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SAN FRANCISCO — Starting in 2009, all of DreamWorks Animation SKG films will be in next-generation 3-D. “This is the next innovation for the movie industry,” Jeffrey Katzenberg, chief executive of DreamWorks Animation (NYSE: DWA), said in an interview. “It impacts how we make our movies, how movie theaters present our films and how audiences […]

Thousands of people suspected of sharing music, films and games over the Internet will be pursued through the courts for damages, lawyers for entertainment companies said on Wednesday. London-based law firm Davenport Lyons said it would apply to the High Court to force Internet service providers to release the names and addresses of 7,000 suspected […]

Ericsson and STMicroelectronics have agreed to join their wireless chip and software businesses to create a joint venture that will supply four of the world’s top five mobile phone makers. The new company, announced on Wednesday, will bring together the Mobile Platforms unit of Ericsson, the world’s biggest mobile telecoms equipment maker, and ST-NXP wireless, […]

eBay is cutting the fees U.S. sellers on its site pay for fixed-price items, in one of the company’s boldest moves this year to boost merchandise for sale, lure new buyers and take on competitors. Total sellers’ fees will decrease in most cases under eBay’s (NASDAQ: EBAY) plan to improve the balance between buyers and […]

Motorola, the world’s third-largest handset maker, unveiled two new low-end phones on Wednesday that allow users to listen to songs and surf the Web. The company, which has failed to come up with a strong follow-up to its once-lauded RAZR phone, has lost out to market leader Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and other rivals since early […]

Hoping to find new markets for its high-performance parallel storage technology, Panasas is moving into the secondary storage market, and it has added $24 million in new funding to aid in that effort. Panasas, which launched with great fanfare five years ago and whose technology forms the basis of the next-generation pNFS protocol, is now […]

Microsoft plans to pay software maker Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) up to $100 million in additional subscription fees due to strong demand for Novell’s open source Linux software that partners with Microsoft’s proprietary Windows software. The payment to be made by Nov. 1, announced by the companies on Tuesday, is in addition to a $240 million […]

BEIJING — Something fishy is happening at the Olympic Games. Put it all down to the stars. Forget training, dedication and determination. An athlete’s star sign could be the secret to Olympic gold. Any Olympic hopefuls unsure which event to pick can now turn to Olympicstarsign.com, check out their birth date and find which sport […]

Apple has issued a software update for the latest iPhone to help fix connection problems that led to a flurry of online complaints from customers, a European mobile service provider said on Tuesday. T-Mobile, owned by Deutsche Telekom, said the software was available for users to download to their iPhones on Tuesday, but that it […]

Source: Reuters Japan’s trade ministry said on Tuesday that three fires had been caused by overheating Apple iPod nanos, which it said could be due to a battery defect. No one was injured in the three fires involving the music players but the government said in a statement Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) had reported two other […]

Fears that demand in emerging markets for Dell and HP products will slow in the remainder of the year — and that the U.S. dollar will strengthen — may overshadow earnings in line with or above Wall Street targets, analysts say. HP and Dell, the world’s No. 1 and 2 personal computer makers, should deliver […]