Friday marks final signoff for analog TV service
NEW YORK (AP) -- TV shows were replaced by the hiss of static in perhaps 1 million U.S. homes Friday as stations ended their analog broadcasts and abandoned the transmission technology in use since the days of Milton Berle, Sid Caesar and Howdy Doody....

EU: browser-free Windows gives no real choice
BRUSSELS (AP) -- European Union regulators said Microsoft Corp. was offering less choice, not more, by vowing to sell the next version of Windows without any Web browsers at all....

Final DTV transition is relief for some businesses
NEW YORK (AP) -- It's not just TV viewers who will be relieved when analog broadcast signals are shut down Friday, sparing them from incessant reminders about converter boxes. Some business are eagerly awaiting the end of a process that began in 1987, when the shift to digital broadcasts was proposed....

Campers see hassle, expense in digital TV switch
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Ralph Deangelis planned his family's cross-country RV excursion around taking in great sights at Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon. But Deangelis also likes being able to see practical things like local TV weather reports while they're on the road....

Amazon to pay Toys R Us $51M to settle suit
NEW YORK (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. will pay $51 million to Toys R Us Inc. to end a long-standing legal dispute between the online retailer and the toy seller....

Company alleges Chinese software has stolen code
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A California company claims that the Internet-filtering software China has mandated for all new personal computers sold there contains stolen programming code....

Publisher warms to Scribd store
NEW YORK (AP) -- The publisher of Stephen King and Chelsea Handler will be selling books through Scribd, the online document-sharing service that the industry has criticized for enabling the downloading of pirated texts....

US video game sales slide 23 pct in May
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- U.S. video gamers spent less on games, hardware and accessories in May compared with a year ago, a sign that this year's release schedule couldn't compete with Take Two Interactive's "Grand Theft Auto IV" last spring....

Yahoo picks a new CFO likely to shake things up
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. has hired a cost-cutting specialist as its new chief financial officer, signaling the Internet company's determination to weed out the bureaucracy that has been dragging down its profits for the past three years....

China defends net filtering software amid outcry
BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese state media on Thursday issued an unprecedented defense of newly required Internet filtering software that must be packaged with every computer sold in China starting next month, after a public outcry at home and abroad....