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Sirius Satellite Radio posted strong first-quarter results Tuesday, cutting its losses from a year ago on a surprising surge in new subscriptions. Sirius, which is trying to close a merger with rival XM Satellite Radio later this year, lost $144.7 million, or 10 cents a share, in the quarter that en...

Google filed documents with the U.S. District Court Monday, addressing the $1 billion lawsuit it faces from Viacom. In the response, filed in the Southern District of New York, Google contends that it has not violated the rights of the media conglomerate based on a provision of the Digital Millenniu...

Qwest Communications' first-quarter profit nearly tripled despite slightly lower revenue as cost-cutting measures paid off and customers moved toward more high-end data services, the company stated Tuesday. The Denver-based company posted profit of $240 million, or 12 cents a share, compared with $8...

In what one attorney described as "the most important patent case in a generation," the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday issued a decision that's expected to make patents that combine existing technologies more difficult to obtain. The facts in the case before the court, KSI International v. Teleflex, d...

Successful entry into U.S. markets is difficult for outsourcing companies operating within North America. For call center and business process outsourcing firms seeking to gain initial market entry or to expand their market share from offshore locations, it is even tougher. The steps to market entr...

M-commerce, or mobile commerce, is poised to grow into a multibillion dollar market over the next decade. Phone handset makers, telecoms and content providers are pushing the technologies that will enable users with m-commerce-enabled devices to easily purchase products and services via the phone. W...

The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Microsoft in a closely watched patent dispute that could limit the reach of domestic patents in overseas uses. Monday's 7-1 decision overturned a lower court ruling, essentially concluding that Microsoft is not liable for overseas patent infringements in machine...

The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Microsoft in a closely watched patent dispute that could limit the reach of domestic patents in overseas uses. Monday's 7-1 decision overturned a lower court ruling, essentially concluding that Microsoft is not liable for overseas patent infringements in machine...

The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Microsoft in a closely watched patent dispute that could limit the reach of domestic patents in overseas uses. Monday's 7-1 decision overturned a lower court ruling, essentially concluding that Microsoft is not liable for overseas patent infringements in machine...

Yahoo said Monday that it is buying the remaining 80 percent interest in online advertising exchange Right Media that it does not already own for approximately $680 million in a move to boost the reach of Yahoo's advertising to social networking sites. In October, the search giant purchased a 20 per...

Telecommunications giant Verizon posted higher revenue but lower net income for its first quarter Monday, as continued investment in its TV-ready fiber optics network weighed on profits. Still, the results showed Verizon continuing to win customers for its next-generation FiOS service and benefiting...

As voice, data, wired and wireless telecommunications converge, conditions are ripening for the extension of e-commerce to mobile, or m-commerce, in markets around the world. Juniper Research estimates that global m-commerce revenue will exceed $88 billion by 2009, a $69 billion increase from year-e...

Unspam Technologies, a Utah-based antispam provider, has filed a federal lawsuit against so-called e-mail harvesters -- anonymous parties who collect addresses from Web sites and other lists, which they then sell to spammers. The suit was filed in the Eastern District of Virginia under the federal C...

The head of AT&T has announced that he will step down as chief executive and chairman after 44 years with the telecom giant. Edward Whitacre Jr., who helped maneuver the company's expansion from regional telephone provider to the largest telecom in the nation, said he will retire on June 3. Whit...

The head of AT&T has announced that he will step down as chief executive and chairman after 44 years with the telecom giant. Edward Whitacre Jr., who helped maneuver the company's expansion from regional telephone provider to the largest telecom in the nation, said he will retire on June 3. Whit...