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In what will likely be its last quarterly earnings report before spinning off its local phone unit, Sprint Nextel said growth in key areas, especially broadband Internet access, helped drive revenue higher. Revenue for the first quarter was US$8.5 billion, up 13 percent from the same time last year,...

In perhaps its most direct competitive thrust at e-tail giant Amazon.com yet, eBay has launched an "express" marketplace aimed to highlight fixed price sales for consumers who are not interested in its core auction listings. eBay Express will be a standalone Web site within the eBay marketplace that...

At least so far, the aggressive acquisition strategy that created the new AT&T is bearing fruit. The telecommunications giant reported a 37 percent jump in earnings in the first quarter, highlighted by additional profit from Cingular Wireless, in which AT&T has a 60 percent stake, and growt...

At least so far, the aggressive acquisition strategy that created the new AT&T is bearing fruit. The telecommunications giant reported a 37 percent jump in earnings in the first quarter, highlighted by additional profit from Cingular Wireless, in which AT&T has a 60 percent stake, and growt...

At least so far, the aggressive acquisition strategy that created the new AT&T is bearing fruit. The telecommunications giant reported a 37 percent jump in earnings in the first quarter, highlighted by additional profit from Cingular Wireless, in which AT&T has a 60 percent stake, and growt...

In the wake of yet another poor earnings report, Sun Microsystems on Monday announced that Scott McNealy is stepping down as the company's CEO. Effective immediately, Sun President Jonathan Schwartz will succeed him as CEO and will also retain the title of president. McNealy will continue serving as...

A coalition of both right- and left-wing groups called on Congress Monday to "save" the Internet by requiring network neutrality through law. "Whenever you see people on the far left and far right joining together about something Congress is getting ready to do, it's been my experience that what Con...

Citing strong interest from multiple potential buyers, Cendant said Monday it is now considering selling its travel services division, which includes the Orbitz and CheapTickets Web sites. The sale of the unit is being mulled along with a previously announced plan to spin off several of its business...

Microsoft came out swinging Monday, telling a European court that regulators made "serious errors" of judgment when they found the software maker guilty of antitrust behavior more than two years ago -- among them forcing it to produce a version of Windows that consumers don't want. Attorneys for Mic...

A new mode of movie ownership is briskly emerging -- one which someday may challenge the hegemony of the digital videodisc (DVD). During the last few weeks, Hollywood debuted two films, "King Kong," and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," via a new media, broadband, Internet-based "download-to-ow...

The United States is still the top spam-relaying country, but Asia could soon dethrone it as the spam king, a new study says. Sophos' latest "Dirty Dozen" report on the top 12 spam-relaying countries during the first quarter of 2006 concludes that the United States is still sending more spam than an...

Leading e-tailer Amazon.com and top online wireless re-seller InPhonic said they have struck an agreement to make InPhonic's Wirefly the exclusive third-party seller of mobile plans and services on the Amazon site. Starting in the third quarter, InPhonic will become the first third party provider of...

Worldwide personal computer sales grew by as much as 13 percent in the first quarter, with consumers in the United States helping to push sales above forecasts, and with some rivals gaining ground on longtime market leader Dell. Preliminary data show 57 million PCs were sold in the first quarter, 13...

Apple v. Does -- a case with broad implications for bloggers and journalists and their right to protect the confidentiality of their sources -- began on Thursday before a San Jose, Calif., appeals court. Apple Computer has sued several unnamed individuals, called "Does," for allegedly leaking inform...

For years, one of the biggest struggles many Internet companies faced was figuring out how to convince Web users to turn over their hard-earned money for content -- content that many believed was freely available elsewhere. Whether it was music -- paid downloads versus file-swapping -- classified-st...