TECHNOLOGY

The Justice Department's top antitrust official announced on Monday a return to a more aggressive approach to dealing with dominant companies that use their position to squelch competition.

A teenage Nepali ski racer has been found in Paris via a campaign on social networking site Facebook two weeks after he disappeared from his team's base in the French Alps, the team said on Monday.

The Justice Department's top antitrust official announced on Monday a return to a more aggressive approach to dealing with dominant companies that use their position to squelch competition.

Nortel Networks Corp, which filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, said on Monday its quarterly loss widened as the global recession contributed to a steep drop in revenue.

EU antitrust regulators are expected to say this week that Intel Corp illegally paid computer makers to postpone or cancel the launch of products containing chips made by its main rival, sources familiar with the case said on Sunday.

Nortel Networks Corp, the telecom equipment maker that filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, said on Monday its quarterly loss widened as the global economic downturn contributed to a sharp drop in revenue.

Microsoft says EU regulators will hand Google more dominance of the Internet search business if they go ahead with planned regulations on Microsoft's Windows operating system, the Financial Times reported.

AT&T Inc said Friday it will buy the bulk of Alltel Wireless assets being divested by Verizon Communications Inc for $2.35 billion, and will sell some Centennial Communications Corp assets to Verizon Wireless for $240 million.

A U.S. appeals court on Friday reinstated a breach of contract claim against Yahoo Inc by an Oregon woman who said the company failed to remove nude photos and fake profiles posted by her estranged boyfriend after promising to do so.

AT&T Inc is close to a $2.5 billion deal to acquire the bulk of Alltel Wireless assets being divested by Verizon Communications Inc , sources familiar with the situation said Friday.

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Microsoft's roll out of Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) earlier this week boosted use of the new operating system by 22 percent since Monday, according to data from Web measurement company Net Applications.

Tourists heading south for the winter may be transported to their dream destination in windowless airliners flying in formation like geese if Airbus accepts the advice of tomorrow's potential aircraft engineers.

State attorneys general are looking into a proposed settlement Google Inc reached with author and publisher groups allowing the Internet company to digitize millions of books, a participant in a recent discussion of the matter told Reuters on Friday.

Retailers sought to dampen hopes of a quick recovery from recession at an industry summit this week, warning a legacy of over-expansion, changing consumer habits and online competition could curb growth for years.

Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said he expects more regulatory scrutiny from around the world and the company is paying more attention to the way it approaches certain business issues as a result of the attention.

Google is more than a fabulously successful company -- it is a cultural phenomenon facing increasing U.S. government scrutiny despite its chief executive's campaign support for President Barack Obama.

Oracle Corp Chief Executive Larry Ellison said he won't sell off Sun Microsystems Inc's hardware business, dispelling speculation that he only wanted the company for its software units.

Oracle Corp Chief Executive Larry Ellison dispelled speculation that he will divest the hardware business of Sun Microsystems Inc , which his company plans to buy for more than $7 billion.

Activision Blizzard Inc.'s first-quarter profit beat expectations on strong sales of the videogame maker's most popular titles like Guitar Hero and Call of Duty.

Rogers Communications Inc. will launch two mobile devices in June that will run on Google Inc.'s Android operating system, making it the first carrier in Canada to carry the so-called Google phone.

The Nasdaq turned lower on Thursday, and the Dow and the S&P 500 cut gains, as a sell-off in big-cap technology and telecommunications companies weighed.

The popular micro-blogging and social networking service Twitter is not for sale, one of the company's founders said on TV on Wednesday.

Nintendo Co Ltd reported a 42 percent fall in quarterly operating profit as the yen's strength outweighed robust game sales, and the Japanese video game maker forecast a bigger-than-expected 12 percent profit decline this year, pressuring its shares.

Just a little more than a week after the beta 4 was made available to developers, Apple released its iPhone OS 3.0, beta 5.

Nintendo reported a 42 percent fall in quarterly operating profit as the yen's strength outweighed robust game sales, and the Japanese video game maker forecast a bigger-than-expected 12 percent profit decline this year, pressuring its shares.

Ericsson chief executive Carl-Henric Svanberg said partner Sony would be a logical buyer for Ericsson's half of handset making joint venture Sony Ericsson, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.

Microsoft Corp's next version of Windows is stirring fresh complaints of anticompetitive behavior from rivals who say the new version of the operating system gives unfair advantage to Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, the Financial Times reported.

Amazon.com Inc introduced a larger, souped-up Kindle electronic reader on Wednesday designed for students and newspaper readers, but a $489 price tag could make it too expensive for many consumers.