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Alcatel and Lucent announced Sunday they plan to merge in a US$13.4 billion deal that will create one of the largest telecom and Internet gear makers in the world -- and one that may face tough scrutiny from regulators ...

A new study that is sure to revive an old debate says that long-term cell phone use may increase a person's risk of developing brain cancer ...

Lawyers for Apple Computer argued to a United Kingdom court that the iTunes Music Store is a data-transfer service, not a purely musical endeavor and as a result does not violate a long-standing agreement with the company that handles The Beatles business affairs ...

Google said it would release another 5.3 million shares of its stock for public sale, claiming it wanted to be ready to meet higher demand for its shares as it enters the Standard & Poor's 500 index and in the process raise additional cash for "general corporate purposes." ...

A case that could dramatically alter the way keyword search advertising is sold has closely moved toward a court date, with Google's practice of letting anyone bid on certain keywords -- and whether the practice may constitute trademark infringement -- at issue ...

European Union regulators said they have warned Microsoft that Vista, the first new version of Windows in six years due out later this year, could face scrutiny on anti-trust grounds if third-party products cannot be made to work with the new platform ...

The lengthy patent battle between e-commerce giant eBay and a small firm that says it came up with the popular "Buy it Now" technology first will get a hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday ...

The European Commission said it will present regulations aimed at cutting down on the often exorbitant fees mobile carriers charge when their customers roam internationally ...

The lengthy battle between The Beatles and Apple over whether the computer maker infringed on the legendary band's trademark by pushing into the music business will reach the highest court in the United Kingdom this week ...

Sling Media, the maker of the Slingbox technology that enables remote access to TV programs stored on a digital video recorder, has made a beta version available of a service that can deliver video from various sources to mobile devices ...

Alcatel (NYSE: ALA) andLucent (NYSE: LU) are discussing a possible merger, which would create the largest telecommunications equipment maker in the world and could trigger additional M&A activity in the telecom gear space ...

Microsoft has again postponed the highly anticipated release of the consumer version of Windows Vista, dealing a blow to PC makers who had hoped to ride a wave of upgrades to stronger sales and causing a sell-off of Microsoft stock ...

Microsoft has scored a contract to provide Internet Protocol television services (IPTV) to one of the largest phone companies in Europe, possibly providing it a key proving ground for its technology as Web TV grows in popularity ...

Google has launched a beta version of a financial news and information site, creating a destination for investors and others that will target Webportal rivalYahoo, whose own finance site is one of the most heavily used on the Internet ...

Seeking to help protect children from the seedier side of the Web, some U.S. lawmakers are hoping to reignite interest in creating a ".xxx" domain where pornographic and adult content would be concentrated ...

Seeking to keep its low-cost advantage, boost new product development and supply fast-growing markets,Dell plans to double the number of people it employs in India ...

Microsoft inked a deal with Epic Records that will give Xbox Live users a year's worth of free access to downloadable music and high-definition on-demand video from Epic artists ...

Microsoft has launched a US$500 million marketing campaign aimed at using its new products, including Windows Vista and Office 2007, to wrest enterprise customers away from rival IBM ...

Continuing its aggressive campaign to cut down on piracy of its products,Microsoft has filed eight lawsuits againsteBay sellers, accusing them of distributing counterfeit versions of the software giant's programs ...

In one of the first major efforts to bring an ad-supported broadband television experience to Internet users, America Online formally launched its In2TV service, with four major advertisers already signed up to have their commercials interspersed with the full-length programs and short video clips ...