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Looking for a franchise opportunity? The World Wide Web is overflowing with Internet-based businesses for sale. Searching for "Internet Franchising" in your favorite search engine will reveal dozens of Web sites promising both online business and franchise opportunities in a variety of Internet-base...

Google's most recent efforts to expand its advertising delivery network to the world of video games may bring credibility to the in-game advertising space. The search giant reportedly is in talks to acquire Adscape Media, a San Francisco company that places advertising inside video games. The deal c...

Shares of major overseas Internet gambling companies took a heavy hit Monday after news broke that U.S. investigators had launch a fresh probe into Web-based gambling. The U.S. government has reportedly sent subpoenas to as many as 15 investment banks across Europe and the U.S., seeking information ...

When President Bush takes to the rostrum in the U.S. Congress Tuesday night to deliver his seventh State of the Union address, most experts anticipate that he will offer little in the way of initiatives aimed at boosting the nation's technology sector. With the ongoing war in Iraq and with so-called...

IBM announced Monday a new set of social networking tools that offer enterprise-wide, controlled MySpace-style environments to corporations. Big Blue is billing its Lotus Connections platform as the "first business-ready social software platform," saying it is one part of a broader array of Lotus of...

With ongoing technological and process improvements in the alternative and renewable energy sectors -- and with concerns about energy sources, supplies and environmental degradation increasingly at the forefront of social and political issues -- energy and commodities have become a focal point for b...

AT&T is offering customers that subscribe to both its wireless and fixed-wire services free calling between the two. Called "AT&T Unity," the service appears to be the first bundled product that combines both landline and wireless services. For that reason alone, it is a noteworthy move in w...

AT&T is offering customers that subscribe to both its wireless and fixed-wire services free calling between the two. Called "AT&T Unity," the service appears to be the first bundled product that combines both landline and wireless services. For that reason alone, it is a noteworthy move in w...

AT&T is offering customers that subscribe to both its wireless and fixed-wire services free calling between the two. Called "AT&T Unity," the service appears to be the first bundled product that combines both landline and wireless services. For that reason alone, it is a noteworthy move in w...

Motorola said Friday it would cut 3,500 jobs worldwide in coming months after turning in a disappointing profit for the fourth quarter, despite a strong surge in sales of its mobile devices. Sales for the quarter that ended in December were $11.8 billion, an increase of 17 percent over the $10 billi...

Google plans to build a new, $600 million datacenter in North Carolina designed to help support its online operations, the company announced Friday. The site, to be located in the city of Lenoir, is expected to create about 210 jobs over time. North Carolina awarded Google a 12-year job development ...

IBM posted sharply higher profits for its fourth quarter as software and services paced the technology giant, but some weakness in hardware sales led investors to sell off Big Blue shares. IBM said Friday that its net income during the period was $3.54 billion, or $2.31 per share, up 11 percent from...

In the late 1990s, a new application appeared on the World Wide Web. It allowed people from different places and different time zones the opportunity to simultaneously view a slide show, commonly PowerPoint, and to hear a speaker explain the details behind each slide. The viewers also had the opport...

The road ahead for wireless networking promises immense progress -- larger, more extensive networks and access to a diverse set of users via technologies such as WiFi, WiMax and wireless mesh networking. It also promises, however, a path full of obstacles if enterprises choose to ignore how they wil...

TJX, the parent company of national discount chains such as T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, disclosed on Wednesday that identity thieves had breached its security measures and gained access to a computer network on which the company stores its transaction data. The theft could involve consumers from the U....