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Music publishers file latest lawsuit
News The lawsuit is the latest chapter in an ongoing saga aimed at stopping consumers from trading copyrighted musical and other works over the Internet through peer-to-peer networks, a practice popularised by Napster.
[November 21, 2001, 10:02]
EMC to sell chunk of VMware stock
News In after-hours trading on Wednesday, EMC stock surged 97 cents, or 7 percent, to $14.57. We expect the IPO to unlock more of VMware's value for EMC shareholders while also strengthening its ability to retain and attract the software industry's top...
[February 8, 2007, 8:22]
Music pirate faces prison term
News Shumaker's case, part of the long-running Operation Buccaneer federal anti-piracy investigations, is believed to be the first involving criminal penalties specifically for online music trading, a Department of Justice spokeswoman said.
[August 22, 2003, 10:45]
Palm unveils new OS and handset
News At the Nasdaq's close of trading on Thursday, after the webOS launch, Palm's stock had gone up by almost 35 percent. The company said in a statement that it hopes this will open up the new OS to "tens of millions" of developers.
[January 9, 2009, 13:13]
Microsoft licensing switch pleases Becta
News It lodged a complaint about Microsoft with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) over anti-competitive practices in October 2007, and in May took that complaint to the European Commission. Microsoft has announced it will begin a new licensing programme...
[September 16, 2008, 18:08]
Empire struck by game delays
News The company's value more than halved in early trading on the London stock market on Thursday after it said that increased spending on development and delays in launching a new title would have a negative impact on its performance.
[September 26, 2002, 11:15]
Australia sets date for Google keyword case
News Separate allegations of deceptive and misleading advertising were first levelled against Google and Australian website Trading Post's parent company, Sensis, in July after the Trading Post was found to have purchased Google keywords using...
[November 19, 2007, 11:17]
Lindows cuts offering price again
News Lindows has not yet set a date for the offering, which will have the company trading on the Nasdaq exchange under the symbol "LINE. In an amended registration statement filed on Thursday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Lindows...
[August 13, 2004, 9:40]
RNA launches memory-virtualisation software
News RNAmessenger is the company's first product aimed at online applications, such as gaming and trading, that have high-volumes and low latency; or in other words, applications that process many small transactions very quickly, the company said.
[February 4, 2009, 16:19]
Rivals help improve Dell's outlook
News Dell shares rose in after-hours trading on the news, changing hands recently at $25.37 on the Island ECN. In regular trading, Dell shares were up 26 cents, or 1.1 percent, at $23.93. Dell believes it is continuing to gain market share in the midst...
[July 12, 2002, 7:45]
Lone file-swapper takes on recording industry
News An anonymous California computer user went to court on Thursday to challenge the recording industry's file-trading subpoenas, charging that they are unconstitutional and violate her right to privacy. The RIAA has used court orders to try to...
[August 22, 2003, 10:25]
Sharman clamps down on Kazaa Lite K++
Talkback If advertisers wanted to generate their own sites spam free and utilize only banners then the file trading can continue. However the recording industry has warped the idea of what is legal and what is not legal to the extent that the masses are...
[January 31, 2004, 4:44]
Web retailer alleges anti-Internet high-street conspiracy
News Online electronics site, Intersaver.co.uk, says it has registered an official complaint with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) claiming that high-street stores are operating an anti-Internet monopoly on consumer electronics.
[April 28, 2000, 11:02]
The Day Ahead: Value America board members throw cash into the pit
News Value America, trading near a 52-week low, has been a bit of a trendsetter. Vulcan's stake today is worth $424m less than it was when Value America closed its first day of trading in April 1999 just above 55.
[May 11, 2000, 12:03]
US Report: CyberGuard suspends CEO, restates figures
News Morning trading on CyberGuard was halted on the news. In a statement issued Monday, the company said that results could be off by as much as $2.5m (£1.52m). In the statement, CyberGuard said it was reviewing its revenue recognition policies.
[August 25, 1998, 8:56]
VA Linux to stop making computers
News Its share price rose 698 percent by the end of their first day of trading, closing at $239.25. VA expects its revenue to significantly decline with the elimination of the hardware segment," according to the statement.
[June 28, 2001, 12:31]
Sun denies anti-competitive behaviour
News A complaint about Sun — made to the Office of Fair Trading by the Association of Service and Computer Dealers International (ASCDI) on Monday — claimed that Sun was shutting out resellers by refusing to give them "provenance information" on its...
[April 26, 2007, 15:10]
Slump in demand for IT workers
News On the contrary, there had been a slowdown across the technology markets, which the board attributes principally to negative sentiment relating to the current economic climate," MSB said in its trading update.
[August 15, 2001, 13:39]
Women leaders? Not in our boardroom
News Several companies had no women executives, including Alltel, Fox Entertainment Group, Knight Trading Group, USA Networks and WorldCom. Companies without women board members included AMC Entertainment, Ameritrade, Clear Channel, CNET Networks...
[August 28, 2002, 8:59]
HP close to EDS buyout
News Shares of HP were down six percent after the story posted, and HP confirmed that trading of its stock has been halted. In a sense, I'm wondering if HP is trading off success in the smaller deal for larger deals.
[May 13, 2008, 12:35]
