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Say the name "Intel," and the first thing that comes to most people's minds is chips and computer components. Yet the company is increasing its focus on another side of its business, the storage systems space, and the industry is beginning to watch its progress in that area more intensely. In July, ...

Hoping to boost advertiser confidence in the interactive marketing industry, the Interactive Advertising Bureau said it would form a working group to create click fraud prevention guidelines. Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and Ask.com are among the companies that have already agreed to participate in the ...

IBM on Thursday said it will buy MRO Software in an all-cash transaction worth about US$740 million, or $25.80 per share. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year. MRO provides asset and service management software and consulting to manage the purchase, maintenance and...

AOL unveiled a bold plan to revitalize itself in the broadband world Wednesday, saying it would offer up virtually all of its Web services for free and all but abandon efforts to attract new subscribers. The move drew a range of reviews from analysts. Some said the move comes about three years too ...

Small businesses have their share of difficulties, but do they have any chance of succeeding in a world dominated by eBay, Amazon and the like? The short answer is yes -- if they combine the right mix of technology, marketing and customer service. "The goliaths of the online world are everywhere. Th...

Google on Wednesday announced a deal with XM Satellite Radio to help the Internet search giant's advertisers automatically place ads on the satellite radio's non-music radio channels. The deal gives Google advertisers a means to reach XM's more than 7 million subscribers. XM could benefit from offer...

Media giant Time Warner reported a second quarter profit of US$1 billion and said it would attempt to foster advertising revenue growth in its AOL division by offering free services that have long been available only to subscribers. Time Warner said its results were buoyed by a combination of growth...

It's getting harder and harder to find a marketable dot-com domain name and that's starting to worry Web developers, according to Dotster. The Vancouver, Wash.-based provider of domain name registration and hosting services contends that developers are concerned about running out of marketable dot-c...

On July 27, by a vote of 410 to 15, the House of Representatives passed the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), which will restrict access to social networking sites such as MySpace.com and other interactive services at schools and libraries that receive federal funding. The rationale behind the D...

In the latest twist to come to the rapidly changing music industry, major label EMI said it would license its entire catalog to peer-to-peer network Mashboxx. The deal is the latest boost for Mashboxx, one of the first P2P firms to be built from the ground up as a legitimate music delivery network.

Verizon Communications said Tuesday that its net profit fell compared to a year ago as it continued to spend to integrate its long-distance acquisition MCI. Meanwhile, revenue grew mainly thanks to expansion in its wireless business. Verizon also acknowledged that its number of landline customers f...

BulkRegister, the original low-price commodifier of the domain name industry, announced that its business and assets are being acquired by eNom of Bellevue, Wash. In an e-mail sent to customers on July 26, BulkRegister said that its user interface would be integrated into eNom's main platform and t...

It can be a scary world out there. Phishers, hackers, crackers and the like are determined to wreak havoc on network security -- and a firm's Chief Information Officer is smack dab in the middle of it all. The CIO establishes and directs the strategic long-term goals, policies and procedures for an ...

Dolby Laboratories has teamed with Infitec, a German provider of virtual reality technologies, to bring a new 3-D system to the digital cinema. The new technology could arrive in theaters by spring of 2007, in time to meet the schedules of 3-D films slated for release within the next two years, said...

Flash memory market leader and music device maker SanDisk said Sunday it would buy rival Msystems in an all-stock deal worth US$1.5 billion. The acquisition is aimed at beefing up SanDisk's share of the market for flash memory products for mobile phones, especially smartphones that double as music p...