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Microsoft said China-based search engine Baidu.com will begin displaying paid search listings on the software giant's Chinese Web sites this month. Such Microsoft sites as MSN and Windows Live will display Baidu's paid search listings, as will other partner sites in Microsoft's network. Baidu is Chi...

After dominating the business handheld e-mail market, Research In Motion unveiled its follow-up act: high-end consumer smartphones. In September, the company announced the BlackBerry Pearl, its first device equipped with a digital camera and an MP3 player. The shift appears to be a natural progressi...

Taking aim at a greater slice of the corporate computing pie, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft said Wednesday they would join forces on a three-year, US$300 million effort to sell more software and service solutions to large enterprises where common rival IBM is a strong player. The two companies said...

The Congressional panel that is looking into Hewlett-Packard's use of pretexting and other tactics during its investigation of boardroom press leaks is now focusing on a stock sale by HP CEO Mark Hurd. Lawmakers from the House Energy and Commerce Committee are interested in Hurd's reasons for cashin...

During 2006, Enron executives were sent to jail for their role in the corporate scandal that rocked the U.S. and brought about sweeping regulatory reforms meant to protect investors and raise the bar among corporation. In passing Sarbanes-Oxley, Congress hoped to avoid such high-level corporate scan...

Hoping to attract and retain top talent as it continues to grow at breakneck pace, Google said Tuesday it would institute a unique program to enable employees to directly sell their vested stock options. Google plans to work with Wall Street banking house Morgan Stanley to establish an online auctio...

IBM and Yahoo on Wednesday introduced new, free enterprise search software with Web search services powered by Yahoo. The idea is to make it easier for corporate searchers to find and act on information stored on networks and across the Web. Dubbed "IBM OmniFind Yahoo Edition," the software is an en...

With the holiday shopping season in full swing, many shoppers are turning to their computers to shop online, rather than facing the thousands of shoppers at the malls. Like malls, e-commerce networks are experiencing a glut of holiday traffic. With an increase in online traffic during the holiday s...

Research In Motion is suing hand-held device maker Samsung, claiming the company is causing confusion and diminishing the brand power of RIM's BlackBerry by selling a smartphone known as the BlackJack. In a suit filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Waterlook, Ontario-...

Antitrust regulators in the U.S., South Korea and Japan are investigating whether major providers of LCD technology engaged in anti-competitive behavior. Shares of LCD makers such as LG.Philips and Samsung Electronics plummeted in overseas trading after news broke that both Japanese and U.S. regulat...

Opportunities for using new media for the public good have been overlooked in the excitement surrounding the rise of new media itself. The fading of television as a traditional media form, the end of television sets as distinct single-function devices, and the redirection of advertising dollars away...

With the formation of the PCI Security Standards Council, multichannel merchants, online retailers, consultants, payment processors, and virtually every organization that touches online payments should find it much easier to comply with the PCI Data Security Standard. The newly formed council also w...

Hewlett-Packard said Monday longtime Chief Financial Officer and Vice President Bob Wayman will retire at the end of the year, cutting another tie from the original HP. Wayman, 61, first joined HP in 1969, serving first as an accountant before making his way up the ranks. He's held the CFO title sin...

Four major media companies are reportedly in discussions about launching their own Web-based video sharing site to compete with Google's YouTube. CBS, Viacom, NBC Universal and News Corp. are said to have held discussions about creating a rival to the wildly popular video sharing site, which Google ...

For many online merchants, the holidays account for almost half their yearly sales. Small and medium-sized online merchants have a prime opportunity this gift-giving season to attract new customers and keep them coming back throughout the year. From browsing to buying, the Internet will play a large...