Technology

Apple Starts Taking Orders for IPad Tablet, Expanding Beyond IPod, IPhone Apple Inc. began taking pre-orders for its iPad multimedia tablet today, seeking to expand sales beyond the iPhone, iPod and Macintosh computer.

KKR Is in Talks With Warner to Make a Break-Up Bid for EMI, Times Reports KKR & Co. is in talks with Time Warner Inc. to launch a break-up bid for EMI Group Ltd., the Sunday Times reported, without saying where it got the information.

Microsoft Xbox Takes U.S. Console-Sales Lead After 2 Years, Surpassing Wii Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 beat Nintendo Co.’s Wii and Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 last month to become the best-selling video-game console in the U.S. for the first time in more than two years, helped by the release of the “BioShock 2” shooting title.

`Alice in Wonderland' Sets the Stage for 3-D Showdown Between Dolby, RealD “Alice in Wonderland,” Tim Burton’s reimagining of the Lewis Carroll tale, is doing more than setting box-office records for a 3-D movie. It’s serving as a showdown between two rival projector technologies.

Apple Operating Chief Tim Cook Gets Bonus for Work During Steve Jobs Leave Apple Inc. awarded Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook a one-time bonus of $5 million and 75,000 restricted shares for filling in while Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs was on medical leave.

Lions Gate Rejects Icahn Offer to Add Stock, Adopts Plan Against Purchases Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., the independent studio behind the “Saw” horror films, rejected Carl Icahn’s offer to buy 13.2 million of its shares and adopted a plan to deter future purchases by the billionaire investor.

China Calls Google Plan to End Web Censorship `Unfriendly, Irresponsible' China said Google Inc. would be “unfriendly and irresponsible” if it defies rules to censor online content, escalating a dispute between the government and the owner of the most popular search engine.

European Mobile-Phone Companies Need to Merge Networks, Hutchison 3 Says European mobile-phone companies need to share their networks to cut costs and meet increasing demand for high-speed data services, according to Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.’s 3 U.K. unit.

Comcast, Cablevision Lose Bid to Challenge to Programming-Sharing Rule A U.S. court upheld regulators’ power to require cable television companies to share with rivals programming that they own.

`Twilight' Star Mourns Brother's Suicide; Hamm's Cold Case: Rick Warner Near the end of “Remember Me,” there’s a lingering shot of the Twin Towers on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, just before they were destroyed by terrorist- piloted jets. Like much of the movie, the symbolism is heavy- handed.