“Microsoft on Thursday reported quarterly earnings that edged past analysts’ estimates.” San Francisco — Microsoft Corp. may possibly be struggling to buy Yahoo, thwarted investors expecting stellar earnings on Thursday, whose shares fell 5 percent in after-hours trade, also pressed its attack on takeover target Yahoo Inc., but revenue came in slightly below-target profit forecast, […]

Washington — Yahoo Inc. that is still facing the heat of Microsoft’s unsolicited buyout offer has attracted the attention of many for carrying out a two-week experiment with outsourcing some of its Web-search ads to Google Inc. has drawn scrutiny from antitrust regulators, the companies said Wednesday.

Sony BMG, one of the four top recording companies, announced Tuesday that it has agreed to partner with Nokia’s subscription-based music download service to make its music catalog available on select Nokia devices. The Nokia “Comes With Music” program will offer Nokia cellular owners the opportunity to download unlimited music from various artists on their […]

New York — Google got struck with a lawsuit filed Tuesday by an advertiser in federal court accusing the company of deceiving him and charged for ads displayed on third-party Web sites, even though he left blank an “optional” box that seemed to address the issue. The conflict is over Google’s popular AdSense program, which […]

“Yahoo earnings beat analysts’ forecasts, though the software giant’s ultimatum looms, which may not be sufficient to tempt Microsoft into raising its takeover bid for the Internet Company.” New York — Internet search giant Yahoo Inc. presented a better-than-expected first-quarter sales and profits results Tuesday that surpassed analysts’ modest expectations, but it remains unclear if […]

“MySpace has launched an advertising platform which will allow advertisers to build, maintain and customize brand profiles.” New York — After a few months opening its platform to outside application developers, MySpace on Monday said it started testing a technology that provides advertisers a window through which they can evaluate their ad campaigns and make […]

“Google aspires to become the search market leader in China within the next five years and it is hiring the workforce to back up that desire.” Google Inc., chasing China-based search engine Baidu.com Inc., which holds 60% of the search engine market in that country, expects to process more local Web queries through mobile phones […]

“The search engine giant beats Microsoft and Apple.” New York — It is no surprise that once again for the third year in a row, Google Inc. has attained its top spot as the world’s most powerful brands among the list of 100, according to a report released today by market research firm Millward Brown’s […]

New York — Skype, eBay’s troubled VOIP provider is extending its first unlimited flat rate overseas calling plans to as many as 35 countries, including Mexico, as part of its plan to attract more users on Monday. For $9.95 per month, users will now be able to make unlimited calls to land-line phones in 34 […]