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The push for high-definition radio received a vote of confidence Tuesday when Sony unveiled the latest additions to its line of audio consumer electronics: a tabletop HD radio and an in-car audio adapter. "Sony is one of the first leading consumer electronics companies to offer quality HD radio-ena...

Members of the European Union approved a measure Wednesday that would scale back the roaming charges Europeans must pay when using their mobile phones to dial home during their travels across the continent. A final vote has been set for June 29, said EU Secretary of State Joachim Wuermeling, who exp...

Nearly a century has passed since the first commercial radio broadcast went out over the airwaves. Aside from the invention of frequency modulation in the early 1930s and advances in recording and music playback devices, radio technology had remained much the same -- that is, until the late 1990s, w...

Social networking powerhouse MySpace and Photobucket, a photo-sharing site, reportedly have come to terms on a possible buyout deal. A preliminary deal has been reached, and the acquisition of Photobucket will cost MySpace up to $250 million. Photobucket and MySpace, owned by News Corp., have so far...

Joost, the video-on-demand site boasting the world's first broadcast-quality Internet television service, hung out its open sign Tuesday with the announcement of its commercial launch. The site also entered the final beta stage, allowing beta testers to issue an unlimited number of invitations to fr...

Google filed documents with the U.S. District Court Monday, addressing the $1 billion lawsuit it faces from Viacom. In the response, filed in the Southern District of New York, Google contends that it has not violated the rights of the media conglomerate based on a provision of the Digital Millenniu...

Chinese government departments, including the Chinese Ministry of Public Security, began a six-month campaign Thursday to eliminate pornography and other material from the Internet in China, according to reports. Some 137 million Chinese use the Internet, second only to the United States. Young Chin...

The battle between Nokia and Qualcomm hit a high note Thursday, just days before the licensing agreement between the two combatants is set to expire. Nokia, the No. 1 maker of mobile phone handsets, announced that it had made a $20 million payment to Qualcomm to cover second quarter 2007 licensing f...

Just one look at firms such as Amazon, eBay, Wal-Mart and Target and it's readily apparent that these companies have likely spent millions creating and staffing their respective infrastructures. Businesses like Amazon and eBay at least had to learn to walk before they ran to the top of their market....

PC industry leader Hewlett-Packard filed a patent infringement lawsuit Tuesday against up-and-coming rival Acer. HP alleges that its Taiwan-based competitor has violated five patents that HP acquired between 1997 and 2003. The patents deal with technologies for read/write optical drives, notebook's ...

The European Union's 27 telecommunications ministers came to an agreement on planned regulations to reduce mobile phone roaming fees Thursday. The announcement came after an informal meeting at this year's CeBIT technology trade show held in Hannover, Germany. The EU ministers said they want to see...

Cisco announced Thursday that it will purchase social networking software maker Five Across, a developer of technology that enables companies to easily add social networking features to their Web sites. The sale price was not disclosed. "With the acquisition of Five Across, Cisco is taking an impor...

Following several quarters of disappointing earnings reports and a fall to the No. 2 spot in global PC sales, Dell on Wednesday reinstated Michael Dell as CEO of the computer company he created in his dorm room at the University of Texas more than 20 years ago. The move comes with the immediate resi...

TJX, the parent company of national discount chains such as T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, disclosed on Wednesday that identity thieves had breached its security measures and gained access to a computer network on which the company stores its transaction data. The theft could involve consumers from the U....

A Colorado-based private investigator has become the first person convicted in the Hewlett-Packard boardroom leak and spying scandal. Bryan Wagner, 29, pled guilty to identity theft and conspiracy charges in San Jose federal court, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California f...