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AMD, Nvidia Subpoenaed in Graphics Chip Inquiry

Two major chipmakers said Friday they had received subpoenas from antitrust investigators focusing on the market for graphics processing units and related chipsets ...

HP Shareholder Lawsuit Now Alleges Insider Trading

A two-month-old shareholder lawsuit alleging that Hewlett-Packard's boardroom spying scandal cost investors millions of dollars was amended this week to add claims of insider trading ...

Intuit Buys Online Banking Services Firm

Intuit, which makes financial management software popular among small businesses and consumers, said Thursday it had agreed to buy Digital Insight, a provider of Web-based banking services, in a deal worth US$1.35 billion ...

Yahoo Snubs Google in Digital Book Copyright Case

In a setback to Google's efforts to fend off a copyright infringement suit stemming from its ambitious plan to create digital copies of millions of books, rivalsearch engineYahoo has declined to provide information about its own book digitization efforts ...

2006 in Review, Part 1: Mapping the New Media Landscape

From the apparently sudden arrival of Web-based video distribution options to the growing sophistication of TV-like advertising online and the social networking phenomenon, theInternet drew attention and dollars away from newspapers, TV and radio in 2006 ...

Wal-Mart to Launch Video Download Service

Wal-Mart said Tuesday it would soon launch a downloadable video service, a move that could hasten the demise of the traditional DVD and help catapult the retailer into the center of the video-on-demand marketplace ...

Nokia Expects Slowing Growth, Aims to Expand Market Share

Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, on Tuesday cut its short-term profit forecast and said it expected slower growth overall heading into 2007 ...

Palm Shares Hit by Revised Earnings Outlook

Shares of Palm dropped sharply Tuesday after the hand-held device maker said its quarterly revenue would come in well below earlier expectations ...

Google Sued in France Over Video Download

With the Web industry watching closely as it tries to navigate the treacherous waters of online copyright law, Google is facing a lawsuit from a French company that says the search engine did more than just help users find an online copy of its film ...

Black Friday, Cyber Monday Usher in Online Holiday Shopping Season

Cyber Monday, the recently nicknamed kick-off to the online shopping season, arrived to heavy fanfare Monday and appeared to be greeted by millions of eager and ready-to-buy shoppers, many of whom got the ball rolling early by jumping online last week ...

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Captitalizing on ‘Spontaneous Buying’ This Holiday Season

By all accounts, the e-commerce sector is poised for another blockbuster holiday season, with forecasters calling for another year of double-digit growth and sales of about US$27 billion for the fourth quarter, according to Forrester Research ...

Dell’s Third Quarter Results Worth the Wait

Dell released its delayed third quarter results Tuesday, posting a stronger-than-expected profit, but again warning that the financials could change depending upon the outcome of both internal and external probes into past accounting practices ...

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Shopster CEO Explains Why Timing Is Everything in E-Commerce

In the retail world, Black Friday has long been a red-letter day on the calendar. The Friday after Thanksgiving, while not always the busiest shopping day of the year, is notable for kicking off the mad dash toward the finish line of the holiday season ...

Google Shares Break $500 Barrier

Gift-givers with deep pockets who want to impress those on their holiday lists may have another luxury item to consider along with jewelry and plasma televisions: For the first time, a single share of Google stock now costs more than US$500 ...

Startup Aims to Deliver E-Mail to Traditional Cell Phones

A startup launching this week aims to bring mobile e-mail -- now mainly ensconced in the enterprise with technology such as the Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry -- to the average consumer by promising to deliver e-mail and instant messages to traditional mobile phones ...

Yahoo Buys Bix.com in Social Networking Gambit

Yahoo said Thursday it had agreed to buy Bix.com, a site that enables users to create online contests that others can judge as the portal bids to bolster its lineup of social networking offerings ...

HP Profits Up, But Shares Slump on Formal SEC Probe

Hewlett-Packard reported a four-fold increase in profits for its fourth quarter on a more modest rise in sales, as the top PC maker turned in results that exceeded Wall Street forecasts ...

Private Equity Firms Scoop Up Clear Channel for $18.7 Billion

Two private equity firms have agreed to buy Clear Channel Communications (NYSE: CCU) for US$18.7 billion, ending weeks of speculation about the sprawling radio network's fate, including rumors of interest from Google ...

Dell Delays Earnings as SEC Formalizes Inquiry

Dell shares fell Thursday after the computer maker said it would delay its quarterly earnings report and acknowledged that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) began a formal inquiry into the company's past accounting practices ...

EU Regulators Give Microsoft Another Deadline

Regulators from the European Union (EU) say Microsoft continues to lag in its compliance with the conditions of its antitrust ruling and have again set a deadline for the software giant to make changes or face additional monetary penalties ...

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