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Skype, the Internet-based telephony company which eBay plans to spin off in 2010, claims it's gaining a new audience -- business users. Chaim Haas, a spokesman for the company, told me that the proportion of business users as a percent of the total customer base grew from 30 percent to 35 percent...
Uniloc gets $388 patent infringement judgment against Microsoft; laptop vendors suing NVidia; Texas trademark owners suit targets Google, AOL, MySpace, others; L'Oréal loses French trademark suit against Google; RealNetworks countersues Hollywood; and Shazam customers including Apple, Amazon, and Verizon face patent infringement suit by Tune Hunter.
The $1.45 billion fine levied against Intel last week by the European Commission, will doubtless be seen in hindsight as a watershed event heralding a new era of government clampdowns on certain types of business activities. The only question in the balance is whether this new era of regulation will...
There's nothing that can make you sit back, scratch your head, and wonder at the correlation between innovation and patents granted than looking at the top 300 list published by the Intellectual Property Owners Association, or IPO. This summary of how many utility patents companies received in the US last year was fascinating, both for those who racked them up and the corporations that didn't. Some at the lower end of patent activity -- Google, Yahoo, and even Apple -- raise the question of whether they are properly protecting their intellectual activity, or if they are leaving themselves open to being outflanked by competitors.
Hide the women and children, and any stock you hold dear in your Internet start-up. The Venture Summit East is starting up on Tuesday, which will be graced by such luminaries of the Sand Hill Road Gang as Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Alan Patricof of Greycroft Partners, Michael Skok of ...
How do you define greatness in a company? In the short run, maybe you can judge a company on its innovation, or exceptional creation of shareholder value. Dell was once a great company, but lost its edge just around the time it started crowing that "Dude, you got a PC." Apple was a great company ...
Some investors have been complaining, and filing suit, over the proposed Oracle acquisition of Sun, claiming that the latter is going too cheaply. Now, as the SEC filings are appearing, Sun's position is something like the person of easy virtue, who started saying "Oh, I'd never," and then ended up with, "Oh, I think I did." And what is turning up in the filings is suggesting why investors might not be getting the money they'd like for the company.
If you're tired of everyone and their mother claiming that theirs and theirs alone is the true incarnation of The Cloud, hope is at hand. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has produced a working draft that defines various aspects of cloud computing, which may finally put a li...
Sony's overall numbers are in with a big annual loss. That means it's time for one of our periodic looks at the PS3. And while I know the fans won't like this, the data shows that the trend line of sales is flattening, with a projection showing the start of a decline this year, even as competitors Microsoft and Nintendo have held up under the recession. That raises the question of how long Sony can keep up its gaming business.
The Obama Administration's budget blueprint for 2010, a memo released Monday, looks like a wet dream for cloud computing companies. In keeping with these "stimulating" times, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) plans to increase spending sharply in 2010, but promises this will result in signif...
Although we look at plenty of tech-related issues on BNET, we don't typically write about the legal industry at large. However, there's an issue brewing in the form of a class action suit that will likely cause some good-sized waves, if not a tsunami, over whether big corporate law firms are overcharging their clients for electronic legal research. Given how often high tech companies must retail law firms, I thought this might be particularly trenchant for them, though probably of interest in virtually any other industry as well.
As my colleague Michael Hickins noted, among other things, Apple has long encouraged a mythological image of perfection by presenting products as self-contained black boxes that should be, as much as possible, wholly a product of Apple. But the image has been cracking of late, and the company's own actions show tacit, if not explicit, acknowledgment.
Oracle's acquisition of Virtual Iron, announced yesterday, raised a lot of eyebrows. Why the heck does a company that already has open source hypervisor technology of its own and is acquiring even more virtualization technology from Sun, need yet more virtualization technology in its portfolio? One ...
Apple is much beloved by its devotees and despised by most of the rest of the world, and that seems to working for now. But the times they are a' changing, as Steve Jobs can verify in his own iTunes library, and a greater number of people than ever expect to be treated like grown-ups by the vendors ...
Intel is painting itself as being a victim of its own success, but the giant semiconductor vendor has already victimized the market more than enough. The record $1.5 billion fine -- and changes to its business practices -- imposed by the European Commission's competition committee for abusing its do...
The Brown University shooting suspect was found dead in a storage unit in New Hampshire. Authorities believe he is also responsible for killing an MIT professor.
The Justice Department has released records from the Epstein files, the first documents to come to light under a new law. Follow live updates here.
Cathy Grossu, the mother-in-law of retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, said she had seen the family a day before the fatal crash.
The latest deluge of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, released by the Justice Department, adds to a huge trove of documents and photos that have already been made public.
Officials say the same gunman who opened fire at Brown University also killed an MIT professor two days later. Here's what we know about the suspect, who was found dead Thursday night.
Mr. Trump's name was added in large letters above "The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts" on the building's facade.
Millions of people with an Affordable Care Act health plan face a massive jump in premiums next year — this chart shows just how much.
Nine drug manufacturers will offer their drugs to Medicaid recipients at most-favored-nation discounts in exchange for tariff exemptions.
