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Yahoo freestyle design competitions yield pay-offs

Yahoo Inc has begun publicly testing two Web services that are the fruit of intensive, one-day internal programming competitions the company has been hosting to foster employee innovation.

Chronology: 17 years of EU, U.S. tussles with Microsoft

A European Union court will decide next Monday on Microsoft's challenge to a 2004 landmark European Commission decision imposing fines and sanctions on the software giant over antitrust violations.

Eudora e-mail program reborn as open source

Eudora, a pioneering e-mail program named after author Eudora Welty, is rising from a technical grave as an open source program after owner Qualcomm Inc quit selling the product in May.

Big changes at Yahoo appear unlikely: report

A major overhaul at Yahoo Inc appears unlikely as a result of a strategic review being undertaken by the company. New Chief Executive Jerry Yang said in July he would deliver a new strategic plan for the company within 100 days to help the company respond to rapid changes in consumer behavior on the Web and competition from rival Google Inc.

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NBC reaches Amazon TV deal after iTunes break

NBC Universal has reached a deal for online retailer Amazon.com Inc to sell television show downloads, it said on Tuesday, just days after the media company pulled the plug on a contract with Apple Inc'siTunes.

Acacia says unit resolves patent suit with Oracle

Acacia Research Corp said its Disc Link Corp unit agreed with Oracle Corp to resolve a pending lawsuit on patents relating to portable storage devices with links that can retrieve added data through the Internet.

NBC Universal ends contract with iTunes

NBC Universal has decided not to renew its contract to sell television shows on iTunes, becoming the second major media company to challenge Apple Inc's dominance in digital entertainment.

Apple seen revamping iPod line

Apple Inc shares rose more than 5 percent on Wednesday on growing expectations that the company will announce a revamped line of iPods next week. The new units may have a large touch screen similar to the iPhone.

Microsoft to buy corporate group-chat provider

Microsoft Corp agreed to acquire Parlano, which provides technology to allow companies to create group chat sessions for employees, and add the application to its portfolio of communication offerings.

Apple shares rise on new iPods buzz

Apple Inc shares rose more than 4.5 percent on Wednesday, fueled by excitement over the pending launch of new iPod digital music players, which could entice current users to buy upgraded models.

Yahoo Mail lets e-mailers text-message to phones

Yahoo Inc said on Sunday it was giving its e-mail users more ways to reach friends and online contacts by allowing them to trade messages with mobile phone users.

Online gaming offers escape from piracy

New games drawing paying players online could end up leaving pirates behind.

Facebook devising new advertising system: report

Social networking Website Facebook is working on an advertising system to allow marketers to target users with ads based on the information people reveal about themselves on the site, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition early on Thursday.

Video game market to grow 50 pct in 4 yrs: Ubisoft

The market for video games is expected to expand by half over the next four years as it extends beyond hardcore gamers, the chief executive of French video game publisher Ubisoft said on Wednesday.

Google Earth to launch new service for stargazers

Popular mapping service Google Earth will launch a new feature called Sky, a virtual telescope that the search engine hopes will turn millions of Internet users into stargazers.

Gamers' world reveals secrets of the next pandemic

A plague carried around the world by travelers, pets and curious teen-agers may show that experts have not taken everything into account when planning for an outbreak of disease, researchers said on Monday.

Take Two shares surge on BioShock release

Shares of Take-Two Interactive Inc. rose about 10 percent on Tuesday after the interactive entertainment company announced the North American release of its highly anticipated science-fiction shooter game BioShock.

Wal-Mart selling digital music free of copy curbs

Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Tuesday that it was now selling digital music downloads on its Web site without the customary copy-protection technology that limits where consumers can play the songs.

RIM rises after another analyst praises shares

Shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. moved higher on Monday after another analyst said the company is undervalued at its current share price and boosted his outlook for RIM's subscriber growth.

Cisco, Microsoft says competing products to mesh

The top executives of Cisco Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. said on Monday that they would ensure their products work together, seeking to prevent customers from putting off buying decisions.

IBM to distribute Sun's Solaris server software

IBM has agreed to sell Sun Microsystems's Solaris Operating System software to IBM's customers in a deal that pits the competing computer hardware makers against shared rival Hewlett-Packard.

Peruvians battle to find survivors in quake rubble

Rescue teams battled through the night to find survivors after a powerful quake ravaged Peru's central coast, killing some 500 people in one of the country's worst natural disasters in the last 100 years.

Virtual world hires real economist

Like many central bankers, Eyjolfur Gudmundsson spends his days fretting about inflation, making sure monetary growth is reasonable and trying to collect data about the economy.

China Public provides surveillance software: report

U.S.-financed China Public Security Technology will provide software that links to at least 20,000 police surveillance cameras being installed along streets in southern China, according to the New York Times on Sunday.

Universal to sell songs without copy protection

Vivendi's Universal Music Group, the world's largest music label, on Thursday said it will test the sale of songs from artists such as Amy Winehouse, 50 Cent and the Black Eyed Peas, without customary copy-protection technology.

VMware Raises IPO target to $1.1 billion

EMC Corp.'s Vmware raised the target price of its initial public offering to as much as $1.1 billion, making it one of the largest technology IPOs since Google in 2004.

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