Review: Google music plan solid, serendipitous
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers....
HP's 2Q offers hope even as revenue slump deepens
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard is still scrambling to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices as a slump in its personal computer sales deepens, but the company's cost-cutting measures and focus on more profitable areas of technology appear to be easing the pain....
Twitter adds security measure to logins
NEW YORK (AP) -- Twitter is adding an extra security measure to users' accounts in an effort to prevent unauthorized logins....
Clearwire board approves higher Sprint offer
BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) -- Clearwire wants to accept a richer buyout offer made by Sprint this week and is recommending that shareholders vote in favor of it....
Ahead of the Bell: HP's 2Q results likely to sag
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard will provide an update on its efforts to rise above the sinking PC market when it releases quarterly earnings Wednesday after the closing bell....
Sony mulls hedge fund's entertainment sale idea
TOKYO (AP) -- Sony's CEO Kazuo Hirai says the electronics giant's board will discuss a proposal by U.S. hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb to spin off up to 20 percent of its movie, TV and music division....
Apple case seen as possible spur to tax action
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Now that tech darling Apple Inc. has been dragged front and center into the debate over the U.S. tax code, lawmakers are hoping that the spotlight on such a high-profile company could be the catalyst for Congress to take action to close loopholes or reform the law....
