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Blockbuster is offering lower-price plans for its Web rental service to steal business from online video rental star Netflix ...

Electronics maker Toshiba lowered its sales target for high-definition DVD players and recorders based on slumping sales figures in the United States ...

Adobe Systems has released the beta version of its new runtime software, Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) -- formerly called "Apollo." The software allows Web-native applications to run just like desktop programs ...

HTC has launched a Windows Mobile smartphone with a touch screen interface strikingly similar in concept to Apple's upcoming iPhone ...

Intel unveiled its 3 Series chipset family designed for playing high-definition media and for supporting the company's 45nm Penryn processors due later this year ...

Microsoft and Linux distributorXandros announced a broad agreement on Monday based on several technical and intellectual property commitments aimed at extending the software giant's relationship with commercial open source vendors ...

Flextronics International is set to buy rival electronics manufacturerSolectron for US$3.6 billion in cash and stock in a move to cut costs and expand its product line ...

Online search giant Google andEMI Music have agreed to let users of Google's YouTube video-sharing site access music and clips produced by EMI artists ...

Google has created new Web software that runs both online and offline, allowing users to work just about anywhere -- even in places with spotty or no Internet connections ...

Google's mapping technology is zooming down from its overhead views and placing users on the street with the freedom to check out restaurants and landmarks and even home in on bus stops or street signs to make travel plans ...

Microsoft garnered a lot of buzz this week after reports broke the software giant had shipped its 1 millionth Zune -- putting it ahead of a company goal set shortly after it launched its MP3 player in November. However, those reports apparently were jumping the gun ...

Sony has developed a display screen so thin it can bend like a piece of paper while at the same time showing full-color video ...

Google may be violating European Union privacy laws by storing user information on customer queries for prolonged periods of time, advisers to EU regulators informed the company ...

Following weeks of anticipation, open source software fans can now buy three Dell computers preloaded with Linux ...

More Americans are taking a carefree attitude toward the nuisance of spam clogging their e-mail in-boxes, according to a new study ...

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an antispyware bill that would impose specific penalties for scammers accessing computers without authorization while attempting to commit other federal crimes ...

The recording industry appears to be changing its tune, now offering to defer hefty new royalty rates for smaller Internet radio stations that might otherwise be forced to tune out due to high costs. However, it doesn't appear the proposed new price structure has won over any fans in the opposition's corner ...

Cisco Systems said Tuesday it will purchase privately heldBroadWare Technologies, a provider of IP-based video surveillance software, for an undisclosed amount ...

Dell reportedly will launch three models of its much anticipated laptop and desktop computers loaded with Ubuntu Linux this Thursday ...

The record label home to some of the world's top pop groups, such as the Beatles and Coldplay, has agreed in principle to a US$4.7 billion takeover by private equity group Terra Firma Capital Partners ...