AT&T?s Rivals Are Happy to Attack Over iPhone?s Network Woes
The debut of Apple?s iPhone 3G cellphones has been a public relations headache for AT&T, after complaints of dropped calls and poor network connections.



Microsoft to Buy European Price-Comparison Firm
Microsoft is acquiring Greenfield Online, owner of the price comparison website ciao.com, for about $486 million, to bolster its Internet search and e-commerce business in Europe.



Bits: Does Silicon Valley Face an Innovation Crisis?
Judy Estrin, a serial technology entrepreneur, says in a new book that Silicon Valley ? and the country ? are facing a crisis of innovation.



Nintendo Raises Profit Forecast for Year
The company raised its fiscal-year profit forecast by 26 percent to $3.8 billion, citing healthy sales of its Wii home console and DS handheld game machines.



Advertising: Cable, Quietly, Introduces an Anytime Elections Channel
The cable industry has introduced an experimental political channel that gives advertisers a uniform way to buy time and measure the number of people watching.



Results at Novell Are Better Than Expected
The business software maker Novell posted a quarterly loss but its results were better than expected, helped by an increase in sales of Linux software.



Dell?s Profit Drop Surprises Investors
Dell stunned investors with a 17 percent decline in quarterly profit and a warning that a slowdown in technology spending in the United States had begun to spread to Asia and Europe.



Industry Rethinks Moneymaking Software Practice
Before they ship PCs to retailers like Best Buy, computer makers get paid hundreds of millions of dollars to load them up with lots of free software. For $30, Best Buy will get rid of it for you.



Bits: YouTube Praises Dismissal of Copyright Suit Against Veoh
A federal judge threw out a copyright infringement suit against video-sharing site Veoh. Google?s YouTube unit claimed the ruling bodes well for its legal fight with Viacom.



TiVo Posts Profit as Revenue Rises 4%
TiVo posted a quarterly profit for only the third time in its 11-year history as the pioneer in digital video recorders improved margins on hardware and reduced marketing costs.