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Continuing an ongoing string of acquisitions, Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it has acquired Multimap, a leading UK-based provider of location and mapping services. The acquisition gives Microsoft powerful new location and mapping technology to complement its existing Virtual Earth, Live Sear...

United Online is pulling the plug on a planned initial public offering for its Classmates Media unit, citing unfavorable market conditions. The move is a reminder that the market for technology IPOs and particularly those in the Internet space remains somewhat limited, even though Classmates, which ...

Despite being given a deadline of Sept. 30, 2007, to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, many Level 1 merchants -- those that process more than 6 million transactions per year -- still do not meet the necessary requirements. In fact, Visa reports that as much as 40 percent ...

Three months after a messy breakup with Apple's iTunes Store, NBC Universal said Tuesday it will make its catalog of TV shows available through a download service made by rival portable device maker SanDisk. The shows the studio will offer through Fanfare, SanDisk's Web-based download service, inclu...

In a nod to its recent success and an expression of confidence in its future, AT&T will boost its dividend by the largest amount ever and buy back as many as 400 million shares of its own stock. The AT&T board of directors voted to increase the company's quarterly dividend rate from 35 cents...

In a nod to its recent success and an expression of confidence in its future, AT&T will boost its dividend by the largest amount ever and buy back as many as 400 million shares of its own stock. The AT&T board of directors voted to increase the company's quarterly dividend rate from 35 cents...

In a nod to its recent success and an expression of confidence in its future, AT&T will boost its dividend by the largest amount ever and buy back as many as 400 million shares of its own stock. The AT&T board of directors voted to increase the company's quarterly dividend rate from 35 cents...

In a deal worth $117 million, HP is buying NUR Macroprinters, an Israel-based maker of wide-format digital inkjet printers widely used by the commercial graphics industry. The deal will enlarge HP's footprint in the world of graphic arts by allowing it to offer more mid-range platforms and technolog...

Media-focused social networking site Imeem is barely 18 months old, but the fledgling site just went four for four in partnering with major labels: Universal Music Group is on board with Imeem's ad-supported music streaming model. Now Imeem users, averaging 19 million per month, can listen to full-l...

At first glance, tech stocks may appear to have missed out on the great stock market rally of 2007. When the Dow Jones Industrial Average set a new all-time high on Oct. 2, the Nasdaq would have had to gain more than 100 percent to match its best level ever. Still, for a lot of reasons, 2007 was a s...

Predicting the deal will "revolutionize" home entertainment, Macrovision has agreed to acquire Gemstar-TV Guide for about $2.8 billion. Macrovision, based in Santa Clara, Calif., creates technology designed to thwart people from watching and copying digital material without proper authorization. Gem...

Looking back over the course of 2007, it's clear the technology industry's landscape has shifted since the year began. Not only have market forces lifted some companies up while pushing others down, but a series of mergers and acquisitions have reshaped competitors' territories. "We've certainly see...

Looking back over the course of 2007, it's clear the technology industry's landscape has shifted since the year began. Not only have market forces lifted some companies up while pushing others down, but a series of mergers and acquisitions have reshaped competitors' territories. "We've certainly see...

Looking back over the course of 2007, it's clear the technology industry's landscape has shifted since the year began. Not only have market forces lifted some companies up while pushing others down, but a series of mergers and acquisitions have reshaped competitors' territories. "We've certainly see...

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday rushed through a bill that puts increased responsibility on the shoulders of Internet service providers to police the Internet for child pornography. H.R. 3791, also known as the SAFE Act, requires that anyone providing Internet access -- apparently inc...