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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is considering mounting a proxy campaign to replace Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) board members after the company failed to reach a deal to merge with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), a source close to the matter said on Tuesday. The veteran investor has built up a stake in Yahoo in the last week and […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Online classifieds leader Craigslist.com filed a countersuit on Tuesday against business rival eBay Inc, alleging eBay used its minority stake in Craigslist to steal corporate trade secrets. In a lawsuit filed in California Superior Court in San Francisco, Craigslist challenged allegations in an eBay suit filed in Delaware state court in April […]

Time Warner’s (NYSE: TWX) HBO cable network will start selling shows on Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iTunes digital entertainment service with flexible pricing, the companies said on Monday. The move marks the first time Apple has agreed to sell television shows at different prices in the United States. Episodes of some HBO shows will be sold […]

WorldWide Telescope Source: Reuters Any fan of “Star Trek” knows that space travel is not always easy, but Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) wants to make traveling the “final frontier” as simple as turning on your computer. The world’s largest software maker launched a free software application called WorldWide Telescope on Monday that allows everyone from space […]

Getting Hollywood actors paid for their smallest performances — video clips on the Internet — is shaping up as one their biggest sticking points in stalemated contract negotiations with major studios. Whether actors must give consent for snippets of their film and TV work to be displayed online, and how much they should earn for […]

Source: Reuters SAN FRANCISCO/SINGAPORE — Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has signed deals to bring the RiPhone to four Asian countries later this year, which should help the company surpass its sales goal of 10 million units by the end of 2008. Agreements with Singapore’s Singapore Telecommunications (STEL.SI) and three of its affiliates will bring the iPhone […]

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) on Monday unveiled an expansion of its high-end videoconferencing series to include a simpler, cheaper version as well as one targeting big groups. The network equipment maker introduced a videoconferencing system called TelePresence in 2006 featuring life-size, high-definition screens and easy-to-use dial-in features. Sales have been picking up — they had […]

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has launched a new online service in 20 countries that will allow users to watch video clips at the same time as a network of friends on Windows Live Messenger. The new service called Messenger TV will offer a range of clips on MSN Video, including MTV shows and music clips from […]

Source: Reuters Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) is launching a new high-end version of the BlackBerry aimed at its core base of business users, but it hopes the sleek device will also catch on in the broad retail market. Shares of RIM jumped on Monday, climbing C$6.20, or 4.7 percent, to C$139.55 on the Toronto […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has released the nominees on its rival slate from their commitment to stand for election to Yahoo’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) board in the event of a proxy fight, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday. The move indicates Microsoft remains firm in its commitment to stay away from […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. — Google expects to launch new products for its YouTube Web video service in the next few months and sees reason for closer cooperation with Yahoo, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said on Thursday. Schmidt has said getting the video-sharing site to make money is the Web search company’s top priority for the […]