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Many of us are aware that the United States has a large trade imbalance with China. We also realize that a significant part of this trade imbalance has to do with the enormous amount of textiles that China is exporting to us. The fact is, we shouldn't blithely think that China's exports to us might ...

A group of executives from Internet companies such as Lycos and Yahoo Shopping have launched a tightly focused local shopping search engine they say will help shoppers pinpoint retailers whether they want to buy online or off. Yokel.com features both a national site and a local site focused on the B...

Using authorization given in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S., the National Security Agency has secretly been working with major telecom companies to collect and store records of millions of phone calls, according to a published report. USA Today reported Thursday that the NSA has worke...

Anyone who believes that the recent political maneuvers to keep the net neutrality issue out of the legislative agenda this year have been successful is sadly mistaken, promise backers of the concept. After a recent defeat, the Democrats have introduced a new bill that seeks to ban phone and cable c...

Internet and wireless networking gear maker Cisco Systems posted better-than-expected profits for its third quarter, but issued a forecast that disappointed some analysts and investors. Cisco beat both earnings and revenue targets from analysts, with revenue up 18 percent to US$7.32 billion as consu...

In a move that speaks to online video's momentum, TiVo and Internet TV startup Brightcove on Wednesday announced a deal that will allow TiVo subscribers to receive Brightcove's broadband video programming. About 400,000 TiVo subscribers who have their set-top boxes connected to the Internet with a b...

Buyers winning name brand merchandise on an auction site for a great price may not get the real deal -- and that can be a big deal in terms of costs to the companies, the auction sites and the duped consumers. Anyone buying products with brand names like Microsoft, Gucci, Nike, Canon, Nokia, Louis V...

Dell said its first-quarter earnings and revenue would be lower than previously forecast, a direct result of price cuts made to help it retain market share amid stepped-up competition. The one-time Wall Street darling saw its stock price take a significant hit, with shares dropping 6 percent in earl...

Provisions in a proposed international treaty that civil liberties groups, developing nations and technology organizations claim will threaten the free flow of information on the Internet have been sidetracked by the pact's writers in Geneva. The U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO...

Global Positioning System technology exists in nearly all mobile phones, but is obscured from use on most except in emergency situations. Recently, however, the Walt Disney Internet Group announced that its new family-oriented Disney Mobile service will enable parents to tap into GPS location servic...

Yahoo unveiled a plan to update both its platform and tools for Web search advertising, in an effort to contemporize the lucrative business model that is driving dollars and competition among the Internet company and its chief rivals Google and Microsoft. In announcing a revamped search advertising ...

Streaming digital audio and video, MP3 ripping and CD burning, podcasts, webcasts, satellite radio, digital audio broadacasting and now streaming mobile wireless: The rapid advent of new digital audio technology has created a wealth of options and opportunities for technology providers, new and esta...

A New York state lawmaker has filed suit against Google, claiming the search engine has profited from helping users access child pornography and saying that the company has already demonstrated the ability to stop such searches through its dealings with the Chinese government. Jeffrey Toback, a repr...

Another piece of Microsoft's ambitious advertising distribution strategy fell into place Thursday with the software maker's announcement that it had closed its rumored purchase of in-game advertising pioneer Massive. Microsoft did not disclose financial details, but analysts have estimated the sale ...

A bill before Congress to revamp how franchises are awarded for delivering television to communities will save consumers US$22 million a day, a panel of telecommunication experts said Wednesday at a press conference in Washington, D.C. "Twenty-two million dollars a day," declared panel member Robert...