Yahoo CEO Mayer's pay package worth more than $59M

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• Yahoo CEO Mayer's pay package worth more than $59M
• Google's 2Q earnings rise as clicks on ads soar
• Microsoft reports first loss as public company
• Watch five volunteers withstand a 1957 nuclear bomb test
• Lay’s offering $1 million via Facebook to the best new potato chip recipe
• Chick-Fil-A Faces Gay Marriage Backlash on Twitter, Facebook
• Microsoft reports first loss as public company
• New iPad goes on sale in China after suit settled
• Venture funding falls 12 percent in 2Q to $7B
• Verizon's wireless glows, broadband hits wall
• Live Nation tops Android Apps of the Week
• At a Glance: Top-funded startups in 2Q
• Venture funding falls 12 percent in 2Q to $7B
• Venture funding heats up in 2Q, hitting $7 billion
• Apple's latest iPad makes low-key debut in China
• New iPad goes on sale in China after suit settled
• U.S. Senator tells DOJ to drop Apple’s eBook price-fixing suit
• Apple's new iPad makes uneventful China debut
• Online woes spark first ever loss for Microsoft
• Yahoo CEO Mayer's pay package worth more than $59M
• EU orders Google to change mobile services: report
• Hacker claims to have accessed 50,000 accounts from Wall Street IT recruiting firm
• Microsoft reports first loss as public company
• Google's 2Q earnings rise as clicks on ads soar
• Google profits surge on growing ad revenue
• New Planet Found, Smaller Than Earth, Orbiting Distant Star
• Botnet responsible for as much as 50% of global spam taken down
• Apple To Repeat On The EPEAT
• Verizon wireline disappoints, shares off 2.9 percent
• Dell aims to create $5 billion software business
• Watching a Fabulous Fabulist When You Know He's Fabulizing
• HTC becomes first to welcome Jelly Bean, confirms One X and One S updates in the works
• Without Social Media, 18% Of Teens Would Stop Communicating [INFOGRAPHIC]
• Mayer gets $70 million pay package to lead Yahoo
• Microsoft posts quarterly loss but beats Wall Street
• What earnings reports have revealed about ads
• Yahoo CEO Mayer's compensation worth up to $59M
• RIT Capital buys stake in Corsair
• Weak economy drags AMD's 2Q profit down 40 pct

Yahoo CEO Mayer's pay package worth more than $59M Posted: 19 Jul 2012 07:20 PM PDT Yahoo is giving its new chief executive Marissa Mayer a compensation package worth more than $59 million over the next several years.

Google's 2Q earnings rise as clicks on ads soar Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:53 PM PDT Google is getting even better at showing online ads to the right people at the right time. That enabled the Internet search leader to hit analysts' earnings target for the second quarter and reassure investors about the company's moneymaking prowess.

Microsoft reports first loss as public company Posted: 19 Jul 2012 06:08 PM PDT Microsoft posted its first quarterly loss in its 26 years as a public company on Thursday as it declared a struggling online ad business a bust and prepared for one of the biggest product updates in its history.

Watch five volunteers withstand a 1957 nuclear bomb test Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:20 PM PDT Though we know a lot about how dangerous nuclear radiation is today, back in the earliest days of the Atomic Age, people were simply oblivious to the cancer risks. Ignorance is really the only excuse for this July 1957 footage … Continue reading →

Lay’s offering $1 million via Facebook to the best new potato chip recipe Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:16 PM PDT Lay's is offering a cash prize to the person who creates the best new idea for a potato chip with its "Do Us a Flavor" contest. Three finalists will see their inventions realized, then the public will decide on the … Continue reading →

Chick-Fil-A Faces Gay Marriage Backlash on Twitter, Facebook Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:44 PM PDT Chick-Fil-A president Dan Cathy sparked a firestorm among supporters and opponents after taking a public stance on the divisive issue this week.

Microsoft reports first loss as public company Posted: 19 Jul 2012 06:08 PM PDT Microsoft posted its first quarterly loss in its 26 years as a public company on Thursday as it declared a struggling online ad business a bust and prepared for one of the biggest product updates in its history.

