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Nintendo has announced that it will be tapping the rainbow to bring two new colors to its DS Lite line of gaming hardware. Onyx and Coral Pink will join Polar White as available colors for the company's DS Lite players starting September 13. "The new colors just add another element of fun, allowing...

Universal Music Group and mobile software developer Motricity have joined forces to create "30303," a new multimedia service that will allow users to access music, mastertones, photos and other content simply by texting artist-related keywords to 30303 from their cell phones. UMG will promote the 30...

U.S. stocks retreated today as investors reacted to comments made by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan that suggested U.S. trade deficits could be putting the nation's economy at long-term risk. Major indices lost ground as surging oil prices and the weak dollar also kept markets in the red. A...

SBC Communications and BellSouth today announced plans to acquire the online directory publisher Yellowpages.com. through the companies' Internet yellow pages joint venture. The deal, which could close as early as today, is expected to result in increased traffic for the Yellowpages.com Web site --...

Microsoft late this afternoon reported quarterly revenue and earnings that topped the company's expectations. Crediting stronger-than-expected PC demand from consumers and businesses, the Redmond, Washington company said it earned US$2.9 billion, or 27 cents per share, on revenue of $9.19 billion fo...

U.S. stocks posted gains today, with tech stocks especially strong, after a sharp drop in oil prices helped offset concern about the relative weakness of some key earnings announcements. Oil prices hit a new record high in early trading, breaking the US$55 level and apparently setting off a wave of ...

Computer Associates International today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Netegrity, a leading provider of security software solutions, in an all cash merger valued at approximately US$430 million, or $10.75 per common share. The value of the deal is approximately $340 millio...

Oil prices hit yet another record high today and once again helped send most U.S. stocks lower. Oil futures trading in New York hit a high of US$51.29 per barrel today, gaining more than $1, before easing slightly to close at $51.09. Oil futures trading in London also blew past previous record price...

A bullish outlook for the third quarter and the rest of the year from Ford Motor Co. helped give stocks a lift to close out the week, but pressure from a spike in oil prices pared the gains. Ford said its financial services unit was largely responsible for the improved outlook, rather than boosted c...

Microsoft Corp has been sued by California cities and counties that are accusing the Redmond, Washington-based software giant of illegally charging inflated prices for its products as a result of a monopoly control it held on the personal computer operating systems market.

The Justice Department announced Thursday that its "Operation WebSnare," has resulted in the arrest of more than 100 criminals in the past 3 months throughout the United States.

Some people are anxious to download and install the Service Pack 2 (SP2) update to the Microsoft XP operating system, but just as many others seem wary of the 80-MB security-focused package and foresee possible problems with it. For its part, after repeatedly warning of the potential for application...