For EU antitrust chief, Microsoft ruling is a defining moment
If the court vindicates Neelie Kroes's decision to pursue Microsoft, the competition commission may be emboldened to take on other technology multinationals.
- As EU debated, Microsoft took market share

Did Apple muff Mac's big chance?
For Steve Jobs, Apple's co-founder and chief executive, a 3 percent share seems unlikely to be a satisfying attainment after more than 20 years of selling the Mac.

As EU debated, Microsoft took market share
In a packed hall at the European Court of First Instance, top lawyers for Microsoft and the European Commission will learn Monday whether the world's biggest software maker successfully persuaded an appeals court to overturn the commission's record fine and antitrust ruling.

Where broadband Internet is headed: To the kitchen
Dream kitchens may soon include a computer along with the latest refrigerator or oven. That way, people gathered at the family hub can satisfy their digital needs along with nutritional ones.

On Advertising: Did Yahoo get booby prize with Bebo?
For all the hype about social networking, it remains relatively underdeveloped as an advertising platform. But as young consumers with discretionary income and time on their hands flock to these online forums, more traditional Internet powers figure they have to follow.

Your cheatin' heart leaves tell-tale e- trail
In this digital age, divorce lawyers and private investigators are finding a treasure trove of evidence in computers, BlackBerrys and mobile phone records.

Sprint to spend $5 billion building high-speed wireless network
Sprint said it wanted to use the WiMax technology to blanket entire cities, enabling wireless Internet access on everything from cellphones and laptops to video game players and cameras.

Television series to make debut on MySpace
Networks and studios have been scrambling to find their footing on the Web, but two seasoned producers are about to create a show that will first appear online.

Ruling frees companies to sell phones with Qualcomm chips
Samsung and LG Electronics will be able to sell new mobile telephones during the U.S. winter holidays because a ban on Qualcomm chips has been lifted, at least temporarily.

Tech in Brief: Nokia and rivals join to create faster flash
Also, Police in Netherlands raid DVD counterfeiter.

Global laptop project raises its price again, almost double original $100 goal
The vaunted "$100 laptop" that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers dreamed up for international schoolchildren is becoming a slightly more distant concept.

Shares in Alcatel-Lucent tumble after 3rd profit warning this year
Shares in telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA fell Thursday to their lowest level after the company slashed its forecast for full-year revenue growth in its third profit warning since the start of the year

Qualcomm wins rare legal victory in chip patent fight
A U.S. judge sided with various cellphone carriers and manufacturers, blocking a federal ban on imports of premium phones containing Qualcomm chips that a rival chip maker, Broadcom, maintains violates its patent on battery power-saving technology.

Disgraced writer of 'A Million Little Pieces' wins deal for his novel
James Frey, the author who admitted making up portions of his best-selling memoir "A Million Little Pieces" and earned Oprah Winfrey's public scorn, has signed a new book deal for his novel "Bright Shiny Morning," with HarperCollins. The dollar figure was not disclosed.