TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft Corp's Bing search engine won more market share from rivals last week, according to new industry data released on Wednesday, but still trails Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.

Amid complaints by smaller competitors that exclusive agreements by dominant wireless phone companies and handset makers hurt competition, AT&T said on Wednesday that competition in the industry is robust and it will increase over time.

Intel Corp plans to phase out some of its brands, including the Centrino for computers, to focus on fewer top names as the chip maker expands into new markets such as mobile devices.

Several iPhone users are reporting problems with the activation server when downloading the latest iPhone OS 3.0.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. on Wednesday said its 4GB chip based on 50-nm class DRAM production technology has borne the world’s first 32GB DDR3 Memory for low-power server operations.

Microsoft Corp was off to a good start with its revamped search engine Bing that was launched a few weeks earlier, Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.

AT&T Inc yielded on Wednesday to customer complaints and agreed to extend its best upgrade price to previous iPhone buyers eager to get their hands on Apple Inc's new model, which goes on sale Friday.

Apple Inc released 45 software patches on Wednesday to address rare security vulnerabilities in its popular iPhone and iPod Touch mobile devices.

Sirius XM Radio subscribers will be able to download software on June 18 that lets the satellite radio service's programing play on Apple Inc's iPhone.

The official Apple iPhone 3.0 OS release time has not yet been confirmed by the company, but based on previous roll outs of the company, tech watchers are speculating the update will be out at 10am PST or 1pm EST.

Microsoft Corp's share of Internet searches continued to grow for a second week after the introduction of its new search engine Bing, industry tracker comScore Inc said on Wednesday.

Walt Disney Co is introducing $350 netbooks for children ahead of the holidays, even as other toy companies shy away from expensive items to appease recession-hit shoppers.

Preorders of the new Apple iPhone 3G S from the AT&T store online is already sold out, leaving many to have to resort to waiting in long queues at Apple and AT&T stores on Friday when it's officially launched.

Apple iPhone 3.0 Update will be released today June 17, according to the Apple iPhone website.

U.S. wireless carriers Verizon Communications and AT&T took issue with assertions that they colluded in setting prices for text messages, saying on Tuesday that prices for most customers had fallen and the market was competitive.

Twitter, the social networking site favored by some celebrities, has gone high-brow with a performance from James Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses.

Consumer Watchdog praised Google on Tuesday for agreeing to offer improved security for users of its online e-mail services like Gmail.

Xbox Live will be down on Tuesday, June 16, for service maintenance for up to 24 hours.

Forget passwords, Apple’s iphone supports voice recognition that is as unique as a fingerprint, which enables your mobile safe for your personal secrets.

Adobe Systems Inc., the largest maker of graphic-design programs, reported a 41 percent drop in second-quarter profit, lower than analyst’s expectations, after the economy soured the demand from advertising customers.

Western Digital on Tuesday said it has begun shipping its new SiliconDrive SATA/PATA SSDs with higher speeds, reliability and capacities for Embedded Systems and Data Streaming Applications design for OEMs.

Supporters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi posted defiant messages on Twitter on Tuesday, calling for a second banned pro-Mousavi rally to go ahead and offering security updates.

Research In Motion is adding another smartphone to its BlackBerry lineup as it aims to win market share among both executives and mainstream consumers despite tough economic conditions.

MySpace, the social network owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, said it will cut its staff by 30 percent to lower its cost as it struggles to maintain its popularity in the face of rising competition.

Sales of Palm Inc's closely watched Pre mobile phone are running on track with -- and exceeding some -- Wall Street expectations after just over one week in stores.

Facebook has passed News Corp.'s MySpace domestically in traffic, according to online metrics firm comScore.

Best Buy Co Inc posted lower first-quarter earnings and weaker-than-expected sales on Tuesday and implied earnings for the rest of the year would be worse than forecast, dragging its shares down more than 7 percent.

Britain is to provide universal broadband access by 2012 and plans to use a tax to fund superfast connections, it said on Tuesday as it outlined its digital vision requiring the BBC to share some funding.

Britain aims to provide universal broadband access by 2012 to make the country more competitive, it said on Tuesday, as it outlined its vision for a digital future that could require money taken from the BBC.