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Sprint Nextel confirmed on Thursday that it was in talks with Softbank of Japan, giving credence to rumors circulating in the press. The deal would likely give Sprint a boost and help the struggling company finance its ongoing turnaround efforts. Sprint is currently the third largest mobile carrier ...

What's next for Sprint Nextel? It has been pondering its future for years and that is its problem. It doesn't seem to realize it has to take the next step and act. Pondering is good. You want to make sure you don't make mistakes. However acting is the next step to realize your dreams, and Sprint d...

After years of chipping away at the cloud computing market, IBM on Wednesday announced that it has teamed up with AT&T to offer secure cloud computing as a service. The two companies will combine IBM's SmartCloud Enterprise+ with AT&T's virtual private networking service to Fortune 1,000 com...

After years of chipping away at the cloud computing market, IBM on Wednesday announced that it has teamed up with AT&T to offer secure cloud computing as a service. The two companies will combine IBM's SmartCloud Enterprise+ with AT&T's virtual private networking service to Fortune 1,000 com...

The board of directors at Microsoft did not award company CEO Steve Ballmer and other executives their full bonuses this year following lower-than-expected Windows sales and a failure to comply with European regulations. Ballmer received 91 percent of his base salary in bonus pay, totaling $620,000....

Walmart is planning a grand experiment for the holiday season: same-day delivery service in select markets for certain products purchased from its online store. There will be about 5,000 products -- including flat-panel TVs, computers, office equipment and cameras -- that can be delivered on the sam...

Most everyone on the Internet reads Wikipedia, whether they rely on it or not, but few understand how wikis work or who owns the content. Understanding content ownership is important, because so many people freely contribute to wikis. If the owner of the wiki decides to revise or move the content, t...

Cord-cutters now have a new option for content-viewing -- and possibly a major one at that. Google said Monday it was updating its Google TV platform, allowing users to buy or rent movies, TV shows and music through the Google Play store. Titles available on Google Play can be searched via its TV &a...

Another day, another clue unearthed about the smaller iPad Apple is supposedly developing. This time, component suppliers in Asia have reportedly tipped Apple's hand, revealing that they have received orders millions of the 7.85-inch tablets in the fourth quarter. The "iPad mini," as it has been dub...

The U.S. House Intelligence Committee is warning American companies not to purchase equipment from Chinese manufacturers ZTE or Huawei. It has published a report stating that these two major Chinese telecommunications firms could constitute a national security risk. The report was authored by Rep. M...

Dish Network is abandoning plans to develop Blockbuster into astreaming video service that would directly compete with Netflix, company founder and chairman Charlie Ergen said in an interview. Dish acquired the video rental chain for $320 million in April of 2011, months after Blockbuster filed for ...

The words "software audit" can strike fear into even the most unflappable business executive's heart. Just as the sight of a police cruiser on the freeway compels all but the most foolhardy to slow down immediately, for most organizations the mere possibility of a vendor audit prompts a flurry of an...

This week CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook has reached 1 billion active monthly users. The number is a nice round one for the firm to publicize -- especially in light of the past few rocky months. However, like anything Facebook these days, the announcement was accompanied by a healthy dose of...

It isn't too hard to see what Facebook users Like, but on Thursday reports surfaced online about something few if any users would find likeable. It appears that sending links via private messages through the social network results in extra Likes for the link targets -- never mind that the link you'...

Google and the American Association of Publishers, whose members are 300 of America's largest publishers, have settled their 7-year-old legal dispute over digitizing books for Google Books. The settlement will give Google access to publishers' journals and books that are in copyright, for its Google...