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Adding yet another wrinkle to the emerging music-on-mobile-phones trend, satellite radio provider Sirius has announced a partnership to provide some of its streaming programming directly to Sprint users. Sirius and Sprint said they struck a deal to make select programming available to certain phone...

In what could be a glimpse into the future of mobile-driven commerce and a preview of how hand-held devices might enable a range of consumer purchases, a Japanese carrier has launched a service that uses mobile phones to identify, locate and purchase music heard on the radio or elsewhere. The servic...

Spam-fighting strategies used by ISPs and consumers might be turning the tide against unwanted e-mail. However, innovative phishing scams continue to target both corporate users and consumers. Users of file-sharing networks are particularly vulnerable to attacks, a new industry analysis warns. Accor...

Taking a page from other rivals of the market-leading iTunes Music Store from Apple, Microsoft's MSN Music is close to adding a subscription-style offering to its existing pay-per-download model. MSN Music is expected to add the monthly subscription option made popular by RealNetworks, Napster and o...

Web conferencing and Web-based seminars are taking a bite out of traditional business travel and telephone conference-call budgets, with companies like WebEx, Microsoft, Raindance and Netspoke leading the revolution. Indeed, with the surge in demand around Web conferencing technologies rapidly incre...

A major shareholder advisory firm is urging stock owners to vote against Symantec's US$11 billion purchase of Veritas Software. Glass, Lewis & Co. recommended Symantec shareholders oppose the acquisition of Mountain View, Calif.-based Veritas when they vote on June 24, saying the deal appears to...

VeriSign has won the right to operate the .net domain registry for another six years, securing a new contract from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) after a lengthy and sometimes controversial process. ICANN's Board of Directors chose VeriSign to continue running the re...

If you are looking to raise substantial capital for your privately held business, you need a competently prepared business plan. You must convince the lender that your business is capable of repaying the debt, through principal pay-downs and/or the issuance of publicly traded stock to the lender. He...

A bid to use converged technologies to greatly expand the options for connecting via mobile devices and help carriers keep customers happy has gotten a boost. Alcatel used the Superdome 2005 telecom conference to announce that it will offer a version of what's known as Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA)...

In a forecast that will be music to the ears of technology firms and investors alike, a leading trade group has predicted continued sales growth for semiconductors for the next three years, with the industry on track this year to break previous sales records. The Semiconductor Industry Association s...

When it comes to Web hosting and small business' needs, the old adage, "You get what you pay for," just may apply. This according to Affinity Internet President Jim Collins, who believes there are Web hosting services worth paying for -- and for good reason. Small businesses, he said, need more th...

Bidding to offer a low-cost alternative to the dominant mobile e-mail platform, Yahoo has teamed with mobile carrier Sprint Communications to offer mobile messaging for around US$3 per month. The two companies said the service would be available immediately in all markets where Sprint offers coverag...

There soon will be a central place for Web surfers to dwell in a forbidden cyber land of adult fantasies, sex, dark rituals and total taboos. Finally, ICANN has given in to the pressure and has tossed a big rock across the turbulent e-commerce ocean. It has approved a new suffix, .xxx, for adult-onl...

With two major deals in the past week, the online shopping-search market remains primed for additional consolidation as major players continue to jockey for the lead position in the e-commerce race. On the heels of eBay's US$620 million buy of Shopping.com last week, media conglomerate E.W. Scripps ...

Revving up its marketing engines as it prepares to compete more directly than ever with Yahoo, MSN and Google as a portal open to all, America Online has formally launched its free Web-based e-mail service, known as AIM Mail. AIM Mail offers free unlimited storage to AOL members but also offers 2 GB...