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Microsoft has strategies in place to deal with the twin competitive threats of Linux and Google, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday, with the software company using innovation, tenacity and time to gain on its rivals. Ballmer said Microsoft planned to use "sheer tenacity" to wrest market share in the o...

Many of us are aware that the United States has a large trade imbalance with China. We also realize that a significant part of this trade imbalance has to do with the enormous amount of textiles that China is exporting to us. The fact is, we shouldn't blithely think that China's exports to us might ...

Using authorization given in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S., the National Security Agency has secretly been working with major telecom companies to collect and store records of millions of phone calls, according to a published report. USA Today reported Thursday that the NSA has worke...

Internet and wireless networking gear maker Cisco Systems posted better-than-expected profits for its third quarter, but issued a forecast that disappointed some analysts and investors. Cisco beat both earnings and revenue targets from analysts, with revenue up 18 percent to US$7.32 billion as consu...

In a move that speaks to online video's momentum, TiVo and Internet TV startup Brightcove on Wednesday announced a deal that will allow TiVo subscribers to receive Brightcove's broadband video programming. About 400,000 TiVo subscribers who have their set-top boxes connected to the Internet with a b...

Buyers winning name brand merchandise on an auction site for a great price may not get the real deal -- and that can be a big deal in terms of costs to the companies, the auction sites and the duped consumers. Anyone buying products with brand names like Microsoft, Gucci, Nike, Canon, Nokia, Louis V...

Dell said its first-quarter earnings and revenue would be lower than previously forecast, a direct result of price cuts made to help it retain market share amid stepped-up competition. The one-time Wall Street darling saw its stock price take a significant hit, with shares dropping 6 percent in earl...

Provisions in a proposed international treaty that civil liberties groups, developing nations and technology organizations claim will threaten the free flow of information on the Internet have been sidetracked by the pact's writers in Geneva. The U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO...

A New York state lawmaker has filed suit against Google, claiming the search engine has profited from helping users access child pornography and saying that the company has already demonstrated the ability to stop such searches through its dealings with the Chinese government. Jeffrey Toback, a repr...

Another piece of Microsoft's ambitious advertising distribution strategy fell into place Thursday with the software maker's announcement that it had closed its rumored purchase of in-game advertising pioneer Massive. Microsoft did not disclose financial details, but analysts have estimated the sale ...

A bill before Congress to revamp how franchises are awarded for delivering television to communities will save consumers US$22 million a day, a panel of telecommunication experts said Wednesday at a press conference in Washington, D.C. "Twenty-two million dollars a day," declared panel member Robert...

Delivering a message that may be aimed at inspiring employees or reassuring investors, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said his company is being "underestimated" as it launches products into the market dominated by search giant Google. The "Microsoft-as-Underdog" motif may be hard for some to swallow,...

Intel has fired back against Advanced Micro Devices, filing court motions to throw out or limit AMD's antitrust suit against its larger rival. Intel argues in court filings that the case does not belong in U.S. District Court in Delaware because AMD contends that Intel's alleged antitrust behavior h...

The U.S. economy is continuing a five-year growth streak -- one largely unheralded until of late. The reason for the decided lack of enthusiasm may be, simply put, that this economic boom is a lot less widespread than the technology-based boom of the late 1990s. Last month, the Department of Labor a...

The consumer electronics industry is enthusiastic about President Bush's new United States Trade Representative (USTR) appointee, former Motorola executive Susan Schwab, but other industries aren't as keen on his pick. Bush elevated Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Schwab to the department's top pos...