New iPad goes on sale in China after suit settled Posted: 19 Jul 2012 08:08 PM PDT Apple released its newest iPad in China on Friday after settling a lawsuit over ownership of its name and requiring buyers to place orders in advance to control crowds.

Venture funding falls 12 percent in 2Q to $7B Posted: 19 Jul 2012 09:03 PM PDT Funding for startups fell 12 percent in the April-June period as venture capitalists poured less money into fewer deals than a year earlier. But the number of companies getting funded in the earliest stages of development reached the highest level in more than a decade — a hopeful sign for the broader economy and an indication that investors are willing to wait for returns.

Verizon's wireless glows, broadband hits wall Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:30 PM PDT Verizon Communications Inc., parent of the country's largest cellphone carrier, on Thursday said its net income rose 13 percent in the second quarter as its wireless arm pulled in record profits.

Live Nation tops Android Apps of the Week Posted: 19 Jul 2012 04:30 PM PDT Better late than never, Live Nation finally made its way to the Android platform, connecting music fans with concerts and live performances across the country. Also hot this week was the premium launch of the popular Minecraft companion app, PocketInvEditor Pro, and Tivoli Radio, with a curated selection of customer-approved tunes. Here are this week's top Android apps.

At a Glance: Top-funded startups in 2Q Posted: 19 Jul 2012 09:03 PM PDT Funding for startups fell 12 percent in the second quarter as venture capitalists poured less money into fewer deals than a year earlier. A total of 898 deals were completed, reaping $7 billion, according to a study due out Friday.

Venture funding falls 12 percent in 2Q to $7B Posted: 19 Jul 2012 09:03 PM PDT Funding for startups fell 12 percent in the April-June period as venture capitalists poured less money into fewer deals than a year earlier. But the number of companies getting funded in the earliest stages of development reached the highest level in more than a decade — a hopeful sign for the broader economy and an indication that investors are willing to wait for returns.

Venture funding heats up in 2Q, hitting $7 billion Posted: 19 Jul 2012 09:02 PM PDT Funding for startups fell 12 percent in the April-June period as venture capitalists poured less money into fewer deals than a year earlier.

Apple's latest iPad makes low-key debut in China Posted: 19 Jul 2012 08:41 PM PDT SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Apple Inc staged a low-key launch of its latest iPad in China on Friday, free of the chaotic scenes that plagued the tech darling's previous product debuts in its most promising growth market. The calm, orderly queues in Shanghai and Beijing came as a surprise to many Apple fans in China, who are used to standing overnight in snaking queues with scalpers to get their hands on the latest product. "I'm very surprised that there is no line. ...

New iPad goes on sale in China after suit settled Posted: 19 Jul 2012 08:08 PM PDT Apple released its newest iPad in China on Friday after settling a lawsuit over ownership of its name and requiring buyers to place orders in advance to control crowds.

U.S. Senator tells DOJ to drop Apple’s eBook price-fixing suit Posted: 19 Jul 2012 07:30 PM PDT United States Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) has written an open letter to the Department of Justice, which was published by The Wall Street Journal, telling the agency to drop the eBook price-fixing lawsuit against Apple (AAPL) and two other major book publishers. Schumer warns that the suit could "wipe out the publishing industry as we know it, making it much harder for young authors to get published." The senator also notes that "the suit will restore Amazon to the dominant position atop the e-books market, if that happens, consumers will be forced to accept whatever prices Amazon sets." Schumer believes Amazon's "monopoly in digital publishing" is not in the best interest of publishers and authors, who are forced to make a

Apple's new iPad makes uneventful China debut Posted: 19 Jul 2012 07:28 PM PDT The latest iPad has received an uneventful launch in China after Apple Inc. settled a lawsuit with a local company over ownership of the popular tablet computer's name.

Online woes spark first ever loss for Microsoft Posted: 19 Jul 2012 07:26 PM PDT Microsoft posted its first ever loss, shedding $492 million in the fourth quarter due to a massive $6.2 billion write-down to reflect the slump in value of its online operations.

