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Vonage may not be in the black, but the Internet phone company is nonetheless going public. The Skype competitor plans to price its shares for an Initial Public Offering late Tuesday despite analysts' concerns about the long-term risks of the Voice over Internet Protocol market. Some 31.25 million s...

Microsoft on Monday unveiled what it bills as the first ever pay-as-you-go personal computing service, a move that the software giant and a cast of industry partners hope can help bridge the digital divide by lowering financial barriers for millions of people in developing nations. The technology, c...

For millions of consumers, the wireless home is not just an ideal -- it is an actuality. According to a new research report, based on interviews with 2,000 Internet users, approximately 20 percent of broadband users in the U.S. and in Europe are now sharing their online connection with PCs, TVs and ...

Despite being a well-established player, Yahoo can outgrow the overall Internet industry in coming years, company executives told analysts and investors this week. Yahoo used its annual media day to paint an upbeat portrait of the company's future and to lay out a broad menu of new features it would...

Security software maker Symantec filed suit Thursday against Microsoft, claiming the software giant infringed its patents and violated a contract between Microsoft and a firm that Symantec now owns. Microsoft exceeded the limits of an agreement it had to use technology from storage software vendor V...

XM Satellite Radio has been accused of "massive wholesale infringement" in a suit filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York by the Recording Industry Association of America. RIAA is targeting XM Radio's latest portable music player, Inno, which allows users to download and store hu...

AT&T lost its bid to have a former employee forced to return records to the company that may show it let federal intelligence agencies access the phone giant's records, but won a small victory when a judge issued an order Wednesday that the documents be kept private pending further court action....

AT&T lost its bid to have a former employee forced to return records to the company that may show it let federal intelligence agencies access the phone giant's records, but won a small victory when a judge issued an order Wednesday that the documents be kept private pending further court action....

AT&T lost its bid to have a former employee forced to return records to the company that may show it let federal intelligence agencies access the phone giant's records, but won a small victory when a judge issued an order Wednesday that the documents be kept private pending further court action....

Amid a rapidly changing personal computer industry, Hewlett-Packard reported strong earnings with double-digit growth in its PC line, gains that are seen hurting rivals such as Dell and setting the stage for even greater competition as Apple rolls out its enhanced PC line. HP said it had revenue of ...

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of eBay in a longstanding patent dispute with MercExchange. In particular, the Court reversed the appeals court's interpretation regarding the granting of an injunction in a patent infringement suit. For well over a hundred years, patentees, in additi...

The U.S. Justice Department said it will not pursue complaints raised by Google over Microsoft's decision to build search functionality into the new version of its Internet Explorer browser, a feature that could provide a boost to Microsoft's MSN Search. Antitrust regulators said they had looked int...

The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered a lower court review of the eBay and MercExchange case, a decision that could have far-reaching impacts for small firms that hold technology patents -- and larger companies that often find themselves locked in patent litigation. The high court's unanimous decision...

Seeking to expand its reach and to lock in more high-value business customers, Qwest Communications said Monday it would buy OnFiber Communications, a provider of custom-built high-speed network solutions for large businesses. Qwest said it would pay US$107 million to acquire privately held OnFiber,...

A report saying that a popular electronic voting machine can be tampered with to alter or erase votes has prompted states that have purchased the devices to order increased security ahead of upcoming elections. On Thursday, Black Box Voting, a nonprofit group, issued a report based on the findings o...