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Software as a Service, service-oriented architecture and Web 2.0 technology are fundamentally changing the way people and organizations work, enabling greater degrees of collaboration and restructuring everything from business and operational processes to the way software is licensed and priced, acc...

Sprint will write down nearly $31 billion worth of goodwill value it has carried on its books since it purchased Nextel Communications in a deal that has failed to help the No. 3 telecom firm compete with its larger rivals. In a filing with the SEC, Sprint said that an annual internal review of the ...

The Federal Communications Commission received a $4.7 billion bid for Block C, a swatch of spectrum being auctioned that is mandated to operate as a national wireless network that works with any mobile device. The auction started on Jan. 24, but the FCC won't announce which company submitted the bid...

Dell announced Wednesday it will shutter its retail kiosks in shopping malls across the U.S. as it continues with its six-month-old retail store and direct-sales strategy. Dell launched the Direct Store kiosks in 2002 as a way to give consumers who may have been unfamiliar with its computers the opp...

Aided by a more stabilized sales showing for its video game category, Sony reported a healthy bounce in profits for the third quarter. The Tokyo-based firm's PlayStation business halted a streak of six consecutive money-losing quarters, while its core electronics segment -- which includes liquid-cry...

Amazon.com doubled its fourth-quarter profit as international sales fueled growth, but the e-tailer's outlook raised questions about its continued reliance on discounting as it expands into new markets and product categories. The company met analyst expectations for fourth quarter earnings with net ...

The growing popularity of Software as a Service is having a significant impact on data security and regulations compliance. Most companies are concerned -- and rightly so -- about the legal and security issues raised when company data is located outside their firewall. Software as a Service is incre...

Microsoft thought five years of oversight was long enough, and states that had fought the software giant over alleged monopolistic practices thought five more years were in order. Neither side got what it wanted. Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a federal district judge in Seattle, ruled on Tuesday to extend...

In the wake of a fourth-quarter report that showed a drop in profits and an outlook that disappointed investors, Yahoo said Tuesday it will cut 1,000 workers from its payroll as CEO Jerry Yang attempts to reinvigorate the portal he cofounded. Yahoo's fourth quarter profit of $205.7 million, or 15 ce...

In Greek mythology, the Hydra was a creature who could not be defeated, as each time one of its heads was cut off, two more would sprout back in its place. It seems that SEO mythology is no different; every time one SEO myth is debunked, two more SEO myths crop back up in its place, only adding to t...

In a blow to the music industry's worldwide campaign to crack down on copyright infringement, a European court has ruled that Internet service providers cannot turn over the identities of alleged file-sharers. The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg found that existing EU laws do not allow for s...

Barely a week after eBay announced a change in leadership, the online auctioneer unveiled a major switch in strategy. The company plans to reduce by half the up-front fees it charges users to list their items on its platform. The strategy, unveiled by John Donahoe, the company's incoming chief execu...

Overhyped expectations caused shares of VMware, makers of desktop and server virtualization software, to plummet after the company announced fourth-quarter earnings that failed to meet investor expectations. The stock's freefall, which wasn't entirely unexpected, also threatened to hurt its parent c...

Qtrax, a new ad-supported music downloading service, has made a splash in the online music industry -- although it's debut was likely not quite what it had envisioned. The company previously reported that it had signed license agreements with the major music labels -- a coup that would have allowed ...

Hoping to overcome sizable hurdles such as a volatile stock market and uncertain economy, Current Media -- the money-losing, multi-channel media company cofounded by former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore -- has filed for an initial public offering. Current Media, which operates ...