News For Sunday Oct 12, 2008 News For Sunday Oct 12, 2008

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Loss narrows at hospital software maker MedAssets - Added 8 weeks ago

Hospital software provider MedAssets Inc. said Wednesday that it lessened its second-quarter loss as an acquisition of a privately held software company helped boost sales. The maker of financial software for hospitals...

Virgin Mobile USA 2Q profit declines - Added 8 weeks ago

Wireless service provider Virgin Mobile USA Inc. said Wednesday its second-quarter profit dropped sharply as revenue declined and the company lost net subscribers. Virgin Mobile earned $3.5 million, or 7 cents per...

NetApp posts 2Q profit, sales outlook - Added 8 weeks ago

Data storage provider NetApp Inc. said Wednesday it expects fiscal second-quarter earnings of 16 cents to 19 cents per share. For the three months ending in October, the company forecast adjusted earnings of 27 cents...

TechTarget 2Q profit shrinks as expenses rise - Added 8 weeks ago

TechTarget Inc., which sells marketing services and products to information technology companies, said Wednesday its second-quarter profit shrank by nearly half as operating expenses jumped 39 percent. TechTarget...

NetApp posts higher 1Q profit - Added 8 weeks ago

Data storage provider NetApp Inc. said Wednesday its fiscal first-quarter profit and sales climbed amid solid customer demand despite the economic downturn. For the three months ended July 25, the company earned $37.7...

NBC sees new media habits form with Olympic games - Added 8 weeks ago

About half of the people who are using mobile phones to pull down video or information about the Olympics have been trying out that technology for the first time, NBC said on Wednesday. NBC Universal, a unit of General...

Researcher lowers projections for online video ads - Added 8 weeks ago

Research company eMarketer is sharply reducing its spending projections for online video advertising, saying the market hasn't been as strong as the firm had previously estimated. Estimates that eMarketer expects to...

Scientists say oil exploration threatens Amazon - Added 8 weeks ago

Oil exploration in the Amazon rain forest represents the latest, perhaps greatest, threat to preserving what remains of the world's largest remaining tropical wilderness, scientists said Wednesday. Scientists from Duke...

Kansas man sues Time Warner over cable box rentals - Added 8 weeks ago

A Time Warner Cable Inc. customer is suing the cable operator to end a practice the telephone industry has long dropped. Matthew Meeds of Fairway, Kan., accuses Time Warner of illegally forcing customers who have...

New Yahoo service helps users share their location - Added 8 weeks ago

Yahoo Inc. is riding the wave of location-based services with the launch of a service intended to help users share their real-world location with their friends online. Yahoo made Fire Eagle available to the public this...

EBay in talks to buy minority stake in Gmarket - Added 8 weeks ago

The online auction company eBay Inc. said Wednesday it is in talks to buy a minority stake in the South Korean online marketplace operator Gmarket. The talks are with Interpark Corp. and its chairman, Ki Hyung Lee, who...

Stix takes a stab at motion-controlled PC games - Added 8 weeks ago

Looking at its size, shape, white wrist strap and B-button on the bottom, it's easy to compare the Stix with the Wiimote, the wireless controller for the popular Nintendo gaming console. Except the Stix is for your PC. ...

Yahoo spends $36M on advisers in Microsoft dance - Added 8 weeks ago

Yahoo Inc. shelled out $36 million in the first half of 2008 to the outside advisers that helped the company navigate stormy buyout talks with Microsoft Corp. and the ensuing proxy threat from activist investor Carl...

Kwiry service lets users text to remember tidbits - Added 8 weeks ago

It happens to everyone: A friend recommends a good book or movie, but by the time you get around to Googling it _ assuming you get that far _ you can't remember what it's called. A San Francisco-based startup called...

Best Buy becomes first independent iPhone retailer - Added 8 weeks ago

Best Buy Co. will start selling the iPhone on Sept. 7, becoming first U.S. chain to do so outside of Apple Inc.'s and AT&T Inc.'s own stores. Wednesday's announcement by Best Buy expands the availability of Apple's...

Russian hackers continue attacks on Georgian sites - Added 8 weeks ago

Attacks by Russian hackers against Georgian Web sites, including one hosted in the United States, continued Tuesday even as Russian President Dmitri Medvedev ordered a halt to hostilities against Georgia. Tom Burling,...

Limelight Networks 2Q loss widens by 44 percent - Added 8 weeks ago

Limelight Networks Inc. reported that its loss for the second quarter widened by 44 percent over year-ago levels, although the company still beat Wall Street's estimates by a penny a share. The Tempe, Ariz., company...

Sonic Solutions sees 2Q per-share loss of 5 cents - Added 8 weeks ago

Sonic Solutions said it expects revenue of at least $30 million and a loss of $1.3 million, or 5 cents per share, for its fiscal 2009 second quarter, ending September 30. The Novato, Calif., company, which makes...

Gates marks anniversary of Microsoft research arm - Added 8 weeks ago

Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Tuesday that the dramatic growth of the Internet would eventually spark a software-writing revolution. Gates, speaking at a forum to mark the 10th anniversary of the software...

Starz ending Vongo movie service for Starz Play - Added 8 weeks ago

Liberty Media Corp.'s Starz pay TV subsidiary is pulling the plug on its Vongo movie-download service in favor of letting Verizon Communications Inc. and other affiliates market a similar service. Starz said Tuesday it...

Motorists turn to carpool sites as gas prices rise - Added 8 weeks ago

Robert Gilliland didn't think much about carpooling until gas prices got out of control. Now, he's happy to trade his motoring freedom for $120 in weekly savings. Gilliland found one rider through the classifieds Web...

Micros Systems buys Fry Inc. for $31.1M plus debt - Added 8 weeks ago

Micros Systems Inc., a provider of information technology services for the hospitality and retail industries, said Tuesday it has acquired Fry Inc. for $31.3 million plus the assumption of $18.4 million in debt. Fry,...

Russian hackers continue attacks on Georgian sites - Added 8 weeks ago

Attacks by Russian hackers against Georgian Web sites, including one hosted in the United States, continued Tuesday even as Russian President Dmitri Medvedev ordered a halt to hostilities against Georgia. Tom Burling,...

Nature group says humpback whales recovering - Added 8 weeks ago

The humpback whale, nearly hunted into history four decades ago, is now on the "road to recovery" and is no longer considered at high risk of extinction, an environmental group said Tuesday. The International Union for...