Yahoo! News: Technology NewsTechnology NewsAnalysts: New Apple iPhone will cost $173 to make (AP)- June 24, 2008 AP - The cheapest model of Apple Inc.'s new iPhone, which is about to go on sale for $199 in the U.S., costs about $173 to make, according to an estimate by research firm iSuppli Corp.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on_hi_te... Charter drops Web tracking plans (AP)- June 24, 2008 AP - Charter Communications is dropping plans to track the Web use of some high-speed Internet subscribers, citing concerns raised by its customers.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on_hi_te... Coalition seeks federal nudge for broadband (AP)- June 24, 2008 AP - One of the Internet's founding fathers and a commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission joined forces Tuesday in renewing calls for the U.S. government to more actively expand broadband service.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on_hi_te... Nokia bids for software group Symbian (AFP)- June 24, 2008 AFP - Finnish mobile telephone giant Nokia said on Tuesday it will take full control of Symbian, a London-based software group, buying out the other shareholders for 264 million euros.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080624/bs_afp/fin... Yahoo stock rebounds on reports of Microsoft talks (AP)- June 24, 2008 AP - Yahoo's depressed stock has jumped by more than 3 percent on reports that the Internet pioneer is once again exploring a possible deal with Microsoft after ending talks earlier this month.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on_hi_te... Microsoft said slow to fix document glitches (Reuters)- June 24, 2008 Reuters - Microsoft Corp was criticized on Tuesday for being slow to resolve problems in the technical documentation it was required to provide to rival software makers as part of its 2001 antitrust settlement.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/tc_nm/micro... Kodak to buy back $1 billion in shares (AP)- June 24, 2008 AP - Eastman Kodak Co. said Tuesday it is buying back up to $1 billion, or about a quarter, of its outstanding stock, by tapping a $581 million tax refund and a cash surplus the picture-taking pioneer has amassed since selling its health-imaging business early last year.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on_hi_te... Nokia Buys Symbian as Mobile-Phone War Escalates (NewsFactor)- June 24, 2008 NewsFactor - On Tuesday, Nokia made a cash offer to acquire the 52 percent of Symbian it doesn't already own. Nokia is willing to pay $410 million for the mobile-platform software found on most cell phones today.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080624/tc_nf/60414 Nokia to buy rest of Symbian, free its software (AP)- June 24, 2008 AP - Nokia Corp. is buying the consortium that makes the software for its phones and making it available for free to other manufacturers, in hopes of blunting the influence of competing software providers.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080624/ap_on_hi_te... How Will AT&T React After Nokia's Symbian Buy (PC Magazine)- June 24, 2008 PC Magazine - Nokia on Tuesday purchased the remaining portion of Symbian it did not already own, and announced plans for a mobile open-source development foundation that will include partners like LG, Samsung, and most notably AT&T.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20080624/tc_zd/22899... |