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AT&T Eyes Revenue From Wireless and Ads

The new year brings another new AT&T, with the company having completed the largest merger in telecom industry history just before the page turned on 2007. Now the telecom giant is eyeing wireless and advertising across multiple platforms as the engines of future growth AT&T has long held that the prize of the BellSouth buy was the remaining owners...

AT&T Eyes Revenue From Wireless and Ads

The new year brings another new AT&T, with the company having completed the largest merger in telecom industry history just before the page turned on 2007. Now the telecom giant is eyeing wireless and advertising across multiple platforms as the engines of future growth AT&T has long held that the prize of the BellSouth buy was the remaining owners...

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Leveling the Playing Field With SEO

In the early days of the Web, smart small Internet businesses could compete with just about anyone by working to make sure their Web pages were found first on search engines Fast forward 10 years. Search engines have become increasingly sophisticated. Paid search listings have exploded into the picture. Large corporations are now every bit as sophi...

AT&T Gives a Little in Attempt to Close BellSouth Deal

Hoping to clear the way for its US$85 billion takeover of BellSouth before the calendar turns to 2007, AT&T has offered additional concessions, including some limited network neutrality guarantees to win Federal Communications Commission (FCC) blessing for the delayed deal AT&T had balked at requests by the Democratic members of the FCC to put guar...

AT&T Gives a Little in Attempt to Close BellSouth Deal

Hoping to clear the way for its US$85 billion takeover of BellSouth before the calendar turns to 2007, AT&T has offered additional concessions, including some limited network neutrality guarantees to win Federal Communications Commission (FCC) blessing for the delayed deal AT&T had balked at requests by the Democratic members of the FCC to put guar...

AT&T Gives a Little in Attempt to Close BellSouth Deal

Hoping to clear the way for its US$85 billion takeover of BellSouth before the calendar turns to 2007, AT&T has offered additional concessions, including some limited network neutrality guarantees to win Federal Communications Commission (FCC) blessing for the delayed deal AT&T had balked at requests by the Democratic members of the FCC to put guar...

New Revelations in Options Probe Hit Apple Shares

Apple shares fell again Thursday after a published report suggested CEO Steve Jobs had been granted stock options without the knowledge of the company's board of directors and that the company may have falsified documents to cover up the misdeed The Financial Times of London reported that Apple granted Jobs 7.5 million stock options dated November ...

Judges Approve Nortel Fraud Settlement

Nortel Networks will pay US$2.45 billion to settle shareholder lawsuits stemming from accounting fraud at the telecom gear maker between 2000 and 2005; U.S. judges gave the settlement their final blessing on Tuesday Though Canadian courts have yet to clear the settlement of suits brought there, the U.S. judges ruled on two separate class action law...

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Can the Web Combat the TiVo Effect?

As personal technology goes, digital video recorders (DVRs) are more than just a replacement for tape-based VCRs: They're a boon to TV watchers and the enemy of the traditional 30-second television advertising spot, for decades the single most powerful and lucrative form of brand advertising Devices such as TiVo have long been seen as a disruptive ...

BlackBerry Power: RIM Beats Expectations Again

Research In Motion (RIM) provided more evidence that it was distancing itself from a slew of rivals in the mobile e-mail space, saying strong demand for its category leading BlackBerry device helped it post a 47 percent jump in profit and a nearly 50 percent rise in sales for the third quarter RIM said it earned US$176 million, or 93 cents a share,...

Class Action Lawsuit Adds to Nintendo's Wii Woes

A law firm has filed a class action suit against Nintendo on behalf of owners of the new Wii gaming console for selling remotes with inadequate wrist straps San Francisco-based Green Welling filed the lawsuit against Nintendo of America in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington just days after Nintendo pledged to replace all...

FCC Clears Way for Cable, Telecom Showdown

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted Thursday to make it easier and faster for telephone companies to enter markets with television services, clearing the way for a showdown with cable companies for the right to deliver bundles of products into consumers' homes By a 3-2 margin, the FCC voted to limit the amount of time local jurisdicti...

2006 in Review, Part 4: E-Commerce Continues to Come of Age

In strict chronological terms, e-commerce is still a young adult, but by all accounts it has rapidly matured into an economic force, accounting for billions in online sales and helping consumers make decisions on billions more in offline buying Still, e-commerce continues to grow by any measure. Not just in terms of total sales -- Forrester Researc...

Ericsson Buys Redback Networks for $2.1 Billion

Telecommunications gear maker Ericsson said Tuesday it would buy Redback Networks, which makes routers used by telecom carriers to direct data traffic, for US$2.1 billion Sweden-based Ericsson said it would pay $25 in cash for each of share Redback stock, an 18 percent premium over Tuesday's closing price....

Microsoft Settles Counterfeiting Suit With French Firm

Scoring a victory in its worldwide efforts to curb piracy of its software, Microsoft said it had agreed to settle a lawsuit with a French company that had allegedly made and sold thousands of unauthorized versions of Microsoft business software Microsoft said its settlement with MPO Group included a "multimillion dollar" payment, but did not provid...

With FCC Deadlock, AT&T Merger Remains in Limbo

AT&T may be forced to offer more concessions to help its US$82 billion merger with BellSouth win approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC remains deadlocked on the deal following the decision of a Republican Commissioner to abstain from voting Supporters of the merger had hoped to convince Republican FCC member Robert McD...

With FCC Deadlock, AT&T Merger Remains in Limbo

AT&T may be forced to offer more concessions to help its US$82 billion merger with BellSouth win approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC remains deadlocked on the deal following the decision of a Republican Commissioner to abstain from voting Supporters of the merger had hoped to convince Republican FCC member Robert McD...

With FCC Deadlock, AT&T Merger Remains in Limbo

AT&T may be forced to offer more concessions to help its US$82 billion merger with BellSouth win approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC remains deadlocked on the deal following the decision of a Republican Commissioner to abstain from voting Supporters of the merger had hoped to convince Republican FCC member Robert McD...

Amazon Strikes Back at Big Blue on Patents

Two months after being sued by IBM for patent infringement, Amazon.com is firing back, denying it had stolen IBM technology and asserting that Big Blue's patent claims are too broad to be taken seriously. Amazon is countersuing IBM for stealing its own patents IBM filed suit against Amazon in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tex...

Report: Sony Launching Video Download Service for PSP

Sony will reportedly launch a video download service for users of its PlayStation Portable devices early next year, a move that could put it into direct competition with Apple's iPod video devices and its iTunes Movie Store Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is in negotiations with several possible content distribution partners, including Amazon.com,...

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