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Sybase CEO John Chen Source: Reuters Sybase (NYSE: SY) plans to soon start selling software that lets businesses securely distribute e-mail to the iPhone, which could help the popular device gain use among business clients. The program for Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone will be released before the end of this year, John Chen, Sybase’s chairman […]

TOKYO — Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stressed his company’s independent spirit on Monday, after a report the social networking site might be sold to software giant Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), which is hunting for ways to beef up its Internet business. “You can tell, from our history and what we’ve done, that we really […]

A potential partnership deal between Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) the companies revealed over the weekend may result in an outright acquisition, analysts said on Monday. UBS analysts said in a research note that the business discussions between Microsoft and Yahoo could be a prelude to an eventual outright acquisition offer because it […]

Alibaba.com and Softbank formed a joint venture on Thursday to link small corporate buyers and suppliers in Asia’s two largest economies, marking a pivotal overseas foray for China’s largest e-commerce firm. The Hong Kong-listed arm of privately held Alibaba Group said Japanese Web and telecom group Softbank would invest $20 million initially into the venture […]

Used goods are finding a new life on U.S. classified sites, as a growing number of consumers wary of a weaker economy search for bargains online, according to data from eBay’s Kijiji.com. While not an official benchmark of consumer sentiment, activity on the site points to accelerated interest among consumers to find better values for […]

LONDON — Online publishers are doing well despite an economic downturn, and the ones who are best positioned to succeed are strong brands with quality content, the head of the Online Publishers Association said on Friday. Web sites have an edge over traditional media by offering advertisers the ability to target consumers in a cost-efficient […]

Embattled Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) has struck an advertising partnership deal with WPP Group (NASDAQ: WPPGY) that will let WPP buy ads on Yahoo’s online ad exchange, the companies said late on Thursday. Yahoo, which recently spurned a $47.5 billion unsolicited takeover bid from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) only to face a proxy battle led by activist […]

Carl Icahn turns up the heat on Yahoo. Two weeks after Microsoft abandoned its pursuit of Yahoo, a proxy fight launched by activist investor Carl Icahn has put Microsoft in the driver’s seat. Icahn wants Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) to reopen talks with Microsoft, saying the company’s board had acted “irrationally” when it rejected Microsoft’s $47.5 […]

BRUSSELS — The ability of Google Inc’s map service to put detailed street-level images on the Internet could raise concerns in Europe if it was introduced there, the EU’s data protection agency said on Thursday. Google’s Street View offers ground-level, 360-degree views of streets in 30 U.S. cities. It has become popular among drivers but […]

NEW YORK — CBS (NYSE: CBS) said on Thursday it would buy web media company CNET Networks (NASDAQ: CNET) For about $1.8 billion, in a deal that would broaden the television broadcaster’s reach across the Internet. When the deal, worth $11.50 a share, is completed, CBS will have 54 million unique users per month, CBS […]

Comcast Corp has agreed to acquire pioneering Web start-up Plaxo Inc, which first sought to turn address books into social networks and laid the foundation for Friendster and Facebook. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. However, a source close to the deal said Comcast, the largest U.S. cable TV operator and a leading U.S. […]

Verizon Wireless said on Wednesday it joined a consortium working on a Linux-based mobile operating system expected to rival a mobile system being developed by a group headed by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). The announcement that the No. 2 U.S. mobile service joined the LiMo Foundation follows signals last month that AT&T (NYSE: T) would support […]