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Whether or not you put up a tree in your home (or office) in December or compose an e-mail that begins “Dear Santa,” the end of the year is a time for a tradition even older than stockings hung by the fire with care—wishing for new stuff. In keeping with this tradition, we asked Wi-Fi […]

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has been ordered by a Chinese court to stop selling versions of its Windows operating systems that include fonts designed by a local company, citing a violation of licensing agreements. The ruling, issued by Beijing’s No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court on Monday, may signal a new challenge for international and domestic software […]

The European Ombudsman rebuked European Union regulators on Wednesday for procedural errors in their antitrust probe of Intel (NYSE: INTC) but the censure will not affect a 1.06 billion euro ($1.58 billion) fine against the U.S. chipmaker. The European Commission levied the record fine in May for illegally shutting out rival AMD. The ombudsman’s decision […]

Spanish-language media company Univision Communications Inc said on Monday it has reached an agreement to feature short and full-length programs on Google Inc’s online video site YouTube. The revenue-sharing agreement covers new and archive Hispanic programing, including shows from Univision Communications’ Univision, TeleFutura and Galavision networks. The revenue will be generated by advertising featured around […]

Media conglomerate Time Warner Inc said on Monday it will spin off its AOL unit to shareholders on December 9, nine tumultuous years after one of the most disastrous corporate mergers in history. Time Warner shareholders of record on November 27 will receive an AOL stock dividend for every 11 shares of Time Warner common […]

U.S. network equipment maker Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) raised its bid for Norwegian video conferencing equipment maker Tandberg and said it was backed by holders of more than 40 percent of its shares after few warmed to its previous offer. Cisco’s new offer of 170 crowns per Tandberg share, up from the 153.50 crown bid that […]

IBM launched a new cloud computing service on Monday, aiming to take on companies such as Amazon.com, Google, Microsoft and Salesforce.com. Cloud computing allows companies to run software and store information in remote, large-scale data centers that can be accessed over the Internet. That means users can cut back on hardware, as well as space […]

Drug makers, Internet companies and nonprofits called for clarity on what is a gray area for U.S. health regulators: how drug promotion on Twitter, Wikipedia, blogs and other social media can be regulated. The two-day Food and Drug Administration hearing aims to find out if the agency needs to specifically regulate how drugs and medical […]

Apple said on Thursday it plans to open 40 to 50 retail stores next year as the consumer electronics giant expands its reach to customers. More than half of the new stores will be outside the United States, with new outlets planned in London, Paris and two in Shanghai. Speaking ahead of a store opening […]

Apple has become the top profit generator in the handset industry, even as the world’s two largest mobile phone makers, Nokia and Samsung Electronics, unveiled on Tuesday their latest rivals to the company’s iPhone. Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) overtook Nokia in the September quarter as the mobile phone maker generating the highest total operating […]

LinkedIn and Twitter have linked up. Starting immediately, users of LinkedIn and Twitter can cross-file to each other’s services, by checking a box on either Twitter or LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the largest professional social network, with 50 million members around the world who post information about themselves, such as resumes, to help find jobs or […]

Yahoo wants to triple its operating margin to 15-20 percent over the next three years by increasing revenue and keeping costs under control, CEO Carol Bartz said on Tuesday. She also said that Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO), the top U.S. seller of online display ads, planned to expand its business in India and hire more people […]