Technology

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have joined forces to offer free online courses to anyone with an Internet connection....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Comcast Corp., the country's largest cable company, reported a 30 percent profit increase in the first quarter, beating expectations on the strength of Super Bowl advertising and its popular broadband service....

NEW YORK (AP) -- A stronger box office slate, a new deal with Netflix and a better TV advertising climate contributed to growth at Time Warner Inc. to start off 2012....

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Charlie Ergen, the billionaire who controls Dish Network Corp., has a 10-year plan to transform the satellite TV provider into a one-stop shop for Internet access, video and voice services at home and on the go....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Usain Bolt could be defending his Olympic 200-meter title on a Thursday afternoon in the United States....

LONDON (AP) -- British Sky Broadcasting PLC on Wednesday defended itself as a "fit and proper" company, a day after Rupert Murdoch, the chief executive of the satellite broadcaster's biggest shareholder, was branded as unfit to hold the reins of an international company....

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- From his tiny, windowless office, George Palamarizis tirelessly chips away at Greece's political establishment....

Facebook will go public on May 18, a published report says, in one of the most highly anticipated tech initial public offerings since Google went public in August 2004....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- CBS Corp. on Tuesday said its net income grew 80 percent in the first quarter, as revenue surged on digital licensing deals for its TV shows and overseas sales of reruns....

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- A former AOL executive says Facebook has a lot in common with the one-time online powerhouse....

NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. newspapers reported a slight increase in circulation the past year as more readers purchased digital subscriptions, according to a media industry group....

TORONTO (AP) -- Research In Motion's new chief executive unveiled a newly-designed BlackBerry smartphone prototype powered by a re-imagined operating system -the very software the company has pinned its future on....

NEW YORK (AP) -- When Louis C.K. released his comedy special "Live at the Beacon Theater" by himself on his website for $5, it was little more than a cautiously optimistic experiment....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook wants to help you share your organs....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- CBS reports its first-quarter results after the market closes on Tuesday, and analysts will be looking for profit and revenue growth to continue as the company reaps more money from traditional and online distributors....

CHICAGO (AP) -- Online deals company Groupon Inc. said Monday that it will replace two board members with executives from American Express Co. and accounting firm Deloitte LLP....

NEW YORK (AP) -- Books and bits united Monday as Microsoft provided an infusion of money to help Barnes & Noble compete with top electronic bookseller Amazon. In exchange, Microsoft gets a long-desired foothold in the business of e-books and college textbooks....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A jury has started deliberations in a closely watched copyright infringement trial pitting Oracle against Google....

NEW YORK (AP) -- PepsiCo Inc. is tweeting to a new generation of music lovers....

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's High Court has ordered the country's Internet service providers to block file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, the U.K.'s main music industry association said Monday....