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SanDisk filed three patent infringement actions against 25 companies that manufacture, sell and import USB flash drives, CompactFlash cards, multimedia cards, MP3/media players and other removable flash storage products, the company announced Wednesday. The actions -- two filed in the United States ...

Microsoft posted strong first-quarter earnings Thursday and issued a buoyant forecast, capping a week of positive news for the software giant and prompting investors to send its shares to new high levels for the year. Microsoft -- which on Wednesday beat out rival Google to take a stake in Facebook ...

The Poker Players' Association took its fight to reform online gambling laws to lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week when more than 100 poker players took to the capitol. Professional poker players including Vanessa Rousso, Howard Lederer and Victor Ramdin joined PPA executives in Washington, D.C., t...

In many cases, the entrepreneur who had the courage to start a new business was on the right track by choosing a startup that could be both viable and profitable. Yet, the company failed. Why is that? Because of lack of working capital: the main cause of startup failures. This kind of failure can be...

It should come as no surprise that the marketing industry is evolving as a whole. Marketing experts and business professionals from around the globe are all trying to figure out the best way to target their audience. For years, marketers have said that the best way to sell a product is to reach as m...

Motorola reported third-quarter net profits of $60 million, a dismal number compared to the $968 million in profit it enjoyed a year ago but better than the net losses it suffered in the past three quarters. The fact that the Schaumburg, Ill., electronics maker turned a profit in Q3, albeit a slim o...

Microsoft will pay $240 million for a small ownership stake in Facebook and the right to deliver ads to its members around the world, a move that values the four-year-old social networking firm at $15 billion. The agreement, billed as a strategic alliance by the two companies, calls for Microsoft to...

IT industry titans including Microsoft and Symantec announced Tuesday at the RSA Conference Europe the formation of the Software Assurance Forum for Excellence in Code, or SAFECode, a non-profit organization solely dedicated to fostering greater trust in information technology products and services ...

Google and Nielsen have formed a relationship designed to help advertisers create targeted ads for viewers and track how and where their advertising dollars are delivering a return. Under the agreement, Google will provide Nielsen's demographic data through its Google TV Ads advertising platform. Go...

Amazon's stock was down about 12 percent Wednesday despite posting earnings that were better than expected and predicting a record holiday quarter, as a lower-than-expected profit outlook weighed on investors. The e-commerce giant managed to post a four-fold increase in net earnings for its third qu...

Countries are like little homes; they house a nation, hold ideologies and provide shelter and comfort to their people in hopes that the occupants will nurture better ideas for themselves and further advance humanity. These are the primary desires and goals of most countries on this small planet, and...

Business users of mobile services create more revenue for the industry than personal users, according to a New York market research firm. Based on a survey of more than 1,200 wireless subscribers, the average revenue per user for mobile business users is 24 percent higher than personal users, accord...

Online retail sales for this holiday season are expected to increase by 20 percent over sales from the 2006 season, surpassing $39 billion, according to JupiterResearch's U.S. Online Retail Holiday Forecast for 2007. This growth will be driven not only by veteran online shoppers -- who are projected...

Setting its sights squarely on Research In Motion, Microsoft announced Tuesday its first dedicated mobile device management server aimed at enterprise users. The Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 is a new mobile-dedicated server solution that helps companies manage Windows Mobile ph...

MySpace is breaking into the casual gaming world, and it's tapped casual games company Oberon Media to get the job done. In early 2008, MySpace will launch MySpace Games, which will let users choose from hundreds of games for free online play. "Bringing entertainment in the form of fun, social, casu...