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The U.S. Justice Department is arguing that Google's privacy concerns are not reason enough for it to withhold search records being sought by investigators, likely setting the stage for a court battle over the data In a court filing made late Friday, the Bush administration said because individual users would not be identified in the records being ...
The federal judge weighing whether to grant an injunction that could lead to the shutdown or alteration of Research In Motion's BlackBerry mobile e-mail service ended a hearing Friday without making a ruling District Judge James Spencer said he would issue a decision on an injunction "as soon as reasonably possible," which means BlackBerry users in...
Mobile equipment maker Ericsson filed patent infringement suits Friday against Samsung, saying its rival was using a variety of its technologies without authorization Sweden-based Ericsson filed suit against Samsung in the U.S., UK, Germany and The Netherlands. The actions came after talks aimed at hammering out an agreement on royalty payments or ...
Rupert Murdoch'sNews Corp. on Wednesday unveiled My Network TV, a stripped-down, prime-time only network that will feed racy shows to the WB and UPN stations, which are set to merge My Network TV will be heavily promoted on the MySpace Web site, the hugely popular youth-targeted social networking site that News Corp. has purchased and plans to use ...
Research In Motion continued to score victories at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week, with another disputed patent held by NTP ruled to be invalid -- but the BlackBerry service faces a critical courtroom showdown on Friday That's when a judge will hold a long-awaited hearing on whether to issue an injunction requiring at least the part...
Sprint Nextel posted sharply lower profits in its first full quarter as a merged company, saying the cost of combining the wireless powerhouse with the traditional long-distance company kept profits down even while the company added subscribers Sprint Nextel said it earned US$197 million, or 7 cents per share, compared with $437 million, or 29 cent...
Depending upon who you ask, click fraud -- the practice of triggering pay-per-click fees by clicking on an advertising link with dishonest motives -- is either a minor nuisance for the search industry or a huge risk to one of the fastest-growing segments of the Web business Nearly everyone agrees that the problem of click fraud is nothing new, howe...
Online retailers and service providers improved their customer satisfaction ratings during 2005 and Web-based retailers continued to do a better job of making buyers happy than their off-line counterparts, according to a new report The annual American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) E-Commerce Report compiled by the University of Michigan found ...
Sony's highly anticipated PlayStation 3 gaming console may not reach the market on schedule, an analyst firm says, leading to speculation that the company could lose ground in the video game war brewing among Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft PS3 is slated to debut this spring in Japan with later launches in the U.S. and other key markets. The console i...
In the never-ending quest to differentiate themselves from competitors, online retailers often turn to content to set themselves apart and enhance the quality of their Web contact with customers and would-be customers The need to automate the distribution of content has given rise to a fast-growing software niche of Web Content Management (WCM), to...
Sirius Satellite Radio's fourth quarter sales more than tripled over the previous year, beating analyst estimates, despite higher quarterly losses tied to heavy promotional efforts aimed at boosting its subscriber base, the company reported Sirius, which is locked in a battle for market share with XM, a much larger operation, said its loss grew to...
Continuing its lengthy acquisition spree, Oracle said it would buy Sweden-based HotSip, a provider of communications applications that work on Internet-protocol networks HotSip makes applications that work with the dominant Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) standard and enable IP telephony, presence communications, messaging and conferencing....
Microsoft rolled out a beta version of Office Live, the first step in what is seen as an important foray for the company into the Web-delivered services and software arena The beta version of Office Live is aimed at small businesses and includes tools for building and maintaining Web sites, for backing up and securing data online and for online col...
Several major U.S.-based Internet firms were called before Congress to discuss their role in censoring Web content in China, a key growth market for the companies, which say they have to abide by local rules Representatives from Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Cisco Systems were among those that testified Wednesday before the Congressional Subcommitte...
Leading mobile phone handset maker Nokia said it would create a joint venture with Japanese consumer electronics producer Sanyo in a bid to better reach key markets, especially the United States Nokia and Sanyo said the yet-unnamed joint venture would be largely separate and have offices in San Diego and in Japan. Financial terms were not disclosed...
Technology consultancyBearingPoint will launch a search solutions practice -- believed to be the first of its kind -- and will work withGoogle Enterprise to deliver search solutions that drill deeper into corporate data Google has already trained about 100 consultants at MacLean, Va.-based BearingPoint to deploy itsenterprise search appliances. Mor...
Microsoft said Monday that it has purchased a French firm that makes mobile search technology as the software giant makes a strong push to build a search infrastructure that will work across multiple devices The company did not disclose what it paid for MotionBridge, which is based in Paris and sells a technology that is used to conduct Web searche...
Google stock tumbled Monday following a published report outlining a scenario in which the high-flying Internet company could see as much as half of its market value eroded by increased competition Shares fell below the US$350 level for the first time since October, when a strong surge boosted Google to well above US$450 and had analysts rushing to...
With some legal victories and a new technical workaround, the prospects are looking brighter every day that Research in Motion's BlackBerry mobile e-mail service will run without interruption Still, many businesses have spent part of the past year of legal turmoil and uncertainty searching for alternative solutions to the BlackBerry. What they have...
The Federal Trade Commission is mulling a plan to target companies that advertise through adware and spyware, hoping to shame those companies into discontinuing the practice That approach would use economics to curtail the spread of spyware and adware -- programs that are installed on a users' computer without their knowledge and then cause adverti...
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