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Telecommunications giant Verizon posted higher revenue but lower net income for its first quarter Monday, as continued investment in its TV-ready fiber optics network weighed on profits. Still, the results showed Verizon continuing to win customers for its next-generation FiOS service and benefiting...

As voice, data, wired and wireless telecommunications converge, conditions are ripening for the extension of e-commerce to mobile, or m-commerce, in markets around the world. Juniper Research estimates that global m-commerce revenue will exceed $88 billion by 2009, a $69 billion increase from year-e...

Unspam Technologies, a Utah-based antispam provider, has filed a federal lawsuit against so-called e-mail harvesters -- anonymous parties who collect addresses from Web sites and other lists, which they then sell to spammers. The suit was filed in the Eastern District of Virginia under the federal C...

The head of AT&T has announced that he will step down as chief executive and chairman after 44 years with the telecom giant. Edward Whitacre Jr., who helped maneuver the company's expansion from regional telephone provider to the largest telecom in the nation, said he will retire on June 3. Whit...

The head of AT&T has announced that he will step down as chief executive and chairman after 44 years with the telecom giant. Edward Whitacre Jr., who helped maneuver the company's expansion from regional telephone provider to the largest telecom in the nation, said he will retire on June 3. Whit...

The head of AT&T has announced that he will step down as chief executive and chairman after 44 years with the telecom giant. Edward Whitacre Jr., who helped maneuver the company's expansion from regional telephone provider to the largest telecom in the nation, said he will retire on June 3. Whit...

Congress has introduced new legislation designed to overturn a controversial royalty fee increase that threatens to wipe out many Internet radio broadcasting firms. If the "Internet Radio Equality Act," introduced this week by Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) and Rep. Don Manzullo (R-Ill.), is passed, it w...

VMware has filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its planned initial public offering. The firm will offer 10 percent of its Class A common stock in the IPO, which will give shareholders of EMC, VMware's parent company, a boost and help VMware attract and retain the sof...

After years of speculation and delays, Microsoft's Windows Vista is finally aiding the software giant's bottom line. The first wave of sales from the new operating platform helped to propel the company to one of its strongest third quarters on record. Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft said it earned $4...

The executive who led electronics giant Sony into the game console business is leaving his post atop the company's computer entertainment business. The retirement of Ken Kutaragi, who is known within Sony as the "Father of the PlayStation," comes as Sony continues to struggle with the PlayStation 3,...

The chairman of a powerful Congressional committee filed a measure Thursday that aims to repeal the ban on Internet gambling passed last year. Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has been a vocal opponent of the ban, which became law last October. "I guess people t...

Every company wants to obtain the greatest possible yield from its marketing dollars. Corporations are constantly trying to determine better ways to direct their advertising dollars in order to more efficiently target potential customers. It now appears that there is a solution that will bring about...

OK, I admit it. I am an avid Boston Red Sox fan. For me and the rest of Red Sox Nation, a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees and four back-to-back home runs is just too good to be true. Baseball is often called the thinking man's game, and I couldn't resist the chance to correlate baseball and...

Cable giant Comcast's profit rose 80 percent in the first quarter, the company stated. One-time gains aided results, and demand for the company's triple play bundle of Web, TV and calling services remained robust. The Philadelphia-based company's revenue for the quarter hit $7.38 billion, a 32 perce...

Just one day after Siemens CEO Klaus Kleinfeld announced he would not renew his contract with the company, the German engineering and technology giant admitted Thursday that it is the focus of an expanding, multinational probe over allegations of bribery and corruption. German prosecutors are invest...