San Diego Padres follow New York Yankees onto Internet broadcasts of games

June 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Electrical engineers at UC San Diego have designed novel music discovery games on Facebook in order to improve their experimental music search engine that is capable of listening to new songs and accurately labelling them with words-with no help from humans. The engineers launched the music discovery games on Facebook as an application called Herd It.

August 10th, 2009 Americans confirm BOR 90 is Cup challenge boatSAN DIEGO —America's Cup challenger BMW Oracle Racing has confirmed that BOR 90, the giant trimaran being tested in San Diego, is the boat it will use in its showdown against defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland in February. The Americans made the disclosure in New York State Supreme Court on Monday in an ongoing legal tussle between the bitter rivals.

July 13th, 2009 Company seeks return of seized poker winningsWASHINGTON — A payment processor that handles the accounts of online poker players wants a judge to order the return of about $14 million that the company says was illegally seized by the federal government. Account Services Corp.

August 20th, 2009 DivX says it has settled lawsuit with YahooSAN DIEGO — Video technology company DivX Inc. said Wednesday it has settled a lawsuit over a license and distribution deal with Yahoo, and raised its financial outlook for the third quarter.

April 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Computer scientists at UC San Diego and Microsoft Research have created a device that will put computers in a doze, which could mean energy savings of 60 to 80 per cent. The experts have developed a plug-and-play hardware prototype for personal computers that induces a new energy saving state known as "sleep talking." Normally PCs can be in either awake mode-where they consume power even if they are not being used, or in a low power sleep mode-where they save substantial power but are essentially inactive and unresponsive to network traffic.

October 2nd, 2009 America's Cup challenger opposes venue choiceSAN DIEGO — Citing "grave safety concerns" for its U.S.-based crew, challenger BMW Oracle Racing is asking a New York court to reject Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, as the venue for the 33rd America's Cup and replace it with Valencia, Spain. BMW Oracle Racing said in a statement late Thursday night that defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland cannot select a Northern Hemisphere port without mutual consent of BMW Oracle Racing.

July 29th, 2009 Websense names Arthur Locke as new CFOSAN DIEGO — Internet filtering and security software maker Websense Inc. said Tuesday it named Arthur S.

September 21st, 2009 Lennar, Wal-Mart, Jack in the Box big moversNEW YORK — The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE: Potash Corp., down $4.05 at $93.09 The Canadian fertilizer company slashed its third-quarter and full-year 2009 profit forecast because of lagging sales volume. Granite Construction Inc., down $1.71 at $32.10 An analyst cut his rating for the civil contractor and producer of construction materials, saying it isn't getting enough new business.

July 14th, 2009 Goldman alumnus find their way to political powerA glance at the roster of top Goldman Sachs talent that has found its way to Washington's halls of power illustrates why the financial giant has become known as the New York Yankees of Wall Street. Over the years, Goldman's golden boys have made the leap from Manhattan, the capital of finance, to Washington, the capital of political influence.

September 21st, 2009 Travel brands and deals on Twitter: Who to followNEW YORK — What are you looking for when you follow a travel brand on Twitter? News? Deals? Exclusive offers? And which Twitter travel feeds are the most popular? DealBase.com researched airlines, hotels and booking sites on Twitter and found that of the brands surveyed, JetBlue's Twitter feed had the most followers mid-September with 1.2 million. Of the Travel booking Web sites DealBase looked at, Travelocity had the most followers with nearly 25,000 and among hotels, Marriott had the most followers with more than 15,000.

July 29th, 2009 Video game site lets players bet on their skillsNEW YORK — Although you can win or lose real money, BringIt.com is not considered online gambling, and it's legal in 39 states. The site, which lets players challenge other gamers for money, says it is different from online poker and other games of chance because video games are considered a game of skill.

May 30th, 2009 Exhibitors gear up for upgraded E3LOS ANGELES — The Electronic Entertainment Expo may be back on the upswing after two years of downsizing, but that doesn't mean the gaming industry's once showy spectacle known as E3 is returning to its heyday of a few years ago. Some 70,000 people flocked to the Los Angeles Convention Center to see the latest in video games back in 2005.

August 26th, 2006 A US businessman, Javed Iqbal, has been charged with offering broadcasts of Hezbollah's al-Manar satellite television station to customers in the New York-area. Javed Iqbal, originally from Pakistan, is accused by prosecutors of doing business with a terrorist entity.

July 29th, 2009 Websense posts 2Q profit, higher revenueSAN DIEGO — Internet filtering and security software maker Websense Inc. posted a second-quarter profit Tuesday, boosted by higher sales and lower operating expenses.

June 30th, 2009 Yahoo to build data center near BuffaloBUFFALO, N.Y. — Internet giant Yahoo Inc.