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Intel Shares Soar Despite Q1 Profit Slump

Intel posted first-quarter results Tuesday that met or slightly beat expectations -- the chipmaker lowered its own targets last month -- and posted record revenue for the seasonally slow time of year ...

Lawmakers Push for Fee-Free E-Filing

Ten years after the Internal Revenue Service first flipped the switch on electronic tax filing, key lawmakers said Monday the time has come to make e-filing free for all taxpayers -- a move that could cost software makers millions in annual revenues ...

Blockbuster’s Circuit City Pitch Puzzles Pundits

In a surprise move that could reshape the consumer electronics and movie rental industries, Blockbuster went public Monday with an offer to pay as much as US$1.3 billion to acquire Circuit City ...

Lyris Launches E-Marketing Portal

Interactive marketing firm Lyris, best known for its e-mail advertising services, has launched a portal meant to give online marketers a place to foster community and learn from one another ...

DoD Barn Door Wide Open, Stock for Sale on eBay

Military gear that could be used in terrorist operations is showing up oneBay and Craigslist, and some lawmakers are calling for action ...

Verizon Sues Time Warner for Bad-Mouthing FiOS TV

Verizon has filed a lawsuit against Time Warner Cable, claiming that company's advertising gives a false impression about the telecom firm's new fiber optic-based TV service ...

Yahoo Pulls Together Rebel Alliance

Yahoo has launched a limited test of Google's AdSense search advertising service, a move that Microsoft immediately slammed as anticompetitive and one that came amid a flurry of new developments in the Microsoft-Yahoo saga ...

Feds Resort to H-1B Lottery, Tech Firms Stew

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received more applications for 2009 H-1B visas than it can issue, exceeding the congressional limit on the tech-friendly program just days after applications were first accepted ...

The Whole World Is Watching: Google Shines Light on Refugee Camps

Google and the UN High Commission for Refugees -- the United Nations agency responsible for tracking and caring for refugees from the world's conflicts -- unveiled a Web-based mapping tool Tuesday meant to help raise awareness of displaced populations ...

Microsoft Nearly Done Asking Nicely

Microsoft tried to light a fire under its apparently stagnating bid to acquire Yahoo over the weekend, with CEO Steve Ballmer saying a lower price could be in the offing if Yahoo doesn't act soon ...

Nail-Biting in Tech Boardrooms: Resources, Regulation, Recession

Over the past five years, 42 of the technology companies that Mercury Ventures has invested in have made the transition from publicly traded to private firms ...

Web Crime Spikes in 2007, Losses Near $240M

The financial losses tied to Internet crime reached record levels in 2007, the FBI said Thursday, citing data from its annual Internet Crime Report ...

Winning Bidders Spell Out How They’ll Use Their Spectrum

Though the basic outcome of the Federal Communications Commission wireless spectrum auction has been known for some time -- Verizon Wireless and AT&T won major chunks of the spectrum while Google was shut out -- responses to the closely watched event came fast and furious Thursday as the anti-collusion quiet period ended ...

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Detroit Trading Exchange: Swinging the Door Wide Open for Auto Leads

Working with online car sales leads since the early part of the dot-com era, the cofounders of the Detroit Trading Exchange saw firsthand the inefficiencies in the market and set out to address them ...

Zillow Lays Out Welcome Mat for Mortgage Shoppers

Looking to fill what it says is a gap in the consumer's toolbox, real estate site Zillow.com has launched a marketplace to connect home buyers with mortgages ...

RIM Scoffs at ‘R’ Word With Doubled Profit, Revenue

Research In Motion posted strong earnings and sales growth in its fourth quarter. The positive news signals that it has not seen the Apple iPhone cut into the market share for its BlackBerry device and that adoption may continue to grow even amid a weakening economy ...

Amazon Aims to Light M-Commerce Fire With TextBuyIt

Amazon.com launched a text-message shopping option Tuesday that enables users to search for, compare and buy products via short message service, in addition to its existing browser-based mobile commerce offerings ...

Microsoft Drums Its Fingers on the Table While Yahoo Sweats

Despite widespread belief it would dig deeper into its pockets if necessary to land Yahoo, Microsoft has no plans to sweeten its offer for the Web portal, according to published reports ...

AT&T, EDS, T-Systems Win Billions in Shell IT Contracts

Providing a shot in the arm to the tech sector amid mounting economic worries, Petroleum giant Royal Dutch Shell said Monday it has doled out some US$4 billion worth of contracts to outsource the management of its core information technology infrastructure ...

AT&T, EDS, T-Systems Win Billions in Shell IT Contracts

Providing a shot in the arm to the tech sector amid mounting economic worries, Petroleum giant Royal Dutch Shell said Monday it has doled out some US$4 billion worth of contracts to outsource the management of its core information technology infrastructure ...

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