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They're invisible to most online shoppers, but analytics programs that are combing through every click they make are dictating what their shopping experience looks like ...

Google extended the reach of its online payment service Friday, launching Google Checkout in the UK and setting up an expanded showdown with eBay's PayPal and other Web payment alternatives ...

The heavyweight patent battle between Qualcomm and Nokia grew more heated Friday, with Nokia responding to Qualcomm's decision to reject a US$20 million payment by saying that it will more aggressively enforce the patents it claims Qualcomm is using in its own mobile phones ...

Research In Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry mobile e-mail device family, saw its stock fall Thursday even after posting a strong fourth quarter that featured a 65 percent jump in revenue ...

Investors in Vonage cheered Thursday after the embattled VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) firm's CEO said he would step down and the company pledged a "broad restructuring." ...

Google nemesis Viacom has struck a deal to have rival search engine Yahoo deliver advertising to its broadband-friendly Web sites ...

The United States has filed two complaints with the World Trade Organization over China's trade policies, claiming the country is not doing enough to protect the intellectual property of American companies, including software makers, movie studios and music labels ...

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) firm Vonage will continue to provide service to its 2.2 million customers and sign up new subscribers after an appeals court granted it a stay of an injunction late Friday ...

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will reduce hiring and cut other expenses in response to a first-quarter revenue miss, a likely sign that larger rival Intel has regained the upper hand in recent months ...

Right now, music fans around the world can choose from some 10,000 Internet radio stations, each one streaming a unique mix of music to Web-based listeners. Some of those stations are operated by industry titans such as AOL Radio and RealNetworks; others are the Internet arms of traditional terrestrial radio; and many more are tiny operations feeding their often small audiences a steady stream of hand-picked music...

Vonage can continue to provide its VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service to current customers, but cannot sign up any new subscribers under an injunction issued Friday on behalf of patent plaintiff Verizon Communications ...

Qwest Communications International founder and billionaire Phil Anschutz testified on behalf of former company CEO Joe Nacchio Thursday, telling jurors that around the time he was accused of selling stock, a distraught Nacchio was considering resigning because of issues within his family ...

Take-Two Interactive Software on Wednesday said regulators have begun a formal probe of its options dating practices, a move that suggests a recent change of leadership at the company may not have put an end to the options questions ...

The user who posted a video on YouTube poking fun at Thailand's king apparently has removed the video. However, the country's government says a ban on using Google's viral video site remains in place until all evidence of the offending clip is gone ...

Best Buy edged further ahead of rival Circuit City in the battle for consumer electronics and entertainment spending in the fourth quarter, with high-end TVs and other devices helping drive Best Buy's gains and costs associated with a restructuring plan dragging down Circuit City's ...

Cable giant Comcast extended its regional reach Tuesday, announcing that it will buy privately held Patriot Media & Communications for around US$483 million in cash ...

Continuing its drive to expand its reach beyond the Web, Google reached a deal to partner with satellite TV provider EchoStar to deliver television spots for its advertising clients ...

Search giant Google may be joining the list of suitors for interactive marketing firm DoubleClick -- reportedly joining Microsoft, Yahoo and Time Warner's AOL in the potential buyer pool ...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday said the U.S. ban on Internet gambling is out of line with international trade policy. This ruling gives hope to Web gambling firms that have been battered by U.S. regulatory and law enforcement activity in recent months ...

Troubled PC maker Dell on Thursday said that an audit into its past bookkeeping practices found errors and evidence of misconduct. Dell said it would seek to push back the filing of its annual report for the fiscal year that ended in early February because the inquiry by its board of directors' audit committee is not yet complete ...