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Ask Jeeves announced today that is has acquired privately held Bloglines, a free online service for searching, publishing and sharing RSS feeds, blogs and rich Web content. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed ...

It's anything but smooth sailing for COAST these days. Members of the Consortium of Anti-Spyware Technology Vendors are dropping like flies. Analysts said a factor in the controversy could be Microsoft's entrance into the multi-million-dollar market ...

Google today said it has not yet decided whether to appeal Friday's ruling by a French court that ordered it to pay US$260,000 plus costs to luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton for breach of trademark ...

In the wake of widespread complaints about fee increases on sellers, eBay has said it will reduce some of the charges and boost customer service in the U.S. and Canada. However, the online auction giant is standing firm on its move to hike Final Value fees on inventory format listings and Store subscription fees ...

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The landmark settlement between class action plaintiffs and 10 former WorldCom directors fell apart yesterday after a federal judge rejected a key aspect of the deal. Directors had agreed to pay US$54 million, including $18 million of their own money, to settle the suit ...

In an ongoing battle to keep software patents out of Europe, the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament has voted unanimously to restart the legislative process and request a rewrite of the European Commission's proposed Computer Implemented Inventions Directive ...

Google stock soared today after the company posted quarterly earnings that far exceeded Wall Street expectations, with growth doubled over a year ago and revenue skyrocketing to US$1.03 billion from $512 million a year earlier ...

A clear demand for mobile multimedia services is emerging, according to new consumer studies conducted for cell phone maker Nokia, and analysts said adoption of the services is set to take off in the coming years and will drive new form factors ...

Ninety-one percent of American consumers will walk out of a store and shop elsewhere if they cannot find the particular gift they want, according to a recent Sun Microsystems survey on consumer shopping patterns ...

As part of a shift toward more popular community features, America Online will stop providing direct access to Usenet newsgroups in February ...

A week after Cisco posted a notice on its Web site warning users that routers connected to its IP telephony gear could be vulnerable to denial of dervice (DoS) attacks, the company has issued a patch to solve a DoS vulnerability that could be exploited to crash a company's phone network ...

In a move to compete in the growing market for local search services, Amazon.com today launched "A9.com Yellow Pages," a new local business search directory complete with photos and user reviews. Analysts said if the concept takes off, it could expand the world of e-commerce ...

Internet service provider EarthLink and South Korean mobile communications company SK Telecom today announced a joint venture to market wireless voice and data services in the U.S ...

Microsoft announced today that it will combat piracy of its flagship product by requiring Windows users to verify that their copy of the operating system is genuine in order to receive timely updates and security fixes. The new initiative, called Windows Genuine Advantage, will phase in beginning in February ...

As part of a search industry move toward multi-media, Google today launched a new service that enables users to search the content of television programs ...

If ignorance is bliss, then that would explain why so many Internet users are happy with the online search experience. A new survey by Pew Internet & American Life shows that while users are extremely satisfied with search engines, they are also strikingly unaware of which results are paid listings ...

Microsoft today said it will not appeal a European Union court order to immediately implement antitrust sanctions. The defeat forces the company to remove its Media Player and video software from its Windows platform in the 25-nation block and to give interoperability information to rivals ...

Amazon.com is giving Web developers free access to data and technology to help them build applications for the online retailer's customers and sellers on its six global Web sites, the company said today ...

Overstock.com was preparing for its biggest sales day ever. It was just days before the notorious Black Friday, traditionally one of the busiest shopping days of the holiday season, and the discount online retailer was all set to break its previous year's sales record ...