EU probing if Google dominates Internet search

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU regulators are still undecided whether Google dominates in Internet search and if it has abused rivals in breach of competition rules, the EU's antitrust...

Analysts say RIM losing share faster than expected

(Reuters) - Research In Motion is losing market share much faster than expected, warned analysts on Friday, a day after the BlackBerry maker gave a weak outlook in further proof...

LG Elec plans to restructure Korean mobile unit: source

SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc plans to restructure its domestic mobile operation by reducing marketing staff to improve the struggling business, a source familiar with...

PE firm Silver Lake looking to buy Yahoo: reports

(Reuters) - Private equity firm Silver Lake is considering a bid for Internet firm Yahoo Inc, according to media reports late Thursday.

Analysis: China seeks to tether the microblog tiger

BEIJING (Reuters) - Mao Zedong famously said a single spark could start a revolutionary prairie fire. That fear is now driving his Communist Party successors to grapple with how to...

Verdict reached in TCW vs Gundlach: court

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The jury has reached a verdict in a courtroom battle between Trust Company of the West and former investment chief Jeffrey Gundlach, concluding a six-week...

EBay lawyer: Craigslist "sought" criminal probe

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A criminal investigation involving eBay is a "game changer" that should slow Craigslist's attempts to obtain documents and depositions in a parallel civil...

Admitted insider handed 18-month prison term

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former account manager at a semiconductor company who pleaded guilty in the government's campaign against insider trading was sentenced to 18 months in...

Netflix's Ted Sarandos takes stage as share prices plummet

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Ted Sarandos, Netflix's chief content officer, had the unenviable task of fielding questions at the Paley Center for Media conference on Thursday as...

Bulk of Oracle copyright claims vs Google allowed

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge will allow the bulk of Oracle Corp's copyright infringement claims against Google Inc over the Java programing language, according to a court...

Hackers target Mexico government websites

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The websites of several Mexican government ministries, including Defense and Public Security, went offline on Thursday, and a hacker group claimed...

Apple settles with Queens stores over knockoffs

(Reuters) - Two stores in Queens, New York, accused of peddling unauthorized Apple Inc accessories have agreed to hand over all products in their inventories bearing the word...

HP execs misled investors before August stock crash: lawsuit

(Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co and top executives misled investors for months before unveiling a series of major decisions, such as the demise of the TouchPad, that hammered its...

FTC proposes kids' online privacy rule update

(Reuters) - A proposed update of the U.S. online privacy rule for children would revise definitions of personal information and beef up parental consent mechanisms to reflect...

RIM reports sharp drop in profit

(Reuters) - Research In Motion reported a sharp drop in quarterly profit on Thursday, hurt by an aging lineup of BlackBerry smartphones that was only refreshed very late in the...

Analysis: Why no killer app for paying bills online?

NEW YORK (Reuters) - If you want to manage all of your money and all of your monthly payments in one convenient online place, you're pretty much out of luck.

Google to launch local shopping service in Japan: Nikkei

(Reuters) - Google Inc's Japanese unit will launch an online search service on Friday that will display the prices and availability of products at stores near the shopper's...

Royal wedding sets Internet record, Guinness says

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The royal wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton this spring was one for the history books -- and the record books, too.

South Korea still top world communications economy: U.N.

(Reuters) - South Korea was the world's most advanced Internet and telecommunications economy in 2010, with high levels of access, usage and skills, while high-speed Web access...

EBay pitches merchants as PayPal heads offline

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc unveiled new PayPal technology to more than a hundred big retailers this week as the e-commerce company tries to take its big online payments...

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