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Amazon to launch digital book library

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Amazon to launch digital book library

Amazon.com Inc is in talks with book publishers about launching a media library service similar to Netflix Inc for tablets and other digital books, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

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Game Show to highlight social games

In a world of booming smartphones and tablets, social game providers will take the spotlight at the Tokyo Game Show this week, while champion Nintendo, criticized for being too centered on hardware, struggles to win back fans.

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German court upholds Samsung ban

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German court upholds Samsung ban

Apple Inc scored a symbolic legal victory in efforts to keep its lead spot in the tablet computer market when a German court upheld a ban barring Samsung’s local unit from selling its Galaxy 10.1 tablets in Europe’s biggest economy.

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Lenovo aims to beat Dell in PCs

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Lenovo aims to beat Dell in PCs

China’s Lenovo Group Ltd expects to surpass Dell to become the second largest seller of personal computers in the world by the end of the year, company Chairman Liu Chuanzhi said on Friday.

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Yahoo fires Carol Bartz as CEO

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Yahoo fires Carol Bartz as CEO

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. fired Carol Bartz as CEO after more than 2½ years of financial lethargy that had convinced investors that she couldn’t steer the Internet company to a long-promised turnaround.

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