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First there was the search engine -- think Lycos in 1996. Then came the Web portal -- think Yahoo in 2000. Most recently, the Internet has been dominated by social networking -- think MySpace in 2006. In an effort to bring all three types of popular consumer-facing sites together, Google has launched a collection of personalization tools under the moniker "iGoogle."

Sirius Satellite Radio posted strong first-quarter results Tuesday, cutting its losses from a year ago on a surprising surge in new subscriptions Sirius, which is trying to close a merger with rival XM Satellite Radio by later this year, lost US$144.7 million, or 10 cents a share, in the quarter that ended in March, compared with a loss of $458.5 m...

Google filed documents with the U.S. District Court Monday, addressing the US$1 billion lawsuit it faces from Viacom. In the response, filed in the Southern District of New York, Google contends that it has not violated the rights of the media conglomerate based on a provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), enacted in 1998. Google also alleges that Viacom's lawsuit threatens to derail the phenomenon of user-generated content sites...

Qwest Communications' first-quarter profit nearly tripled despite slightly lower revenue as cost-cutting measures paid off and customers moved toward more high-end data services, the company stated Tuesday The Denver-based company posted profit of US$240 million, or 12 cents a share, compared with $88 million in the first quarter of last year. Reve...

In what one attorney described as "the most important patent case in a generation," the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday issued a decision that's expected to make patents that combine existing technologies more difficult to obtain "What this case will do will make it harder to get patents in the first place because it will ease the restrictions on the ...

Computer giant Dell plans to begin offering the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system on its computers, the company announced Tuesday In a partnership with Dell, Ubuntu's distributor Canonical will provide technical support and service to Dell customers for an additional fee. Both Dell and Canonical hint that this could be just the beginning of a lon...

M-commerce, or mobile commerce, is poised to grow into a multibillion dollar market over the next decade. Phone handset makers, telecoms and content providers are pushing the technologies that will enable users with m-commerce-enabled devices to easily purchase products and services via the phone Part 1 of this two-part series discusses the biggest...

Successful entry into U.S. markets is difficult for outsourcing companies operating within North America. For call center and business process outsourcing (BPO) firms seeking to gain initial market entry or to expand their market share from offshore locations, it is even tougher The steps to market entry presented here focus on how to avoid the mo...

What do you do when a thriving segment of the computing industry has an identity crisis because few people beyond key vendors know it exists? That's the dilemma many of the supporters of Power Architecture are trying to fix One approach to establishing a better identity is to gather software vendors together to discuss the industry and common probl...

The use of power lines as a medium for communication services has been widely discussed for many years. Similar to the characteristics that led to the development of DSL (digital subscriber line), the use of surplus frequency space on power lines for communication is a simple concept that has been difficult to implement However, as the broadband ga...

Forget joysticks: New toys in the works at San Jose, Calif.-basedNeuroSky reportedly use players' brain waves to control the action The toys include a sensor, which is placed on the player's forehead to read the brain's electrical signals. Moves are dependent on the player's concentration....

Samsung has claimed to be the first electronics manufacturer to begin mass production of a 16 GB NAND flash memory chip to be used in digital music players, music phones and digital cameras The South Korean electronics maker said the new chips are being put into mass production using 51-nanometer process technology, which it claims is the smallest ...

Microsoft has rolled out alpha and beta versions of Silverlight, its recently announced RIA (rich interactive application) platform, at a keynote address at the MIX07 conference underway in Las Vegas As part of its strategy to flatten Adobe with is own iteration of flash technology, Microsoft has configured Silverlight, essentially a a cross-browse...

The latestet iteration of Microsoft's next-generation gaming console, the Xbox 360 Elite, hit store shelves Sunday. The new model boasts a 120 GB hard drive, a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) port for connecting to HDTV, a wireless controller and a premium black finish on the console's exterior "Today's games and entertainment enthusias...

The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Microsoft in a closely watched patent dispute that could limit the reach of domestic patents in overseas uses Monday's 7-1 decision overturned a lower court ruling, essentially concluding that Microsoft is not liable for overseas patent infringements in machines that run the Windows operating system and use a v...

The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Microsoft in a closely watched patent dispute that could limit the reach of domestic patents in overseas uses Monday's 7-1 decision overturned a lower court ruling, essentially concluding that Microsoft is not liable for overseas patent infringements in machines that run the Windows operating system and use a v...

The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Microsoft in a closely watched patent dispute that could limit the reach of domestic patents in overseas uses Monday's 7-1 decision overturned a lower court ruling, essentially concluding that Microsoft is not liable for overseas patent infringements in machines that run the Windows operating system and use a v...

Yahoo said Monday it is buying the remaining 80 percent interest in online advertising exchange Right Media that it does not already own for approximately US$680 million in a move aimed at boosting the reach of Yahoo's advertising to social networking sites In October, the search giant purchased a 20 percent stake in the privately held, New York-ba...

Telecommunications giant Verizon posted higher revenue but lower net income for its first quarter Monday, as continued investment in its TV-ready fiber optics network weighed on profits Still, the results showed Verizon continuing to win customers for its next-generation FiOS service and benefiting from the strong performance of Verizon Wireless, w...

Google is partnering with the states of Arizona, California, Utah and Virginia in a joint effort to make it easier for people to find public information via the Web In announcing the arrangements, Google said the deals reflect a recognition that people are often frustrated by the inability of Web search engines, including Google's, to find supposed...