Yahoo CEO Mayer's pay package worth more than $59M Posted: 19 Jul 2012 07:20 PM PDT Yahoo is giving its new chief executive Marissa Mayer a compensation package worth more than $59 million over the next several years.

EU orders Google to change mobile services: report Posted: 19 Jul 2012 06:23 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - EU regulators are demanding that Google makes broad changes to its mobile services as talks to settle an antitrust investigation enter their final days, the Financial Times reported on Friday. EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia favors reaching a settlement with the world's most popular search engine, which may face formal charges if concessions about its business practices are not made. The newspaper cited people briefed on the case in Brussels as saying the talks are on a "knife-edge" and Almunia is expected to decide next week whether they are worth continuing. ...

Hacker claims to have accessed 50,000 accounts from Wall Street IT recruiting firm Posted: 19 Jul 2012 06:15 PM PDT An Internet hacker belonging to a group called TeamGhostShell broke into recruiting website ITWallStreet.com, Computer World reported. The information compromised, which includes full names, mailing addresses, email addresses, usernames, hashed passwords and phone numbers, was posted online on Thursday, and thousands of hashed passwords have reportedly already been decrypted. The leaked data also includes details such as salary and bonus expectations of the potential employees and even feedback on specific candidates. Another file contained email conversations and thousands of phone call records between recruiters and potential candidates. The hacker behind the breach, known only as Masakaki, suggested the attack was meant as a sign of support for the Occupy Wall Street movement. Andiamo Partners, the New York-based recruiting firm that

Microsoft reports first loss as public company Posted: 19 Jul 2012 06:08 PM PDT Microsoft posted its first quarterly loss in its 26 years as a public company on Thursday as it declared a struggling online ad business a bust and prepared for one of the biggest product updates in its history.

Google's 2Q earnings rise as clicks on ads soar Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:53 PM PDT Google is getting even better at showing online ads to the right people at the right time. That enabled the Internet search leader to hit analysts' earnings target for the second quarter and reassure investors about the company's moneymaking prowess.

Google profits surge on growing ad revenue Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:48 PM PDT Google reported a surge in quarterly profit to $2.79 billion on the back of rising online advertising revenue, beating Wall Street expectations.

New Planet Found, Smaller Than Earth, Orbiting Distant Star Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:19 PM PDT NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope Used to Find Small, Molten World

Botnet responsible for as much as 50% of global spam taken down Posted: 19 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Computer security experts on Wednesday revealed that they had successfully taken down Grum, the world's third-largest botnet, which was responsible for roughly 18% of global spam, according to The New York Times. According to CNNMoney, that figure could be as high as 50%. The security experts were able to block the botnet's command and control servers in both the Netherlands and Panama. While the service was successfully shut down, it wasn't long before Grum's architects set up seven new command and control centers throughout Russia and Ukraine. The team, however, was able to successfully block those servers, too. The researchers were able to kill the botnet again by tracing it back to its servers and alerting various Internet service providers. Most

Apple To Repeat On The EPEAT Posted: 19 Jul 2012 04:39 PM PDT Reversing a recent decision, Apple will conform to Electronic Products Environmental Asset Tool standards, or EPEAT, after all. Larry Greenemeier reports.

Verizon wireline disappoints, shares off 2.9 percent Posted: 19 Jul 2012 04:33 PM PDT (Reuters) - Weakness in Verizon Communications Inc's enterprise business offset a better-than-expected wireless quarter, sending the telephone company's shares down 2.9 percent. After pushing Verizon's shares up 14 percent so far this year, investors focused in on the wireline miss on Thursday even as Verizon handily beat Wall Street estimates for wireless subscriber growth and profitability. While earnings per share (EPS) met Wall Street expectations for the quarter, analyst said that wasn't enough. ...

Dell aims to create $5 billion software business Posted: 19 Jul 2012 04:21 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc's new software chief plans to increase the size of the business five-fold, a target that could eventually account for at least 25 percent of the No. 3 personal computer maker's profits. John Swainson, the former chief executive of CA Technologies who joined Dell in February, said software is a higher margin business than most of the company's other units, but is not big enough to make a difference right now. ...

