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Chinese authorities appeared to have lifted a block on the English-language version of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, but politically sensitive topics such as Tibet and Tiananmen Square are still off-limits. Internet users in Beijing and Shanghai confirmed on Saturday that they could access the English-language version of one of the world’s most popular Web sites, but […]

Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) is not opposed to Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) bid for the Web media company, as long as it is at the right price, Yahoo’s board said on Monday in a letter to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. “We have continued to make clear that we are not opposed to a transaction with Microsoft if […]

Microsoft Corp said on Friday a U.S. jury awarded Alcatel-Lucent $367.4 million in damages after finding that the company had violated two patents related to the user interface in its software. Microsoft said Alcatel-Lucent was seeking $1.5 billion in damages related to the four patents named in the case and the jury in U.S. District […]

MIAMI — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said on Friday he expected the new version of Windows operating software, code-named Windows 7, to be released “sometime in the next year or so.” The software giant has been aiming to issue more regular updates of the operating system software that powers the majority of the world’s personal […]

Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang, whose company helped identify a Chinese dissident who was later jailed, said on Thursday that legal “gray areas” overseas made doing business internationally difficult. Yang, whose family emigrated from Taiwan when he was ten, called himself “a big believer in American values” but added: “As we operate around the world, […]

Verizon Communications said on Friday it would use the airwaves it acquired in a government auction last month to help launch more advanced wireless broadband services, which it said would debut around 2010. In a telephone conference with analysts and investors, the chief executives of Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and Verizon Wireless said the $9.36 billion […]

Dell Inc plans to cut more jobs than the 8,800 it had targeted as it seeks to reduce expenses by at least $3 billion annually by 2011, Chief Executive Michael Dell said on Thursday. Dell, the world’s second-largest personal computer maker after Hewlett-Packard Co, will “go past” the job-cutting goal it first announced in May […]

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) plans to split off the search marketing arm from its affiliate marketing business and sell the search marketing business at its recently acquired DoubleClick advertising technology unit. The online search and advertising leader is looking to spin off its Chicago-based search marketing business, Performics, which employs 200 of DoubleClick’s 1,500 staff. Tom […]

IBM said on Wednesday it would become the first company to host private regions of the virtual world Second Life on its own computer servers. The project is in testing and will go live within several weeks. It marks a new focus by Second Life’s parent company, Linden Lab, on providing software and services to […]

Apple’s iPhone is in short supply at many of its U.S. stores, which could indicate a component shortage or a clearing of shelves for a new model, analysts said on Wednesday. Bernstein Research said its iPhone supply checks showed that the multifunction device appeared to be out of stock at Apple’s U.S. stores and its […]

The board of software maker SAP (NYSE: SAP) is set to agree to the appointment of Deputy Chief Executive Leo Apotheker as joint CEO on Wednesday, paving the way for him to become sole CEO when Henning Kagermann retires next year. Media reports and an industry source with knowledge of the matter have said SAP’s […]

WASHINGTON — The founder of virtual world Second Life sought to reassure U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday that the online community is able to police itself. Second Life founder Philip Rosedale and a handful of other virtual reality experts testified at a House of Representatives hearing that was also attended by online personas, or avatars, portrayed […]