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Gift-givers with deep pockets who want to impress those on their holiday lists may have another luxury item to consider along with jewelry and plasma televisions: For the first time, a single share of Google stock now costs more than US$500. Shares of the search giant's stock broke the $500 mark ear...

The California Supreme Court on Monday ruled that ISPs and Internet publishers cannot be sued for posting or distributing libelous material written by others. At issue in the ACLU v. Gonzales case was the Child Online Protection Act, which would impose criminal sanctions for posting content deemed h...

Labor market analysis needs to be part of the decision process on whether or where to locate or terminate operations around the globe. Managers of globalized or labor-intensive operations such as software development, customer service and back office support should be able to guide labor market ana...

The holiday shopping predictions are in. Forester Research reports online retail sales this holiday season will reach US$27 billion in the United States alone. JupiterResearch is a little more optimistic, adding $5 billion more to that cheery figure. Jupiter further predicts that a record 114 millio...

Striking back against rival Google, Yahoo on Monday inked a deal with seven publishing companies that will allow more than 150 papers to sell ads on its online classified service. The newspaper giants involved in the deal include Belo, Cox Newspapers, Hearst Newspapers, Journal Register, Lee Enterpr...

An explosion of musical and technological innovation is resulting in a profusion of new, cross-cultural musical styles and influences. Digital music technology is the "core enabler" changing the face of the music industry -- as well as the habits and preferences of musicians and listeners around the...

Yahoo said Thursday it had agreed to buy Bix.com, a site that enables users to create online contests that others can judge as the portal bids to bolster its lineup of social networking offerings. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Yahoo said that Bix.com founder and CEO Mike Speise...

Hewlett-Packard reported a four-fold increase in profits for its fourth quarter on a more modest rise in sales, as the top PC maker turned in results that exceeded Wall Street forecasts. In fact, the company's full fiscal year results showed it moving past IBM as the world's largest technology compa...

Although the U.S. alternative energy and clean tech industry is still playing catch-up with Europe, investments have been picking up in recent years -- and quickly. Despite a lack of strong leadership at the federal level, governments in prominent states, notably California, are increasingly taking ...

Two private equity firms have agreed to buy Clear Channel Communications for US$18.7 billion, ending weeks of speculation about the sprawling radio network's fate, including rumors of interest from Google. Clear Channel said Thursday it would be acquired by Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital Pa...

Former HP chairwoman Patricia Dunn on Wednesday pled not guilty to criminal charges in connection with the corporate spying scandal that swirled around the technology giant earlier this year. Accompanied by her husband, Bill Jahnke, Dunn entered her plea before a Santa Clara County, Calif., Superior...

Dell shares fell Thursday after the computer maker said it would delay its quarterly earnings report and acknowledged that the Securities and Exchange Commission began a formal inquiry into the company's past accounting practices. The announcement came at the last minute, as Dell was set to report e...

Online securities trading was a big fad a few years ago, but some of the major players disappeared from the scene after the dot-com fallout. However, many do-it-from-home traders cannot resist the Internet's speed and convenience, and there are still plenty of firms to accommodate them. Although som...

Regulators from the European Union say Microsoft continues to lag in its compliance with the conditions of its antitrust ruling and have again set a deadline for the software giant to make changes or face additional monetary penalties. European Commissioner Neelie Kroes has given Microsoft until Nov...

The Internet has completely reshaped customer relationships. The transformation began with the dot-com boom, which spawned a new type of company whose entire business model was predicated on Web acceptance and usage. These companies -- Yahoo, Amazon, eBay and Google -- took advantage of the Web in a...