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The chances that major social networking sites will face a potentially massive copyright infringement suit from at least one major record label grew this week, with talks among the various parties reportedly breaking down YouTube and MySpace have been on notice about copyright issues for some time, with Universal Music CEO Doug Morris recently ratc...
Yahoo said Wednesday it had reached a multi-year deal to have its search tools distributed on PCs made by Taiwan-based Acer. Yahoo is hoping the move will help its search engine and other online tools reach users long before they even log onto the Web Acer is the fourth-largest maker of PCs in the world -- it ranks third in notebook sales globally...
The office of the California Attorney General indicated it could be just days away from filing charges in connection with the investigation into media leaks conducted by former Hewlett-Packard Chairman Patricia Dunn In a nationally televised interview Wednesday, Attorney General Bill Lockyer indicated he had compiled enough evidence to file charges...
Michael Dell, whose namesake company has seen earnings drop, market share erode and accounting questions raised in recent months, attempted to deflect the blame from CEO Kevin Rollins, saying he too is partly to blame for the PC maker's missteps Rollins, the former Dell COO who Michael Dell hand-picked to run the company as he stepped away from day...
Palm has launched a new Treo smartphone aimed at the European market, saying the device was specifically designed for Vodafone's third-generation high-speed mobile network The Treo 750v, also the first Palm device unveiled in Europe to use Windows Mobile 5.0, will launch in seven countries by the end of the year, including France, Germany, Ireland,...
Microsoft opened another chapter in the Web search wars Monday, taking its Live Search platform out of the testing phase in 47 markets worldwide, including the United States The software giant also said that the local version of the search tool, Live Local Search, was debuted in the UK and the U.S., and Live.com has been made the search engine for ...
The European Commission, the regulatory arm of the European Union, said Monday that it is expanding its investigation into possible antitrust behavior on the part of leading chip maker Intel by taking over a case involving a major electronics retail chain The EC has long been looking into complaints that Intel used strong-arm tactics to prevent PC ...
The stretch of bad news continued for PC maker Dell, with the company saying Monday it would delay the filing of its second quarter financial report amid questions about past accounting practices Dell told the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it would delay the final report on its second fiscal quarter and use the additional time to co...
Concerns over its lingering dispute with European antitrust regulators may force Microsoft to delay the launch of Windows Vista in Europe The software giant said unless European Commission (EC) regulators give it a clear indication about whether the first new version of its operating system since XP will be targeted for antitrust issues, it may pus...
In a dramatic escalation of efforts to crack down on Internet-based gambling, law enforcement officials in the U.S. arrested an executive from Sportingbet, a major UK-based online gaming site The arrest marks an expansion of efforts to use law enforcement to control Internet-based wagering, and comes two months after two key figures in the UK-based...
HP is seeking to remove a member of its board of directors after an internal investigation showed he was responsible for leaking confidential board-level discussions to the media. The company said it will not renominate George A. Keyworth II to his seat on the board HP reportedly put some board members under surveillance and may have tracked their ...
Sony Electronics said it would soon launch three products that let consumers access their home entertainment libraries from anywhere, offering direct competition to the Slingbox and other remote TV technologies The product suite, billed by Sony as "LocationFree Living," is aimed at frequent travelers and those who don't want to be away from their p...
Intel is expected to announce up to 10,000 job cuts as soon as Tuesday, as it moves to adopt a more streamlined and profitable business structure The company has made no secret of its intention to implement a major restructuring plan as it moves to restore its slipping profit margins. Intel's goal is to continue developing cutting-edge products in ...
With rumors swirling that it will be acquired as the PC industry continues to consolidate, Gateway said Friday it had rejected an unsolicited bid to buy its retail operations for US$450 million Gateway said its board of directors had determined the offer was "not in the best interest of shareholders."
France-based telecom giant Alcatel said Friday it had reached an agreement to acquire the Universal Mobile Telecommunications (UMTS) wireless access business unit of Nortel in a deal valued at about US$320 million The deal is aimed at boosting Alcatel's profile in the wireless broadband space, and represents the latest change for the transforming N...
Microsoft appears to be in line to get more time to comply with all the provisions of its antitrust settlement with the federal government, with terms of the deal now stretching until 2012 The U.S. Department of Justice and Microsoft have jointly filed with the court overseeing the settlement for an additional 24 months -- and with the possibility ...
Verizon Communications became the second major telecom company in a week to back off a plan to replace a phased-out government fee with a surcharge of its own, after customers complained and regulators questioned its legality Verizon had sought to charge customers of its high-speed DSL Internet service a new fee of as much as US$2.70 per month, ess...
Google CEO Eric Schmidt has been named to the board of directors of Apple Computer, a move some say could portend future cooperation between the two tech giants and spell bad news for common rival Microsoft Schmidt was elected the eighth director during a meeting of existing board members at Apple headquarters on Tuesday....
Firing a potentially powerful salvo in the online music war, Universal Music Group said it would make its entire catalog of music available for free download using an ad-supported approach that could pose one of the most significant threats yet to the dominance of Apple's iTunes Music Store Universal agreed to license its catalog to SpiralFrog, a y...
Massachusetts officials said the state remains committed to the open document format plan laid out last year as a way of ensuring accessibility to state documents, but now there may be room for Microsoft's Office suite of products after all State technology officials have said that previous plans to all but phase out Microsoft Office products by Ja...
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