Retailers offer deals, discounts on 'Cyber Monday'Retailers who saw Thanksgiving holiday sales drop off as the weekend progressed stepped up online promotions on the day known as "Cyber Monday" to try to get consumers tired of the crowds at stores
Carl Icahn raises his stake in YahooIn a move likely to fuel speculation over Yahoo Inc.'s search for a new chief executive, activist investor Carl Icahn has bought up close to 7 million additional shares of the Internet company, acc
Black Friday traffic takes down Sears.comSears.com was inaccessible to U.S. shoppers for two hours on Friday in what was the most notable Web hiccup of the holiday gift-buying season's official start.
Online retailers ramp up deals to capture dollarsOnline retailers are ramping up heavy-duty deals to turn skittish shoppers into buyers during the crucial Thanksgiving weekend and "Cyber Monday"—but even so, online sales are expected to be fair
Guyana to close Net cafes that offer cheap callsThe South American country of Guyana plans to close hundreds of Internet cafes that it accuses of bypassing the telephone company system to offer cheap international calls.
Regulators hang up on cell tower backup rulesFederal regulators have rejected proposed changes by the Federal Communications Commission that would require all U.S. cell phone towers to have at least eight hours of backup power.
Fuel-cell powered devices getting closerLaptop, cell phone and iPod owners tired of having their devices run out of charge after a few hours have been patiently waiting for the next portable power source to arrive.
Shoppers cautious with gadget buys on Black FridayConsumer electronics have long been among the most popular holiday gifts, with fierce competition among shoppers for day-after-Thanksgiving deals on flat-screen TVs and laptop computers.
Clearwire and Sprint unit close WiMax mergerClearwire Corp. has completed its merger with the unit of Sprint Nextel Corp. that is building a new wireless data network, the companies said Friday.
Sling.com like video site Hulu with a twistSince its launch in March, video-streaming site Hulu has become a popular place to catch TV shows, video clips and movies for free on the Web.
Ad watchdog: FiOS not 'so much more bright'Verizon's FiOS TV service doesn't make for a brighter picture, the advertising industry's self-regulatory body said, urging the company to drop some of the claims it makes in its advertising.
TiVo reports profit in fiscal 3QTiVo Inc. recorded a profit in its fiscal third quarter due to $105 million it received from Dish Network Corp. for violating a patent, the maker of digital video recorders says.
Man says God ordered him to ram vehicle at 100 mphA man who rammed his truck into a woman's vehicle on a highway early Friday told authorities he crashed into her while going more than 100 mph because God told him "she needed to be taken off the r
Police: Man swallows stolen earrings at Fla. mallAn X-ray marked the spot for southwest Florida police who say a teenager swallowed a $16 pair of earrings after taking them from a JCPenney store at a mall.
Police: Ohio college adviser ran prostitute raffleAn Ohio State University academic adviser and a real estate agent held a $10-a-ticket raffle that offered an evening with a prostitute who is also a child sex-abuse caseworker, police said.
