Consortium Rescues Bell Canada Takeover

A private equity and pension fund consortium said it salvaged a record $52 billion deal for Bell Canada on Friday by postponing its closing date and canceling dividend payments.

Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 9:31 PM at NYT > Technology

Bits: A Sucker Is Converted Every Minute

Those ads for the free digital TV signal converter box? Beware.

Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 7:23 PM at NYT > Technology

Bits: Justice Looks Further at Google-Yahoo Deal

The Justice Department’s antitrust division has begun issuing subpoenas as it probes further into whether a planned Google-Yahoo partnership in search advertising is anticompetitive.

Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 5:43 PM at NYT > Technology

Bits: Google Puts Privacy Link on Main Page

The move brings Google into clear compliance with a California law that requires many Internet sites to have a link to their privacy policy on their home page.

Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 2:08 PM at NYT > Technology

Bits: What Is Facebook Worth? (Part 37)

A document in the settled Facebook ConnectU litigation reveals that Facebook’s common shares are worth a quarter of the value of the stock Microsoft purchased when it invested in the social network.

Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 11:43 AM at NYT > Technology

Business Briefing | Acquisitions: Vodafone Acquires Majority Stake of Ghana Telecom

The Vodafone Group said it had agreed to acquire a 70 percent stake in Ghana Telecom, the African country’s third-largest mobile phone operator, for $900 million.

Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 12:38 AM at NYT > Technology

Google Told to Turn Over User Data of YouTube

The order raised concerns that the online video viewing habits of tens of millions of people could be exposed.

Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 12:30 AM at NYT > Technology

Nvidia Reports Problem With Laptop Chips

Nvidia will take a charge against second-quarter earnings to cover the expected cost of repairing and replacing the products, which include graphics processing units and media and communications processors.

Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 8:07 PM at NYT > Technology

Apple to .Mac Subscribers: Sync Bookmarks by Sunday

The warning came as part of Apple’s transition from .Mac to the new MobileMe online service, which was announced at last month’s Worldwide Developers Conference.

Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 8:07 PM at NYT > Technology

Obama Voters Protest His Switch on Telecom Immunity

Thousands of Barack Obama’s backers are using the online organizing tools his campaign created to protest his recent support for expanding government surveillance powers.

Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2008 11:32 AM at NYT > Technology