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Web portal and search engine giant Yahoo on Tuesday posted fourth quarter results that beat Wall Street estimates, despite a sharp drop in profit from a year earlier, and said that its long-awaited ad placement system upgrade would roll out a month ahead of schedule. Yahoo said revenue climbed 13 pe...

If you're like most of us in IT, you probably have a relatively small number of individuals in your firm that you're used to working with fairly closely. For example, if you're a development manager, you probably work closely on a daily basis with the business folks to understand their requirements ...

After years of taking a backseat to big business, climate change has moved up the U.S. political ladder, and even Corporate America is providing ideas on ways to get the government involved. Chief executives from some of the nation's largest corporations urged Congress this week to begin setting man...

Google said Monday it will be expanding tests of its video advertising system by delivering music video clips from Warner Music Group and Sony BMG Music Entertainment along with advertising over its AdSense online advertising service. As part of a trial during the next four weeks, Web sites that use...

Social networking site MySpace is suing a high-profile e-mail marketer, claiming that he violated the site's rules and state and federal laws by deluging members with spam. MySpace said Tuesday it had filed a suit alleging that Scott Richter had violated the federal CAN-SPAM Act and California's ant...

Looking for a franchise opportunity? The World Wide Web is overflowing with Internet-based businesses for sale. Searching for "Internet Franchising" in your favorite search engine will reveal dozens of Web sites promising both online business and franchise opportunities in a variety of Internet-base...

Google's most recent efforts to expand its advertising delivery network to the world of video games may bring credibility to the in-game advertising space. The search giant reportedly is in talks to acquire Adscape Media, a San Francisco company that places advertising inside video games. The deal c...

Shares of major overseas Internet gambling companies took a heavy hit Monday after news broke that U.S. investigators had launch a fresh probe into Web-based gambling. The U.S. government has reportedly sent subpoenas to as many as 15 investment banks across Europe and the U.S., seeking information ...

When President Bush takes to the rostrum in the U.S. Congress Tuesday night to deliver his seventh State of the Union address, most experts anticipate that he will offer little in the way of initiatives aimed at boosting the nation's technology sector. With the ongoing war in Iraq and with so-called...

IBM announced Monday a new set of social networking tools that offer enterprise-wide, controlled MySpace-style environments to corporations. Big Blue is billing its Lotus Connections platform as the "first business-ready social software platform," saying it is one part of a broader array of Lotus of...

With ongoing technological and process improvements in the alternative and renewable energy sectors -- and with concerns about energy sources, supplies and environmental degradation increasingly at the forefront of social and political issues -- energy and commodities have become a focal point for b...

AT&T is offering customers that subscribe to both its wireless and fixed-wire services free calling between the two. Called "AT&T Unity," the service appears to be the first bundled product that combines both landline and wireless services. For that reason alone, it is a noteworthy move in w...

AT&T is offering customers that subscribe to both its wireless and fixed-wire services free calling between the two. Called "AT&T Unity," the service appears to be the first bundled product that combines both landline and wireless services. For that reason alone, it is a noteworthy move in w...

AT&T is offering customers that subscribe to both its wireless and fixed-wire services free calling between the two. Called "AT&T Unity," the service appears to be the first bundled product that combines both landline and wireless services. For that reason alone, it is a noteworthy move in w...

Motorola said Friday it would cut 3,500 jobs worldwide in coming months after turning in a disappointing profit for the fourth quarter, despite a strong surge in sales of its mobile devices. Sales for the quarter that ended in December were $11.8 billion, an increase of 17 percent over the $10 billi...