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Signaling its intention to refine its social networking tools and leverage them in its search war with Google and others, Yahoo said it had hired a well-known data mining expert to focus on ways to improve social search. Yahoo said it hired Dr. Raghu Ramakrishnan into the newly created position of V...

Yahoo said Tuesday it would join forces with PC security firm Symantec to provide a co-branded Web security service, an offering that mirrors those from other Internet firms. The service will give Yahoo customers the option of buying a Web-delivered version of Symantec's Norton Internet Security sof...

Mobile phone shipments grew a vigorous 26 percent year-to-year, reaching an unprecedented 235 million units shipped during the second quarter of 2006. Nokia and Motorola accounted for a massive 55 percent combined market share during the quarter, according to a research report from Strategy Analytic...

As an Arkansas judge considers whether to give his final approval for a settlement in a high-profile suit against Google alleging widespread click fraud, a group of plaintiffs is trying to block the deal, saying the search engine has not done enough to stop the deception. Attorneys for some plaintif...

Advanced Micro Devices said Monday it had reached an agreement to buy ATI Technologies for US$5.4 billion in stock and cash, a deal that creates a considerably more formidable competitor for chip-making leader Intel. ATI is a top maker of graphics processors and related chipsets, with its products i...

A new survey conducted by Insight Advantage and sponsored by IT security company Workshare, based in San Francisco, shows that organizations are not doing enough to prevent IT data breaches and the loss of "sensitive" data. The survey is based on interviews with 359 executives responsible for securi...

Shares of Microsoft were higher Friday after the software giant reported lower earnings -- due in part to its standoff with European antitrust regulators -- and said it would aggressively move to buy back as much as US$40 billion worth of its own stock. Microsoft said profit for its fourth quarter f...

Google reprised its role as Wall Street darling Thursday, releasing second-quarter earnings that showed strong revenue and profit growth, beating forecast targets and apparently widening the gap between itself and its main rivals. The company posted earnings of US$772 million, or $2.49 per share, on...

In a recent article for the E-Commerce Times entitled "Monetary Unions: Are We on Our Way?, I talked about what I feel are the present dangers to the dollar and whether or not currency consolidation would reduce the risk of a dollar crisis. For that article, I interviewed Morrison Bonpasse, the pres...

E-mail marketers at Time saw a significant increase in the effectiveness of their campaigns when testing a delivery system that certifies the origin of electronic messages. The system, Goodmail, is designed to create a trusted class of bulk e-mail that won't be hampered by spam filters imposed by In...

Seeking to help quantify the Web's impact on the problem of childhood obesity, the Kaiser Family Foundation said in a report issued Wednesday that many top food producers are using the Web to target children with powerful brand messages. In a report titled "It's Child's Play: Advergaming and the Onl...

Online auction and fixed-sales giant eBay reported earnings that largely met expectations and set the outlook higher for the remainder of the year. The company also unveiled plans to raise fees in a bid to further boost revenues. eBay posted earnings of US$250 million, down from $291.6 million in t...

As personal technology goes, Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) are more than just a replacement for tape-based VCRs: They're a boon to TV watchers and the enemy of the traditional 30-second television advertising spot, for decades the single most powerful and lucrative form of brand advertising. Device...

Netflix on Wednesday announced a partnership with NBC in which the broadcast company will offer the online movie rental service's subscribers an advanced screening of the premiere episodes of its upcoming drama series, "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" and "Kidnapped." The shows will be made available...

Shares of Yahoo traded lower by nearly 20 percent Wednesday morning as investors and analysts digested an on-target earnings announcement overshadowed by word that the launch of its long-awaited self-service advertising platform would be delayed. Yahoo said it earned US$164.3 million, or 11 cents pe...