Pirate Bay defiant despite criminal charges

As Swedish prosecutors fixed their sights last week on The Pirate Bay, an Internet file-sharing service that is a scourge of the movie and music industries, the operators of the site responded by hoisting a defiant, digital Jolly Roger.

Siemens shows giants can be nimble
The 161-year-old conglomerate based in Munich, has been disproving the skeptics who questioned whether an industrial giant could be a stock market star.

Ericsson announces job cuts after slim proft
The world's biggest maker of mobile networking equipment said it would cut annual costs by $630.3 million in the face of what it sees as little or no growth in the market this year.
- Motorola weighs a shift in cellphones

Amazon agrees to buy online audiobook seller
Amazon.com, which has been rapidly adding digital downloads to its vast Web store, said this week that it had agreed to buy Audible, the largest online seller of audiobooks.

Google says its ad growth is still strong
Google said it had seen no effect from a slowing economy on its advertising business as it reported a 17 percent jump in quarterly profit. But the result fell shy of market expectations.

Motorola explores distancing itself from cellphones
Company executives stopped short of saying what exactly they would do, but there has been speculation that Motorola may spin off its cellphone unit or sell other businesses, instead.

What's in a domain name? Serious money
The domain-name industry's fundamental assertion - that Web names can be valuable, cash-generating assets just like stocks, bonds or property - appears to be gaining a kind of broader acceptance.

U.S. airwave auction exceeds $4.6 billion
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is selling a spectrum being freed as part of the switch to digital television in February 2009.

Cut cable disrupts Web and phones in India and Middle East
Internet and telephone communications remained disrupted Thursday in the Middle East and the world's back office, India, after two undersea cables were damaged.

TV and game sales help lift Sony earnings
Net profit rose by more than 25 percent in the final three months of 2007, but Sony warned of potentially weaker demand this year.
- Lenovo's results beats expectations
- Matsushita posts record 3rd-quarter profit

Beauty bloggers begin to pull in the swag
As more women turn to blogs for makeup advice, the cosmetics industry has stopped seeing bloggers as an annoyance and started sending them gifts.

DVD format wars: Two can play, but why bother?
Since the electronics industry can't seem to decide between HD DVD and Blu-ray, the best choice for consumers is a player that can handle both.
- Releasing your inner photo editor