Warner exec says talks about content rights that began with YouTube will continue with its new owner. Time Warner CEO Dick Parsons is negotiating with YouTube to deal with the problem of videos that infringe his company’s copyrights, and now that Google’s buying the video-sharing site, Parsons says he is going to move those negotiations […]

Google said it has signed deals with Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group to stream free music videos on its Google video Web site. Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Google lately announced a strategic business relationship designed to make the music company’s expansive music video collection available for online streaming at no cost […]

Palm Inc. recently announced the Palm Treo 680 smart-phones that will deliver the popular interactive mapping experience of Google Maps to millions of users. The new Treo aims to meet growing demand for devices with multimedia capabilities that receive e-mail wirelessly, let users listen to digital music, download podcasts and handle other features beyond talk. […]

Carphone Warehouse Group has agreed to buy Time Warner unit AOL’s UK Internet access business for 370 million pounds (US$689 million) in cash, transforming the mobile phone retailer into Britain’s third biggest broadband provider, the two companies announced in a joint statement to the London Stock Exchange. The all-cash transaction will give Carphone Warehouse an […]

Google said that another US university will add its books to the Internet search titan’s controversial project to make the world’s written works available online. The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Google announced an agreement lately to expand access to hundreds of thousands of public and historical books and documents from more than 7.2 million holdings […]

Amid reports of a successful nuclear test by the North Korean government, Google lately went ahead with plans to launch a new R&D center on Korean soil. Internet search giant Google Inc., responded to the revelation of new North Korean nuclear testing with an announcement outlining plans to open a new research and development facility […]

Online media firm reports sales that miss targets and cuts revenue guidance. But stock climbs after CEO discloses vital new technology is now running. The small business and merchant marketplace is one that Web companies have long seen as a key to long-term growth of the Internet and e-commerce. Despite plunging prices for Web domains […]

Microsoft has altered its plans to keep a lock on the kernel of its upcoming Vista OS amid criticism that the move would prohibit security software vendors from developing compatible third-party products. Apparently in response to pressure from the European Union, Microsoft has reversed its decision to lock up Vista from third-party security vendor access […]

Google Inc. is converting its renowned headquarters to run partly on solar power, hoping to set an example for corporate America. Google is planning to deploy a solar electricity system that will have a capacity of 1.6 megawatts at its famed million square foot headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. It will be the largest such […]

Anti-piracy tech shuts people out of their PCs if the OS is not activated soon after installation. Microsoft of late said that it will build anti-piracy features into its upcoming Windows Vista operating system and Windows Longhorn server software.