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Now Comes the Hard Part as Yahoo Wrestles With a Question of Direction Does Yahoo want to remain independent or should it sell some or all of itself to another Internet player? Hewlett-Packard Is Optimistic on Revenue and Profit The company said business was not declining as quickly as it was at other tech companies, sending its shares up nearly 15 percent. Advertising: A Drink Backed by a Sports Hero (Wielding a Mean Game Controller) Dr Pepper plans to announce that it will promote a video game player on bottles that it will distribute nationally. Exchange Rate Hurts Profit at Medtronic Medtronic, the medical device maker, said that legal expenses and declining foreign exchange rates weighed down its quarterly profit. Jerry Yang, Yahoo Chief, Steps Down Yahoo said Mr. Yang, who helped build the company into an Internet giant, would step down as chief executive. Computing From Weather to Warcraft Price drops are allowing more corporations to buy supercomputers for everything from processing movie graphics to searching for oil. Mark Cuban Is Charged With Insider Trading The S.E.C. filed a civil suit against the Internet entrepreneur for selling shares of an Internet search company in 2004. Big Retailers Feeling Pain on the Web and Off It Stores such as Lowe?s and Target continued to see signs of a sharp pullback in consumer spending, both online and in stores. Samsung Is Hit With Patent Suits A struggling Silicon Valley maker of flash memory chips filed a pair of sweeping patent infringement suits against Samsung. Privacy Laws Trip Up Google?s Expansion in Parts of Europe Google is getting caught in a web of privacy laws that threaten its growth and the positive image it has cultivated as a company dedicated to doing good. Web Sites That Dig for News Rise as Watchdogs As newspapers shrink, rival operations have arisen in several cities, forcing the papers to follow their lead. Russia?s High-Tech Sector Reels The travails of a young company in Moscow offer a glimpse into the toll that the global financial crisis is taking on the budding entrepreneurial culture in Russia. Burned Once, Intel Prepares New Chip Fortified by Constant Tests While Intel?s Core i7 microprocessor has received glowing reviews, there is good reason for caution. A Computing Pioneer Has a New Idea Steven J. Wallach?s newest effort in computing design is intended to tackle one of the principal limitations in the world of supercomputing. Media Companies Help Promote Laptop Project Media companies are donating television time and magazine pages to help the organization?s effort to provide laptops to children in developing nations. Lose the BlackBerry? Yes He Can, Maybe Security concerns and record-keeping laws mean that Barack Obama is unlikely to become the first e-mailing president. Ping: Online Age Verification for Children Brings Privacy Worries Child-safety activists charge that age-verification firms want to help Internet companies tailor ads for children. Digital Domain: What Has Driven Women Out of Computer Science? Many computer science departments report that women now make up less than 10 percent of the newest undergraduates. Practical Traveler: Unused Frequent-Flier Seats in a Flash Ever wish you could get an e-mail alert when frequent-flier seats opened up on planes? Yapta.com is testing a new service that will do just that. The Medium: Clicking and Choosing The election according to YouTube.

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