EBay Mergers Chief Sees Return To Missed Deals
The online auction site has accumulated a war chest of about $5 billion in cash and short-term investments on its balance sheet.

Google Down But Not Out Due To Poor Ad Click Growth
Advertisers have gotten more sophisticated in the past year or two and are looking beyond click-based ads for other options, industry insiders remark.

Dell Builds Out Web-Hosted Support Services
Among the services Dell plans to make available are patch management, anti-virus, anti-spam, online backup and recovery, asset discovery, asset tracking, e-mail continuity, e-mail archiving, and image management.

For Sale: Passwords To Fortune 500's Servers
Cybercriminals are paying premiums based on compromised sites' Google PageRank to buy thousands of login names and FTP credentials, a security software company reports.

IBM More Confident About U.S. Business In 1st Quarter
IBM said Wednesday it is more confident about its U.S. business so far this year than in the fourth quarter, countering fears over slowing corporate spending.

Qualcomm, Nokia Prepare For Patent Court Battle
It is unlikely the case starting this summer in Delaware will resolve the overall licensing negotiations between the companies, a spokesperson said.

Congress Probes Case Of The Missing White House E-Mails
Bush administration officials put some of the blame on a two-year transition from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange.

Apple's Mac OS X Vulnerable To Networking Exploit
A security researcher at Digit-labs.org posted a proof-of-concept exploit that takes advantage of a flaw in the way the Apple implements IPv6 support.

Microsoft Readies Internet Explorer 8 Beta
Microsoft says enhancements planned for IE 8 include improved support for Ajax programming and better security.

FBI Says To Ignore E-mail Death Threats
The threat is a hoax, the FBI said. The agency received more than 100 complaints the last time the e-mail threat started showing up in in-boxes.

iTunes Boasts Second Place For Music Sales, Hits Milestones
Legal music downloads now account for 10% of the music acquired in the United States, according to analysts with NPD Group.

New York City Puts E-Health Records Online For 200,000 Patients
City leaders say their initiative has created the largest community based e-health records network in the United States and can serve as a national model.

FCC: We'll Protect Web Neutrality
Officials warn against broadband providers who interfere with users' access, while a leading ISP denied accusations it discriminates against some types of traffic.

Microsoft Moves Beyond Clicks With 'Engagement' Measurement
The new method is intended to augment click-based metrics, which don't tell online marketers very much about their customers and are susceptible to manipulation.

Salesforce.com Unveils Adobe AIR Tools
Developers will be able to build new AIR/Flex applications and sell them on Salesforce's AppExchange marketplace.

Photo-Sharing Startup Expanding Internationally
Tiny Pictures received $7.2 million in investment funding to build its Radar Gallery service, which allows instant sharing of pictures and videos taken with camera phones and camcorders.

N.Y. Times Unveils Mobile-To-PC App
ShifD eliminates the need to save information separately on multiple Web-enabled devices.

Pakistan Blocks YouTube, Puts Blinders On The World
Users had a hard time accessing YouTube after Pakistan directed the country's ISPs to begin blocking the site for distributing offensive content.

Hospital Takes Its Grand Opening To Second Life
Virtual visitors to the Palomar West Medical Campus can tour the facilities and see some of the amenities of the $810 million, real-life publicly financed hospital in San Diego.

Social Network LinkedIn Goes Mobile
The site's 19 million members can now search profiles with photos and bios, make introductions, and invite other professionals to join a network while on the go.

Small Business Tops CompTIA's 2008 Tech Policy Agenda
In addition to innovations, the group also wants to pass tax incentives for IT training and increase H-1B visa caps.

Redline Provides Wireless Broadband Gear To Rural Chile
Redline said it will install backhaul gear to expand wireless broadband in five cities in the south of Chile for Comunicacion y Telefonia Rural S.A. of Chile.

RealNetworks Acquires Game Distributor From Macrovision
The Trymedia purchase follows last year's acquisition of Game Trust.

Google-Powered Hacking Makes Search A Threat
A hacker group has released Goolag Scanner, a tool that scans Web sites for vulnerabilities.

Microsoft Launches SkyDrive Online Storage Service
Windows Live SkyDrive offers users up to 5 GB of free storage in password-protected servers.

EMC Buys Pi To Boost 'Cloud Computing' Infrastructure
EMC also gains Pi chief executive Paul Maritz, a former senior executive of Microsoft, who will head EMC's newly formed Cloud Infrastructure and Services Division.

Google, X Prize Foundation Attract 10 Teams For Moon Race
The contest offers $30 million in prizes to put on the moon a machine that will send video and other images and data back to Earth.

Corporate Phone Bill To Hit $133 Billion This Year
Insight Research says wireless calls will make up almost 39% of corporate telecom bills this year, and wireless service revenues will grow at a compounded rate that exceeds 13% annually.

Xcerion's 'Icloud' Promises Marriage of Remote And Local Computing
Xcerion's Icloud uses an XML-based architecture to replicate the local desktop computing experience from within a Web browser.

People Prefer Shopping To Buying With Mobile Phones
Younger consumers are more likely to use their mobile phones for retail activities, the Gartner survey found.