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Sony Sues Over PlayStation Clone
- Sony Computer Entertainment sues Connectix to block the distribution of the Virtual Game Station. Big deal, says the defendant, who releases the product anyway. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
Sony's Music Tollbooth
- Sony says a new system it devised will "move" music between digital devices instead of copying it. MP3 advocates say it's not flexible enough to catch on. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
Sony, Cablevision Do Set-Top
- The two companies will develop a box that allows viewers to watch movies, play videogames, and even send email. It's a $1 billion-dollar deal. [Wired News]
Sotheby's Joins the Fray
- The famed auction house says it will be selling art, jewelry, and the like online by summer. Competition for eBay? Hardly. We're talking a whole different breed of buyer. [Wired News]
South Park Clip Forces a Recall
- Electronic Arts recalls 100,000 copies of a golf game because someone slipped in an infamous episode of South Park. [Wired News]
Space: The Tourist's Frontier
- The second man on the moon tells conference attendees that space travel ought to be for everybody, sooner better than later. Andy Patrizio reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]
Spam Fight Moves Down Under
- Two weeks ago a branch of the leading US anti-spam group formed in Europe. Now Australian activists are organizing. [Wired News]
Spending Spree Spreads to Asia
- Another mega deal for global telecom leaders AT T and BT is the bid for Japan's No. 3 carrier. The US$3.7 billion deal also provides a foothold in Japan's mobile-phone market. [Wired News]
Spinning Off Shockwave
- Macromedia breaks into the consumer entertainment business with Shockwave.com.... Also: Menace tops US$100 million after five days.... UK photo booths to become online mini-offices.... CheckFree, Intuit settle dispute.... And more. [Wired News]
Sprint Cagey on Possible Sale
- Follow the smoke to find the fire. Sprint takeover talk cools -- for now. [Wired News]
Sprint PCS Burns $646 Million
- The wireless company owned by Sprint sees its loss nearly quadruple in the fourth quarter. [Wired News]
Sprint Weighs MCI Takeover
- The US$65 billion all-stock buy could challenge AT&T, in what would be the third-priciest merger ever. [Wired News]
Staking iTurf on Wall Street
- The online purveyor of T-shirts and bikinis for Generation Y figures to be all the rage on Wall Street when it goes public this week. [Wired News]
Stamped Out by Lawsuits
- Pitney Bowes sues E-Stamp. E-Stamp sues Pitney Bowes. Are the lawyers pushing the envelope? Or just rubber-stamping frivolous suits? [Wired News]
Star Wars: The Rules
- Theaters screening Phantom will have to follow multiple conditions on exactly how and where it will run. Also: Hewlett-Packard in US$100 million e-commerce deal.... Boeing's Delta 3 can't get off the ground (again).... And more. [Wired News]
Star(Office) Wars Brewing?
- Analysts say Sun's acquisition of Star Division could significantly change the software firmament. Is a meteor headed straight for Microsoft Office? [Wired News]
Starbucks Invests in Talk City
- Tipping its hand about how it plans to expand online, Starbucks says it invested in chat-room host Talk City. [Wired News]
Starbucks Stock Runs Cold
- Wall Street roasts Starbucks for an expensive e-commerce venture that the firm has not yet offset with its retail operations. The stock plunges more than 28 percent. [Wired News]
Starbucks Web Scheme Brewing
- Starbucks plans a big online venture -- and it's not coffee-related. Also: ETrade stock will do another two-for-one split.... Level 3 goes under the Atlantic.... And more. [Wired News]
Startup Lures Oracle Exec
- Oracle's highest-ranking woman leaves to become president and COO at AlphaBlox, a Silicon Valley company with all of 50 employees. Also: For the serious sound freak who scoffs at MP3, Sony offers Super Audio CDs. [Wired News]
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