PayPal's India transaction block could last months

Online payments service PayPal says its suspension of certain transactions in India could last months.

Summary Box: IAC indicates online ad improvement

ONLINE ADS: The latest earnings report from Barry Diller's Internet company, IAC/InterActiveCorp, indicates that the online advertising market is picking up.

Maine company to lay 1,100 miles of optic cable

A new company is promising to lay 1,100 miles of fiber optic cable across Maine to help expand high speed Internet service to remote parts of the state.

Google's e-mail gets social in Facebook face-off

Google is making it easier to socialize on its e-mail service. It's unveiling a new "Google Buzz" feature that sets up a face-off with Facebook.

Online ad improvement seen in IAC's 4Q loss

Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter because it wrote down the value of its search business, but the results beat expectations and offered the latest indication that the online advertising market is improving.

The top 10 singles and albums on iTunes

iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Feb. 8, 2010:

Google reduces fee to break Nexus One contract

Google Inc. is shaving $200 off the fee that it charges customers of its new Nexus One phone to break a service contract with T-Mobile, as federal regulators continue to probe such fees and the rationale for them.

Review: 2K Games' rapturous return to `BioShock'

Rapture used to be a nice place to live. That is, if you didn't mind being at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. And putting up with the occasional rants of its megalomaniacal founder, Andrew Ryan.

Correction: Atmel earnings story

In a story Feb. 8 about Atmel Corp.'s fourth-quarter earnings, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the average revenue forecast from analysts polled by Thomson Reuters was $378.3 million. Analysts expected $338 million, while the company posted revenue of $343.6 million.

Astronauts inspect shuttle on way to space station

Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the International Space Station.

Atmel's losses widen; shares climb on better sales

Atmel Corp.'s loss widened in the fourth quarter as the chip designer wrote down the value of its business, but its sales rose and investors pushed up its stock price after hours Monday.

Trident Microsystems' losses widen on write-off

Trident Microsystems Inc. said Monday that its quarterly loss widened as the company took a big inventory write-off.

Electronic Arts shares dive on weak outlook

A disappointing outlook from Electronic Arts Inc. sent shares of the video game publisher sharply lower Monday, a sign that significant cost-cuts and layoffs have not ended the company's slump.

MySpace Music experiments with audio ads

Hoping to boost revenue, MySpace Music has begun experimenting with audio advertisements that users must hear if they want to listen to music for free online.

Summary Box: New attack shows security chip hole

CRACKING THE UNCRACKABLE: A former U.S. Army computer-security specialist has found a way to break into a type of chip that protects the most important secrets inside many personal computers.

Security chip that does encryption in PCs hacked

Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans. Now a former U.S. Army computer-security specialist has devised a way to break those locks.

Spain's Telefonica considers charging Google

Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica says it is considering charging Internet search companies like Google and Yahoo for network use.

New federal climate change agency forming

The Obama administration on Monday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate.

5 men, 1 woman aboard shuttle Endeavour

The crew aboard space shuttle Endeavour includes an accomplished musician whose latest exploits are with the cello and steel guitar, an engineer who helped launch shuttles and a second-generation space program worker.

SAP CEO resigns, replaced by 2 co-chief executives

The chief executive of German software company SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, has resigned after his contract was not renewed and will be succeeded by two co-CEOs, the company said Sunday.

Even if you're careful, drugs can end up in water

The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests.

Macmillan books coming back to Amazon

After a weeklong absence, new copies of Andrew Young's "The Politician," Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall" and other books published by Macmillan are available for purchase on Amazon.com.

Feds: Status of pika will still need watching

The American pika isn't heading for the endangered species list, but federal scientists said there's no question it bears watching as the West warms in the coming decades.

Correction: Symbian Foundation story

In a story Feb. 3 about the Symbian Foundation releasing software code for free, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the new Symbian 3 replaces software known as Series 40. Nokia Corp. still controls Series 40, and it is not part of the code released by the Symbian Foundation.

Synchronoss Technologies 4th-qtr profit rises

Synchronoss Technologies Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit rose 67 percent, surpassing analyst forecasts.