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Telecommunications giant AT&T may make an offer to buy Dish Network parent company EchoStar, according to a published report that sent EchoStar's stock soaring Monday. AT&T reportedly is in the process of preparing to go public with a formal offer for EchoStar, something that could happen be...

Telecommunications giant AT&T may make an offer to buy Dish Network parent company EchoStar, according to a published report that sent EchoStar's stock soaring Monday. AT&T reportedly is in the process of preparing to go public with a formal offer for EchoStar, something that could happen be...

Telecommunications giant AT&T may make an offer to buy Dish Network parent company EchoStar, according to a published report that sent EchoStar's stock soaring Monday. AT&T reportedly is in the process of preparing to go public with a formal offer for EchoStar, something that could happen be...

A new mobile phone Samsung is making for AT&T will include Napster Mobile, a service that allows owners to search, preview and buy music from Napster's catalog of 5 million songs. The phone, called the "SLM by Samsung," will be available in stores on Nov. 23, said AT&T. The new phone is the ...

A new mobile phone Samsung is making for AT&T will include Napster Mobile, a service that allows owners to search, preview and buy music from Napster's catalog of 5 million songs. The phone, called the "SLM by Samsung," will be available in stores on Nov. 23, said AT&T. The new phone is the ...

A new mobile phone Samsung is making for AT&T will include Napster Mobile, a service that allows owners to search, preview and buy music from Napster's catalog of 5 million songs. The phone, called the "SLM by Samsung," will be available in stores on Nov. 23, said AT&T. The new phone is the ...

A range of factors will drive down software licensing costs in coming years, benefiting enterprises but creating a challenge for leading application vendors to keep profits rising, according to a new report. Information technology departments will seek ways to reduce what they spend on software, dup...

It's just before 3 p.m. on a Friday afternoon and the last meeting of the week is about to start. With nothing to do for a few minutes, you remember that the new complete DVD box set of "The Addams Family" just became available -- so you hop onto Amazon. Naturally, neither you nor I would ever waste...

What's the use of having access to a World Wide Web if you're only going to shop three or four mainstream retailers anyway? To spice up this year's load under the tree and avoid the HoHum doldrums, here are some hot new Web site choices to find the perfect gift for even the zaniest character on your...

Advanced Micro Devices has received a welcome financial boost -- a $622 million infusion of capital from Mubadala Development, a wholly state-owned enterprise of Abu Dhabi. As part of the transaction, Mubadala received 49 million shares at a price of $12.70 per share. After reimbursing Mubadala $14....

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, stripping out a key provision that provided legal immunity to telecommunications companies that cooperated with secret wiretapping programs. The move sets up a showdown with the White House, as Pr...

After a stellar month in September with the release of the much anticipated game "Halo 3," Microsoft passed the No. 1 console sales mantle back to Nintendo and its Wii console for October. Consumers scooped up 516,000 Wiis in October, about 30 percent more than the Xbox 360's 366,000 units and more ...

Garmin, the No. 1 maker of portable navigation systems, said it will drop out of what had become a bidding war for the right to acquire the last independent producer of the digital maps that power GPS systems. Garmin had offered $3.3 billion to acquire Tele Atlas, only to have its main rival, TomTom...

When Google announced its Android cellular platform last week, some took that as a sign that it could be moving away from its previously discussed plans to bid in the upcoming Federal Communications Commission auction of 700 MHz wireless spectrum. Recent news, however, suggests otherwise. It looks l...

Spam network operators, otherwise known as "botnet herders," are becoming increasingly proficient at evading detection and harnessing the power of peer-to-peer computing, much to the consternation of spam detection, prevention and IT security specialists, as Part 1 of this series discusses. Botnet o...