AP - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. is retracting its hostile bid for smaller rival Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., but a deal — and a friendly one at that — is likelier than ever.
AP - After losing out in the battle to define the high-definition successor of the DVD, Toshiba Corp. has turned its attention to the next best thing: the DVD.
AP - Qwest Communications International Inc. and negotiators for its largest union said Monday they tentatively agreed on a contract, avoiding a strike that could have disrupted both upcoming political conventions.
AP - Fewer Americans are reading newspapers and are instead getting their news online, but television remains the leading source of news in the country, according to a survey released Sunday.
CNET - Symantec is buying PC Tools, which sells PC utilities software designed to boost the security and privacy of Windows-based computers, Symantec said on Monday.
Reuters - Rock band AC/DC’s first studio album
in eight years, “Black Ice,” will be sold exclusively in the
U.S. via Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club and the band’s Web site,
beginning October 20. First single “Rock ‘n’ Roll Train” will
hit U.S. radio on August 28.
Reuters - Rogers Communications Inc (RCIb.TO),
the owner of Canada’s biggest wireless carrier, will start
offering Research In Motion Ltd’s new
BlackBerry Bold on Thursday, the telecom firm said.
NewsFactor - A report has surfaced that Pandora — the popular music-mix service for computers and mobile devices such as the iPhone — may have to stop music streaming as royalty fees drain its cash.
InfoWorld - Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, has joined the Linux Foundation, the foundation said Monday.
NewsFactor - The Electronic Arts, Take-Two Interactive Software acquisition drama continues as the mammoth video-game publisher said it won’t extend a Monday deadline for its $2 billion offer to buy Take-Two, maker of the Grand Theft Auto franchise series.