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Many of us have thought of "locking up" a killer domain name or Web address. Then, all we'd have to do is find a buyer. Some people with whom I speak tell me that all of the good domain names have been registered. Personally, I think that an enterprising and savvy person can still make a big score i...

The Electronic Frontier on Wednesday issued a report critical of the music industry's litigation campaign to reduce digital piracy. "Today, downloading from P2P networks is more popular than ever, despite the widespread public awareness of lawsuits," the report declared. "At the same time, the lawsu...

The Taiwanese firm Hon Hai Precision Industry, the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics, reportedly said it plans to invest $5 billion in Vietnam in the next five years. Hon Hai had previously said it would spend up to $1 billion in the country, but now plans to spend five times that...

Microsoft has acquired one of the few providers of persistent, or group, chat functionality, a niche enterprise tool that is gaining rapid adoption, especially in the financial services areas. The software giant bought Parlano, best known for its MindAlign application, for an undisclosed sum. Parlan...

As Yahoo struggles to compete with Google and other big Internet players for ad revenue, its management team keeps experimenting with new structures. A leaked memo revealed this week that the company's longtime global head of advertising sales is leaving in the latest shuffle. In the confidential me...

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 th...

Aruba and Motorola have joined the now legion number of tech companies engaged in legal patent disputes. Motorola's subsidiary companies Symbol Technologies and Wireless Valley Communications filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Aruba Networks in the United States District Court for the Distr...

Gone are the days of promotions strategies that begin and end with heavy discounting. Today's savvy retailers know their promotions strategies must be innovative, creative and customizable to specific consumer segments. Since the online channel often contains the most comprehensive set of retail pro...

A day after struggling Internet service provider EarthLink announced a major restructuring, the company's leader said the decision to lay off about 900 employees was painful to make but necessary if the Internet pioneer is to survive. The cost cuts announced Tuesday should help the Atlanta company s...

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-ye...

As more and more countries are improving their images and those of the products they produce, their need to create strong, global brands becomes more pronounced. Poised and confident, these newcomers want to play the marketing game on a global scale. Meanwhile, the West has all but abandoned manufac...

Today's global enterprises must optimize their Web sites to maximize the power of the Web to drive business and increase sales. B2B or B2C Web site design, usability and content are the top considerations as companies focus on success and satisfaction ratings of the customer and partner experience. ...

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 $710 million price tag on the acquisition. Shares of Acer, traded on Taiwan's Taipei Stock Exchange, on Tuesday fell nearly 7 percent...

Yahoo is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a human rights organization that claims the Internet portal's cooperation with the Chinese government resulted in the torture and 10-year jail term of political dissident Wang Xiaoning. Xiaoning had used a Yahoo account to anonymously pos...

HP will invest $300 million in the next year in a global marketing campaign meant to support a new product and service strategy around its printing business and to encourage consumers and businesses alike to do more printing. The company will launch a marketing blitz to support what it's calling "Pr...