options. http://phys.org/news257529053.html Technology Tue, 29 May 2012 16:51:06 EST news257529053 (AP) -- Groupon's announcement that its revenue and earnings were lower than what it reported in February is sparking fresh worries about the young company's business model. http://phys.org/news252601514.html Technology Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:05:35 EST news252601514 (AP) -- Groupon Inc. said Friday that its fourth-quarter loss was wider than initially reported because it needed to increase the amount of money it sets aside for refunds. http://phys.org/news252391722.html Technology Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:49:37 EST news252391722 (AP) -- The Harry Potter books are finally on sale in electronic form, and they have a special magical touch to them: In a break with industry practices, the books aren't locked down by encryption, which means consumers can move them between devices and read them anywhere they like. http://phys.org/news252087709.html Technology Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:22:01 EST news252087709 Can Peepoo stop the flying toilet? A small Swedish company believes so. At the World Water Forum in Marseille, it is promoting a cheap, smart fix for the world's billion slumdwellers. http://phys.org/news250866874.html Technology Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:30:02 EST news250866874 (AP) -- The Obama administration's top immigration official said Wednesday he wants to keep more foreign-born high-tech entrepreneurs in the U.S. But to make that happen, he said he needs those entrepreneurs to turn their creativity to immigration itself. http://phys.org/news249153677.html Other Sciences Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:21:33 EST news249153677 Daily deals site Groupon on Wednesday issued its first earnings report as a publicly traded company, saying it failed to turn a profit despite revenue nearly tripling from a year earlier. http://phys.org/news247945203.html Technology Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:40:19 EST news247945203 Asian media group Singapore Press Holdings is suing Yahoo! for copyright infringement, accusing the US Internet giant of reproducing its news items without permission. http://phys.org/news241246988.html Technology Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:40:01 EST news241246988 After years in the works and 15 drafts, the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) working definition of cloud computing, the 16th and final definition has been published as The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing (NIST Special Publication 800-145). http://phys.org/news238863822.html Technology Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:03:49 EST news238863822 US online daily deals sensation Groupon said Friday that it hopes to raise as much as $621 million from its initial public offering, less than previously expected. http://phys.org/news238425125.html Technology Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:12:18 EST news238425125 Internet search engine Google insisted on Friday it was not stealing business from the print media even if it has become an increasingly important source of news on the Web. http://phys.org/news237801900.html Technology Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:05:10 EST news237801900 Dutch company ASML, a key global supplier of computer chip-making systems, said Wednesday net profits had jumped 32 percent in the third quarter and maintained its outlook to achieve record sales by the end of 2011. http://phys.org/news237631863.html Technology Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:51:12 EST news237631863 Fraud in online commerce and theft of confidential data, known as phishing, at banks in Latin America together top 93 billion dollars in yearly losses, an IT conference heard Wednesday. http://phys.org/news237088322.html Technology Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:52:11 EST news237088322 Prestigious US academic institution Princeton University has banned researchers from giving the copyright of scholarly articles to journal publishers, except in certain cases where a waiver may be granted. http://phys.org/news236426015.html Other Sciences Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:54:03 EST news236426015 The increasing complexity of multi-invention technologies such as laptops and smartphones raises serious challenges for firms looking to cash in with the "next big thing," and points to a need for businesses to integrate their patent and business strategies, according to research published by a University of Illinois patent strategy expert. http://phys.org/news234710018.html Other Sciences Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:14:02 EST news234710018 Technology research firm Gartner has sharply lowered its forecast for personal computer sales growth for 2011, citing the weak economy and the impact of tablet computers. http://phys.org/news234702142.html Technology Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:30:01 EST news234702142 A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) documents the success of a Wildlife Conservation Society program that uses an innovative business model to improve rural livelihoods while restoring local wildlife populations. http://phys.org/news233245579.html Biology Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:26:36 EST news233245579 (AP) -- Zynga Inc., the maker of popular online games such as "FarmVille" and "CityVille," is being sued for patent infringement by a Texas gaming startup. http://phys.org/news232817042.html Technology Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:24:15 EST news232817042 (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday revealed new video and book-reading services that are designed for the iPad but bypass Apple Inc.'s fees on content sales. http://phys.org/news232203855.html Technology Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:04:28 EST news232203855 (AP) -- Hackers are out to stymie your smartphone. Last week, security researchers uncovered yet another strain of malicious software aimed at smartphones that run Google's popular Android operating system. The application not only logs details about incoming and outgoing phone calls, it also records those calls. http://phys.org/news231993591.html Electronics Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:40:27 EST news231993591 Nine studio executives sat in a glass-enclosed conference room in Beverly Hills, Calif., discussing potential snowy locales for filming later this year. http://phys.org/news230556128.html Technology Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:22:39 EST news230556128 Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., Facebook Inc. and other Internet companies have made billions of dollars tracking people's online movements and using that data to target advertising based on their prediction of what a person might want to buy. http://phys.org/news228584518.html Technology Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:42:27 EST news228584518 With a concentration of start-ups just behind that of Silicon Valley and an impressive pool of engineers, Israel is becoming the new standard for high-tech, with a unique business model. http://phys.org/news228539423.html Technology Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:00:01 EST news228539423 Intel Corporation today launched the Intel AppUp Small Business Service, an innovative service running on the Intel Hybrid Cloud platform that enables server manufacturers, software vendors, and service providers to offer small businesses key advantages of cloud computing with applications and data running on their own premises. http://phys.org/news225540072.html Technology Wed, 25 May 2011 11:04:17 EST news225540072 Groupon is adding 150 employees a month at its U.S. headquarters and trains them in a church because the conference rooms at its headquarters aren't big enough. Ideeli has crammed so much electronic equipment into its New York office that the power goes out every day. http://phys.org/news225363255.html Technology Mon, 23 May 2011 09:54:42 EST news225363255 Innovative "group buying" sites offering bargains on everything from meals to travel packages are catching on in Asia as companies harness the power of social media to influence consumer behaviour. http://phys.org/news223530097.html Technology Mon, 02 May 2011 05:10:01 EST news223530097