Microsoft last week launched a hostile US$44.6bn takeover bid to buy Web giant Yahoo. If the deal goes ahead it will be the latest in a line of multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions the tech sector has witnessed in recent years.
Google's megamerger proposal with DoubleClick could face greater scrutiny in Europe than the US if antitrust regulators decide the deal takes the companies into new markets.
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America Online on Monday said it is blocking malicious links tied to a recently discovered bot that uses encryption to increase the range of its targets and make eradication more difficult.
Google is increasing its lead over Yahoo and Microsoft in the US Web search market while a rebranded Ask.com is inching up, according to the latest statistics from ComScore Networks.
The explosion in drive-by download attacks continues to grow. How has the situation got so dangerous? Are there any "trusted" Web sites left?
Google's acquisition of a tiny Web word processing maker turns the spotlight on a growing number of so-called Web 2.0 companies struggling to survive -- or angling to be Google's next purchase.
A security bug in Winamp is being exploited by miscreants to install spyware on machines running the media player software, experts have warned.
Lawyer Eric Sinrod takes a closer look at claims by RTI on the search giant's use of Internet phone technology.
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High-powered panelists discuss the evolution of content delivery in the age of convergence and the empowered consumer at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's annual conference in San Francisco. Panelists include Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers, DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg, America Online CEO Jonathan Miller, Google co-founder Larry Page and Comcast CEO Brian Roberts.
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