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Alcatel, Lucent Make Merger Plans Official

Alcatel and Lucent announced Sunday they plan to merge in a US$13.4 billion deal that will create one of the largest telecom and Internet gear makers in the world -- and one that may face tough scrutiny from regulators ...

New Study Revives Old Debate About Cell Phones and Brain Tumors

A new study that is sure to revive an old debate says that long-term cell phone use may increase a person's risk of developing brain cancer ...

Rhetoric Heats Up – Apple Denies iTunes Infringes Beatles’ Trademark

Lawyers for Apple Computer argued to a United Kingdom court that the iTunes Music Store is a data-transfer service, not a purely musical endeavor and as a result does not violate a long-standing agreement with the company that handles The Beatles business affairs ...

Google to Raise $2 Billion Through Stock Sale

Google said it would release another 5.3 million shares of its stock for public sale, claiming it wanted to be ready to meet higher demand for its shares as it enters the Standard & Poor's 500 index and in the process raise additional cash for "general corporate purposes." ...

Court Clears Way for Trial in Keyword Trademark Case

A case that could dramatically alter the way keyword search advertising is sold has closely moved toward a court date, with Google's practice of letting anyone bid on certain keywords -- and whether the practice may constitute trademark infringement -- at issue ...

European Regulators Warn Microsoft on Vista

European Union regulators said they have warned Microsoft that Vista, the first new version of Windows in six years due out later this year, could face scrutiny on anti-trust grounds if third-party products cannot be made to work with the new platform ...

eBay, MercExchange to Have Their Day in Court

The lengthy patent battle between e-commerce giant eBay and a small firm that says it came up with the popular "Buy it Now" technology first will get a hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday ...

EU Eyes Crackdown on International Roaming Fees

The European Commission said it will present regulations aimed at cutting down on the often exorbitant fees mobile carriers charge when their customers roam internationally ...

Apple Trademark Battle With The Beatles Goes to UK High Court

The lengthy battle between The Beatles and Apple over whether the computer maker infringed on the legendary band's trademark by pushing into the music business will reach the highest court in the United Kingdom this week ...

Slingbox Launches Beta Version of Mobile Video Product

Sling Media, the maker of the Slingbox technology that enables remote access to TV programs stored on a digital video recorder, has made a beta version available of a service that can deliver video from various sources to mobile devices ...

Alcatel, Lucent Discussing Possible Merger

Alcatel (NYSE: ALA) andLucent (NYSE: LU) are discussing a possible merger, which would create the largest telecommunications equipment maker in the world and could trigger additional M&A activity in the telecom gear space ...

Vista Delay Could Put Damper on PC Industry’s Holiday Plans

Microsoft has again postponed the highly anticipated release of the consumer version of Windows Vista, dealing a blow to PC makers who had hoped to ride a wave of upgrades to stronger sales and causing a sell-off of Microsoft stock ...

Microsoft Lands Major European IPTV Deal

Microsoft has scored a contract to provide Internet Protocol television services (IPTV) to one of the largest phone companies in Europe, possibly providing it a key proving ground for its technology as Web TV grows in popularity ...

Google Launches Finance Site in Latest Portal Play

Google has launched a beta version of a financial news and information site, creating a destination for investors and others that will target Webportal rivalYahoo, whose own finance site is one of the most heavily used on the Internet ...

Lawmakers Seek to Revive ‘.XXX’ Domain Plan

Seeking to help protect children from the seedier side of the Web, some U.S. lawmakers are hoping to reignite interest in creating a ".xxx" domain where pornographic and adult content would be concentrated ...

Dell to Double India-Based Employee Count to 20,000

Seeking to keep its low-cost advantage, boost new product development and supply fast-growing markets,Dell plans to double the number of people it employs in India ...

Microsoft, Epic Strike Deal for Music, Video Content for Xbox Live

Microsoft inked a deal with Epic Records that will give Xbox Live users a year's worth of free access to downloadable music and high-definition on-demand video from Epic artists ...

Microsoft Launches $500 Million Ad Blitz to Target IBM Customers

Microsoft has launched a US$500 million marketing campaign aimed at using its new products, including Windows Vista and Office 2007, to wrest enterprise customers away from rival IBM ...

Microsoft Sues eBay Sellers for Software Piracy

Continuing its aggressive campaign to cut down on piracy of its products,Microsoft has filed eight lawsuits againsteBay sellers, accusing them of distributing counterfeit versions of the software giant's programs ...

AOL Web TV Foray Lines up First Major Advertisers

In one of the first major efforts to bring an ad-supported broadband television experience to Internet users, America Online formally launched its In2TV service, with four major advertisers already signed up to have their commercials interspersed with the full-length programs and short video clips ...

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