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In the first major move since its acquisition of BellSouth, AT&T is folding the 6-year-old Cingular wireless brand name into its 100-plus-year-old telecommunications brand. AT&T purchased all rights to Cingular with its US$86 billion acquisition of BellSouth last month. Beginning Jan. 15, th...

In the first major move since its acquisition of BellSouth, AT&T is folding the 6-year-old Cingular wireless brand name into its 100-plus-year-old telecommunications brand. AT&T purchased all rights to Cingular with its US$86 billion acquisition of BellSouth last month. Beginning Jan. 15, th...

In the first major move since its acquisition of BellSouth, AT&T is folding the 6-year-old Cingular wireless brand name into its 100-plus-year-old telecommunications brand. AT&T purchased all rights to Cingular with its US$86 billion acquisition of BellSouth last month. Beginning Jan. 15, th...

In the latest development in the Hewlett-Packard boardroom spying scandal, U.S. Attorney Kevin V. Ryan on Wednesday filed criminal charges in San Jose, Calif., federal court against a private investigator accused of illegally accessing a reporter's private phone records. Bryan Wagner was charged wit...

Visa and Nokia on Tuesday launched a mobile payment platform that aims to turn digital devices into digital wallets. The system allows consumers to swipe a phone across a credit card scanner, which then reads the credit card information on a microchip that is embedded in the handset. Customers autho...

An online movie distributor on Friday filed suit against Apple, Google and Napster for alleged patent infringement. The plaintiff, Intertainer, claims the companies are treading on its intellectual property by infringing on a patented method for distributing digital entertainment over the Internet. ...

Unsolicited e-mail is an old Internet nemesis, but spammers have come up with a new twist, and it's causing corporate and individual users alike e-heartburn. It's called "image spam," and it's waiting in an in-box near you. Image spam contains little ordinary text to analyze. Instead, it uses the .g...

Two billionaires are burying the technology hatchet this holiday season. Rupert Murdoch and John Malone ended a two-year battle over Liberty Media's stake in News Corp. with a US$11 billion deal. Specifically, Liberty Media has agreed to exchange its 16.3 percent stake in News Corp. for News Corp.'s...

Two unfortunately timed product failures could cost Nintendo millions of dollars. The company said it would voluntarily replace 3.2 million straps attached to the controllers of its new Wii game consoles, and it is recalling about 200,000 AC adapters for its DS and DS Lite handheld game machines. Th...

IBM and Yahoo on Wednesday introduced new, free enterprise search software with Web search services powered by Yahoo. The idea is to make it easier for corporate searchers to find and act on information stored on networks and across the Web. Dubbed "IBM OmniFind Yahoo Edition," the software is an en...

In a settlement that could lead to new standards for corporate ethics, Hewlett-Packard on Thursday agreed to finance a new law enforcement fund to fight violations of privacy and intellectual property rights. As part of the US$14.5 million settlement, HP will also adopt corporate governance reforms....

Cisco on Wednesday announced it is on course with its US$1.1 billion investment in India -- and added it's expanding its commitment there. The company expects to triple its workforce in India over the next three to five years. Cisco first established operations in India in 1995 and today employs ove...

For all the hoopla over search engine marketing, there is another method that could dramatically increase conversion rates for e-commerce players: site search. Site search can be as much as three times more likely to convert site visitors to buyers, according to a WebSideStory study. Last year, site...

More than a third of shoppers who have a poor experience on a Web site abandon the site entirely, according to JupiterResearch, and 75 percent are likely not to shop on that site again. That's a loud and clear wake up call to e-tailers. Now that you are awake, it's time to find out exactly what "poo...

As the holiday shopping season approaches, most large retailers have already locked down their Web sites as they prepare for a profitable ride. Nonetheless, e-tailers should keep an eye on their search strategies -- and change what is not working -- en route to seasonal sales. Experts recommend cust...

Disney jumped into the video-on-demand cable arena on Tuesday in a mega deal with Comcast. The long-term distribution agreement, which includes 10 ABC-owned broadcast television stations and the Disney networks, extends the Disney-Comcast relationship into the next decade. The deal will see hit prog...

Unveiling a scaled-down version of its ID management software, IBM on Monday tapped into what it sees as a growing demand among SMBs for online collaboration and secure transactions with trading partners. IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager Business Gateway will allow authorized SMB users to secur...

The California Supreme Court on Monday ruled that ISPs and Internet publishers cannot be sued for posting or distributing libelous material written by others. At issue in the ACLU v. Gonzales case was the Child Online Protection Act, which would impose criminal sanctions for posting content deemed h...

The holiday shopping predictions are in. Forester Research reports online retail sales this holiday season will reach US$27 billion in the United States alone. JupiterResearch is a little more optimistic, adding $5 billion more to that cheery figure. Jupiter further predicts that a record 114 millio...

Striking back against rival Google, Yahoo on Monday inked a deal with seven publishing companies that will allow more than 150 papers to sell ads on its online classified service. The newspaper giants involved in the deal include Belo, Cox Newspapers, Hearst Newspapers, Journal Register, Lee Enterpr...