TECHNOLOGY

A key U.S. lawmaker expressed support on Thursday for a proposal by communications regulators to give auction proceeds to broadcasters as an incentive to give up some airwaves highly sought by wireless broadband providers.

Wireless chip maker Qualcomm Inc. raised its sales and earnings forecasts for the second quarter, sending its shares about 9 percent higher in early stock market trade on Thursday.

LG Electronics, the world's No.2 TV brand, said on Thursday it was aiming to sell nearly 1 million 3D TVs this year to take one-fourth of the market, joining a growing number of global tech firms betting 3D will become the next hot product.

With most Americans already toting cellphones, AT&T Inc now wants to target their dogs.

Want a look at real, reality TV? Try clicking on an upcoming Web show called The Vault, which for one year will lock more than a dozen people in an underground bunker after a simulated nuclear holocaust.

The shares of two telecommunications equipment makers and a bank holding company blew past expectations in their stock debuts Wednesday, reviving hope for what had been a sickly market for initial public offerings.

Pop-up is so passe: South Korean scientists have developed 3D technology for books that makes characters literally leap off the page.

The manager of teen pop star Justin Bieber was arrested on Wednesday for refusing to warn fans on Twitter about overcrowding at a shopping mall event, narrowly avoiding a horrible disaster, authorities said.

A French man has been arrested for hacking into the Twitter account of President Barack Obama, French police said on Wednesday.

Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. mobile operator, said it would open its own mobile phone applications store on March 29.

Dell Inc on Wednesday announced a new series of servers designed for large cloud computing environments.

Thousands of Twitterers worldwide will put their fingers to rest and gather offline on Thursday in the name of charity.

Fans of country music duo Brooks & Dunn are getting the chance to pick the performers' song for the final time they play together at the Academy of Country Music Awards next month.

A Nigerian civil rights group said Wednesday it would appeal an Islamic court order to shut down its chat forums on Facebook and Twitter which criticize the practice of Islamic law in northern states.

Pop-up is so passe: South Korean scientists have developed 3-D technology for books that makes characters literally leap off the page.

General Motors Wednesday unveiled a new concept car that it hopes will solidify its position in electric vehicles, not least in China, the world's biggest auto market.

The man behind Samsung Group's rise to become the world's largest electronics powerhouse returned to head its flagship unit, two years after being indicted over financial misdeeds.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world's second-biggest mobile phone maker, on Tuesday unveiled a new smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S, which is based on Google Inc's Android software.

Sprint Nextel Corp on Tuesday unveiled the HTC EVO 4G from HTC Corp, the No. 3 U.S. operator's first cellphone that will support its WiMax high-speed wireless service.

Design software maker Adobe Systems Inc reported first-quarter earnings and revenue that exceeded Wall Street projections and forecast that second-quarter revenue would beat analysts' expectations as it launches new products.

Nintendo Co plans to launch a new model of its DS handheld game console that allows users to play three-dimensional (3D) games without using special glasses, aiming to reinvigorate demand for the five year old machine.

Internet telephony firm Skype has questioned Egypt's move to ban international calls made through mobile Internet connections and said markets should be left open for consumers to choose.

Opera Software said it would apply on Tuesday for its mobile browser to be distributed on Apple's iPhone, seeking to crack a new and potentially lucrative market closely guarded by Apple.

Toshiba Corp is in talks with a company backed by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates to jointly develop advanced nuclear reactors, the Japanese electronics maker said, helping send its shares higher.

Time Warner Inc, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp and billionaire Len Blavatnik's Access Industries put up rival bids of $1.2 billion to $1.5 billion for studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, sources familiar with the matter, told Reuters on Monday.

As the clock ticked down to the historic healthcare vote on Sunday and congressional leaders scrambled to get holdout Democratic lawmakers on board, the White House was all-a-Twitter.

For the French, it may always remind them of delicious escargot, but for most everyone else the @ symbol has come to embody the age of the Internet and its constantly evolving language.

Britain's consumer watchdog is to investigate plans for a proposed joint venture aimed at giving Internet access to digital TV in a move that will allow critics such as pay-TV firms to voice concerns.

AT&T Inc will start selling Palm Inc's mobile phones in a few months, Palm said on Monday, as it looks to expand distribution and raise consumer awareness of its phones.