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BARCELONA (Reuters) – World mobile phone leader Nokia is expected to bolster its offering of high-end phones at a media and industry event in Barcelona on Tuesday, where it is also due to outline a push into Internet services. Nokia still dominates the market for smartphones — handsets with computer-like features such as e-mail — […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior U.S. lawmaker plans to introduce a bill in January that would bar Internet providers like AT&T Inc. from blocking Web content, setting up a renewed battle over so-called network neutrality. Sen. Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, believes a law is essential to prevent telephone and cable companies from discriminating […]

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp. said on Monday that it reached a Web search deal with Sun Microsystems Inc., the latest partnership struck by Microsoft aimed at chipping away at the dominance of Google Inc. As part of this agreement, users of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser who download Sun’s Java technology platform will be given […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Google Inc. canceled plans for a search advertising partnership with Yahoo Inc amid opposition from antitrust regulators and advertisers, Google’s chief legal officer said in a blog posting on Wednesday. Yahoo expressed dismay at Google’s decision, saying it was “disappointed that Google has elected to withdraw from the agreement rather than defend […]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. could announce a decision to walk away from their search deal by the middle of next week, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The two Internet companies have so far failed to reach an agreement with the U.S. Department […]

(Reuters) – Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. are expected to announce on Tuesday that they have agreed to a common set of principles on how to do business in nations that restrict free speech and expression, the Wall Street Journal reported. The move by the Internet media and technology giants comes in the […]

BEIJING, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Chinese Internet users have expressed fury at Microsoft’s launch of an anti-piracy tool targeting Chinese computer users to ensure they buy genuine software. The “Windows Genuine Advantage” programme, which turns the user’s screen black if the installed software fails a validation test, is Microsoft’s latest weapon in its war on […]

BOSTON (Reuters) – EMC Corp. forecast earnings for the current quarter at the low end of Wall Street expectations as the world’s top corporate storage equipment maker faced slower spending on information technology. But shares rose 7 percent on relief that the news wasn’t worse and also by stronger-than-expected quarterly results from unit VMware Inc. […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Nokia’s answer to Apple’s iPhone will go on sale in seven countries in Asia, the Middle East and Europe this year but will miss the Christmas shopping season in most developed markets. The first touch-screen phone from the world’s top mobile phone maker will go on sale in India, Indonesia, the United […]

(Reuters) – Social network software maker Slide Inc. has signed a deal with major media companies to distribute video content on Facebook, capitalizing on the success of social networking. The distribution partnership includes CBS Corp’s CBS Interactive, Comcast Corp’s E! Entertainment channel, Time Warner Inc’s Warner Brothers as well as News Corp and NBC Universal’s […]