en-us Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:42:09 -0800 ACER ACER Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:14:06 -0800 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:26:28 -0800 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:30:10 -0800 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:24:21 -0800 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:24:20 -0800 IFX NOK IFX,NOK Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher opening on Wall Street on Wednesday ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, with investors awaiting a slew of economic data. At 1000 GMT (5 a.m. EST), futures for the S&P 500,the Dow Jones industrial average and the Nasdaq were...]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:08:23 -0800 Reuters) - LinkedIn, the world's biggest professional social network, will probably pursue an initial public offering some time but not in the near future, co-founder and executive chairman Reid Hoffman told Reuters. Continue reading » Join the conversation...]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:08:05 -0800 Reuters) - Norway opened on Tuesday the world's first osmotic power plant, which produces emissions-free electricity by mixing fresh water and sea water through a special membrane. State-owned utility Statkraft's prototype plant, which for now will produce a tiny 2-4 kilowatts of power or enough to run a...]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:21:35 -0800 Reuters) - AT&T Inc unveiled on Monday an offering that lets customers using its network for Web-surfing on laptop computers or netbooks avoid the obligation to sign a two-year contract with the operator. Instead of having to commit to paying $60 a month for two years, customers will...]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:21:33 -0800 T T Reuters) - Inventor Judah Klausner filed suit against Motorola Inc and Research In Motion, alleging infringement of technology patents related to visual voicemail. Visual voicemail lets phone users see who has left a voicemail and choose which messages they want to listen to. Klausner's Klausner Technologies...]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:27:32 -0800 MOT RIMM MOT,RIMM Reuters) - When the U.S. holiday shopping season kicks off on the day after Thanksgiving, retailers can expect to see millions of less frightened, but even more bargain-hungry customers cross their thresholds. Industry experts expect a strong turnout on Black Friday, which falls on November 27 this year, as...]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:16:15 -0800 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:28:20 -0800 Reuters) - Sony Corp pushed back an elusive profit margin target to March 2013, after narrowly failing to meet the goal last year, but it aims to make its video game and TV operations profitable next year. Sony's TV business is in its sixth straight year of losses as...]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:17:27 -0800 SNE SNE Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Friday that its planned entertainment content distribution service for network-compatible TVs and other devices will be launched next year. Sony plans to launch a new online service to distribute movies, music, books and other content to network-capable TVs, Blu-ray players, ebooks and others...]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:22:23 -0800 SNE SNE Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday sales of Windows 7 were running at twice the level of any previous version of its operating system. Windows 7, launched a month ago, has "already sold twice as many units" than any previous version...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:47:36 -0800 Reuters) - A computer glitch caused widespread delays and cancellations on Thursday to flights along the U.S. East Coast, a local Washington radio station said. Radio station WTOP said on its website that the Federal Aviation Administration FAA said airlines were entering their flight plans manually, and...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:19:06 -0800 Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Wednesday that early demand for its latest electronic reader was higher than expected in advance of the holidays and shipment delays could result. A Sony spokesman said the $399 e-book reader, called the Daily Edition and geared to newspaper viewing, would be...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:35:39 -0800 AMZN SNE AMZN,SNE Reuters) - Spanish citizens will have a legal right from 2011 to be able to buy broadband internet of at least one megabyte per second at a regulated price wherever they live, the country's industry minister said on Tuesday. The telecoms operator holding the so-called "universal service"...]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:19:10 -0800 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:07:19 -0800 INTC INTC