Tech News Headlines - Canadian Press

MONTREAL - Bell Canada (TSX:BCE) says it has wrapped up the purchase of electronics retailer The Source and finished acquiring the half-interest that it did not already own in Virgin Mobile Canada.

MONTREAL - Bell (TSX:BCE) and Telus (TSX:T) customers should have a greater choice of mobile phones, possibly Apple's iPhone, and better prices when the wireless companies roll out next-generation networks in early next year, analysts say.

MONTREAL - As few as 30 per cent of Canadian cellphone users could be accurately located when calling 911 under an improved system that will be launched next February, a report says.

PHILADELPHIA - Cable TV operators won a key legal battle against Hollywood studios and television networks on Monday as the Supreme Court declined to block a new digital video recording system that could make it even easier for viewers to bypass commercials.

NEW YORK - David Ebersman, a former executive at biotech firm Genentech, was named Monday as Facebook's chief financial officer.

MONTREAL - CAE Inc. (TSX:CAE, NYSE:CGT) said Monday it will be changing its stock trading symbol on the New York stock exchange.

LONDON - Shares in Vodafone Group PLC rose Monday after the Financial Times reported that the cell-phone giant is interested in buying T-Mobile UK, the British unit of Deutsche Telekom.

HELSINKI - Wireless equipment firm Nokia Siemens Networks has received a euro250 million loan from the European Investment Bank.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - IBM Corp. won't be able to block its former mergers and acquisitions chief from working at rival Dell Inc. while a lawsuit against the executive works its way through the courts.

CALGARY - Strong digital cable subscriber growth helped Shaw Communications Inc. (TSX:SJR.B) bring in higher third-quarter profits, the Calgary-based cable, Internet and satellite carrier said Friday.

LONDON - British chip designer Imagination Technologies PLC said Friday that Apple Inc. has raised its stake in the company to 9.5 per cent after buying stock on the market and through a share placement made by the company.

BEIJING - Internet users in China were unable to access search giant Google Inc.'s main Web site or its Chinese service, and the company said Thursday it was investigating.

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Facebook is testing new privacy controls that will allow the online hangout's roughly 200 million users to decide who should see each of their personal updates.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Kazakh legislators have approved Internet legislation that media rights activists say will limit freedom of speech in the Central Asian nation.

NEW YORK - Verizon is boosting speeds on its FiOS service. And it's throwing in a high-definition Flip video camera or Hewlett-Packard computer to get you to join.

PHILADELPHIA - Setting aside their rivalry in the interests of business, Comcast Corp. said Wednesday it will sell advertising for Verizon Communications Inc.'s FiOS television service in 10 markets where they both compete.

NEW YORK - Research firm iSuppli says Apple Inc.'s latest iPhone costs just a few dollars more to make than the previous model.

NEW YORK - A new study says top CEOs should do a better job managing their presence online, on social sites like Twitter and Facebook and even Wikipedia.

NEW YORK - Rod Beckstrom, the former U.S. cybersecurity chief who resigned in March amid persistent turf battles, is the leading candidate to run an international organization with oversight of the monikers behind every website and email address, The Associated Press has learned.

REGINA - AAA Alarm Systems Ltd. to buy Manitoba customer base of SecurTek in return for $1.5 million cash and AAA Alarm's accounts outside of Manitoba, predominately in Alberta.

WINNIPEG - Canwest Global Communications Corp. (TSX:CGS) said Wednesday that nine-month revenues and adjusted earnings for its Australian operations declined from year-earlier levels due to continued advertising weakness.

OTTAWA - Patent licensing company Wi-Lan Inc. (TSX:WIN) has signed a multi-year running royalty agreement with Casio Computer Co. Ltd. covering Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and CDMA products.

BEIJING - The Chinese manufacturer of Internet-censoring software that will become mandatory for all new computers next week has received death threats and been attacked by hackers, state media said Wednesday.

Intel Corp. and Nokia Corp. said Tuesday they're joining forces to build better technology for smart phones and other mobile Internet devices.

LOS ANGELES - Social-networking site MySpace said Tuesday it plans to cut 300 jobs, or two-thirds of its overseas work force, in an effort to rein in costs and focus on countries where it has many users and better business opportunities.

CALGARY - Opti Canada Inc. (TSX:OPC) announced a plan Tuesday to raise cash to fund capital spending through an offering of shares.

LOS ANGELES - Social-networking site MySpace said Tuesday that it will cut 300 international positions and close at least four offices outside the U.S. as it looks to cut costs and narrow its territory coverage.

TORONTO - Nokia Siemens Networks says it will hang on to about 800 Canadian employees of Nortel Networks Corp. as part of its plan to buy a major portion of the former technology giant's wireless business.