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Marvell beats Street but posts weak outlook (Reuters) - Reuters - Diversified U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology Group Ltd gave a conservative outlook for the third quarter, sending shares lower, even after it posted better-than-expected profit helped by increased sales in the wireless and storage sectors.
MySpace overtakes Yahoo in display ad views: report (Reuters) - Reuters - Yahoo Inc has lost its lead of the U.S. market for online display advertising to MySpace and its parent company News Corp's Fox Interactive Media and MySpace, new industry data shows.
Comcast to make monthly Internet use cap official (AP) -

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts speaks at his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 8, 2008. U.S. communications regulators voted on Friday to order Comcast Corp to end some of the tactics it uses to manage its broadband network after concluding that they unreasonably restrict Internet users who share movies and other material. REUTERS/Rick WilkingAP - Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, Thursday said it would set an official limit on the amount of data subscribers can download and upload each month.


Dell 2Q profit drops 17 percent and stock plunges (AP) -

Boxes containing Dell computers are stacked on an upper shelf of a Best Buy store in Seekonk, Mass., Aug. 16, 2008. Computer maker Dell Inc. says its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 17 percent Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Restructuring charges were partly to blame. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)AP - Computer maker Dell Inc. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 17 percent, hurt in part by lower prices and restructuring charges. The earnings were short of Wall Street estimates, and Dell shares plunged.


Passcode Vulnerability Returns in iPhone Updates (NewsFactor) -

An Apple iPhone is seen in New York, August 28, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)NewsFactor - Apple's publicity nightmare keeps growing worse. The latest twist is more serious than dropped calls or lost e-mail -- it's a security flaw in the iPhone that could dial up trouble for users.


Sprint Will Launch 4G WiMAX with Localized Features (NewsFactor) - NewsFactor - In advance of its WiMAX rollout this fall, Sprint announced Thursday a lineup of mobile partners to localize its customer's 4G experience. In what the company calls "geobrowsing," XOHM users will get local news, weather and many other localized networking features delivered to their laptops and mobile devices.
Dell earnings down 17 percent (CNET) - CNET - This post was updated at 3:50 p.m. PDT with comments from Michael Dell and analysts.
Even critics give Apple a pass on iPhone 3G woes (AP) -

The entrance to the Apple store is shown on New York's Fifth Ave. Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Even as iPhone griping rages online, it's looking like Apple's reputation will come out unscathed. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - First an iPhone price cut left early buyers feeling foolish, and then came reports that some iPods were spitting sparks. Now the new iPhone 3G has been marred by bugs, spotty service, disappearing programs for the device and a veil of secrecy over software developers trying to broaden its appeal.