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Looking to stake a claim in the emerging mobile commerce marketplace, Sprint on Thursday launched a tool for its wireless subscribers to enable them to use their handsets to buy from a host of online retailers Sprint said it is partnering with mShopper to become the first U.S. wireless carrier to launch a shopping portal. Customers who have monthly...
A U.S. appeals court has granted Qualcomm and a group of handset makers that use its chips a reprieve from a ban on the import of mobile phones containing technology found to have infringed on patents held by rival Broadcom Qualcomm announced late Wednesday that it had received a stay of the International Trade Commission (ITC) order from the Court...
A group of states is asking the judge overseeing the 2002 antitrust judgment against Microsoft to extend portions of the sanctions and monitoring provisions for another five years The six states -- California, Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota and Massachusetts -- as well as the District of Columbia, are especially concerned about the part of th...
Video game maker Take-Two Interactive managed to dramatically improve its financial performance in its fiscal third quarter, with net losses down significantly from a year ago even though revenue declined slightly Best known for the controversial "Grand Theft Auto" game series, New York-based Take-Two said it lost US$58.5 million, or 81 cents per s...
Looking to more effectively serve a greater range of corporate customers as part of a larger turnaround strategy, Dell on Monday debuted a new data storage device aimed at the fast-growing small and medium-sized business (SMB) market The solution, known as the "MD3000i," will be easier to use and less expensive to set up and maintain than solutions...
In a high-profile reminder of the security pitfalls that still exist with PC-based communications, eBay's Skype is warning users of a fast-spreading worm affecting users of Skype for Windows The worm spreads through the peer-to-peer phone service's instant chat application and is activated when a user clicks in a link in an instant message they rec...
In what could be a hopeful sign for the technology sector amid mounting economic uncertainty and a sign it continues to win back market share from its main rival, Intel said Monday its revenue for the third quarter would be higher than previously forecast Intel now expects revenue of US$9.4 billion to $9.8 billion for the current quarter, it said, ...
Microsoft announced Friday that it will work with the automotive technology unit of German technology giant Siemens to codevelop a line ofin-vehicle technologies such as navigation, entertainment and communication Microsoft and Siemens VDO will work together to build solutions based on Microsoft's Windows Automotive software platform, with the firs...
Swedish telecom equipment giant Ericsson solidified its dominance of the key Indian mobile market Friday with a US$1.3 billion deal to provide equipment and services to the country's largest wireless carrier Ericsson won the contract to supply GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) and W-CDMA/HSPA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access/High...
A federal judge on Thursday struck down a component of the USA Patriot Act, saying the post-9/11 law violates constitutional principles by attempting to force third parties such as Internet service providers (ISPs) who receive demands for information without search warrants to keep silent about those inquiries U.S. District Court Judge Victor Marre...
Network Appliance is suing Sun Microsystems, claiming the fellow technology maker is infringing on seven of its patents relating to data storage, claims that Sun said have no merit The suit grew out of an internal review of Network Appliance's patent holdings, the company said, which began after Sun claimed that the rival was using three of its pat...
In its first major move since cofounder Jerry Yang returned to the CEO's chair, Yahoo will buy online ad network BlueLithium, a firm that uses online behavioral tracking to help advertisers reach specific consumers at defined times The Web portal said it would pay US$300 million in cash for the San Jose, Calif., firm, which it says is one of the fa...
The president of handset maker Sony Ericsson, Miles Flint, resigned unexpectedly Tuesday, just as the joint venture has solidified its role as the world's fourth-largest maker of mobile phones and as it embarks on a strategy to grab more high-end market share Flint plans to take a "short career break" before exploring other employment, he said. Son...
The wireless telecommunications industry is poised to consolidate further, with Metro PCS Communications bidding to acquire Leap Wireless International for about US$5.5 billion in a move that would combine two of the leading low-cost, prepaid carriers in the U.S MetroPCS, which is based in Dallas, made an unsolicited bid for Leap, offering 2.75 sha...
Dell took an important step toward crafting a turnaround Thursday, with the PC maker saying profit had risen 46 percent in the second quarter thanks to cost-cutting moves. The company's sales beat forecasts as its new retail strategy began to take shape In fact, the No. 2 maker of personal computers beat Wall Street targets for both profit and sale...
The Taiwanese firm Hon Hai Precision Industry -- the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics, whose clients include HP and Apple -- reportedly plans to invest US$5 billion in Vietnam in the next five years Hon Hai previously said it would spend up to $1 billion in the country, but now plans to spend five times that much to build factor...
The video download site that media heavyweights News Corp. and NBC hope will become a YouTube alternative for commercial downloads finally has a name: Hulu The long-anticipated site also has a delayed launch time frame, with an October "private beta" launch. The two companies had previously said they hoped to have the site operating by this summer....
Google Chief Financial Officer George Reyes, who came on board to give a fast-rising startup credibility with Wall Street and help lead it through a quirky but wildly successful IPO, will leave the search company by the end of the year, Google announced late Tuesday During Reyes' five-and-a-half-year tenure, Google staged and pulled off the Dutch a...
Acer's purchase of Gateway could help it become a top-tier PC maker worldwide over time, but a day after the deal was announced, questions were being raised about the US$710 million price tag on the acquisition Shares of Acer, traded on Taiwan's Taipei Stock Exchange, on Tuesday fell nearly 7 percent -- the cap on daily losses on that exchange -- a...
HP will invest US$300 million in the next year in a global marketing campaign meant to support a new product and service strategy around its printing business. The campaign, which will include TV ads and billboards, will also encourage consumers and businesses alike to do more printing The company will launch a marketing blitz to support what it's ...
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