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In a move that further complicates the rapidly changing digital music world, alt-rock group Radiohead plans to make its next album available for direct download from its Web site without a fixed price Users can give what they think is a fair amount, Radiohead said, in exchange for the digital download version of the group's seventh album, "In Rainb...
eBay shook up the top management of its Skype peer-to-peer communications unit Monday, removing its cofounder as CEO and saying it will take a US$1.43 billion charge in the coming quarter to cover the cost of incentives in the original acquisition deal and to reflect lower overall value for the unit Niklas Zennstrom, Skype's cofounder, will give up...
After a summertime lull, the private equity buyout trend returned to the tech sector Friday with networking systems maker 3Com agreeing to be bought by Bain Capital, with a minority stake going to China's largest networking company Marlborough, Mass.-based 3Com -- which was at the forefront of the computer networking movement in the 1970s, shortly ...
Google and Microsoft squared off as usual Thursday, but this time instead of the competitive battlefield, they met on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are weighing the question of whether Google's purchase of DoubleClick will create an unfair online advertising monopoly Representatives of both companies testified before a subcommittee of the Senate Co...
Hoping to burnish its image as an eco-friendly company, Dell said Thursday it would strive to become the first carbon-neutral maker of personal computers and other technology gear Dell plans to become carbon neutral in 2008, a year earlier than it had previously forecast, it said....
A jury Tuesday delivered the second punch of a potentially staggering one-two legal blow to Vonage, finding the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) provider had willfully infringed upon patents held by telecom giant Sprint Nextel Jurors awarded Sprint US$69.5 million in damages -- the equivalent of an estimated 5 percent of its revenues during the ...
After years of speculation and preparation, Amazon.com launched itsdigital music store Tuesday, debuting Amazon MP3 and promising a wide selection of music unfettered by DRM (digital rights management) restrictions The Seattle-based e-tail giant launched what it's calling a publicbeta of the download store with 2 million songs available from 180,00...
Social networking firm Facebook may sell a partial ownership stake to Microsoft as it moves to beef up its value and move toward a possible IPO (initial public offering), according to reports After being linked to Yahoo in persistent acquisition rumors -- Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg reportedly turned down an offer of close to US$1 billion from...
Google has formally asked the European Commission to review itsacquisition of interactive advertising firm DoubleClick. The next few weeks will be critical, as regulators and lawmakers on both sides ofthe Atlantic contemplate how -- or whether -- the merger should move forward The EC on Monday indicated that it had received Google'srequest and wou...
Dell said Monday it would start selling its personal computers through China's sprawling Gome electronics chain as the company continues to embrace retail as a key part of its turnaround plan Hoping to tap into a customer base it doesn't reach through direct online and phone sales, Dell said it would start making its PCs available in 50 Gome stores...
Once again, technology entrepreneurs played a prominent role in the Forbes 400, the annual list of the wealthiest Americans, with Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin breaking the top 10 for the first time, though the arrival of several hedge fund billionaires helped dilute the impact of tech Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates remained at the to...
Oracle's first-quarter software sales soared some 35 percent -- the largest year-over-year gain since the dot-com boom -- helping propel it past forecasts and prompting executives to declare that the company is gaining on rivals such as IBM and SAP Oracle earned US$840 million, or 16 cents per share, for the quarter that ended in August, 25 percent...
NBC became the latest television network to plant a stake in its own piece of Internet video turf, saying it would make free downloads of first-run television shows available directly to viewers through its Web site Known as "NBC Direct," the offering has implications affecting various players in the Web video realm, including Apple, whose iTunes M...
Bidding to turn the widget phenomenon it helped nurture into a revenue producer and convince users and publishers to share ads with each other, Google announced Wednesday it would expand a test of highly interactive ads that run within the Web site plug-ins Google Gadget Ads is being tested with a small group of AdWords advertisers. The interactive...
Google has launched a mobile version of its AdSense program in several major markets, the latest in a series of high-profile movesthat underscore the mounting interest in delivering marketing messages to mobile phones and other devices Google has been offering a version of its AdWords search marketing program for mobile placement since last year. T...
In a move that could reignite the e-mail wars among major Web players, Yahoo said Monday it will buy open source e-mail firm Zimbra for US$350 million -- the third splashy purchase made since cofounder Jerry Yang took over as CEO in June and promised to return Yahoo to its roots Zimbra's e-mail and collaboration tools and its extensive relationship...
No. 1 handset maker Nokia said Monday it will buy Enpocket, a startup that focuses on creating and delivering targeted brand advertising to mobile phones Finland-based Nokia did not disclose the purchase price it paid for the privately held firm, but said it will use the acquisition to "accelerate the scaling of its mobile advertising business."
A European court upheld the European Union's sweeping antitrust ruling and the penalties against Microsoft, saying regulators acted within their authority when they issued a record-setting fine, forced Microsoft to produce a new version of Windows and required the software giant to share how its server products work The Court of First Instance foun...
Enigmatic artist Prince says the Internet has allowed third parties to steal his works and may sue sites such as YouTube that benefit fromthe unauthorized use of his music The bone of contention for the artist who once changed his name to a symbol is unreliable or insufficient filtering of content, which leaves artists or their representatives resp...
Verizon Wireless is suing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), asking a court to overturn the agency's rules that require the winner of an upcoming wireless spectrum auction to ensure at least part of that spectrum remains compatible with all mobile devices and services Verizon Wireless filed the action earlier this week in the U.S. Court o...
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