(AP)—Sprint Nextel has offered to buy out the minority shareholders of Clearwire for $2.1 billion in a deal that would give it total control of the flailing company and also more space on the airwaves for data services.

Technology - Telecom

Dec 13, 2012 not rated yet 0

Travel ratings website TripAdvisor changed hands Tuesday as media tycoon John Malone's Liberty Interactive paid $300 million for a controlling stake, the companies said.

Technology - Business

Dec 11, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—In the run-up to the last election warnings about computer hacking were rampant. Experts demonstrated how the hardware in voting machines could be modified. Touch-screen machines visibly changed votes. One possibility ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Dec 11, 2012 4.7 / 5 (3) 2 |

Facebook closed the polls Monday on letting democracy rule when it comes to policy changes.

Technology - Internet

Dec 10, 2012 1 / 5 (1) 5

(Phys.org)—Some hedge funds manipulate stock prices at the end of the month to improve the returns that they report to their investors, a new study suggests.

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Dec 10, 2012 4.7 / 5 (15) 106 |

(AP)—This holiday season is shaping up to be a record-breaking period for Apple as shoppers snap up iPhones and iPads. So, why is the world's most valuable company losing its luster with investors?

Technology - Business

Dec 07, 2012 5 / 5 (13) 15

Efforts to curb overfishing of tuna in the Pacific were blocked by big countries that refused to cut their catch at a meeting of tuna-fishing nations in the Asia-Pacific, delegates said Thursday.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 06, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Facebook will become part of the Nasdaq 100 index of the largest non-financial companies listed on the electronic exchange, the market operator said Wednesday.

Technology - Business

Dec 05, 2012 not rated yet 0

Tuna-harvesting nations of the Pacific argued at a key meeting in Manila Tuesday over how best to regulate devices that attract the giant fish, amid growing concern over depleted stocks, officials said.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 04, 2012 not rated yet 1

Researchers from the Carnegie Institution are rolling out results from the new Airborne Taxonomic Mapping System, or AToMS, for the first time at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meetings in San Francisco. ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 04, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Asia-Pacific fishing experts on Sunday warned against depleting tuna stocks, saying the region needs to reduce its catch of the vulnerable bigeye species by 30 percent.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 02, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

A new study shows computer network security analysts are not prepared for drawn out cyber attacks.

Technology - Internet

Nov 30, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 1

The U.S. government has cleared VeriSign Inc. to manage the databases that house ".com" domain names for another six years, but the company won't be allowed to raise prices without approval.

Technology - Internet

Nov 30, 2012 not rated yet 0

(AP)—Online deals company LivingSocial is cutting 400 jobs worldwide, or about 9 percent of its work force, as the deals market continues to face challenges.

Technology - Business

Nov 29, 2012 not rated yet 0

Four months after a major software malfunction at Knight Capital Group roiled markets and threatened the company's survival, a rival trading firm stepped in with an offer to buy Knight at a steep premium.

Technology - Business

Nov 28, 2012 not rated yet 0