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When Fox Interactive Media reported its first annual profit earlier this year, a message was sent to naysayers everywhere about the future of online advertising. Growth in advertising and search revenue at MySpace was largely responsible for the unit's profitability, and the result was a figurative ...

The fact that the name "Google" is often used interchangeably with the verb "search" today speaks volumes about the current state of the search market. "Right now it's Google's game to lose," Kevin Lee, executive chairman and cofounder of search marketing company Didit, told the E-Commerce Times. "T...

ITT this week emerged the winner of a lucrative contract with the Federal Aviation Administration to design and build the first component of a new satellite-guided air traffic control system. The $207 million initial contract is for the development and deployment of the Automatic Dependent Surveilla...

It's been a rumor-filled week leading into Labor Day, and Thursday was no exception, with reports surfacing that Microsoft might be considering purchasing BlackBerry maker Research In Motion. It's not the first time such a rumor has circulated, but it still had the effect of driving RIM's stock pric...

Dell took an important step toward crafting a turnaround Thursday, with the PC maker saying profit had risen 46 percent in the second quarter thanks to cost-cutting moves. The company's sales beat forecasts as its new retail strategy began to take shape. In fact, the No. 2 maker of personal computer...

Many of us have thought of "locking up" a killer domain name or Web address. Then, all we'd have to do is find a buyer. Some people with whom I speak tell me that all of the good domain names have been registered. Personally, I think that an enterprising and savvy person can still make a big score i...

The Electronic Frontier on Wednesday issued a report critical of the music industry's litigation campaign to reduce digital piracy. "Today, downloading from P2P networks is more popular than ever, despite the widespread public awareness of lawsuits," the report declared. "At the same time, the lawsu...

The Taiwanese firm Hon Hai Precision Industry, the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics, reportedly said it plans to invest $5 billion in Vietnam in the next five years. Hon Hai had previously said it would spend up to $1 billion in the country, but now plans to spend five times that...

Microsoft has acquired one of the few providers of persistent, or group, chat functionality, a niche enterprise tool that is gaining rapid adoption, especially in the financial services areas. The software giant bought Parlano, best known for its MindAlign application, for an undisclosed sum. Parlan...

As Yahoo struggles to compete with Google and other big Internet players for ad revenue, its management team keeps experimenting with new structures. A leaked memo revealed this week that the company's longtime global head of advertising sales is leaving in the latest shuffle. In the confidential me...

The video download site that media heavyweights News Corp. and NBC hope will become a YouTube alternative for commercial downloads finally has a name: Hulu. The long-anticipated site also has a delayed launch time frame, with an October "private beta" launch. The two companies had previously said th...

Aruba and Motorola have joined the now legion number of tech companies engaged in legal patent disputes. Motorola's subsidiary companies Symbol Technologies and Wireless Valley Communications filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Aruba Networks in the United States District Court for the Distr...

A day after struggling Internet service provider EarthLink announced a major restructuring, the company's leader said the decision to lay off about 900 employees was painful to make but necessary if the Internet pioneer is to survive. The cost cuts announced Tuesday should help the Atlanta company s...

Google Chief Financial Officer George Reyes, who came on board to give a fast-rising startup credibility with Wall Street and help lead it through a quirky but wildly successful IPO, will leave the search company by the end of the year, Google announced late Tuesday. During Reyes' five-and-a-half-ye...

Acer's purchase of Gateway could help it become a top-tier PC maker worldwide over time, but a day after the deal was announced, questions were being raised about the $710 million price tag on the acquisition. Shares of Acer, traded on Taiwan's Taipei Stock Exchange, on Tuesday fell nearly 7 percent...