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A group of state attorneys general on Thursday urged the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to impose restrictions on Sirius Satellite Radio’s (NASDAQ: SIRI) purchase of rival XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: XMSR) if it decides to approve the $4.15 billion deal. Attorneys general from 11 states including Ohio, Missouri, Connecticut and Iowa told the FCC they […]

Online media company CNET Networks (NASDAQ: CNET) said on Wednesday it will eliminate 120 jobs, or about 10 percent of its staff, in a restructuring to help it focus on long-term growth amid complaints from some investors. CNET expected pretax restructuring charges from the job cuts to run between $3.5 million and $4 million, most […]

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) ousted a record number of “cybersquatters” from Web sites with domain names referring to trademarked companies, foundations and celebrities in 2007. WIPO, a U.N. agency based in Geneva, received 2,156 complaints alleging “abusive registration of trademarks on the Internet” last year, up 18 percent from 2006 and 48 percent […]

Anyone can be a star on YouTube. Now, with tools released on Wednesday for charting the popularity of clips posted to the popular video-sharing site, video creators can analyze their own celebrity potential. Besides satisfying a morbid curiosity about one’s relative star power in the YouTube firmament, these analytical tools give video creators rudimentary tools […]

Waste Management (NYSE: WMI) said it spent more than $100 million on a computer system that was supposed to help it save money, but instead turned out to be a “complete failure.” Waste Management spokeswoman Lynn Brown said on Wednesday that her company sued SAP (NYSE: SAP), the German-based company that sold it the system, […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Memory chip technology developer Rambus Inc (NASDAQ:RMBS) said on Wednesday a U.S. jury ruled it was not anti-competitive and did not not violate antitrust laws or commit fraud in its attempt to protect memory chip patents, sending Rambus shares higher 39 percent. The verdict in the long-running case was that there was […]

Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) said on Tuesday the personal-computer industry was experiencing a shortage of laptop batteries partly because of a recent fire at a major supplier, but the company was working with other suppliers to limit any price increases. Dell, the world’s second-largest PC maker after Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE: HPQ), also said prices of its […]

Comcast and Time Warner Cable, the two largest U.S. cable operators, are discussing a plan to fund a new wireless company that would be run by Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) and Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR), people familiar with the discussions said on Tuesday. Comcast is expected to contribute as much as $1 billion for the wireless […]

NEW YORK — Motorola (NYSE: MOT) said on Wednesday it would split into two publicly traded entities to separate its loss-making handset division from its other businesses. The news sent its shares up more than 10 percent. The move, which comes amid an intensifying proxy battle against activist investor Carl Icahn, would take the form […]

In honor of the third annual Global Consumer Fraud Protection Month (March), we’ve assembled ten of our most useful tutorials that can help you protect yourself and your business from online attacks: A Tale of Two Passwords[March 5, 2008] Learn the secrets to savvy password creation. Ask The Wi-Fi GuruMarch 4, 2008] In this new […]

Yahoo said on Tuesday that it would support a program by archrival Google to develop applications for social networks, and plans to help create a joint foundation to keep it alive. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) launched its OpenSocial network in November to lure developers already creating popular Web applications on social networks like Facebook. Many social […]

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) expects license sales of its Windows Mobile operating system to outpace the overall growth in advanced mobile phones known as smartphones over the next few years, a top company executive said on Monday. Microsoft entertainment and devices division president Robbie Bach said he expects phones running Windows Mobile to gain market share […]