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Symbian CEO Nigel Clifford Source: Symbian TOKYO — U.K.-based smartphone software maker Symbian said on Wednesday it could expand its collaboration with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to the operating system level as it moves to grant free and open access to its software platform. “We already work together, and so whatever collaboration, if there is an […]

Source: Reuters TORONTO — BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) is charging ahead with international expansion plans and investments in new handsets and software to stay competitive, its co-chief executive Jim Balsillie said. RIM wants to expand BlackBerry service, now available in more than 140 countries, in Russia, Latin America, China and Southeast Asia. […]

Source: Reuters Antitrust officials in Europe are preparing to file new charges against Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), expanding a probe into the chipmaker’s marketing and sales practices, The Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter. The new charges, which could be brought as soon as Thursday, would allege that the world’s top chipmaker […]

LONDON — Prices charged by cybercriminals selling hacked bank and credit card details have fallen sharply as the volume of data on offer has soared, forcing them to look elsewhere to boost profit margins, a new report says. Researchers for Finjan, a Web security firm, said the high volumes traded had led to bank and […]

Time Warner’s (NYSE: TWX) AOL will launch a personal finance site on Tuesday, adding to a roster of new properties that do not bear its name. The new site, called WalletPop.com, is a spin-off of AOL’s Money & Finance channel and will focus on consumer and personal finance. AOL Money & Finance will continue to […]

Source: Reuters Palm on Monday introduced a new high-end Treo mobile phone, hoping to challenge the BlackBerry’s dominance with business users. But its debut fell in the shadow of the launch of Apple’s debut of its new, less-pricey iPhone, which sold more than 1 million units over the weekend. Shares of Palm (NASDAQ: PALM) closed […]

Britain’s telecom company BT (NYSE: BT) plans to invest 1.5 billion pounds ($3 billion) to roll out superfast broadband to up to 10 million U.K. homes by 2012, enabling services such as videoconferencing and interactive gaming. The group said it would suspend its share buyback program from July 31, given the strategic priority of the […]

Defendants and plaintiffs in two related copyright infringement lawsuits against YouTube have reached a deal to protect the privacy of millions of YouTube watchers during evidence discovery, a spokesman for Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) said on Monday. Earlier in July, a New York federal judge ordered Google to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom and […]

Source: Reuters TAIPEI — Intel, the world’s top PC chipmaker, on Tuesday launched the next-generation of its Centrino wireless chip that it hopes will provide a new revenue stream amid a broader push into mobile technologies. The launch of the Centrino 2 chip, previously codenamed “Montevina,” came after a delay of several months and was […]

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO — EBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) scored a major legal victory on Monday when a federal judge absolved it of taking more steps to police fake Tiffany jewelry sold on its website and held that brand owners are ultimately responsible for protecting their own trademarks. All of Tiffany’s trademark infringement claims against eBay were […]

Apple Inc said on Monday it has sold 1 million new iPhones in its initial weekend, on par with estimates set by analysts, sending its stock rising more than 2 percent. The original iPhone, introduced in late June 2007 in the United States only, sold about 270,000 units in its first two days. Sales topped […]

An Australian woman renowned as the world’s oldest blogger has died at the age of 108, with her last posting talking about her ailing health but also how she still sings a happy song every day. Olive Riley, of Woy Woy, about 50 miles north of Sydney, began blogging in February last year, sharing stories […]