Engineers face jail in economic espionage case
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Two engineers from China who pleaded guilty to the rare charge of economic espionage against the U.S. are facing sentencing Friday, in a case that highlights national security threats surrounding sensitive technologies....

Dell 3Q profit falls as PC spending slows
Dell Inc.'s fiscal third-quarter profit sank 5 percent as concerns about the deepening economic crisis crimped corporate spending on computers and other technology products....

Google empowers users to edit search results
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- If Google delivers useless search results, just erase them and you won't see them again....

Google's virtual world Lively to die next month
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- Lively, a virtual reality service from Google Inc., is dying....

Web ad sales rise slightly from prior quarter
NEW YORK (AP) -- Despite the bad economy, U.S. Internet advertising revenue rose in the third quarter, according to an analysis released Thursday....

Review: New BlackBerrys cool but can't beat iPhone
NEW YORK (AP) -- With the recent releases of three new BlackBerrys across three different wireless providers, Research In Motion Ltd. has fired back at Apple Inc. in the Great Smart Phone Skirmish of 2008....

Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is giving an early holiday gift to people who pay for all-you-can-listen access to the Zune digital music store: 10 songs to keep each month, included in the $14.99 monthly subscription fee....

Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search
BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be "very open" to a collaboration on Internet search. His comments sent Yahoo shares diving more than 20 percent....

China's Baidu.com fights to rescue reputation
BEIJING (AP) -- Baidu.com has been the star of China's Internet world. But now the search engine dubbed "China's Google" is scrambling to rescue its reputation after state TV accused it of letting unlicensed suppliers of medical products pay for higher rankings on its results page - without alerting users....

E-mail in zero G: NASA develops network for space
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- In space, no one can hear you scream. But scoring an Internet hookup suddenly isn't out of the question....