SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc is easing restrictions for building iPhone and iPad applications, a move that should allow for the use of third-party tools such as Adobe Systems' Flash software and ease tension between the two companies. Shares of Adobe surged more than 12 percent on Nasdaq on ...

Dan Goodgame, a spokesman for popular web host Rackspace Hosting, said two websites operated by the Dove World Outreach Center, the tiny Gainesville, Florida church run by pastor Terry Jones, were shut down late on Wednesday. Jones, 58, has generated international attention and has been widely ...

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chip makers National Semiconductor and Texas Instruments Inc on Thursday issued quarterly financial targets that stoked investors' worries about a sluggish economy. Both companies cited weak demand for personal computers and other devices that use microchips and ...

WILMINGTON, Del./SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A judge on Thursday reinstated eBay Inc's 28.4 percent stake in Craigslist, but allowed the classifieds site to keep eBay off its board. The mixed ruling in Delaware's Chancery Court gave no clear victory to either of the companies, whose relationship ...

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Video gamers are used to immersing themselves into virtual worlds so filmmakers turning video games into movies are aiming to keep them as involved, by adding 3D. Sony Pictures' "Resident Evil: Afterlife," which opens September 10, is the first video game movie ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's search engine now displays results before users finish typing. The new technology, dubbed Google Instant, can shave two seconds to five seconds off every Internet search, Google said on Wednesday, and could entice users to search more on its website.

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oracle Corp has offered its new co-president, former Hewlett-Packard chief Mark Hurd, a hiring package with a bonus of up to $10 million and options potentially worth tens of millions more. Oracle, the world's No. 3 software maker, named Hurd co-president on ...

GM, which registered plans for an IPO with U.S. securities regulators in August, also plans a new advertising campaign for OnStar, a subscription service that connects drivers with a live operator at the touch of a button, it said on Wednesday. The new OnStar applications come as GM competes with ...

Shares of 01 Communique rose as much as 17 percent on Thursday but pared some of their gains to close up 2 Canadian cents at C$1.64 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The company's shares have risen more than seven fold since the favorable ruling in the Citrix case.

The characters will be animated by Japanese animation studio Madhouse and broadcast by cartoon channel Animax Broadcast Japan, a Sony Pictures unit, from October 1 in Japan, Nikkei said. By creating animated works based on the Walt Disney Co unit's comics in Japan, Sony Pictures expects to create ...