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Lindows.com and Microsoft today announced that the two companies have reached a worldwide settlement in the trademark-infringement cases between the two companies. "This case was centered on the fundamentals of international trademark law and our necessary efforts to protect the Windows trademark ag...

Apple Computer on Monday introduced an upgraded version of its popular iPod digital music player, adding more features and lowering the price in a bid to ward off competition from the likes of Sony. Apple said the new model iPod features up to 12 hours of battery life, compared with 8 hours on the p...

Taking aim at one of the strong suits of rival Intel, AMD today released two new mobile processors, one meant to appeal to performance-hungry laptop users and one to target the tablet PC niche. AMD said new mobile computers sporting its Athlon 64 3400+ model chips will be available for the back-to-s...

Inflationary pressures appeared to ease in June over the preceding month, with the Labor Department today reporting that consumer prices rose a modest 0.3 percent, half the rate of May. The core inflation rate, which ignores fuel and food costs, rose only 0.1 percent in June, half what analysts had ...

IBM today said net income rose nearly 17 percent in the second quarter as server sales boosted both its bottom line and its profits. The tech giant also reassured nervous investors by affirming its outlook for the rest of the year and by saying that business conditions continue to improve. IBM said ...

Microsoft, America Online and Yahoo announced Thursday they were collaborating to develop the world's largest public instant messaging network. The companies plan to use Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 to connect their IM networks, they said in a joint statement. The platform, still...

Dell President and COO Kevin Rollins moved up to the PC company's top spot today when he took over the CEO reins from company founder Michael Dell. The move was described as more a change of title than duties and is not expected to be followed by significant strategy changes, the world's largest PC ...

A new consortium called the Trusted Electronic Communications Forum (TECF) has brought together top companies in the financial and technology industries to tackle phishing and spoofing attacks aimed at stealing personal information. Phishing and spoofing are a kind of bait-and-switch often used for ...

Microsoft, America Online and Yahoo today announced they will collaborate to enable connectivity between Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and the AOL, MSN and Yahoo instant messaging (IM) networks. "This agreement represents the dawn of the next era for instant messaging, which will ...

With online sales surpassing US$100 billion last year and continuing to grow at double-digit rates, retailers are seeing greater profitability with their online operations. With this good fortune comes the added burden of protecting the personal data of customers. As the list of regulations coming f...

Terrorism fears rattled some markets around the world today as word that terrorists were reportedly eyeing the energy infrastructure of the U.S. drove oil prices back toward record levels again and helped drive stocks lower on the session. The markets managed to bounce off sessions lows, but finishe...

Intel posted healthy second-quarter profits on Tuesday, but concerns about the company's revenue growth, growing and shrinking profit margins quickly overshadowed the strong performance. Intel said profit nearly doubled in the quarter that ended in June, rising 96 percent to US$1.76 billion compared...

Many businesspeople have thought about the thrill of going public: the challenge, the excitement, the bragging rights and the "pot of gold" at the end of the rainbow. But what should you know about the downside and cost of such a venture? Are there important things you absolutely must be aware of be...

Google's choice to take a spot alongside other tech heavyweights by staging its hotly anticipated initial public offering on the Nasdaq market has left analysts speculating about the thinking behind the decision. Being listed on the Nasdaq will put Google in the company of rivals such as Yahoo and M...

Microsoft said it will release a long-awaited service pack containing a host of security upgrades for its Windows XP operating system next month. At its annual partner conference in Toronto, Microsoft announced that engineering work is wrapping up and that XP Service Pack 2, which has been in beta t...