EC approves Nokia's acquisition of Qt platform producer Trolltech

EC approves Nokia's acquisition of Qt platform producer Trolltech

It was widely reported today that the European Commission approved the buyout of "widget maker" Trolltech, by Nokia. What isn't widely known is that Nokia has acquired something of real substance...and maybe even Nokia doesn't know it.

Time Warner Cable sued for causing 'major distress'

Time Warner Cable sued for causing 'major distress'

Time Warner Cable is being hauled into court by a Los Angeles city attorney over complaints of Internet and e-mail outages, TV line-up changes, and service delays. This while the head of TWC's regional office was given the heave-ho.

CBS announces Web video sharing deal with Yahoo

CBS announces Web video sharing deal with Yahoo

Yahoo said it will join CBS' Audience Network on Wednesday, continuing the close relationship of the two companies.

Wal-Mart endeavors to lure customers to Blu-ray

Wal-Mart endeavors to lure customers to Blu-ray

While Wal-Mart seemed to be firmly in the HD DVD camp early in the format war, it's now gearing up for a nationwide promotion to drum up interest in the format war's survivor.

Study: Mobility of workers tracked via their cell phone usage

Study: Mobility of workers tracked via their cell phone usage

An academic study charting the daily mobility of people based upon their mobile phone data has raised ethical concerns regarding privacy and nondisclosure.

IBM's Lotus Symphony 1.0 emerges from beta

IBM's Lotus Symphony 1.0 emerges from beta

Emerging from a public beta process which began last September, the Lotus brand once again represents a suite of general purpose applications...and it doesn't look to make much money from that just yet.

South Korea fines Intel for anti-competitive behavior

South Korea fines Intel for anti-competitive behavior

Korea's fine against Intel ends a two-year-long investigation by the Korean Fair Trade Commission into allegations of abuse of Intel's dominant position in the CPU market.

Yahoo launches beta of Search Gallery

Yahoo launches beta of Search Gallery

Based upon the SearchMonkey platform, Yahoo users can now enhance their searches with developer-created apps.

Icahn's war of words forebodes an ugly August for Yahoo

Icahn's war of words forebodes an ugly August for Yahoo

Last month's shareholders lawsuit filed against Yahoo has revealed the existence of a poison pill to defend the company against hostile takeover -- one which investor Carl Icahn is now publicly working to have extricated.

Mozilla provides more details on Firefox 3.0 RC2

Mozilla provides more details on Firefox 3.0 RC2

The official release notes are now live on Mozilla's servers, along with Release Candidate 2 of the organization's next Web browser, which was published yesterday.

WWDC may see beta debut of Mac OS X 10.6

WWDC may see beta debut of Mac OS X 10.6

While much of the buzz surrounding Apple's annual developer event has been about the iPhone, news reports indicate the company may also debut the newest release of its operating system at WWDC.

Verizon FiOS TV to expand in July

Verizon FiOS TV to expand in July

Verizon has announced it will be rolling out 60 new channels to the FiOS TV lineup region-by-region beginning in July, at least 25 of these will be HD.

Verizon Wireless, Alltel sign $28.1 billion deal

Verizon Wireless, Alltel sign $28.1 billion deal

Confirming market speculation, the two companies released a joint statement Thursday that said Verizon Wireless would acquire the equity of Alltel as well as assume its debt.

In-game advertisements coming to Sony PS3

In-game advertisements coming to Sony PS3

Sony has selected IGA Worldwide as its first partner to provide dynamic in-game advertisements for PlayStation 3 games, with an initial focus on the frequently delayed MMO undertaking called Home.

Wikia search engine now lets users add their own results

Wikia search engine now lets users add their own results

The Wikia search engine, controversial brainchild of Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, this week added groundbreaking social networking-oriented features that give Web users the ability to make adjustments to the search results others see.

Comcast, TWC test curbs on heavy Internet use

Time Warner Cable and Comcast are launching tests this week of new management controls for bandwidth consumption -- alternatives to the approach of throttling packets outright, though they may not prove to be any more popular.

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Microsoft's Search 4.0 for desktops emerges from beta

No, it's not WinFS, the file system that was supposed to revolutionize the way files and documents are stored in Windows. But if it gives users tools that accomplish the same things WinFS was supposed to provide, does Search 4.0 come close?

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Fanning's payday: $30 million from Electronic Arts

Computer programmer Shawn Fanning, known for having created the original Napster, has sold his latest company ThreeSF to game maker EA.

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Craiglist's newest competition in the online classified space: Wal-Mart

Although some may question how this latest move fits into the strategy of the retailer, the retailer has launched a test of a free classified ads service.

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Is Google living up to privacy legislation?

Google is coming under fire from members of 14 advocacy groups, who want the search engine giant to post a link to its privacy policy directly from its home page so as to assure compliance with a California privacy law.

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