Waterloo, Canada - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (NASD: RIMM) announced this week that it will pay $74.5 million to settle a stock options backdating charge from the Ontario Securities Commission.

New York - A group of Apple (NASD: AAPL) senior executives, including CEO Steve Jobs, has agreed to settle a derivative lawsuit that alleged they damaged the company through their involvement in the backdating of Apple stock options, the Associated Press reports.

Washington - The U.S. Justice Dept. has concluded its criminal investigation into the stock options granting practices of Apple (NASD: AAPL), and will not bring criminal charges against CEO Steve Jobs or any other current or former executives, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Agoura Hills, Calif. - Video game publisher THQ (NASD: THQI) announced on Wednesday that it has received word that the SEC has completed its investigation into the company's stock options granting practices, and will not recommend any action against the company.

Redwood City, Calif. - Video game developer and publisher Electronic Arts (NASD: ERTS) announced on Wednesday that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has terminated its enquiry into the company's stock options grant practices, and recommended no enforcement action.

Washington - Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been subpoenaed by the SEC to give a deposition in a lawsuit related to the company's stock options granting practices, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing two people familiar with the matter.

Novato, Calif. - Sonic Solutions, a provider of professional and consumer DVD and CD creation software, announced on Tuesday that it has received an additional notice from the Nasdaq that its shares of in danger of being delisted, this time due to its failure to file its quarterly report on time.

New York - Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive has announced that the company received notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it may file charges in relation to Take-Two's stock option granting practices.

San Francisco - An informal inquiry into stock options granting practices at technology publisher CNET Networks has been upgraded to a formal investigation, the company said in its second quarter earnings statement.

New York - Two former executives with video game publisher Take-Two Interactive pleaded guilty this week on charges connected to a stock options backdating scandal that has already seen the conviction of former chief executive Ryan A. Brant, The New York Times reported.

Cambridge, Mass. - Forrester Research, the Cambridge, Mass.-based, technology market research firm, has received notification from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it intends to launch an investigation relating to the company's stock option granting practices.

New York - Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive has announced plans to lay off an undisclosed number of staff, as part of a restructuring aimed at reviving a company that has lately seen a shareholder revolt and been plagued with controversies over stock options and its "Grand Theft Auto" game franchise.

Santa Monica, Calif. - Video game publisher Activision said on Thursday that it expects to record a charge of $67 million to account for errors in its stock option granting practices from 1994-2006.

Seattle - Getty Images, a licensor of stock photography, announced that it has acquired PunchStock, a Wisconsin-based stock image provider. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

New York - Days after a group of dissident shareholders ousted the CEO and five of six board members at game publisher Take-Two Interactive, the company's chief financial officer has resigned.

New York - Video game publisher Take-Two, creators of the "Grand Theft Auto" franchise, is now the subject of a formal investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into its stock options granting practices, the company said in a regulatory filing.

Burbank, Calif. - The Walt Disney Company announced that an internal investigation found that employee stock options at Pixar, its digitally animated film studio, were "backdated" prior to Disney's acquisition of the company.

Santa Monica, Calif. - Video game publisher Activision has announced that a seven-month internal inquiry into its stock options granting practices has found instances of "backdating" between 1994 and 2006, but found no evidence of wrongdoing by the company's CEO, co-chairman, general counsel or a senior adviser.

New York - The founder and former CEO of video game publisher Take-Two Interactive on Wednesday became the first ex-CEO in the country to plead guilty to "backdating" stock options to make them more valuable to himself and company employees.