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In a move that underscores the rise of the smartphone and the shrinking relevance of the personal digital assistant (PDA), Sony has said it will stop making its Clie line of portable organizers for sale in Japan later this year, a move that will mark the end of the electronics maker's five-year run in PDAs Sony said it will stop shipping existing C...
Microsoft has said it has forged a partnership to work with France-based telecom gear maker Alcatel in a bid to advance the adoption of Internet-based television by targeting telecommunications companies eager to ward off competition from cable companies by offering a broader menu of services The two companies hope to convince broadband service pro...
Targeting a sizable and fast-growing market niche that it says has largely been ignored by major carriers, Movida Communications said it had forged several partnerships to help it bring wireless services to the Hispanic community Miami, Florida-based Movida said it would work with the Cisneros Group, Sprint and Wal-Mart to provide and sell nationwi...
Google is facing criticism for a feature in the latest version of its browser toolbar that can add hyperlinks to Web pages, potentially giving the search engine giant powerful control over where surfers go on the Internet The feature, known as AutoLink, is being criticized by some bloggers, who see the tool being used by Google much in the way that...
Not willing to give up its attempts to acquire the last large remaining long distance and corporate communications company, Qwest Communications said it would submit a revised bid for MCI in an effort to wrest the acquisition prize away from cross-country rival Verizon On Monday, Verizon announced it had reached a deal to acquire MCI for US$6.7 bil...
Linux software vendor Trolltech says 20 mobile phone and hand-held device manufacturers are working on products that use its version of the open-source platform Trolltech said some 50 vendors are using the Qtopia platform and other embedded Linux programs that it offers in a range of devices, including some 20 that make or design mobile phones....
Following competitors' footsteps on a path that promises to obliterate the line between what once were standalone devices, Sony Ericsson said it plans to launch a line of phones under the Walkman brand that are much a portable music player as a phone handset The devices are just the latest to take aim at the dominance in the portable digital music ...
The end result of approval of the recent spate of telecom mergers might be a sharp reduction in the choice that both consumers and businesses have to access the Internet. This is the point that some industry and consumer groups are planning to argue to regulators While there are varying arguments about whether there will be any impact on end-user p...
Major League Baseball's Internet unit said it has reached a deal to acquire e-tailer Tickets.com for US$66 million, a move that offers the league more opportunities to sell directly to its fan base MLB Advanced Media said it would pay $1.10 each for all of the outstanding shares of Tickets.com, which trades as an over-the-counter stock. Tickets.com...
Vonage Holdings, one of the fastest-growing voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) calling firms in the United States, has complained to federal regulators that data traffic carrying its low-cost telephone calls is being blocked by some broadband networks, apparently those managed by local telephone companies Vonage has filed a complaint with the Fede...
Monster Worldwide, parent company of the leading online career site in the U.S., said it would buy France-based Emailjob.com for US$26 million Emailjob.com, which was founded in 1998, was owned by the French division of worldwide trade show giant and business publisher Reed Elsevier Group, which is based in the UK. Monster said the firm had 2004 re...
Using its deeper pockets and higher national profile to outlast a rival bidder, Verizon Communications has reached a deal worth around US$6.7 billion to buy No. 2 long distance company MCI The purchase price includes $4.8 billion worth of stock, $488 million in cash and another $1.5 billion in one-time dividends....
Reviving a nearly 5-year-old case that has tested the limits of local jurisdictions in the Internet era, Yahoo has won a new hearing on claims that its rights under the U.S. Constitution to sell Nazi memorabilia can't be limited by French courts The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will rehear some arguments in the case against Yahoo brought by ...
Mobile device maker Nokia has struck a deal to license Macromedia's Flash technology for use on smartphones, a partnership that could help accelerate the adoption of portable Web use and mobile commerce over time The agreement is seen as significant because it will give thousands of Web application developers new tools for building programs that ar...
Building on its strategy of making voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) calling as widely available as possible, VoIP firm Skype has struck a deal to have its Internet calling software installed on a versatile line of mobile smartphones The i-mate PDA2 and PDA2K handsets will be pre-loaded with Skype's VoIP software, making it possible for the devic...
In what could be the start of a bidding war for the last major independent long-distance company and its roster of business customers, Verizon Communications reportedly is seeking to acquire MCI Verizon is reported to have floated what's being described as an "informal bid" of around US$6.3 billion, which is believed to be what Qwest Communications...
Carly Fiorina, whose name and image became synonymous with tech giant Hewlett-Packard after she overcame numerous challenges to close the acquisition of Compaq three years ago, stepped down today from her CEO and chairman of the board posts at HP The announcement that Fiorina had resigned after 5 1/2 years as CEO was made by the HP board of directo...
Continuing a trend it began almost two years ago, Microsoft said it has bought a privately held antivirus firm to help it beef up its arsenal of information security tools, this time focusing squarely on the enterprise Microsoft said it would acquire East Northport, New York-based Sybari Software, which currently has some 10,000 business customers ...
Despite spending a reported US$2.4 million for 30 seconds of television time during Sunday's Super Bowl, some advertisers failed to ensure their Web sites could handle additional traffic their campaigns generated According to Keynote Systems, several major companies saw the performance of their Web sites suffer during the game, which saw the New En...
Looking to add to the arsenal of content it searches -- and on which it can sell advertising space -- and to take part in one of the Web's hot trends, Ask Jeeves reportedly is in the process of acquiring Bloglines, a company that provides free news- and blogger-aggregation services Ask Jeeves has yet to formally announce the deal, which was first r...
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