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Google defended its system of ranking Web pages in search results in court Friday after a competitor claimed its pages were unfairly blocked. A California judge is considering whether to allow a lawsuit to proceed ...

Mobile technology developer Qualcomm is facing charges from U.S. based companies that it improperly used its market dominance to squelch competition in Korea, where regulators are probing a fresh batch of complaints ...

In a move that could further accelerate the adoption of mobile video, MobiTV said Thursday it would make available a version of its software designed for smartphones and handheld devices running Windows Mobile 5.0 ...

Yahoo has reached a tentative agreement to settle a class action lawsuit. The portal and search company agreed to pay millions in attorneys fees and potentially may have to refund millions more in advertising revenue ...

Sending a competitive shot across the bow of e-tailers such as Amazon and eBay, Google Thursday launched its long-rumored online payment system, now known as Google Checkout ...

Intel said it will sell off its handheld chip line, the first of what could be several significant changes at the market leading chipmaker as it bids to focus on the most profitable parts of its business ...

Shares of video game producer Take-Two Interactive Software (Nasdaq: TTWO) plunged to new lows Tuesday after the company revealed it had been served with grand jury subpoenas as part of an apparent investigation into a host of company activities. At issue is whether company executives knew about explicit sex scenes hidden in its "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" game...

In the latest example of the tension between government efforts in the war on terror and the media, the Bush administration is condemning news outlets that revealed details of a program that used the Internet to scan bank records for evidence of terrorism financing ...

In the early days of the Web, smart small Internet businesses could compete with just about anyone by working to make sure their Web pages were found first on search engines ...

Hoping to put its software at the center of a unified PC-based communications system that encompasses voice as well as data, Microsoft said it would work with a number of partners in the telecom and tech industries to produce a range of devices -- including IP phones and peripherals ...

In the midst of social networking zeitgeist, many advertisers find themselves torn. The lure of the young demographic that flocks to sites such as MySpace and FaceBook is powerful, but the risks many. The recent case of a 16-year-old being lured into traveling to the Middle East is just the latest example of the potential downside of such sites ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday became the latest agency to acknowledge that personal data had been placed at risk due to a lost laptop computer, part of a trend that underscores the wide range of threats facing consumers' personal information ...

Oracle reported a strong fourth quarter Thursday, saying profit rose 27 percent over a year ago as sales surged 25 percent, with the gains largely attributed to the company's aggressive acquisition strategy ...

With the tech industry still abuzz over the announcement that Bill Gates will step back from the day-to-day operations of Microsoft, the software giant Tuesday acknowledged the immediate departure of one of its top marketing executives ...

A former MTV executive is hoping that music will become the killer application for social networking, launching a site that lets users interact with others based on their musical tastes ...

Less than two weeks after hopes were dashed that the House of Representatives would include strong net neutrality language in a telecom bill, backers of the approach to ensure Web services companies unfettered access to consumers across high-speed networks are pinning their hopes on lawmakers in the U.S. Senate ...

The drumbeat of bad news continues for Vonage (NYSE: VG), with the VoIP startup, whose recent IPO has become something of a train wreck, saying Monday it has been sued by telecom giant Verizon for patent infringement ...

With Bill Gates planning to step back in two years from the software giant he founded, the reality is setting in that the technology world is losing one of its most instantly recognizable and polarizing figures. Observers say the change could be a significant one for both Microsoft and the tech sector as a whole ...

Hoping to give advertisers greater control over their online campaigns and to match competitors, Google said Friday it had introduced a time scheduling feature to its AdWords platform ...

Citing strong revenue growth across its major product lines, Oracle said Thursday it would exceed its previous sales and profit forecasts for the current quarter ...