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The International Herald Tribune
IHT.com Tech Alert
Paris, Friday, October 31, 2008
Sony is latest to report profit drop as shares take beating
Sony has joined a procession of Asian exporters reporting lower earnings in recent days. All have blamed drops in global - particularly American - demand.
- Toshiba reports loss from glut in chip market

Sun Microsystems reports $1.7 billion loss and falling sales
As Sun Microsystems reported dismal sales and a large charge on Thursday, it was clear that the company was coming under increasing pressure from Wall Street to do something radical.

MTV cuts deal to use Beatles songs in video game
MTV Networks and Apple Corps said that the hits by the long defunct band would be used in an "interactive music-making game." Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Company makes millions playing on computer users' fear
A Russian operation appears sells fake anti-virus software through an elaborate scheme that relies on e-mail spam and indirect control of thousands of unprotected PCs.

Condé Nast to cut budgets by 5 percent companywide
The high-end publisher is also cutting the frequency of two of its newer magazines: Portfolio and Men's Vogue.

France Télécom and Alcatel-Lucent results show mixed outlook for telecoms
Results from France Télécom provided evidence that the slowdown has so far spared European phone operators from the worst. But figures from the network builder Alcatel-Lucent suggested that telecommunications companies are cutting orders.

Taiwan aims to capture share of robotics market
Taiwan is seeking a 7 percent share of the global robotics market and to export products worth 250 billion Taiwan dollars, or $7.5 billion, by 2015.

Nintendo's net profit falls because of yen's appreciation
The company posted a 36 percent increase in quarterly operating profit on brisk demand for its Wii game console, but the video game maker suffered a drop in net profit and trimmed its annual outlook amid a global economic slowdown and a surge in the yen.

BlackBerry aims to stay ahead
Three new BlackBerry models may not be iPhones, but they are strong competitors, especially when it comes to e-mail.

Pictures to pixels made easier
Also: a low-cost Blu Ray DVD recorder and mini-laptops from Hewlett-Packard.

Setting up house in Gmail
Is there a way to add the addresses from my old e-mail account to my new Web-based Gmail account?

Toshiba reports loss from glut in chip market
Toshiba, the largest Japanese chip maker, reported a quarterly loss Wednesday.
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