Riding strong demand for personal computers, Microsoft managed to beat analysts expectations for earnings, with income rising 24 percent, but analysts say the software giant's results had some weak spots, including in the online arena. Microsoft said revenue in its first fiscal quarter rose 6 percen...
Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN have agreed to work to make their instant messaging platforms more compatible, a bid to set aside competitive differences to tackle the continued dominance of America Online's own chat platform. The companies said their agreement represented the first time two major IM pro...
RealNetworks and Microsoft have reached a set of agreements to end one of the most bitter private antitrust matters in the technology sector, with RealNetworks receiving as much as US$761 million in cash and marketing considerations for its music and games services from the software giant and the tw...
Looking to fend off competition from Internet-based entertainment providers and others, DirecTV and XM Satellite radio have signed a deal to offer subscribers of DirecTV access to streaming radio offerings of XM. The two satellite-based companies said starting in mid-November DirecTV subscribers wi...
Extending a long-running war from the desktop to the mobile handset, RealNetworks unveiled a streaming video offering for mobile operators and said that Cingular Wireless had stepped forward to be the first carrier to offer the service to customers. The service immediately creates a new competitive ...
In the latest chapter of what's become an epic legal battle, Microsoft has filed suit against the European Union, hoping to have a court provide guidance on what parts of its source code it must reveal. Microsoft filed with the Court of First Instance for review of a provision of the sweeping anti-t...
The months of rumor and speculation about Amazon.com joining the digital music download business appear to be reaching a fever pitch and observers say it's only a matter of time before Amazon's music service debuts and makes a run at market leader Apple. Amazon could not be reached for comment on th...
Agents from the European Commission (EC) have conducted surprise inspections of several offices of leading computer chip maker Intel and other high-technology firms, apparently seeking evidence of antitrust behavior. Intel said that in keeping with company policy, it was cooperating with investigato...
Continuing its practice of settling lawsuits in order to focus on the competitive threats it faces, Microsoft has agreed to pay IBM US$775 million to settle a long-simmering antitrust lawsuit. The action was a private suit that was brought in conjunction with the government action that resulted in a...
Adding yet another wrinkle to the emerging music-on-mobile-phones trend, satellite radio provider Sirius has announced a partnership to provide some of its streaming programming directly to Sprint users. Sirius and Sprint said they struck a deal to make select programming available to certain phone...
Taking a page from other rivals of the market-leading iTunes Music Store from Apple, Microsoft's MSN Music is close to adding a subscription-style offering to its existing pay-per-download model. MSN Music is expected to add the monthly subscription option made popular by RealNetworks, Napster and o...
Yahoo has added a subscription service to its digital music offerings as the portal bids to use its vast resources, name recognition and experience in e-commerce to shake up what is rapidly becoming one of the most crowded niches in online business. Yahoo Music Unlimited, as the service is known, op...
Bidding to grab market share from both iTunes and Napster, RealNetworks today said it would launch an upgrade of its Rhapsody subscription music service that allows users to listen to songs they download on portable MP3 players. The new version of Rhapsody is just the second subscription-style servi...
Looking to spark growth in what has proven to be a relatively difficult market niche to crack and to provide boosts to their respective bottom lines, America Online and XM Satellite said they would team to create a new online radio service. The co-branded service, to be available this summer, will i...
Mobile device maker Nokia has struck a deal to license Macromedia's Flash technology for use on smartphones, a partnership that could help accelerate the adoption of portable Web use and mobile commerce over time. The agreement is seen as significant because it will give thousands of Web application...
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