TECHNOLOGY

The Walt Disney Co and Hulu.com have restarted talks over offering shows from Disney's ABC television network on the online video distributor owned by NBC Universal and News Corp, paidContent.org reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources.

As IBM's negotiations to buy Sun Microsystems Inc enter another week, some analysts are weighing the risks in what could be the biggest U.S. technology deal this year.

Intel is open to making acquisitions with weakening markets making prices more palatable, and sees technology's key growth areas in healthcare and visual media, outgoing chairman Craig Barrett said on Friday.

Nokia's pull-back from using subcontractors in phone-making will shed more than $5 billion in revenue from electronics contract manufacturers, research firm iSuppli said on Friday.

Wall Street capped a strong week on a down note on Friday as investors booked profits in the wake of the recent upward surge and bank shares dropped after bank executives indicated March had been a tougher month for the industry than the previous two.

Web entrepreneurs are increasingly embracing new technologies from cloud computing to new computer languages to try and slash costs as investors disappear because of the recession.

Move over fancy, pricey cellphones. The buzz ahead of the annual CTIA wireless show next week is all about cheaper data plans and mobile software stores, where a few dollars can get you a game or other cool application to impress your friends.

Google Inc is cutting its sales and marketing team by roughly 200 employees, saying it had over-invested in certain parts of the company.

U.S. stocks fell on Friday as investors booked profits following a recent rapid surge, while the energy sector dropped along with the price of oil.

Verizon Wireless will start selling a netbook -- a cheaper, more basic version of a notebook -- as early as next quarter, Bloomberg said, citing a person close to the project.

Apple Inc has scheduled its annual developers conference for the second week in June, with plenty of buzz surrounding its product plans.

Graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp countersued Intel Corp for breach of contract on Thursday, alleging that Intel made misleading statements designed to undermine Nvidia's licensing rights.

Google Inc is cutting its sales and marketing team by roughly 200 employees, saying it had over-invested in certain parts of the company.

No one can easily define it.

IBM's talks to acquire Sun Microsystems Inc are continuing and may extend beyond next week, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Twitter Inc. co-founder Biz Stone said that the company has hired a product manager to develop accounts for businesses that would offer extra features but a fee would be charged, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Satyam Computer Services Ltd's search for a buyer suffered a setback on Thursday, as a source said IBM is not in the bidding, while India's Spice Group remains undecided about its participation.

Online social network Xing plans to more than double its number of members in German-speaking markets in the coming years as it expands in Europe and creates new jobs.

U.S. billionaire Charles Simonyi roared into space aboard a Russian rocket on Thursday, making history as the first tourist to make the epic journey twice.

U.S. billionaire Charles Simonyi roared into space aboard a Russian rocket on Thursday, making history as the first tourist to make the epic journey twice.

Dell Inc's China sales grew 28 percent in unit terms in the year to January, accounting for about 5 percent of the company's global business, Chief Executive Michael Dell said on Thursday.

Over 90 percent of Apple Inc's British iPhone users accessed mobile media in January including websites, e-mails, social networks and games, far higher than users of other mobile phones, research showed.

Denmark boasts the world's most networked economy, putting it and its Nordic neighbors in a good position to rebound from the current global downturn, the World Economic Forum said on Thursday.

U.S. billionaire Charles Simonyi will roar off into space aboard a Russian rocket on Thursday to make history as the first tourist to make the odyssey twice.

Chances are you've never had a conversation with your house plants but if they could talk, what would they say? Water me.

The board of Satyam Computer Services has shortlisted about eight bidders, including IBM and private equity firm Apax Partners, for buying the fraud-hit outsourcer, the Economic Times said on Thursday.

Internet start-up Twitter is taking a much-anticipated first-step in its quest to parlay its popularity into revenue by offering certain customers an expanded range of services.

IBM will cut about 5,000 jobs in the United States, adding to similarly large cuts in the past few months, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

Corrects to end-2008, not 2009, paragraph 5