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Terry Semel resigned from his CEO post at Yahoo late Monday, stepping aside to let cofounder Jerry Yang take the helm as the portal looks to keep shareholders happy, regain its early dot-com glory and better compete with rival Google. Semel arrived at the Internet company in 2001 with high hopes tha...

Ethernet has been steadily extending its influence as it continues to evolve beyond the local area network. The ongoing development of virtual local area network, or VLAN, standards, is paving the way for Ethernet to play a key role in next-generation networking. As networks expand, so do opportunit...

LG Electronics has filed a countersuit against Hitachi alleging that the firm has infringed seven of its patents relating to plasma display panel technologies. The suit comes in response to similar accusations made by Hitachi against LG Electronics in April -- namely, that LG was improperly using Hi...

Police in the UK have broken up a Web-based child pornography and pedophilia network, rescuing 31 children in the process and charging some 700 people worldwide with crimes. Two hundred of the suspects and 15 of the children were located in Britain, according to the UK's Child Exploitation and Onlin...

Blockbuster will offer high-definition movies in the Blu-ray format in all of its stores, the company said, favoring Sony's approach for next-generation DVDs and dealing a blow to the rival HD DVD format. The movie rental giant will continue to offer consumers the option of getting HD-DVD movies thr...

As e-commerce momentum continues to build, many retailers find themselves enjoying success beyond their expectations. With success comes growth, and with growth comes stress on a retailer's information technology underpinnings. Where small and medium-sized retailers enjoy a rich array of commercial ...

With all the press rogue Internet pharmacies have received in recent months for selling prescription drugs illegally, it's tempting to assume that there must be similar sites -- or maybe even the same ones -- trafficking in illicit drugs as well. After all, with all the anonymity the Internet provid...

China has agreed to work more closely with the U.S. to curb the flow of pirated goods, W. Ralph Basham, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, announced Friday. The agreement calls for China to more aggressively pursue within its own borders alleged producers of counterfeit goods that a...

Adobe Systems posted record revenue and profits that beat Wall Street forecasts, but the software maker's shares fell Friday on a less-than-stellar outlook. The company's revenue reached a record of $745.6 million for the second quarter, a 17 percent jump over the same period in 2006, when sales wer...

In 1998, Napster took college campuses by storm and quickly ushered in an era where anyone could download any song they wanted without paying for it. The record labels were caught off guard and spent years debating the best way to respond. A flurry of lawsuits directed against consumers generated pl...

A UK-based phone maker announced a flat-rate music download service for mobile phones in key European markets Thursday, getting it into stores two weeks ahead of Apple's hotly anticipated iPhone. Omnifone launched MusicStation -- which comes with subscription music access provided by multiple major ...

Auction giant eBay has stopped buying Google AdWords in apparent retaliation for a now-canceled event meant to build support among eBay sellers for Google Checkout -- a sign of the increasing tensions between the Internet competitors. The spat reportedly began when Google last week announced it woul...

More than 12 million small and medium-sized businesses operate in the U.S., and unlike larger enterprises, few of them have the cash to pay a marketing firm to launch an online advertising campaign. In world where the Internet has become perhaps the most powerful tool that companies can use to attra...

Sprint Nextel announced Wednesday that it is acquiring Minnesota-based affiliate Northern PCS for $312.5 million. The deal includes the assumption of Northern PCS's debt, and should close in the third quarter, subject to regulatory approvals, the Reston, Va.-based company said. Northern PCS provides...

Blockbuster is offering lower-priced plans for its Web rental service to steal business from online video rental star Netflix. The Dallas-based Blockbuster has cut prices $1 a month for customers ordering movies only online just a month after the company's CEO suggested raising prices. Industry insi...