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Review: V-Phone simplifies Net calling
Jun 28 2006 9:13PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It's a top feature of Internet phone service that few bother with: the ability to use it anywhere, making and taking calls from the same number at the same low price, even if you're halfway around the world.
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Yahoo settles 'click fraud' lawsuit
Jun 28 2006 8:23PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo Inc. will consider refunding money to thousands of advertisers dating back to January 2004 and pay $4.95 million in attorney fees to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging the Internet powerhouse has been profiting from bogus sales referrals generated through a sham known as "click fraud."
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Microsoft looks to academia for talent
Jun 28 2006 7:01PM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Although Bill Gates' massive philanthropic foundation tends to get the most attention for its efforts to transform education, the company he co-founded also is paying close attention to the world of academia.
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Senate rejects regulating Internet access
Jun 28 2006 5:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A massive effort by Internet users to prohibit telephone and cable companies from providing better service and prices to preferred customers failed to get through a Senate committee on Wednesday.
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Qualcomm resists demands for royalty cut
Jun 28 2006 4:33PM (CT)
NEW DELHI (AP) - Qualcomm Inc. says it may use some of the royalties earned from mobile phone sales in India to fund research projects here in an apparent move to counter demands for a cut in its royalty rates.
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Vendor touts virtual boxes as secure tool
Jun 28 2006 4:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A vendor of security software wants to make the Web safer to browse by creating virtual boxes set off from the rest of your machine.
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Lassie.com domain goes to TV rights owner
Jun 28 2006 4:32PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - A U.N. agency has ruled that ownership of the lassie.com domain name must be handed to New York-based Classic Media Inc., the company that owns rights to the popular TV series Lassie about an adventurous collie.
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Spammers turn to images to fool filters
Jun 28 2006 4:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Spammers are increasingly sneaking their messages past e-mail filters by sending their pitches as images rather than text, spam experts say.
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Verizon Wireless to ease up on fees
Jun 28 2006 4:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Targeting a top gripe by cell phone users and breaking ranks again with its industry, Verizon Wireless plans to prorate the fee it charges subscribers who break a contract so they only pay an amount proportional to the time left on their agreements.
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Verizon Wireless to ease up on fees
Jun 28 2006 4:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Targeting a top gripe by cell phone users and breaking ranks again with its industry, Verizon Wireless plans to prorate the fee it charges subscribers who break a contract so they only pay an amount proportional to the time left on their agreements.
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Palm paying Xerox $22.5M in patent case
Jun 28 2006 3:50PM (CT)
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - Handheld computer maker Palm Inc. said Wednesday it would pay $22.5 million to Xerox Corp. to settle a patent infringement suit filed in 1997.
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Palm paying Xerox $22.5M in patent case
Jun 28 2006 3:50PM (CT)
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - Handheld computer maker Palm Inc. said Wednesday it would pay $22.5 million to Xerox Corp. to settle a patent infringement suit filed in 1997.
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Dell to offer free recycling for products
Jun 28 2006 2:59PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Consumers wanting to ditch old printers, personal computers or other electronics gear made by Dell Inc. will soon be able to recycle them for free, chairman Michael Dell announced Wednesday.
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Nokia says Chinese copied stylish phone
Jun 28 2006 9:14AM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Nokia Corp. is suing two Chinese companies for producing mobile phones that allegedly copy the design of a popular Nokia handset.
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Dell launches IT service plan
Jun 28 2006 12:21AM (CT)
ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) - Dell Inc., which is seeking to expand in the lucrative business of maintaining other companies' computers, plans to launch a new service plan Wednesday that uses mapping technology from Google Inc.
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