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Apple Inc’s phoenix-like rise from the ashes has propelled its market value to $180 billion, raising the possibility that it could challenge Microsoft Corp for the technology crown. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is now the world’s most valuable tech company with a commanding market capitalization of $250 billion. Its Windows software is in nine out of […]

Computer giant Apple opened its first French store beneath the Louvre museum on Saturday just two weeks after Microsoft opened a theme cafe to promote its Windows 7 software. Although Microsoft had a head start promoting its new Windows operating system in France, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has placed its first store in a prized position […]

Luxury goods group Burberry has hooked up with social networking company Facebook to launch a Web site celebrating its trench coat, becoming the latest retailer to use social media in a bid to boost its brand. The Web site, artofthetrench.com, will allow members connected via Facebook to submit images and stories about Burberry trench coats […]

Censorship of the Internet is open to challenge at the World Trade Organization as it can restrict trade in services delivered online, a forthcoming study says. A censorship case at the WTO could raise sovereignty issues, given the clear right of member states to restrict trade on moral grounds — for example, by blocking access […]

Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson expects to close its acquisition of key assets of bankrupt Nortel Networks Corp very soon, a senior company executive said on Thursday. “We don’t expect to see any hiccups. I think it will be closed very soon,” chief technology office Hakan Eriksson told Reuters. Last week, Nortel said the two […]

Best Buy is offering to install Google mobile applications on smartphones sold at its stores as the electronics retailer steps up services to lure shoppers and tackle competition. As part of the deal, associates at the mobile retail unit of Best Buy will install “Google Mobile App” on all compatible smartphones through the “Walk Out […]

Yahoo, looking to match rivals in providing up-to-the-minute Internet search results, is running tests with several real-time search partners, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Among the companies providing real-time results to Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) on a trial basis is OneRiot, whose data will be available initially to about 10 percent of Yahoo’s […]

AT&T (NYSE: T) is suing Verizon Wireless in an effort to stop its bigger mobile rival from using “misleading” coverage maps in advertisements that AT&T says are causing it to lose “incalculable market share.” According to the lawsuit, which AT&T filed in Atlanta federal court, a recently launched ad campaign shows maps with white spaces […]

U.S. online sales are expected to rise 8 percent this holiday season, with mass market retailers who can offer discounts performing best, according to Forrester Research Inc. The research firm said on Monday it expects online retail sales in November and December to reach $44.7 billion this year, up from $41.4 billion a year ago, […]

Nokia will close its battered gaming service N-Gage next year, acknowledging failure in its first major services offering. Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is looking for new revenue from online services as its traditional handset market matures, with games and music being the first focus areas. Yet the handset maker’s mobile gaming push has encountered major challenges, […]

Publishers hoping to halt a slide in sales with new electronic reading devices will struggle to get consumers to embrace them until the technology improves, experts say. The gadgets — such as Amazon.com’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s new $259 Nook — have created an enormous buzz in the publishing world and marketers […]

Samsung Electronics and Sony (NYSE: SNE) gave a robust outlook on improving demand and cost cuts, fueling hopes that a recovery in the global tech sector will outlive the pre-Christmas shopping season. The strong showing from other Asian technology groups such as Sharp, Acer and Panasonic provided further ammunition for bullish technology investors, rounding out […]