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Skype has landed in the midst of a semiconductor industry battle between AMD and Intel. AMD, the No. 2 chipmaker, is seeking documents from the VoIP company about its dealings with market leader Intel, according to a Feb. 28 subpoena. Skype, now owned by Internet auction giant eBay, has set up the s...

The Board of Directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has given its final approval to a settlement that ends legal disputes with VeriSign and anoints that company as the operator of the lucrative dot-com registry through 2012. The deal is now being sent to the U.S. Comme...

A day after Google shares plummeted for the third time in about a month, wiping out around US$13 billion in market value in the process, investors and analysts turned their attention to evaluating the future of the search industry as a whole. Google shares lost some 7 percent on Tuesday after Chief ...

The recent US$15 million settlement between ChoicePoint and the Federal Trade Commission signals regulators have cranked up the heat on companies that allow personal customer data in their possession fall victim to breach or exposure. ChoicePoint, a broker of consumer data, acknowledged that informa...

Yahoo on Monday filed a lawsuit against wireless content company MForma and a group of former Yahoo employees, alleging the theft of the Internet portal giant's trade secrets. According to the lawsuit, which was filed in Santa Clara County state court in California, the employees copied large amount...

Google is attempting to make it easier for merchants that list items for sale on its Google Base service by allowing shoppers to make purchases using their Google Accounts. "For buyers, this feature will provide a convenient and secure way to purchase Google Base items by credit card. For sellers, t...

Continuing an aggressive building program aimed at helping it meet increased demand for a variety of its processors, Intel said it would spend US$300 million to build the first semiconductor testing and assembly facility in Vietnam. The chip market leader said the Vietnam plant, to be located in Ho ...

I admit it, I've got a problem. Smaller than a wallet, this little black box comprises my phone and Internet connection, sending a continuous stream of e-mail and news. It wakes me to the tinny sound of "El Toreador" or "The Entertainer," automatically adjusting to the local time zone. My wife calls...

On the eve of President Bush's first visit to India, people in both countries are re-examining U.S.-India relations, with special attention being paid to economic relations. One of the most important members of the current national leadership is Mr. P. Chidambaram, who is serving as India's Finance ...

The Internet search player formerly known as AskJeeves has decided that the butler just didn't do it, announcing today that it will drop "Jeeves" from its name in a massive rebranding effort where it will become, simply, Ask.com. Ask.com said the butler became outdated when Internet searchers starte...

Auction giant eBay is hitting back at a British magazine's assertion that the site has become a hotbed for various types of fraud. Computing Which? magazine published a story calling on eBay to do more to protect users of the site from fraud, saying that by its count some 130 eBay-related fraud repo...

The U.S. Justice Department is arguing that Google's privacy concerns are not reason enough for it to withhold search records being sought by investigators, likely setting the stage for a court battle over the data. In a court filing made late Friday, the Bush administration said because individual ...

The federal judge weighing whether to grant an injunction that could lead to the shutdown or alteration of Research In Motion's BlackBerry mobile e-mail service ended a hearing Friday without making a ruling. District Judge James Spencer said he would issue a decision on an injunction "as soon as re...

Mobile equipment maker Ericsson filed patent infringement suits Friday against Samsung, saying its rival was using a variety of its technologies without authorization. Sweden-based Ericsson filed suit against Samsung in the U.S., UK, Germany and The Netherlands. The actions came after talks aimed at...

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. on Wednesday unveiled My Network TV, a stripped down, prime-time only network that will feed racy shows to the WB and UPN stations, which are set to merge. My Network TV will be heavily promoted on the MySpace Web site, the hugely popular youth-targeted social networking ...