EBay Inc. has continued its acquisition spree by agreeing to buy comparison shopping site Shopping.com Inc. for about US$620 million in cash, the companies said Wednesday.
Numerous groups, including several outspoken U.S. politicians, have been demanding for some time a separate Internet domain for pornography in a move to prevent sexually explicit content from landing on the screens of young Net users. The Internet Corpora
The U.S. Congress should pass some kind of telecommunications reform by late 2006, four congressional staffers focused on telecom issues predicted Wednesday, but the group couldn't agree on what kind of reform is needed.
Good Technology Inc., a competitor to mobile e-mail vendor Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), unveiled its first major deal with a carrier on Tuesday when it announced that Cingular Wireless LLC will sell its service on two devices.
Unisys Corp. and SupplyScape Corp. have begun a test project to track pharmaceuticals through the supply chain using RFID (radio frequency identification) or barcodes with the aim of cutting down on counterfeit medicines, the companies said Tuesday.
After spending billions of euros on acquiring new 3G (third-generation) mobile broadband licenses, billions more on building the sophisticated wireless networks and still more on promoting the high-speed data service, numerous mobile phone operators in Eu
Spam may be a global problem but it's hurting Net users in developing countries more than their counterparts in industrialized nations, according to a new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.
London police have arrested two computer consultants who are believed to be part of an Israeli industrial espionage scandal in which malicious software was used to steal corporate secrets.
Until recently, most providers of blogging software and services were relatively small startup companies, but now big-footed competitors are joining them, changing the dynamics and philosophies of the so-called blogosphere.
Worried about zombies? Internet users concerned about the number of virus-infected PCs ready to launch an attack over the Web can at least keep track of how afraid they should be, and satisfy their curiosity, by visiting CipherTrust Inc.'s new ZombieMeter
Microsoft Corp. is advising users of Netscape 8 to either uninstall the software or to edit their computer's registry files because of a bug in America Online Inc.'s (AOL) new browser. According to a Microsoft engineer, Netscape 8 disables the XML (Extens
Salesforce.com Inc. recently reported first-quarter results showing growth of more than 80 percent in its paid-subscribers count and revenue from the year-ago period, then followed that news by announcing two high-profile endorsements this week: a partner
Enterprise software vendor SSA Global Technologies Inc. raised US$99 million in an IPO (initial public offering) on Thursday that saw the company's shares close on the Nasdaq exchange right at their initial price, $11.
Siebel Systems Inc. has adopted a set of employee benefits plans guaranteeing its workers severance payments and continued health-care coverage if the company is acquired, a move Siebel said is necessary to retain employees amid widespread speculation abo
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