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Judge Mulls Constitutionality of Telecom Immunity Law

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has challenged the constitutionality of a federal law providing immunity to telecom companies that allegedly shared information about U.S. citizens with security agencies. In a hearing in San Francisco on Tuesday, the advocacy group argued before Judge Vaughn R. Wa...

All Systems Go for Nationwide WiMax With Sprint, Clearwire Merger

Sprint Nextel and Clearwire have joined forces to build a nationwide high-speed wireless Internet network using worldwide interoperability for microwave access, or WiMax, technology. The $14.5 billion merger closed Monday with $3.2 billion in equity funding from a variety of heavy hitters in the tec...

Despite Hot Deals, Cyber Monday Sales Tepid

Cyber Monday is the biggest online shopping day of the year, but online retail experts say it may not be big enough this year to increase overall holiday sales compared to 2007. The November-December holiday shopping season will generate $29.2 billion in sales this year, the exact same figure as in ...

Cisco to Go Dark for 5 Days in Cost-Savings Move

Networking giant Cisco Systems will shut down most of its American and Canadian offices from Dec. 29 to Jan. 2 in a move the San Jose, Calif.-based company says will save it about $1 billion. Cisco's announcement is just the latest signal that technology companies are making efforts to cut costs as ...

Online Ad Sector Showing Signs of Strain

Once seen as immune to economic slowdowns, the online advertising sector has now become the downturn's latest victim. Based on new data, New York City-based eMarketer predicts that growth in the online ad sector is slowing. In August, eMarketer predicted that online advertising would grow by 14.5 pe...

Will Microsoft Get Search Branding Right With ‘Kumo’?

Is Microsoft about to rebrand Live Search as "Kumo"? News reports on Monday had the software giant buying up domain names such as "Kumo.com," "Kumo.net," "Kumo.jp" and the like from CSC Corporate Domains, a domain registrar with which Microsoft often does business. There are two prevailing schools ...

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Rear-View Mirror: 5 Bold, Brilliant Tech Gambits, Part 2

Part 1 of this two-part series on five of the boldest decisions made by technology companies this year explores the launch of Hulu and Amazon.com's decision to go DRM-free with its Amazon MP3 store. Now, for the three remaining genius strokes in the E-Commerce Times' lineup of bold decisions that ch...

E-Tailers Cooking Up Cyber Monday Promos to Goose Holiday Sales

With the economy in a downward spiral, many e-tailers plan to offer deep discounts and special shipping deals on the Monday following Thanksgiving, aka Cyber Monday, which has become a big spending day for online shoppers in the past several years. Eighty-four percent of online retailers plan to hav...

Rear-View Mirror: 5 Bold, Brilliant Tech Gambits, Part 1

It's been said that the meek shall inherit the Earth, but in the cutthroat world of technology, only the bold survive. Some of the biggest names in the high-tech and media sectors launched initiatives in the last year that have changed the landscape -- perhaps permanently. All of their innovations -...

Dell Beats Q3 Profit Expectations but Shares Tumble

Computer and server maker Dell surprised Wall Street with better-than-expected profits Thursday. The company reported $727 million in earnings in the third quarter, down 5 percent from the $766 million it reported during the same period in 2007. Third-quarter revenue came in at $15.16 billion, a 3 p...

Online Advertising: A Glimmer of Light?

The rest of the economy may be tanking, but online advertising in the U.S. posted big year-over-year gains, according to the New York City-based Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Internet advertising revenue reached nearly $5.9 billion in the third quarter, an 11 percent inc...

Nokia Chases BlackBerry Market With IBM Lotus Notes Deal

Nokia and IBM are teaming up to bring corporate e-mail, calendar, address book and messaging functions to mobile workers. Nokia's move is its latest attempt to compete with Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry e-mail device. The Finland-based phonemaker signed a similar deal with Microsoft in...

Yang’s Exit Not Likely to Soften Microsoft’s Anti-Acquisition Stance

Nearly 10 months after making an aggressive move to acquire struggling Internet portal Yahoo, Microsoft no longer has any interest in buying the company. At the software giant's annual meeting on Tuesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that Microsoft is "done with all acquisition discussions" with...

Microsoft’s Morro Could Mean No Tomorrow for Symantec, McAfee

In a move that could threaten the livelihoods of security software makers Symantec and McAfee, Microsoft has announced it will offer free antivirus software some time in the second half of 2009. The free software, codenamed "Morro," will replace Microsoft's current security offering, Windows Live On...

Baidu’s Blows Could Be Google’s Gold

Just weeks after being linked to a scandal over tainted milk that killed four infants and sickened thousands in China, Chinese search engine giant Baidu has been hit with more bad news. Shares of Baidu plummeted after China's state-run television network reported that the company had sold links to u...

Yang Gives Up Heavy Yahoo Crown

Yahoo CEO and cofounder Jerry Yang is stepping down as leader of the beleaguered Internet portal after a tumultuous 18-month tenure. Yang will resume his previous role as "chief Yahoo" and maintain his seat on the company's board. He will also participate in the process of finding a new CEO. Yahoo ...

Court Docs Reveal Fury of a PC Maker Scorned

Court documents in a class action lawsuit over Microsoft's "Windows Vista Capable" logo show intense dissatisfaction by top executives at HP, one of the software giant's largest PC partners. "You have demonstrated a complete lack of commitment to HP as a strategic partner and cost us a lot of money ...

Online Gambling Ban: Regulations in Search of a Definition

The Bush Administration pushed through new rules last week that seek to end Internet gambling. The new regulations, issued by the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve system, require banks, credit card companies and wire transfer companies to establish a process to stop payments for settling ...

Sun Cuts 6,000 as Wall St. Cloud Spreads to Tech

Beleaguered server and software maker Sun Microsystems said Friday that it will lay off as many as 6,000 employees, or 18 percent of its worldwide workforce, over the next year. Sun's announcement appears to confirm fears that the economic turmoil that has overtaken the financial services and manufa...

YouTube Finds Revenue Model Right at Home

YouTube will begin selling advertising on YouTube search results pages, the company announced Wednesday. The move appears to be the latest attempt by search engine giant Google to monetize the popular video content site, which it acquired for $1.65 billion two years ago. Google calls the new YouTube...

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