Watching a Fabulous Fabulist When You Know He's Fabulizing Posted: 19 Jul 2012 04:08 PM PDT Within the first 10 minutes of Wednesday's Washington D.C. performance of The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, Mike Daisey embodied the image I'd had of the man who lied to This American Life. "I've been doing this for a long time, it's a kind of professional blundering," he said before letting out a series of squawks while shaking his arms like a spastic bird. That is Mike Daisey: A big, loud, professional liar. And that moment was an almost too perfect summation of the reputation he has gotten himself over the last few months. ...

HTC becomes first to welcome Jelly Bean, confirms One X and One S updates in the works Posted: 19 Jul 2012 04:05 PM PDT HTC (TPE:2498) and carrier partner Telstra have confirmed that HTC is currently working to bring Android 4.1 Jelly Bean updates to its One X and One S smartphones. Google's (GOOG) own Nexus 7 tablet and Galaxy Nexus smartphone are currently the only devices to run the latest version of the Android operating system; the company's vendor partners have remained silent on the matter as they continue efforts to bring the previous version of Google's mobile OS, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, to their devices. According to Telstra's website, however, the HTC One XL — the international version of HTC's One X — and HTC One S are both listed as having Android 4.1 Jelly Bean updates in the works. Telstra

Without Social Media, 18% Of Teens Would Stop Communicating [INFOGRAPHIC] Posted: 19 Jul 2012 04:00 PM PDT 18% of teens would stop communicating altogether if their favorite social networks shut down. That's according to a recent survey of American high school and college students done by email marketing company AWeber.

Mayer gets $70 million pay package to lead Yahoo Posted: 19 Jul 2012 03:58 PM PDT (Reuters) - New Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's compensation package could total more than $70 million in salary, bonuses, restricted stock and stock options over five years, according to a regulatory filing made by the company Thursday. Mayer's pay package is broken out into $1 million in annual salary, as much as $2 million in an annual bonus, and $42 million in stock options and other awards, as well as $14 million in "make whole restricted options" for forfeiture of compensation from Google Inc. ...

Microsoft posts quarterly loss but beats Wall Street Posted: 19 Jul 2012 03:31 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp reported its first quarterly loss as a public company on Thursday as it took a previously announced hit for writing down the value of its ailing online unit, but held up better than expected in the face of stagnant computer sales. Excluding the multibillion-dollar write-down, which was signaled earlier this month, and factoring in some deferred Windows revenue, the world's largest software company actually exceeded Wall Street's expectations, boosting its shares in after-market trading. ...

What earnings reports have revealed about ads Posted: 19 Jul 2012 03:24 PM PDT Google and Microsoft offered a contrast in advertising fortunes as they reported earnings for the latest quarter on Thursday. While Google showed that refinements to the company's Internet search technology lured more Web surfers to click on its revenue-producing ads, Microsoft took a big non-cash charge that led to its first loss as a public company.

Yahoo CEO Mayer's compensation worth up to $59M Posted: 19 Jul 2012 03:18 PM PDT Yahoo is giving its new chief executive Marissa Mayer a compensation package worth up to $59 million over the next several years.

RIT Capital buys stake in Corsair Posted: 19 Jul 2012 03:13 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - RIT Capital Partners , an investment trust chaired by Lord Jacob Rothschild, has bought a stake in private equity firm Corsair Capital. The companies, which announced the stake on Thursday, did not disclose the size of RIT's investment in Corsair or the size of its stake in the buyout firm, which specializes in financial services investments. RIT said it plans to issue $7.5 million of new shares as part of its payment for the investment in Corsair. It will end up owning a minority stake in Corsair's general partner, the companies said in a statement. ...

Weak economy drags AMD's 2Q profit down 40 pct Posted: 19 Jul 2012 03:00 PM PDT Trouble in the global economy dragged Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s net income down 40 percent in the second quarter, and the world's second-biggest chipmaker warned that revenue will continue to be hurt through the rest of the summer.

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