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Online shopping is the fastest growing multibillion-dollar business in the world. Yet, the customer experience of online shopping is much the same as it was upon creation, more than a decade ago -- essentially an online catalog. Instead of finding ways to excite and entertain shoppers through rich a...

Live Earth -- a series of concerts held in cities across the world and streamed live across the Internet -- exceeded its founders' most ardent expectations. The event, held to raise awareness of global warming and climate change, captured more than 10 million video streams -- the most simultaneous v...

Samsung and Ericsson have agreed to end patent infringement lawsuits against each other, signing an agreement to cross-license their mobile technologies instead. The cross-licensing agreement covers a host of patents relating to second- and third-generation, or 2G and 3G, mobile services. South Kore...

Google will buy on-demand Web security provider Postini for $625 million in cash, a move that the search giant hopes will help lower a key hurdle to broader adoption of its on-demand, Web-based applications targeted at business users. Privately held Postini serves some 35,000 businesses around the w...

Microsoft will release six security updates next week as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday update, the company announced Thursday. Three of the updates being rolled out on Tuesday have been labeled "critical," two were called "important" and one was named "moderate" in importance. They are for vulne...

Some 30 percent of businesses in the UK leave data, some of it sensitive, on their PCs when they dispose of them, according to research findings released this week by computer maker Lenovo. In the survey of 300 businesses commissioned by the UK-Ireland arm of the company, 29 percent of IT managers i...

Rock concerts for causes took off in the 1970s, electrifying audiences worldwide. However, Live Earth, a series of concerts beginning on July 7 aimed at combating climate change, will go them one better. Live Earth's harnessing of star power to bring attention to a particular problem is hardly uniqu...

Sony has no plans to cut the price of its PlayStation 3 consoles, Sony President Ryoji Chubachi reportedly said, despite hints from the electronics giant that it might do so in order to rev up disappointing sales figures. The price point for the PS3 has long been seen as a sticking point for greater...

Microsoft will open a software development center in Canada by the end of the year, a move that will enable the software giant to hire more foreign workers without running up against the limitations of U.S. immigration law. The center will be located in Vancouver, British Columbia, less than three h...

It is quite common for people affiliated with a startup to receive Rule 144 stock in lieu of cash or readily tradable stock. This type of stock is usually issued by a company that is either about to go public or has recently gone public. Rule 144 stock is often used as a form of reimbursement for se...

Letting employees have unbridled access to free, consumer-level instant messaging applications running on their workplace computers is a security disaster waiting to happen. Instant messaging applications are easy targets for hackers taking advantage of vulnerabilities. It is critical for businesses...

With Nintendo's Wii continuing to set the pace for gaming console sales, Microsoft said it is planning an Oct. 11 launch date in Japan for its Xbox 360 Elite -- a high-end version of the console that features a 120-gigabyte hard drive, a high-definition TV interface and other advanced capabilities.

With nary a press release or even an announcement on its Web site, eBay has started offering its Kijiji free online classified ad service to people in the United States. The rollout of Kijiji in the U.S. puts it in direct competition with free online classified ad pioneer -- and leader -- Craigslist...

After years of waiting and lobbying, Research In Motion has finally won governmental approval to sell its BlackBerry mobile e-mail devices to users in China. The company is preparing to start selling its handheld devices in China as soon as the end of August, and it has approximately 5,000 presale o...

Social and community networks may be great hangouts for Web surfers who shop but not so great for retailers looking for virtual "ka-chings." That was one of the findings in a report released Saturday by JupiterResearch. "The majority of online shoppers who have used social and community sites while ...