Jan 07, 2009 12:36AM

Apple cuts copy protection and prices on iTunes (AP)

AP - Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and plans to make every track available without copy protection.

Jan 05, 2009 02:16PM

Even in recession, CES to have stuff worth seeing (AP)

AP - The recession figures to tone down the flashiness of this week's International Consumer Electronics Show, but the lineup of innovative products likely will measure up to those of past years.

Jan 06, 2009 03:11AM

Apple's Jobs has hormone imbalance, will stay CEO (AP)

AP - Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer whose gaunt appearance in the past year has alarmed the Mac and iPod lovers who look to him as an oracle, said Monday he has an easily treated hormone imbalance and will remain in charge of the company.

Jan 05, 2009 08:50PM

Logitech to cut salaried staff by 15 percent (AP)

AP - Logitech International SA, a maker of mice, webcams and other computer peripherals, said Monday it is cutting its salaried work force by 15 percent in response to weak consumer demand amid what it expects to be an extended global downturn.

Jan 06, 2009 10:00PM

Cisco adds social networking to its forte (CNET)

CNET - Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated that technology from the Five Across acquisition was the foundation for the new Eos service. It is not.

Jan 07, 2009 04:05AM

Digital boom helps British music sales hit record (AFP)

AFP - British music sales are booming as young fans increasingly buy songs online rather than illegally downloading them, the country's industry body said Wednesday.

Jan 07, 2009 02:09AM

Olympus Puts 10X Optical Zoom In a Pocket Cam (PC World)

PC World - It's no 26x optical zoom behemoth like its just-announced SP-590 UZ, but Olympus put yet another feather in its zoom cap with the Olympus Stylus-9000. The company announced the slim 10X -optical-zoom digital camera in a press release as part of its 2009 offerings at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ and JULIA WERDIGIER on Jan 06, 2009 11:04PM

Austria?s ?Woman on Wall St.? Now Out of Sight

Sonja Kohn made few friends gathering billions for Bernard L. Madoff from wealthy investors in Russia and across Europe. Now she?s disappeared from public view.

By BRAD STONE on Jan 06, 2009 10:46PM

Want to Copy iTunes Music? Go Ahead, Apple Says

Apple said it would begin selling song downloads without anticopying measures and change its pricing structure.

By CARTER DOUGHERTY on Jan 06, 2009 09:24PM

Facing Losses, Billionaire Takes His Own Life

Adolf Merckle?s speculation in volatile Volkswagen shares pushed his sprawling empire to the edge of ruin.

By IAN AUSTEN on Jan 06, 2009 09:29PM

The Costly Compromises of Oil From Sand

Environmental groups in the U.S. and Canada are pushing for a slowdown to oil sands development.

By HEATHER TIMMONS AND BETTINA WASSENER on Jan 07, 2009 03:17AM

Satyam Shares Plunge on Scandal

The chairman of Satyam Computer Services, an Indian company that serves numerous Fortune 500 companies, resigned, sending Satyam?s shares down 77 percent.

By EDMUND L. ANDREWS on Jan 06, 2009 09:27PM

In Fed Rate Cut, Fears of Long Recession

Meeting last month, Fed officials worried that even a dramatic cut in interest rates would not be enough to cauterize the country?s economic troubles quickly.

By LOUIS UCHITELLE on Jan 06, 2009 09:33PM

Economists Warm to Government Spending but Debate Its Form

A debate persists over the most effective form of stimulus and what role tax cuts should play.