Thursday, March 18, 2010

HTC, the Taiwan-based manufacturer of Google's Nexus One cellphone, says it plans to mount an aggressive defense against a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Apple.

After the wackiness of last week’s semifinal round that saw Lilly Scott among the surprising eliminations, it was a relief that there were no big shocks in this week’s “Idol” voting.

New Jersey authorities are investigating an announcement made over a public address system at a southern New Jersey Wal-Mart telling "all blacks" to leave the store.

Toyota Motor Corp has told U.S. safety regulators that it is considering how to fix nearly 1.2 million Corolla and Matrix models at risk of stalling out because of flaws in an electronic system.

President Barack Obama picked up support for healthcare reform on Wednesday from a prominent liberal and a group of Catholic nuns, who broke with bishops on the issue of abortion and urged passage of the overhaul.

Google has lined up big partners -- including Intel and Sony -- in its recent quest to move its technology into the living room. The joint effort includes software that navigates Web-based offerings on TVs.

The Android 2.1 update is coming to the Verizon Droid tomorrow! What can Droid users expect to get with the Android 2.1 upgrade?

Today, Microsoft released the developer preview of Internet Explorer 9. The preview is bare-bones: after playing around with it, I can tell you that it doesn't have much in terms of user interface.

The stock market continued its advance of the past month after the Fed said it would keep interest rates low to revive the economy.

Authorities in Europe and the U.S. are turning to “stealth taxes” to avoid drawing attention to the tightening fiscal noose.

Ireland’s Catholic leader expressed shame over investigating but not reporting abuse cases 35 years ago.

Ben S. Bernanke argued that information gleaned from the banking oversight process helps the central bank guide the economy.

An arrest has been made in connection with the investigation of actor Corey Haim's death, a spokesman for California's attorney general said Wednesday.

Countries are canceling more than $1 billion in debt that Afghanistan owes them, the Paris Club of creditor nations announced Wednesday.

Sprint Nextel is expected to unveil the first phone compatible with its WiMax high-speed network at a wireless conference next week. The phone, made by HTC, is dubbed the Supersonic.

Social networking platform Facebook racked up the most U.S. hits on its Web site last week, edging past search giant Google to be the country's most-visited site for that period, according to data from research firm Hitwise.

Senate votes 68-29 to clear $18 billion measure for President Obama's signature Wednesday.