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In an attempt to get a hands-on read of the efficiency and credibility of comparison search engines, I embarked on a buying experiment for an HP Media Vault mv2020 server -- specifically a Windows-based PC tower with two 500 GB Internal Drives, three USB ports for expansion, room for an additional 3...

The WTO said the U.S. ban on Internet gambling is out of line with international trade policy. This ruling gives hope to Web gambling firms that have been battered by U.S. regulatory and law enforcement activity in recent months. The WTO ruled in favor of the Caribbean nations of Antigua and Barbuda...

Digital television broadcasts targeted for children will soon be available in Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge vehicles, starting with the 2008 Chrysler and Dodge minivans. The service, coming from Sirius Satellite Radio, will be called "Sirius Backseat TV." While the name implies it will be available only ...

The boardroom of game publisher Take-Two resembled a scene from one of its violent video games as the often embattled firm booted five of six board members who were up for reelection. Among them was chief executive Paul Eibeler, who had the dubious distinction of being removed from both the boardroo...

Dell on Thursday said that an audit into its past bookkeeping practices found errors and evidence of misconduct. Dell said it would seek to push back the filing of its annual report for the fiscal year because the inquiry by its board of directors' audit committee is not complete. "As we move toward...

Before YouTube and MySpace, the Web 2.0 was neither as widely used, nor as widely known. At that time, companies that needed online collaboration and file sharing were its main users. That all ended when YouTube and MySpace became so popular. Both sites have created a "gathering place" for younger p...

The art of copying and stealing other people's content and ideas has settled comfortably into the mainstream across the globe. What formerly would have constituted an act of piracy is now a commonplace occurrence. Isn't it time to give these "borrowers" a tribute, host a gala dinner and hand out awa...

AT&T, Qwest and Verizon won the right to bid for $20 billion in federal telecommunications contracts, the U.S. General Services Administration announced Thursday. Noticeably absent from the list is Sprint, which previously held the rights to bid for U.S. government telecommunications contracts.

AT&T, Qwest and Verizon won the right to bid for $20 billion in federal telecommunications contracts, the U.S. General Services Administration announced Thursday. Noticeably absent from the list is Sprint, which previously held the rights to bid for U.S. government telecommunications contracts.

AT&T, Qwest and Verizon won the right to bid for $20 billion in federal telecommunications contracts, the U.S. General Services Administration announced Thursday. Noticeably absent from the list is Sprint, which previously held the rights to bid for U.S. government telecommunications contracts.

Computer hackers swiped information from at least 45.7 million credit and debit cards of discount retailing giant TJX customers over the course of several years, the company confirmed this week. TJX first reported in January that hackers had breached a system that handles its credit card, debit card...

Just one look at firms such as Amazon, eBay, Wal-Mart and Target and it's readily apparent that these companies have likely spent millions creating and staffing their respective infrastructures. Businesses like Amazon and eBay at least had to learn to walk before they ran to the top of their market....

PC industry leader Hewlett-Packard filed a patent infringement lawsuit Tuesday against up-and-coming rival Acer. HP alleges that its Taiwan-based competitor has violated five patents that HP acquired between 1997 and 2003. The patents deal with technologies for read/write optical drives, notebook's ...

An executive manager and member of the executive board of technology and industrial giant Siemens was ordered to remain in the custody of German law enforcement officials Wednesday after being arrested and charged in connection with an alleged bribery scheme. Johannes Feldmayer had asked to be "temp...

The navel gazing and gnashing of teeth over the Web 2.0 category reminds me of a chat I had with Joe Firmage back in 1996. He was on the road in Silicon Valley chatting up all the media types and analysts on the extraordinary potential for USWeb, the Web site building and intranet services company h...