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An explosion of musical and technological innovation is resulting in a profusion of new, cross-cultural musical styles and influences. Digital music technology is the "core enabler" changing the face of the music industry -- as well as the habits and preferences of musicians and listeners around the...

Yahoo said Thursday it had agreed to buy Bix.com, a site that enables users to create online contests that others can judge as the portal bids to bolster its lineup of social networking offerings. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Yahoo said that Bix.com founder and CEO Mike Speise...

Hewlett-Packard reported a four-fold increase in profits for its fourth quarter on a more modest rise in sales, as the top PC maker turned in results that exceeded Wall Street forecasts. In fact, the company's full fiscal year results showed it moving past IBM as the world's largest technology compa...

Although the U.S. alternative energy and clean tech industry is still playing catch-up with Europe, investments have been picking up in recent years -- and quickly. Despite a lack of strong leadership at the federal level, governments in prominent states, notably California, are increasingly taking ...

Two private equity firms have agreed to buy Clear Channel Communications for US$18.7 billion, ending weeks of speculation about the sprawling radio network's fate, including rumors of interest from Google. Clear Channel said Thursday it would be acquired by Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital Pa...

Former HP chairwoman Patricia Dunn on Wednesday pled not guilty to criminal charges in connection with the corporate spying scandal that swirled around the technology giant earlier this year. Accompanied by her husband, Bill Jahnke, Dunn entered her plea before a Santa Clara County, Calif., Superior...

Dell shares fell Thursday after the computer maker said it would delay its quarterly earnings report and acknowledged that the Securities and Exchange Commission began a formal inquiry into the company's past accounting practices. The announcement came at the last minute, as Dell was set to report e...

Online securities trading was a big fad a few years ago, but some of the major players disappeared from the scene after the dot-com fallout. However, many do-it-from-home traders cannot resist the Internet's speed and convenience, and there are still plenty of firms to accommodate them. Although som...

Regulators from the European Union say Microsoft continues to lag in its compliance with the conditions of its antitrust ruling and have again set a deadline for the software giant to make changes or face additional monetary penalties. European Commissioner Neelie Kroes has given Microsoft until Nov...

The Internet has completely reshaped customer relationships. The transformation began with the dot-com boom, which spawned a new type of company whose entire business model was predicated on Web acceptance and usage. These companies -- Yahoo, Amazon, eBay and Google -- took advantage of the Web in a...

Even the current upbeat forecasts for continued strong growth in the Internet advertising sector underestimate its true potential because they fail to account for the impact of Web-based video ads, mobile Web ads and social networking opportunities, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel said Tuesday. Semel said mos...

Bidding to stake a claim in the move toward IPTV, TiVo Tuesday launched a series of upgrades meant to enable its digital video recorder to be used as a central control panel from which viewers can receive and manage cable and broadband Internet video. TiVo said its broadband strategy is meant to "pu...

Save those voice mails. That's the legal takeaway regarding new e-discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that will become law on December 1, 2006. The amendments make significant changes to the rules of discovery with regard to electronically stored information. For most compan...

Eyeing a growing interest in nuclear power as an environmentally friendly energy source, General Electric and Hitachi announced a partnership that will combine their nuclear power units. The deal -- financial terms were not disclosed -- brings together two of the largest industrial and commercial co...

In a major boost for the world's number two maker of mobile handsets, Motorola said Monday it landed a deal worth $1.6 billion to sell mobile phones in the Chinese market. Motorola said it would supply handsets to China Telling Communications, which is based in Shenzhen. The deal calls for Motorola,...