We know how protective Apple is with the iPhone, going to great lengths to make sure users can only install "approved" applications, but a way around that is to jailbreak the phone. Given that, Apple has filed comments (.PDF) with the U.S. Copyright Office as part of the 2009 DMCA triennial rulemaking, claiming that jailbreaking an iPhone constitutes copyright infringement and a DMCA violation.

Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), the company responsible for the contaminated peanut butter and peanut paste that has sickened hundreds and may be responsible for nine deaths, as a result of salmonella, has filed for bankruptcy.

On Thursday, the U.S. Attorney's office in Iowa announced a multi-state operation that resulted in the arrest of 11 in a case of suspected H1B visa and mail fraud. The operation was carried out by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in Iowa, California, Massachusetts, Texas, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and New Jersey.

I don't know. Somehow the idea of walking into a Microsoft Store just doesn't do it for me. But when Microsoft announced the appointment of David Porter as Corporate Vice President of Retail Stores on Thursday, that's what they were impicitly saying: they plan to develop and open their own retail stores.

Starbucks, facing the realities of the worst recession in decades, announced on Thursday it will begin selling instant coffee at its outlets.

Congress has finalized the economic recovery plan. Here's a look at some of the provisions geared at financial relief for individuals. There's still no official legislative text yet, but key lawmakers in the Senate and House have said they've reached a compromise on a final economic recovery package.

Heritage Auction Galleries reported $709,664,132 in net sales for 2008, by far the largest in its history. This figure represents results from all of Heritage’s 26 departments, and includes all auction and private treaty sales.

Gold climbed to a new seven-month high on Thursday while oil continued downward for a fifth straight day and reached a two-month low. New York gold futures rose 0.5 percent. Silver and platinum declined slightly by 0.1 percent and 0.3 percent, respectively.

Despite technology's possible role in creating global warming, some scientists say that technology can also be the solution.

Across the board, big corporations, especially those receiving government funding, are canceling business retreats and other superfluous expenses.

The U.S. Postal Service announced on Wednesday that the price of a first-class stamp will rise from 42 cents to 44 cents on May 11, four months from now.

Following in the steps of Psystar and other clone makers, HyperMegaNet UG, based in Wolfsburg, Germany, has started selling Intel-based computers under the PearC brand. One would figure them to expect backlash from Apple, but they seem to feel they are immune.

The Treasury rolled out a reworked financial rescue plan on Tuesday worth possibly more than $2 trillion to mop up bad bank assets and revive consumer lending in a bid to stave off a deep recession.

Gold on Tuesday continued its teeter-trending pivot around $900 an ounce, this time closing the day above the barrier and rising the most in a week. Oil was thrashed along with U.S. stocks, but silver and platinum marched forward. New York silver, gold and platinum futures rose 2.3 percent, 2.4 percent and 3.9 percent, respectively.

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, cupid’s arrows have started to fly — and may be landing in a cubicle or office near you. Four-in-ten (40 percent) workers reveal they have dated a co-worker at some time during their careers, with 18 percent admitting to doing it twice or more.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Commercial development in the Lake Nona area will play a leading role in Central Florida’s economic recovery, says a prominent retail property broker who is a frequent lecturer in college and university real estate programs.

Money managers come in all forms. There are specialized advisory firms for institutions, professional money managers for individuals, mutual fund families for everyone, managed accounts at securities firms, etc. How good are they? That depends on how they treat your money.

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. - Spectrum Bridge, Inc., which provides new internet marketplace and mapping technologies to help the wireless industry identify, lease and make use of underutilized and available radio spectrum, has become the first client company to graduate from the UCF Incubation Program’s Seminole County/Winter Springs Incubator.

General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it will cut 10,000 salaried jobs, citing the need to restructure itself with a government deadline looming and amid some of the worst sales in the auto industry’s history.

Asian stock markets were mostly lower in erratic trade Tuesday, as investors awaited details of massive U.S. spending plans to revive the world's largest economy and bolster its troubled financial industry. European markets dropped in early trade.

Asian markets fluctuated throughout the day after rising last week on hopes the U.S. stimulus measures will speed recovery in its recession-hit economy. An $838 billion economic bill survived a key test vote in the Senate Monday, setting up a final vote Tuesday. The plan must then be reconciled with an $819 billion version from the House of Representatives.