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Google raised eyebrows again with its latest acquisition, the purchase of a privately held software firm that specializes in Web analytics The search engine giant said it bought San Diego, California-based Urchin Software for an undisclosed sum and said it would make the firm's analytical and on-demand tools available to Web site owners and online ...
Possibly putting an end to a closely watched drama in the telecommunications space, MCI has accepted a sweetened takeover offer from Verizon Communications, a bid worth nearly US$1 billion more than an earlier offer but still well below the present value of what Qwest International is offering to acquire the long-distance company MCI announced earl...
Regional phone carriers saw their stocks rise today as investors cheered the prospects for their long-range strategy of selling more bundled services following a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruling that freed them from having to offer high-speed Internet access to non-phone customers The FCC on Friday ruled, in a contentious and split vo...
Users of Yahoo's free instant messaging service have been targeted by a phishing attack, one of the first widespread attempts to use the messaging medium to pilfer personal information Targets of the scam are sent a link that, when clicked, takes users to what appears to be a Yahoo site that asks for users' login and password. That information can ...
The entertainment industry's aggressive legal campaign against illegal file swappers has dramatically reduced the use of peer-to-peer (P2P) networks but might also be pushing the development of alternative "privatized" approaches to sharing music and video The Pew Internet & American Life Project said a recent survey found growing use of informal f...
Bidding to lay an early claim to an offbeat category of vertical search, Yahoo has launched a test version of a tool to help users find creative works that can be licensed through nontraditional means Yahoo released a beta version of a search engine that seeks pictures, writings and other creative works available for reuse. However, rather than bei...
Yahoo today became the latest in a line of large, high-profile technology companies planning to buy back shares of their own stock, a move that could bring renewed questions about why the firms don't use their cash to provide stock dividends to shareholders instead The Internet giant joined the pack today, saying its board had agreed to buy up to U...
In a deal that links rivals in the mobile operating system space, Symbian said it will work with Microsoft to enable hand-held devices using its operating system to work with the popular Outlook e-mail program The licensing deal will enable UK-based Symbian-loaded hand-helds to read e-mail and receive other data from Microsoft's Exchange Server, on...
The war for Web users' eyeballs, hearts and minds -- being fought on numerous battlefields from search to instant messaging -- turned its attention back to the e-mail front today as Yahoo announced it would boost the storage of its free Web e-mail service to 1 GB The massive storage capability -- four times the previous level of 250 MB -- matches G...
Staking its claim to leadership in the converging worlds of mobile computing, Web browsing and cellular communications, Samsung has become the latest handset vendor to roll out a WiFi-enabled phone Samsung said it will make its SPH-M4300 available in its home market of Korea later this month. In addition to being able to access the Web via WiFi Int...
America Online has released the latest version of its instant messaging platform, one that analysts say advances the technology that has the potential to alter both the online and communications landscapes ICQ 5 includes a number of new features, including an upgraded voice-chat service that uses Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology to en...
Time Warner has reached a deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to pay US$300 million in fines to settle a long-simmering investigation into America Online's accounting practices during the height of the dot-com boom The company said the SEC has formally approved a settlement that calls for Time Warner to pay the cash penalty and t...
The search wars took another interesting twist today as IAC/InteractiveCorp. announced it would buy search engine Ask Jeeves for around US$1.85 billion in stock The move pairs IAC, a fast-growing e-commerce and social networking conglomerate with a powerful brand in several key online markets, with the search technology and name recognition of Jeev...
Officials at the European Commission (EC) say Microsoft is falling short of its pledge to cooperate fully with sanctions against it meant to boost competition among software makers in Europe, raising the prospect of additional penalties being levied In addition to paying the equivalent of US$600 million in fines, Microsoft faced two technology sanc...
Throwing a twist into the raging search wars, Amazon's A9.com search site is pushing an open format that allows vertical search results to be widely syndicated in a manner similar to a popular approach for cross-pollinating blogs and news feeds A9.com launched OpenSearch, which it bills as "a collection of technologies, all built on top of popular ...
Having rolled out its own search engine in a bid to match rivals Yahoo and Google in terms of technology, Microsoft is now hoping to duplicate their success in the revenue and profit arenas by launching a paid search product MSN Search is hoping that the use of collected demographics information will help its advertising product, known as adCenter ...
Regulators in Europe have cleared the way for Microsoft and Time Warner to acquire a content-protection company that could accelerate the adoption of digital rights management, reduce software piracy and make it easier for content owners to distribute movies and music on the Internet The European Commission dropped its objections to the acquisition...
More than 60 percent of Americans now subscribe to wireless calling plans as the cell phone industry continues to post dramatic growth and readies for the next generation of wireless services, according to new data from an industry association CTIA, the wireless industry association, said in its semi-annual industry survey that wireless subscriptio...
Both Yahoo and America Online have struck deals with Research in Motion, the maker of the hugely popular BlackBerry hand-held, to put their respective versions of instant messenger software on the devices Research in Motion announced pacts with both companies today, saying that devices integrated with the chatting software would be available in com...
Targeting a fast-growing company that addresses a growing business concern, IBM today said it had reached an agreement to buy data integration company Ascential Software in a deal worth about US$1.1 billion Big Blue's first major deal since selling off its personal computer division gives it access to a market leader in the data integration field, ...
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