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Area firms ride surging mobile sector
- T he market for mobile technology is booming, fueled by the introduction of easier-to-use cell phones and flat-rate calling plans that encourage the use of phones and personal data assistants for Internet applications.
Google ventures into virtual reality with 'Lively'
- In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more fantasizing on the Web.
NebuAd to come under spotlight at Senate hearing
- Executives from major Internet players - Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. - are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Silicon Valley startup called NebuAd Inc.
VMware shares plunge on CEO change, slowing growth
- VMware Inc. abruptly replaced co-founder Diane Greene as chief executive Tuesday and lowered its sales outlook, triggering alarms that pounded the business software maker's shares to their lowest depths since the company's lucrative public offering 11 months ago.
VMware warns on revenue, replaces CEO Greene
- Shares of VMware Inc. plunged 25 percent Tuesday after the software maker replaced co-founder and CEO Diane Greene and warned that revenue would fall short of prior estimates.
Microsoft expands its response to hosted software
- Microsoft Corp. is strengthening its early-stage push to fend off competition by offering more Internet-based software, a change from its traditional method of selling programs that run on individual desktops or corporate servers.
Microsoft backs Icahn's bid to oust Yahoo board
- Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to dump Yahoo Inc.'s board, saying Monday that a successful shareholder rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its bid to buy Yahoo's Internet search engine or possibly the entire company.
Uncertainty aplenty as Web, media leaders convene
- When media and technology tycoons convene Tuesday in idyllic southern Idaho for five days of dealmaking and outdoor recreation, the mountain air will carry more than a whiff of uncertainty as most arrive with their businesses in various states of disarray.
Microsoft may talk with Yahoo if board is ousted
- Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo Inc.'s board next month, saying Monday that a successful rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its takeover bid for Yahoo or negotiate another multibillion-dollar deal.
- Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo Inc.'s board next month, saying Monday that a successful rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its takeover bid for Yahoo or negotiate another multibillion-dollar deal.
Microsoft wants to negotiate with new Yahoo board
- Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo Inc.'s board next month, saying Monday that a successful rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its takeover bid for Yahoo or negotiate another multibillion-dollar deal.
- Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn's effort to oust Yahoo Inc.'s board next month, saying Monday that a successful rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its takeover bid for Yahoo or negotiate another multibillion-dollar deal.
Rights like free speech don't always extend online
- Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative.
Rare photo puts Google operations on view
- It was a case of the photographer turned subject.
- It was a case of the photographer turned subject.
'Public' online spaces don't carry speech, rights
- Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative.