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If you are like millions of other Americans, you made money peddling products on eBay last year. Many earned enough to enjoy a night on the town. Others collected enough to go on their dream vacation. Still others made a living selling widgets at the online auction site. Regardless of whether you ma...

Microsoft is restructuring its Platforms & Services Division ostensibly to better align Windows and MSN assets with its overall Live strategy. News of the reorganization closely follows another recent announcement from the company -- that its forthcoming operating system, Vista, will be delayed ...

In yet another experiment to leverage legal, digital distribution of Hollywood movies, Universal Pictures and online rental service LoveFilm announced they will begin offering a download-to-own Internet movie service in the UK next month. The service will kick off with the release of the feature fil...

Sling Media, the maker of the Slingbox technology that enables remote access to TV programs stored on a digital video recorder, has made a beta version available of a service that can deliver video from various sources to mobile devices. SlingPlayer Mobile lets Slingbox owners gain access to their s...

Alcatel and Lucent are discussing a possible merger, which would create the largest telecommunications equipment maker in the world and could trigger additional M&A activity in the telecom gear space. The deal would likely be valued at around US$13 billion, according to published reports. Combin...

PayPal is going mobile. The online payments giant is gearing up to launch a service that would allow its customers to make purchases or money transfers using simple text messaging on their mobile phones. Dubbed PayPal Mobile, the service is currently only available to the eBay unit's employees for ...

In move to cater to the growing demand for high performance multimedia PC products, Dell on Wednesday announced plans to acquire high-end PC maker Alienware. Recognized by Inc. 500 as one of the fastest growing private companies in the United States, Alienware is best known in the consumer market fo...

Microsoft has again postponed the highly anticipated release of the consumer version of Windows Vista, dealing a blow to PC makers who had hoped to ride a wave of upgrades to stronger sales and causing a sell-off of Microsoft stock. The software giant now says Windows Vista should be widely availabl...

As the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is making news this week with the debut of new industry- and country-specific Top Level Domain extensions, the overall market for domain names continues to burgeon dramatically, pointing to continual, solid growth in the global Internet econ...

Oracle reported a 42 percent increase in Q3 fiscal 2006 profits, the first quarter following the completion of its acquisition of Siebel Systems. New application license revenues were up 77 percent, compared to an anemic 5 percent rate of growth for database and middleware new license revenues. Orac...

Microsoft has scored a contract to provide Internet Protocol television services (IPTV) to one of the largest phone companies in Europe, possibly providing it a key proving ground for its technology as Web TV grows in popularity. Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft and Deutsche Telekom announced they had...

Google has launched a beta version of a financial news and information site, creating a destination for investors and others that will target Web portal rival Yahoo, whose own finance site is one of the most heavily used on the Internet. Google Finance is an improvement over existing options, the co...

More and more companies are jumping into the Web analytics arena. In fact, Jupiter Research estimates the size of the Web analytics market will reach US$565 million in 2006. Choosing a Web analytics firm, however, is not merely a matter of brand name or even price. There are three distinct options i...

Seeking to help protect children from the seedier side of the Web, some U.S. lawmakers are hoping to reignite interest in creating a ".xxx" domain where pornographic and adult content would be concentrated. Introduced late last week, the "Cyber Safety for Kids Act of 2006" would force the Department...

Seeking to keep its low-cost advantage, boost new product development and supply fast-growing markets, Dell plans to double the number of people it employs in India. Over the next three years, the company expects to grow its workforce there to 20,000. For Dell, the move could be an effective way to ...