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AP Top Technology News At 6:36 p.m. EDT
TV remains top source of news even as online grows NEW YORK (AP) -- Fewer Americans are reading newspapers and are instead getting their news online, but television remains the leading source of news in the country, according to a survey released Sunday....
Analog TV shutdown kills free cell-phone TV NEW YORK (AP) -- Picture whipping out your cell phone and catching up with "Lost" or "Jeopardy," or watching the local 11 o'clock news, all for free....
Netflix resumes normal shipping after 3-day glitch SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Online DVD rental leader Netflix Inc. resumed normal shipments Friday after its distribution centers were crippled by three days of severe technical problems, a spokesman said....
Airlines push for homegrown jet fuel PHOENIX (AP) -- With the price of oil still above $100 a barrel, everything from wood chips to chicken fat is being scrutinized as an alternative to traditional fuel. But when it comes to airplanes, finding the right mix poses a special challenge....
New magazine-sharing site may violate copyrights NEW YORK (AP) -- The magazine industry, already facing a decline in newsstand sales and falling ad revenue, is being besieged by a new foe: digital piracy....
Electric bikes selling briskly as gas prices climb NEW YORK (AP) -- When Honora Wolfe and her husband moved to the outskirts of Boulder, Colo., she wanted an environmentally friendly way to commute to her job as a bookshop owner in the city....
Qwest, unions keep talking; workers remain on job DENVER (AP) -- Qwest Communications International Inc. and members of its largest union were working on scheduling time Sunday to sit down for further negotiations after a labor contract expired....
Microsoft file format approved as ISO standard GENEVA (AP) -- The format used by Microsoft Corp.'s Office 2007 programs to save documents will become an international standard after appeals against the move failed to gather sufficient support, the International Organization for Standardization said Friday....
Review: Online Olympics is ambitious, but not TV NEW YORK (AP) -- NBC Universal is running an unprecedented 3,600 hours of Olympics coverage on television and the Internet, most of it live online, letting fans track their favorite sports in a way not possible even if they'd gone to Beijing....
New BlackBerry expected within month in N. America TORONTO (AP) -- The new BlackBerry model should be coming to North America within a month now that Research In Motion Ltd. has started selling it in Germany and Chile....
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