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Comcast, the largest U.S. cable operator, today posted a third-quarter profit on better-than-expected gains in high-speed Internet customers and raised its full-year outlook for subscriber growth The Philadelphia-based company added 549,100 new high-speed Internet customers in the third quarter, well ahead of aggressive Wall Street estimates of abo...
U.S. consumer confidence took a sharp drop in October, according to a private survey of 5,000 domestic households by the Conference Board The index fell to 92.8 from 96.7, making October the third consecutive declining month. The new rating is the last one before the U.S. Presidential election next week, and is being closely watched for omens of th...
Sun Microsystems announced today that Orange SA, a London-based international mobile phone company, has chosen the Java Enterprise System to replace its current Sun software in Europe. Orange has operations in Benelux, and other western Europe regions Orange has 22,000 employees and is a London-based subsidiary of France Telecom, an international t...
A multifunction Toshiba TV that emitted an aircraft emergency signal triggered a transcontinental chase earlier this month to an apartment in the college town of Corvallis, Oregon When a rescue team knocked on his door, student Chris van Rossman was watching his 20-inch Toshiba flat-screen TV. The high-end set has built-in DVD, VCR and CD units....
Due to its proximity to urban areas and its volatile activity in recent decades, Mount St. Helens may be the most closely monitored volcano in history Digital telemetry -- systems that automatically record and transmit data from remote sources -- circles the crater like a bracelet. Sensors monitor conditions ranging from lake levels to earthquakes...
Google took its first bite out of the European commercial market in Great Britain yesterday, launching a beta version of Froogle, an Internet price-comparison service for British shoppers which closely resembles Google's home page Shoppers search for products and are shown photos, prices and links to vendors. Results can be sorted by price or withi...
A new federal tax bill passed by the Senate yesterday and sent to President George W. Bush for signature will have a spotty effect on technology budgeting, according to one prominent analyst The tax bill, titled "American Jobs Creation Act of 2004," was designed partly to meet European Union objections to tax breaks for American exporters. It conta...
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