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Microsoft has withdrawn its request for an oral hearing over the latest antitrust charges levied against it by the European Commission. An oral hearing in the case is voluntary, and whether one is held should, theoretically, not impact its outcome. However, the EC's apparent inflexibility in accomm...

After weeks of striking a conciliatory and cooperative tone, Craigslist is going on the offensive in the controversy over its erotic services section. Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster filed a complaint in a federal court in South Carolina, seeking declaratory relief and a restraining order against the ...

AT&T is expanding its cloud computing product line with a storage play aimed at enterprise users who want to access data via their laptops, smartphones and other Web-accessible devices. Called "Synaptic Storage as a Service AT&T," it is a joint offering with EMC that gives users access to th...

AT&T is expanding its cloud computing product line with a storage play aimed at enterprise users who want to access data via their laptops, smartphones and other Web-accessible devices. Called "Synaptic Storage as a Service AT&T," it is a joint offering with EMC that gives users access to th...

AT&T is expanding its cloud computing product line with a storage play aimed at enterprise users who want to access data via their laptops, smartphones and other Web-accessible devices. Called "Synaptic Storage as a Service AT&T," it is a joint offering with EMC that gives users access to th...

Amazon has opened another front in its push to establish the Kindle as the dominant e-reader in the market. The company is allowing bloggers to offer their posts in a subscription format via the Kindle store. The program is currently in beta. Bloggers can sign up for an account right now, however, b...

Google unveiled changes to its news site Thursday, but the debut was marred by widespread outages of the pages, along with other Google services. The system was restored by 10 a.m., ET and an investigation into the cause of the disruption is underway, according to a statement from Google -- and coun...

In an abrupt about face, Craigslist has announced it will take down its "erotic services" ad category. In its place will be a new adult services section that will be screened by Craigslist staff before publication, according to a statement made by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who...

The Obama Administration is making good on a campaign promise to step up antitrust enforcement. The Justice Department's top antitrust enforcement official, Christine Varney, said in a speech Monday morning that the DoJ would be setting aside a policy interpretation developed in the previous Bush Ad...

A hacker -- or a group of hackers -- is attempting to hold hostage some 8 million records purportedly acquired from the Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program, according to ransom note posted to the program's Web site on April 30. Few statements have been released by Virginia state authorities, ot...

Google, which has never been one to show much regard for Microsoft, could well be feeling sympathetic toward Redmond now that it finds itself under the antitrust gun. Microsoft has been beleaguered by antitrust investigations in the U.S. and Europe for decades. To be sure, Microsoft brought much o...

Citrix Systems is revamping its certification processes for engineers and architects to focus more on virtualization and provide an easier path to upgrade preexisting certifications. The updated certifications are Citrix Certified Enterprise Engineer for Virtualization and Citrix Certified Integrati...

Following the arrest of the accused Boston-area 'Craigslist killer' Philip Markoff, Craigslist has come under fire for its "casual encounters" section on the site, which allegedly contains de facto advertisements for prostitution. Craigslist, like other Web 2.0 sites, has attracted the attention of ...

Google and Apple are both wildly successful Web 2.0 companies that can be considered market makers in their respective fields. Another similarity that is less obvious -- but apparently very compelling to the Federal Trade Commission -- is their taste in corporate leadership. Google CEO Eric Schmidt ...

Research In Motion is bolstering its mobile productivity lineup with new enterprise offerings. In addition to a new version of its server software, BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0, which emphasizes energy efficiency and virtualization, RIM has partnered with HP on an operations manager for the Blac...

Oracle is intent on expanding its offering of Software as a Service applications, according to press reports. Specifically, it is planning to offer seven new products in a SaaS environment -- a move that would significantly enlarge its already substantial SaaS footprint. What's surprising is that it...

The Interactive Advertising Bureau has unveiled a document that standardizes certain industry terms. Its purpose is to help resolve the surprisingly large number of discrepancies that occur when impression data is exchanged between publishers and third-party ad servers. Such discrepancies can range ...

On the heels of two senior executives who recently left Google, a third -- David Rosenblatt, head of the display advertising business -- is saying goodbye. His final day is scheduled for mid-May. While their timing is most likely coincidental, the departures suggest a worrisome trend for Google. Ros...

Motorola's earnings for Q1 show a continued decline in revenue -- this time, by 28 percent. Its net loss was $231 million on revenue of $5.37 billion. In the same period last year, Motorola's earnings tanked by $194 million on revenue of $7.4 billion. The decline was due in part to plummeting hands...

The Department of Justice is reportedly looking into the settlement agreement that Google negotiated with representatives of book publishers and authors to put their works online. The Association of American Publishers and the Authors Guild filed a lawsuit against Google some three years ago in an e...