Palm, once a leader, seeks path in smartphone jungle
Palm is trying to revive itself as business users have embraced the BlackBerry and consumers have fell in love with the iPhone.

Ericsson and STMicroelectronics form chip venture
The companies said Wednesday that they would combine some mobile-communications units to collaborate on research and design of chips and networks.

Sales outside U.S. help Hewlett-Packard
The world's biggest computer maker reported a higher quarterly profit on strong international sales in its notebook and printer businesses.

Apple issues software update for iPhone
One of the major attractions of the latest iPhone is its faster, third-generation Web connections. However, users around the world have complained about dropped calls and inconsistent Internet speeds.

Analog TV shutdown kills free cellphone TV
One reason for the difficulty in bringing mobile TV to U.S. users is the impending shutdown of all full-power analog TV broadcasts in the United States on Feb. 17.

Empire built on the cuddly branches out from Web
Given all the nastiness on the Internet — blog trolls, flame wars, vicious gossip, pornography, snark and spam — what better antidote is there than looking at pictures of cute animals?

Sponsors feel Liu Xiang's pain
When China's star hurdler limped off the field, it dealt a blow to the marketing plans of some marquee brands.

Olympics draw women, and ads that target them
The large female viewership for the Olympics and the spate of spots intended for women are anomalies in TV sports.
- Michael Phelps, the major advertising vehicle

Thousands of U.S. students have data exposed in error
Princeton Review accidentally published the personal data and standardized test scores of tens of thousands of Florida students on its Web site, in the latest breach of Internet privacy.

Fox is allowed to press Warner over rights to 'Watchmen'
The dark heroes of Warner Brothers' "Watchmen," set for release next March, have a new problem on their hands: A U.S. judge here has ruled that they may belong to 20th Century Fox.