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Yahoo and the social networking site Bebo have forged a strategic partnership focusing on display advertising, Yahoo Answers and a branded toolbar, the companies announced Wednesday. Under the agreement, Yahoo will sell the majority of Bebo's display advertising in the United Kingdom and Ireland, re...

A group of states is asking the judge overseeing the 2002 antitrust judgment against Microsoft to extend portions of the sanctions and monitoring provisions for another five years. The six states -- California, Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota and Massachusetts -- as well as the District of Colu...

L'Oreal has begun legal action against eBay in four European countries for the online auction site's alleged role in allowing the sale of counterfeit cosmetics and perfumes. As of press time, eBay had received writs from L'Oreal in England, Belgium, France and Germany, Nichola Sharpe, an eBay compan...

Video game maker Take-Two Interactive managed to dramatically improve its financial performance in its fiscal third quarter, with net losses down significantly from a year ago even though revenue declined slightly. Best known for the controversial "Grand Theft Auto" game series, New York-based Take-...

Dell on Monday debuted a new data storage device aimed at the fast-growing small and medium-sized business market. The solution, known as the "MD3000i," will be easier to use and less expensive to set up and maintain than solutions from rivals because it is specifically designed for smaller firms, D...

In what could be a hopeful sign for the technology sector amid mounting economic uncertainty and a sign it continues to win back market share from its main rival, Intel said Monday its revenue for the third quarter would be higher than previously forecast. Intel said it now expects revenue of $9.4 b...

Microsoft will work with the automotive technology unit of German technology giant Siemens to codevelop a line of in-vehicle technologies such as navigation, entertainment and communication. Microsoft and Siemens VDO will work together to build solutions based on Microsoft's Windows Automotive softw...

Swedish telecom equipment giant Ericsson solidified its dominance of the key Indian mobile market Friday with a $1.3 billion deal to provide equipment and services to the country's largest wireless carrier. Ericsson said it won the contract to supply GSM and W-CDMA/HSPA equipment and related telecom...

A federal judge has struck down a component of the USA Patriot Act, saying the post-9/11 law violates constitutional principles by attempting to force third parties such as Internet service providers who receive demands for information without search warrants to keep silent about those inquiries. U....

Network Appliance is suing Sun Microsystems, claiming the fellow technology maker is infringing on seven of its patents relating to data storage, claims that Sun said have no merit. Network Appliance said the suit grew out of an internal review of its patent holdings, which began after Sun claimed t...

Last week Apple publicly announced the breakup between its iTunes music and video store and NBC Universal, noting NBC's desire to dally with modified retail pricing plans and potentially force Apple to sell episodes at $4.99 each. Holding fast to its insistence on selling online TV shows at exactly...

In its first major move since cofounder Jerry Yang returned to the CEO's chair, Yahoo will buy online ad network BlueLithium, a firm that uses online behavioral tracking to help advertisers reach specific consumers at defined times. The Web portal said it would pay $300 million in cash for the firm,...

One might argue that China and the Internet are both like high-speed trains. Both are growing at an extremely rapid pace, and both are apparently unstoppable global economic forces that are reshaping the economic landscape. Unfortunately, one might also argue that they are on a collision course. "Wh...

The president of handset maker Sony Ericsson, Miles Flint, resigned unexpectedly Tuesday, just as the joint venture has solidified its role as the world's fourth-largest maker of mobile phones and as it embarks on a strategy to grab more high-end market share. Flint plans to take a "short career bre...

The wireless telecommunications industry is poised to consolidate further, with MetroPCS Communications bidding to acquire Leap Wireless International for about $5.5 billion in a move that would combine two of the leading low-cost, prepaid carriers in the U.S. MetroPCS, which is based in Dallas, mad...