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As Internet applications grow more complex and versatile, end users' experiences get more colorful and interesting. However, rich Internet applications also place a far greater performance demand on Internet browsers, which have to orchestrate the expanding variety of Internet elements and objects. ...

With a few notable exceptions -- the Internet, primarily -- advertising spending has declined for the second quarter in a row, according to a report released Tuesday from TNS Media Intelligence. Total advertising expenditures in the first half of 2007 slipped by 0.3 percent to $72.59 billion versus ...

Yahoo and the social networking site Bebo have forged a strategic partnership focusing on display advertising, Yahoo Answers and a branded toolbar, the companies announced Wednesday. Under the agreement, Yahoo will sell the majority of Bebo's display advertising in the United Kingdom and Ireland, re...

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 Colu...

Online advertising by the pharmaceutical and the health care industry will reach US$2.2 billion by 2011, but the sector's approach to the Web leaves something to be desired, according to a market research report released last week. "The pharmaceutical industry is in a state of flux or siege, dependi...

L'Oreal has begun legal action against eBay in four European countries for the online auction site's alleged role in allowing the sale of counterfeit cosmetics and perfumes. As of press time, eBay had received writs from L'Oreal in England, Belgium, France and Germany, Nichola Sharpe, an eBay compan...

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-...

Dell on Monday debuted a new data storage device aimed at the fast-growing small and medium-sized business market. The solution, known as the "MD3000i," will be easier to use and less expensive to set up and maintain than solutions from rivals because it is specifically designed for smaller firms, D...

Weeks before hearing that Apple had cut the price of its iPhone, the gadget's first buyers were met with a different surprise: an AT&T phone bill that in some cases was almost the size of a Stephen King novel. The wireless carrier meticulously detailed every connection and every data exchange. S...

Google signaled its intention to go after enterprise users by announcing a partnership with a French firm that will help it deliver Google Apps as a Web-based service. Capgemini, a major global provider of outsourced business technology, will now provide professional support for enterprises that ado...

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 said it now expects revenue of $9.4 b...

Duff Anderson, vice president of research, development and knowledge delivery at iPerceptions, is a pioneer in the attitudinal Web analytics field, endeavoring since 1996 to forge standards for online research methodologies and analysis. iPerceptions, with offices in New York, Montreal and Toronto, ...

Microsoft will work with the automotive technology unit of German technology giant Siemens to codevelop a line of in-vehicle technologies such as navigation, entertainment and communication. Microsoft and Siemens VDO will work together to build solutions based on Microsoft's Windows Automotive softw...

Swedish telecom equipment giant Ericsson solidified its dominance of the key Indian mobile market Friday with a $1.3 billion deal to provide equipment and services to the country's largest wireless carrier. Ericsson said it won the contract to supply GSM and W-CDMA/HSPA equipment and related telecom...

Warner Bros. Entertainment is launching a new multifaceted, multimedia Web site that will let people immerse themselves in, and even play the part of, their favorite Warner Bros., Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera and DC Comics characters. Called "T-Works," the endeavor is being described by Warner Bros. ...