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The International Herald Tribune
IHT.com Tech Alert
Paris, Friday, May 2, 2008
Time Warner decides future is as content provider
After spinning off its cable unit, the company will revolve around two core content businesses that have been out of the limelight: the Warner Brothers movie studio and Turner Networks.
- Classic content through a modern pipeline

Cablevision to raise the stakes in Newsday bidding
The cable operator is preparing a $650 million offer for the Long Island newspaper, $70 million more than bids by Rupert Murdoch and Mortimer Zuckerman, according to people briefed on the matter.
- Panel says WSJ editor's ouster violated terms of deal

Sun Microsytems reports loss in quarter
The maker of server computers posted a loss of $34 million in the third quarter, falling short of Wall Street expectations, as economic challenges overshadowed gains overseas.

Hewlett-Packard unveils new memory technology
A device, called a memristor, is an electrical resistor with memory properties. The technology could eventually build very dense chips that go beyond DRAM and use much less power.
- Race is on to better use multicore computer chips

TV images to dazzle the jaded
What has an 11-inch screen, offers breathtaking pictures and costs $2,500? It's the new TV from Sony.

A free press gets mixed reviews
A survey of 20 countries by the World Public Opinion.org project at the University of Maryland found strong support worldwide for a free press and opposition to government restrictions on access to the Internet.

Video gamers keep spending despite downturn
Devotion to the hobby is driven by what users and executives acknowledge is games' addictive quality.

Gfk and TNS talking merger to challenge Nielsen
The combination would create a strong rival to Nielsen, the world's leading market research firm.

U.S. paper ends print edition to live online
With print revenue down and online revenue growing, newspaper executives are anticipating the day when newspapers abandon their print versions. That day has arrived in Madison, Wisconsin.
- To whom does The Wall Street Journal belong?
- For magazines, 'be clever or die'
- The happy scavengers of online journalism

High hopes for English-language paper in Abu Dhabi
The move is another sign that while the newspaper industry slumps in the United States and Western Europe, it is booming in much of the rest of the world.
- Circulation declines at most U.S. newspapers
- Tough times at Le Monde

Tele Atlas mapping the globe, street by street
About 100 vehicles are on a mission to produce ultra-accurate maps of every public roadway in the United States. About the same number of vans ply the roads of Europe and Asia.

Internet squatters facing eviction
The sharp acceleration of speculation in Internet names, a practice known as "domain tasting" in which names are registered by the millions and tested for their advertising prospects, is under scrutiny.

RIM fights to keep its edge on smartphones
Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, has Napoleonic dreams of global conquest for the iPhone. So it may be fitting that he is encountering his most serious resistance in a city called Waterloo.
- Apple's sales defy U.S. economic downturn
- Weak cellphone sales plague Motorola
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