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Eyeing a possible three-way partnership that could dramatically alter the Web portal space overnight, search giant Google and cable company Comcast are reportedly talking about acquiring a minority stake in America Online Under the reported deal, the two companies would buy a minority stake in AOL from parent company Time Warner. In one sweep, such...
Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN have agreed to work to make their instant messaging platforms more compatible, a bid to set aside competitive differences to tackle the continued dominance of America Online's own chat platform The companies said their agreement represented the first time two major IM providers had agreed to make their products more compat...
RealNetworks and Microsoft have reached a set of agreements to end one of the most bitter private antitrust matters in the technology sector, with RealNetworks receiving as much as US$761 million in cash and marketing considerations for its music and games services from the software giant and the two companies agreeing to work together going forward...
Looking to beef up its PayPal online payment service and enhance its reputation with online merchants outside of its online auction kingdom in particular, eBay said it would acquire the payment gateway system of security company VeriSign EBay said its PayPal unit, which it took over in a US$1.5 billion acquisition more than three years ago, would a...
In a case seen boosting the credibility and profile of blogs as sources of news and opinion, the Delaware Supreme Court this week found that four bloggers accused of defamation had the right to remain anonymous The court ruled that a lower court was wrong in ordering an Internet service provider to disclose the identity of anonymous bloggers who us...
Pressing forward on its private anti-trust lawsuit against leading chipmaker Intel, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has subpoenaed records from several Intel customers, including major PC makers and smaller vendors AMD hopes the records will help bolster its argument that Intel used its market share to squash attempts by AMD to win new customers, with...
The upcoming turning of the calendar to January of 2006 brings more than a new year. It also marks the start of what some say is the most sweeping demographics change to hit the American workforce since World War II. That's because during 2006, the first of the Baby Boomer generation will turn 60 years old That in turn represents the beginning of a...
Shareholders of long distance provider MCI overwhelmingly approved a plan for Verizon Communications to buy the company for US$8.4 billion, one of the final hurdles for the major telecom merger MCI said 88 percent of its shareholders voted in favor of the merger, despite attempts by some investors to quash the deal. Led by Deephaven Capital Managem...
Dell computer has officially opened what it calls its largest, most advanced manufacturing plant in North Carolina, a move meant to underscore the company's commitment to operating in the United States but one that has already created its share of controversy Dell opened the 750,000-square-foot facility in Winston-Salem, N.C. yesterday, bringing to...
Sun Microsystems and Google Tuesday announced a multi-year deal to promote each other's software, a deal seen by many as the possible groundwork for a direct attack on Microsoft's market dominance in the desktop productivity software space Under the terms, financial terms of which were not disclosed, Google will make Sun's Java Runtime Environment ...
Sprint Nextel has filed suit against Vonage Holdings and other voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) startups, claiming those companies infringed on patents the telecommunications company holds for delivering VoIP traffic across networks In addition to Vonage, the action filed by Sprint Nextel in U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas names V...
Sun Microsystems and Google today announced a multi-year deal to promote each other's software, a deal seen by many as the possible groundwork for a direct attack on Microsoft's market dominance in the desktop productivity software space Under the terms, financial terms of which were not disclosed, Google will make Sun's Java Runtime Environment te...
Further honing its focus on video search and making a play to become a hub of Internet Protocol TV (IPTV), Blinkx has launched a service that lets users upload video blogs that can then be searched by the public and gives users the ability to control video they find through online searches My Blinkx.tv also lets users create "channels" of video con...
United Kingdom-based music act managers are seeking to pressure Apple on royalty payments, saying too little of the proceeds from each song download is actually reaching the artists that created the songs Members of the UK chapter of the Music Managers Forum met today to launch a public awareness campaign aimed at getting a larger share of each son...
Sales of digital music soared during the first half of 2005, nearly tripling over 2004 levels, but weren't quite robust enough to help the music industry see overall growth, according to sales figures from international music trade group IFPI Worldwide, music sales for the first six months of this year were US$13.2 billion, a 1.9 percent decrease o...
Looking to fend off competition from Internet-based entertainment providers and others, DirecTV and XM Satellite radio have signed a deal to offer subscribers of DirecTV access to streaming radio offerings of XM The two satellite-based companies said starting in mid-November DirecTV subscribers will be able to receive 72 of XM's channels as part of...
Computer maker Dell is ending its long-standing practice of offering free home delivery of personal computers, a move seen as an effort to protect its historically robust bottom line from price competition Though Dell has remained among the most profitable computer makers, its most recent earnings report in August showed slowing revenues and the co...
Extending a long-running war from the desktop to the mobile handset, RealNetworks unveiled a streaming video offering for mobile operators and said that Cingular Wireless had stepped forward to be the first carrier to offer the service to customers The service immediately creates a new competitive front between RealNetworks and Microsoft, whose own...
The online brokerage world continues to consolidate at breakneck speed as E*Trade announced its third acquisition in two months, saying it would buy BrownCo from JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a deal worth US$1.6 billion The all-cash deal will give E*Trade access to a wealthy and active customer base, perhaps the most sought-after commodity in the online ...
Hoping to usher in a new form of highly portable and more secure digital music, SanDisk has unveiled a new form of flash memory that includes digital rights protection SanDisk is touting TrustedFlash as a new, more secure platform for digital music, movies and games. The flash memory cards will be compatible with a range of mobile devices, includin...
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