NEC, Matsushita and TI have launched a joint venture that aims to put competitive chips and platforms into 3G handsets

The browser company has given a preview of its plans for the next incarnation of Opera, following the recent release of Opera 9

Users in Finland are testing technology that lets users switch between cell and wireless networks without interruption.

Ofcom's proposal to raise Wi-Fi power limits has met with approval from a major hotzone operator, who says it could help the business case for rural broadband

In a dramatic close to the legal battle between file-sharing software developer Kazaa and the entertainment industry, Kazaa said today that it has agreed to pay at least $100 million to four record companies and an additional amount to motion picture companies to settle two lawsuits.

Time Warner, whose shares touched a two-year low in mid-July, is set to introduce on Aug. 2 its fourth plan in five years to save online unit AOL.

Company will allow users to opt out of receiving the update.

Advertisers will receive data showing the number of invalid clicks, plus the percentage of clicks that represents

Mobile application also allows users to save routes, company says.

After users reported being locked out of Yahoo's mail, IM, search and content services over the weekend, the web giant blames a power outage

The organisation responsible for administering the .eu domain extension is suing 400 US-based registrars, accusing them of stockpiling 74,000 domain names through three UK-registered 'front' companies

What do a former Playboy pinup, a small Michigan toy company, and a mild-mannered real estate agent have in common?

If Robert Tur has his way, YouTube will soon have its day of reckoning in court.

BEIJING -- Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo have undermined the rights of Chinese to freedom of expression through their actions in China, according to Amnesty International.

With advertising revenue still growing, Google plans to hire more people and build new data centres

A UK citizen faces extradition to America over charges that he ran Web sites promoting violence against the West

Google was set to unveil a Web search site on Thursday designed to help blind people find results that will work best with their text-to-speech software.

Samsung has become the latest company to launch a dual-mode phone, which can connect over GSM or Wi-Fi

The company claims success in testing HSUPA, which should provide an uplink speed to match HSDPA's downlink and may shut mobile WiMax out of the market

Sir Tim Berners-Lee has a vision of a Web where machines as well as people can read content, but Google sees plenty of hurdles

New tool is designed to prevent spammers from using search engines to drive traffic to spam URLs.

Advertisers have been warned of an increase in fraudulent scams on Google and Yahoo

AOL is set to become the latest company to enter the security software market, releasing a beta of its all-in-one PC health care suite.

Claims that the search giant deliberately downgraded a rival's pages have been rejected, but could yet return to court

Researchers at Microsoft have developed a tool to scrub search engines of major Web sites that pollute search results and ultimately help clean the Web of spam.

Update: Software developers should test whether today's extensions will work with the Firefox of tomorrow, says Mozilla

There is growing evidence that Internet criminals are abusing Voice over IP services, rather than email

News Analysis: Even Google has to work through common business problems such as reporting revenue and tracking projects. But it sometimes addresses those needs in unconventional—yet highly efficient—ways, and others are starting to follow its lead. (Baselinemag.com)

news analysis In 1999, Microsoft caused a tech industry ruckus when it introduced Passport, an online wallet and payment system that would allow shoppers to use one sign-in username and password to buy things from multiple retailers.

Redmond (WA) - Demonstrating that the entire world doesn't have to be delayed on account of Microsoft Office 2007, the company's Internet Explorer 7 team triumphantly plowed ahead with its Beta 3 release this morning. If the troubles we had with installing IE7 Beta 3 - after repeated uninstallations and Registry tweaks - is indicative of the problems others are having across North America, then maybe the bad news doesn't stop here.

Newly discovered security flaws affect the two most popular Internet browsers