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XM Satellite Radio said Friday it added 1.7 million new subscribers during 2006, giving it some 7.6 million subscribers as it continues to lead rival Sirius in terms of total customers. The company said it added approximately 442,000 new subscribers in the fourth quarter, a key time of the year for ...

Possibly signaling an end to a period of mostly feel-good news for the wireless handset industry, Motorola on Friday said it would fall short of fourth quarter forecasts for sales and profits, leading to speculation that a price war may be in the offing. Motorola said the deficiency was being attrib...

About three years ago, it seemed as though reverse mergers were falling out of favor with the SEC. The agency sanctioned some of the companies that were created by this process and some were actually suspended from trading. Now it seems that reverse mergers are once again regaining their popularity....

Within five years, cable and satellite television providers will be facing a formidable competitor in their market: the Internet. By 2011, TV programming delivered over consumer broadband connections will be a "viable alternative to cable," according to a report released Wednesday by Forrester Resea...

E-tailers rode a strong holiday season to record-smashing sales for 2006, with revenue topping US$100 billion for the first time, according to the latest data from comScore Networks. The report said retail spending reached $102.1 billion for all of 2006, a 24 percent increase over 2005 Web spending ...

In a bid to further broaden its product offerings beyond core Internet gear, Cisco Systems said Thursday it would buy security software marker IronPort in a deal valued at $830 million. Cisco said the cash-and-stock purchase would enable it to extend its "self-defending network" approach to include ...

The first computers were programmed by electrical engineers moving jumper cables around in the back of a giant mainframe. This is how the concept of a "bug" in software got started. A bug crawled into some of these wires, shorted a couple of them, and changed the logic of a program. In addition to...

An online movie distributor on Friday filed suit against Apple, Google and Napster for alleged patent infringement. The plaintiff, Intertainer, claims the companies are treading on its intellectual property by infringing on a patented method for distributing digital entertainment over the Internet.

A U.S. foundation that helps companies commercialize technology has filed a patent lawsuit against some of the largest wireless device makers in the world, claiming they are using infringing Bluetooth microprocessors made by a UK firm. The suit filed by the Seattle-based Washington Research Foundati...

Although 2006 was filled with surprises in the telecom space, as described in Part 1 of this two-part series, there were equally dramatic changes in terms of the pure processing ability of computers and how that power translated to consumers in the form of lower-cost, higher-end products. "Good news...

Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached US$22.7 billion in November, an increase of 11.3 percent from the $20.4 billion in sales recorded during the same month in 2005, the Semiconductor Industry Association announced Tuesday. For the fifth straight month, the industry has set new sales benchmarks...

With its acquisition of BellSouth now closed, AT&T is looking to grow in wireless and advertising across multiple platforms. Integration of wireless, wireline and IP-based networks will be the first order of business after the merger, the company stated, along with combining customer service cap...

With its acquisition of BellSouth now closed, AT&T is looking to grow in wireless and advertising across multiple platforms. Integration of wireless, wireline and IP-based networks will be the first order of business after the merger, the company stated, along with combining customer service cap...

With its acquisition of BellSouth now closed, AT&T is looking to grow in wireless and advertising across multiple platforms. Integration of wireless, wireline and IP-based networks will be the first order of business after the merger, the company stated, along with combining customer service cap...

When many consumers are asked about receiving advertising on their cell phones, they react as if they've bitten into a sour apple. Nevertheless, the mobile universe has begun ripening nicely for marketers, according to a report released last week. The report by Forrester Research noted: "In 2003, Fo...