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Qualcomm said demand for advanced mobile technology was healthy, despite worries about a weaker U.S. economy, and business conditions had not changed since its July conference call. Len Lauer, Qualcomm’s (NASDAQ: QCOM) chief operating officer, told a Deutsche Bank investor conference on Wednesday that “things haven’t changed” since the company’s conference call with analysts in […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Top executives of the nation’s largest mobile carriers said they are still worried by consumer demands for unfettered freedom to use untested devices or software applications to connect to their networks — despite acknowledging that open access could provide for new levels of innovation. “You are seeing the bulk of our opportunities […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com , the largest global online retailer, plans to start selling U.S.-produced wine on its website within the United States by early October, wine industry insiders said on Wednesday. Napa Valley Vintners, a nonprofit group representing 315 vintners in the famous California wine-producing region, has already begun to set up workshops for […]

NEW YORK — Written references could become old hat for hiring managers with one in five saying they use social networking sites to research job candidates — and a third of them dismissing the candidate after what they discover. A survey by online job site CareerBuilder.com of 3,169 hiring managers found 22 percent of them […]

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in San Jose has given preliminary approval to a $14 million settlement of shareholder claims over backdating of stock options against current and former Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) executives, court documents showed. The current and former executives and directors, including Chief Executive Steve Jobs, agreed to the settlement. As part […]

Source: Reuters Come next week, owners of Microsoft’s portable music player Zune will be able to download music wirelessly and tag and buy songs they hear on the device’s built-in FM radio, Microsoft said on Monday. The software company is introducing a host of new features on Sept. 16 for the Zune, its answer to […]

Source: Reuters Nokia’s Internet offering is far from ready and the world’s top mobile phone maker is seeking further acquisitions to speed up the roll out of new services, Niklas Savander, the head of the unit, said in an interview. Nokia (NYSE: NOK) bought U.S. digital maps firm Navteq for $8.1 billion in July and […]

Source: Reuters SAN FRANCISCO — Google has stepped up efforts to digitize dozens of historical newspapers and make scanned images of the original papers available online, the Internet search leader said on Monday. In a blog post on the Silicon Valley-based company’s Web site, Google said it is looking to make old newspapers searchable online […]

Does Chinese President Hu Jintao give you goosebumps? Got the hots for Premier Wen Jiabao? Then Communist Party mouthpiece the People’s Daily has the answer — join their online fan club. While Chinese politicians are not normally known for star appeal — drabness and formal handshakes are more their style — the People’s Daily is […]

Jessica Rose, star of “lonelygirl15” at the 11th annual Webby Awards last year. Source: Reuters  HBOlab, an experimental offshoot of cable powerhouse HBO focused on online programming, is launching a Web video series featuring a cast of the Internet’s most popular entertainers. Jessica Rose, star of the Web sensation “lonelygirl15,” will be joined with top […]

LOS ANGELES — The Association of National Advertisers sent a letter objecting to the proposed Internet search advertising partnership between Yahoo Inc and Google Inc to government regulators reviewing the deal, the group said on Sunday. The letter to Assistant Attorney General Thomas Barnett, noted that “a Google-Yahoo partnership will control 90 percent of search […]

Dell is trying to sell computer factories around the world in an effort to cut cost and improve profitability, The Wall Street Journal said. In recent months, Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) has approached contract computer manufacturers with offers to sell the plants, the paper said, citing people familiar with the matter. One person briefed on the […]