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Google might be forced to delay its long-anticipated initial public offering, which had been rumored to be heading for Wall Street as soon as this week. Ironically, the company that built its reputation on having the best search technology in the world might have its IPO stalled in part by technical...

Cablevision Systems today reported financial results for the second quarter 2004. According to a company statement, consolidated second-quarter revenues increased 25 percent to US$1.2 billion compared to the prior year period, based on continued growth at the company's Telecommunications Services an...

Bargain hunters boosted the stock market slightly in morning trading Monday, but uncertainties about jobs data, interest rates, and oil prices kept prices in check. A few economists predict that dismal jobs data released Friday will prompt the Federal Reserve to leave interest rates unchanged at 1.2

A computer virus has spread to handheld versions, Symantec and Kaspersky Labs report. A program, known as Backdoor.Brador.A, attacks PDAs running the Windows CE operating system. Once installed, the program activates when the PDA is restarted and begins to search for a remote administrator to take c...

Bleak jobs numbers for July led to a stunning sell-off on Wall Street as all major stock averages sank to their lowest levels of the year. The Labor Department said 32,000 new jobs were added in July, 90 percent fewer than the forecast of 243,000 jobs. The new figures raised concerns that the poor j...

Crude oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) in New York were down at the close of the market today from record highs set overnight -- but observers expressed doubt that oil prices have peaked. Light, sweet crude oil futures set for September delivery eased down to $43.95 a barrel o...

An attorney has sued Yahoo, charging the portal didn't do enough to help him stop personal attacks against him on its message boards. He hopes to make the suit a class action. Stephen Galton, a corporate lawyer in Los Angeles, filed suit on Wednesday. Galton claims the Internet company has protected...

Bankrupt Adelphia Communications today announced its preliminary timetable for to auction off the company, with completion of the sale expected by the end of the year. The fifth-largest cable television operator said the auction process will start shortly after Labor Day. It is currently anticipated...

Internet security firms are gearing up for an onslaught of new attacks that hackers will hurl at inboxes and against Web sites. As the computer industry awaits the release of Service Pack 2 of Microsoft's Windows XP -- which will feature improved security capabilities -- hackers are waiting too. The...

IBM announced this week at the LinuxWorld conference that it will not use IBM patents against Linux or the open-source community. IBM encouraged other software companies to make the same vow. As the owner of 60 patents on which the Linux core might infringe, IBM could wreak havoc on Linux if it chos...

Disney today unveiled the Disney Dream Desk PC, a personal computer aimed at children and featuring a Mickey Mouse-shaped LCD monitor and a variety of Disney applications. In unveiling the new PC in New York, Disney President and COO Bob Iger noted, "We've traveled a long way since that first Mickey...

America Online announced the acquisition of Mailblocks, a personal, Web-based e-mail service known for using state-of-the-art technology to block spam and provide a streamlined, efficient e-mail user interface. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Mailblocks is best known for its development and de...

In a decision that could have a broad impact on how entertainment is distributed across the Internet, the FCC has given the nominal go-ahead to a TiVo technology that lets users send content over the Internet.

IBM announced that it will not use its patents against Linux, and it encouraged other software companies to make the same vow. As the owner of 60 patents on which the Linux core might infringe, IBM could wreak havoc on Linux if it chose to do so. The new promise, delivered at LinuxWorld, emphasizes ...

The Federal Communications Commission will try to forge a compromise on rules under which local phone companies lease their telephone lines to competitors. FCC Chairman Michael Powell said that he asked other members of the commission to work on finding a compromise that would allow changes to exist...