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Dell said on Tuesday its board authorized a $10 billion stock buyback and its repurchase program would resume this week, sending shares of the computer maker up 2 percent. The authorized repurchase represents about 18 percent of Dell’s market capitalization of about $55 billion. “Dell is committed to a long-term share repurchase program as part […]

RIYADH (Reuters) – There are now about 5,600 Web sites spreading al Qaeda’s ideology worldwide, and 900 more are appearing each year, a Saudi researcher told a national security conference on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, has identified the Internet as a key battlefield with militants who launched a campaign to topple […]

Deutsche Telekom scored a victory in a legal battle with rival Vodafone over sales conditions for the coveted Apple iPhone, which T-Mobile sells exclusively in Germany. A German court ruled on Tuesday Deutsche Telekom’s mobile unit can make customers who buy the music-playing and Web-browsing device take out a T-Mobile contract as well and may […]

Universal Music Group expects a new deal to offer free music for 12 months on Nokia phones could have a wider, “stimulating” effect on the digital music business next year, a senior official said on Tuesday. The world’s largest music group Universal and the world’s top mobile phone vendor Nokia said on Tuesday they would […]

SAN FRANCISCO – Klausner Technologies Inc said on Monday the company had filed a $360 million suit against Apple Inc and AT&T Inc over voicemail patents that Klausner claims the Apple iPhone infringes. New York-based Klausner said the lawsuit also names Comcast Corp, Cablevision Systems Corp and eBay Inc’s Skype as infringing its patent for […]

Discount retailer TJX Companies said on Friday it agreed to a settlement with Visa and Fifth Third Bancorp under which it will pay up to $40.9 million related to a security breach that put millions of shoppers’ credit card data at risk. The parent of the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls clothing chains said the pre-tax […]

NEW YORK — Top U.S. phone company AT&T plans to end its dwindling pay phone business by the end of 2008, as more consumers use mobile phones. The move affects AT&T pay phones in the company’s previous 13-state service area, including California and Texas. BellSouth Corp, which AT&T acquired late last year, has already exited […]

Warner Music Group (WMG) and Sony BMG Music Entertainment are feeling increased pressure to follow EMI and Universal Music Group’s lead in distributing music in the MP3 format, which forgoes restrictive digital rights management technology. A yearlong download promotion planned between Pepsi and Amazon is among several developments forcing WMG and Sony to consider the […]

Google said Friday that it would bid on coveted airwaves to launch a U.S. wireless network, putting the search leader in competition with traditional telecommunications players AT&T and Verizon. The company said in a statement that it was ready to go it alone rather than rely on partners in bidding in the Federal Communications Commission-run […]

NEW YORK — Mobile phone maker Motorola announced today that its embattled Chief Executive Ed Zander would step down on Jan. 1, with Chief Operating Officer Greg Brown replacing him. Motorola shares rose about 1 percent as investors hoped the management change would help turn around the company, which has been losing money and market […]

Verizon Wireless said on Thursday it plans to use Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology to upgrade its wireless network for higher speeds and will run tests of the technology in 2008. LTE is a project within the GSM-based 3G Partnership Project, and promises high bandwidth and greater flexibility and efficiency. The move could be a […]

A “cyber cold war” waged over the world’s computers threatens to become one of the biggest threats to security in the next decade, according to a report published on Thursday. About 120 countries are developing ways to use the Internet as a weapon to target financial markets, government computer systems and utilities, Internet security company […]