Rhapsody Opens MP3 Store in iTunes Attack
Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday. Read this story
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Microsoft is Ballmer's Company Now
Steve Ballmer has been chief executive at Microsoft for eight years, but he will finally get to move into the corner office vacated by Bill Gates, the college friend who brought him to the company nearly three decades ago. Read this story
Bill Gates:In His Words, Then and Now
The differences between Bill Gates in 1982, as a young programmer, and in 2008 when he left the company, are stark: in 1982, Gates helmed a small team of developers, and intimately guided both what emerged as Windows and the software and interface that powered the IBM PC. By 2008, Gates had transformed himself into a visionary, evolving from architecting memos on strategic direction ("the Internet Tidal Wave") to guiding Microsoft into the future. See what he said then, and now. Read this story
Chrysler's uconnect Turns Car into Wi-Fi Hotspot
In what the company claims is an industry first, Chrysler has announced uconnect web, a system that brings wireless Internet connectivity to any Chrysler, Dodge, or Jeep vehicle. Read this story
Virgin to Integrate Helio Services
Virgin Mobile, which bought Helio Friday for $39 million, isn't throwing the small, high-end cell phone carrier's technology away. Virgin plans to integrate Helio's data services into their own offerings. Read this story
Gates Bids Teary Farewell to Microsoft
Bill Gates said a teary goodbye on Friday to Microsoft, the software maker he built into the world's most valuable technology company based on the ambitious goal of placing a computer on every desk and in every home Read this story
Chip Sales Up; Consumers Spending Tax Rebates?
Worldwide sales of semiconductors in May rose 7.5 percent to $21.8 billion, up from $20.3 billion for the same month a year ago, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association's monthly report. Read this story
Tech Giants Team to Form Patent Defense Force
Information technology giants are teaming up in defense against potential patent-infringement lawsuits, the Wall Street Journal said on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. Read this story
Vodafone, MySpace Agree on Content Deal
Shares in Vodafone rose after the UK mobile operator announced a deal with News Corp's MySpace under which footage from Vodafone-sponsored music events will be made available to users of the social networking website. Read this story
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