Technology Report: Facebook calls on members to flag organ donor status

Click to View in Browser 05/1/2012 Facebook calls on members to flag organ donor status CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tired of the long wait for a new kidney, Michael Shelling, a 50-year-old video game marketing consultant based in San Diego, decided to take a more active role in the search. Insight: As chip plants get pricey, U.S. risks losing edge CHANDLER, Arizona (Reuters) - It goes by the anodyne moniker Fab 42, but the new Intel Corp factory being built in the Arizona desert is hardly a run-of-the-mill production facility. RIM offers BlackBerry 10 tools to lure developers ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd is using this year's BlackBerry World to highlight the crucial role that apps developers will play in determining whether its next-generation smartphones have any chance of reversing the company's precipitous decline. Dell sees brisk sales of new ultrabooks SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc's new ultra-thin laptop computer meant to rival Apple Inc's popular MacBook Air is doing much better than the company expected. Check Point aims for top spot in consumer security (Reuters) - Check Point Software Technologies Ltd is launching a free version of its anti-virus and firewall product, hoping to boost its presence in the consumer security market and taking on market leaders Norton and McAfee. China's SMIC buying Hiroshima DRAM plant an option for Elpida: Nikkei TOKYO (Reuters) - China's Hony Capital plans to sell or outsource the operations at Elpida Memory's Hiroshima DRAM plant to Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) if its bid for the bankrupt Japanese chipmaker is successful, the Nikkei business daily said on Tuesday. Microsoft buys Nook stake, Barnes & Noble shares soar NEW YORK/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is jumping into the fast-growing e-books market by investing $605 million over five years in Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook e-reader and college business, as it looks to unlock Amazon.com and Apple Inc's grip on the exploding tablet computer market. Shareholder sues Google to block stock split WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Google Inc and its board were sued on Monday by a shareholder who wants to block the company's stock split plan because it entrenches the Web search company's co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, according to court documents. Copyright case in Oracle vs. Google goes to jury SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Jurors began deliberating on Monday about whether Google Inc violated Oracle Corp's copyright on parts of the Java programming language, part of a high stakes trial over smartphone technology with more than $1 billion in play. Hitachi-LG exec to plead guilty to price fixing: U.S. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An executive with Hitachi-LG Data Storage has agreed to plead guilty and serve a prison sentence for rigging bids for optical disk drives for computers, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday. Related Video Straw house passes trial by fire Reading into Microsoft's Nook deal Mediafile Rasmus Kleis Nielsen The irrational imitation of the online news industry Lisa Richwine 'Man' leads domestic movies, 'Avengers' big abroad A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend