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Research In Motion has lowered its Q3 forecast in response to the weakening U.S. economy. The company, which produces the iconic BlackBerry handsets, now expects adjusted earnings per share to fall between 81 cents and 83 cents for the quarter. Its initial forecast called for earnings per share to r...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has challenged the constitutionality of a federal law providing immunity to telecom companies that allegedly shared information about U.S. citizens with security agencies. In a hearing in San Francisco on Tuesday, the advocacy group argued before Judge Vaughn R. Wa...

As technology has advanced, the federal courts have routinely been tasked with interpreting what types of inventions are eligible for patent protection under the Patent Act. For example, in 1980, the Supreme Court ruled that human-made microorganisms were eligible for patent protection. As the Inf...

Sprint Nextel and Clearwire have joined forces to build a nationwide high-speed wireless Internet network using worldwide interoperability for microwave access, or WiMax, technology. The $14.5 billion merger closed Monday with $3.2 billion in equity funding from a variety of heavy hitters in the tec...

Regular viewers of "60 Minutes" may not have been aware of a major scandal in the online gambling industry before Sunday night's broadcast, but Internet poker enthusiasts already knew the score and were waiting for reporters to show their cards. The report, a joint effort involving CBS's Steve Kroft...

I recently read an article that featured an up and coming media measurement technology created by research firm Integrated Media Measurement Inc. Using cell phone based data collection, IMMI's digital monitoring system measures audience exposure to multiple media platforms via codes embedded in the ...

Networking giant Cisco Systems will shut down most of its American and Canadian offices from Dec. 29 to Jan. 2 in a move the San Jose, Calif.-based company says will save it about $1 billion. Cisco's announcement is just the latest signal that technology companies are making efforts to cut costs as ...

Computer and server maker Dell surprised Wall Street with better-than-expected profits Thursday. The company reported $727 million in earnings in the third quarter, down 5 percent from the $766 million it reported during the same period in 2007. Third-quarter revenue came in at $15.16 billion, a 3 p...

President-elect Barack Obama may not find it that hard to give up his BlackBerry after all. Verizon Wireless has announced that some of its employees accessed his personal cell phone account records. The wireless provider apologized to the president-elect and said it would discipline the employees i...

Now that both the country and the world are in dire economic straits, attention has recently been drawn to the -- in some cases -- outsized amount of CEO compensation, especially in the cases of companies that have benefited from a U.S. government bailout. The current economic morass notwithstanding...

The rest of the economy may be tanking, but online advertising in the U.S. posted big year-over-year gains, according to the New York City-based Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Internet advertising revenue reached nearly $5.9 billion in the third quarter, an 11 percent inc...

Yahoo and T-Mobile jointly announced that Yahoo oneSearch will be the default mobile engine to power Internet search made through T-Mobile's new Web2go service. The new Web2go service is basically a customizable home page on a mobile phone that makes it easier to view and navigate the Internet on th...

Nearly 10 months after making an aggressive move to acquire struggling Internet portal Yahoo, Microsoft no longer has any interest in buying the company. At the software giant's annual meeting on Tuesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that Microsoft is "done with all acquisition discussions" with...

Just weeks after being linked to a scandal over tainted milk that killed four infants and sickened thousands in China, Chinese search engine giant Baidu has been hit with more bad news. Shares of Baidu plummeted after China's state-run television network reported that the company had sold links to u...

Yahoo CEO and cofounder Jerry Yang is stepping down as leader of the beleaguered Internet portal after a tumultuous 18-month tenure. Yang will resume his previous role as "chief Yahoo" and maintain his seat on the company's board. He will also participate in the process of finding a new CEO. Yahoo ...