Albert Brooks said he's still in shock over the death of his friend Rob Reiner, whom he met at 14 years old.
Millions of people with an Affordable Care Act health plan face a massive jump in premiums next year — this chart shows just how much.
The latest deluge of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, released by the Justice Department, adds to a huge trove of documents and photos that have already been made public.
A bankruptcy judge blocked an attempt by a nursing home chain's primary investor to shield himself from settlement payments and liability in lawsuits over allegations of poor care.
This year has already seen eight of the busiest air travel days in TSA history. Could a December date join them?
Cathy Grossu, the mother-in-law of retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, said she had seen the family a day before the fatal crash.
Millions of people with an Affordable Care Act health plan face a massive jump in premiums next year — this chart shows just how much.
Nine drug manufacturers will offer their drugs to Medicaid recipients at most-favored-nation discounts in exchange for tariff exemptions.
A bankruptcy judge blocked an attempt by a nursing home chain's primary investor to shield himself from settlement payments and liability in lawsuits over allegations of poor care.
Sports betting companies face mounting competition from rapidly growing prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
Members of the carrier's AAdvantage loyalty program no longer earn miles or status points when purchasing a basic ticket.
The latest deluge of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, released by the Justice Department, adds to a huge trove of documents and photos that have already been made public.
Nine drug manufacturers will offer their drugs to Medicaid recipients at most-favored-nation discounts in exchange for tariff exemptions.
Mr. Trump's name was added in large letters above "The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts" on the building's facade.
Federal prosecutors have unveiled charges against six more people accused of defrauding programs in Minnesota — adding to a scandal that has ensnared over 90 people..
Jack Smith, who oversaw two investigations into President Trump, appeared before the House Judiciary Committee for a closed-door deposition Wednesday.
Millions of people with an Affordable Care Act health plan face a massive jump in premiums next year — this chart shows just how much.
A memo from Dr. Vinay Prasad, the head of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, may signal an effort to to rewrite the rules governing the U.S. vaccine system.
The proposals run counter to the recommendations of most major U.S. medical organizations.
Nationally, the measles case count is nearing 2,000 for a disease that has been considered eliminated in the U.S. since 2000, a result of routine childhood vaccinations.
Kevin Murray was his family's health watchdog. His vigilance helped his brothers "avoid a real catastrophe."
Police said the suspect was declared dead at a hospital after jumping from the building's sixth floor, the Central News Agency reported.
Putin claims no "willingness from Ukraine" to negotiate a peace deal as he touts battlefield gains, and Kyiv claims a brazen strike on a ship far from Russia.
Australia will use a sweeping buyback scheme to "get guns off our streets," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday.
TikTok's China-based parent company ByteDance must sever ties with TikTok or lose access to U.S. app stores and web-hosting services
A U.S. official says a Kremlin envoy will travel to Florida to discuss a U.S.-proposed plan to end the war in Ukraine.
Kiefer Sutherland recalls Rob Reiner's reaction to filming Jack Nicholson's famous scene in "A Few Good Men."
Albert Brooks said he's still in shock over the death of his friend Rob Reiner, whom he met at 14 years old.
Kathy Bates rose to prominence with her Oscar-winning breakout role in Rob Reiner's adaptation of Stephen King's "Misery" in 1990.
Jelly Roll had said a pardon would make it easier for him to travel internationally for concert tours and to perform Christian missionary work without requiring burdensome paperwork.
Gloria Gaynor told "CBS Mornings" her hit 1978 song gave her hope during one of the most difficult periods of her life.
Sports betting companies face mounting competition from rapidly growing prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
People are starting to develop lasting connections with artificial technology. Melissa J. Perry, the dean of the College of Public Health at George Mason University, joins CBS News with more details.
From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.
TikTok has signed a deal to sell its U.S. operations to a group of investors in America, a source familiar with the deal tells CBS News. Jo Ling Kent has more.
Instacart's "unlawful tactics" hurt shoppers and raised the cost of groceries, according to the FTC.
The Trump administration intends to dismantle one of the world's leading climate research institutions, in Boulder, Colorado, over what it said were concerns about "climate alarmism."
The footage of a bear caring for an adopted cub was captured during the annual polar bear migration along the Western Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba.
Most of the footprints are elongated and made by bipeds. The best-preserved ones bear traces of at least four toes.
NASA continues to aim its space telescopes at the visiting ice ball, estimated to be up to 3.5 miles in size.
Paleontologists have discovered and documented 16,600 footprints left by theropods, the dinosaur group that includes the Tyrannosaurus rex.
Lawmakers are reacting to comments from Todd Blanche, a top Justice Department official, regarding the partial release of Epstein files despite a law mandating the full release by today. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane explains.
More details are emerging about the suspect in the Brown University shooting, who is also being linked to the murder of an MIT professor. Anna Schecter reports, and Nancy Cordes has more on a visa program for foreigners that is being impacted as a result of the attacks.
Police said the suspect was declared dead at a hospital after jumping from the building's sixth floor, the Central News Agency reported.
Investigators are piecing together a detailed timeline of Claudio Neves Valente's actions before, during and after the Brown and MIT shootings.
A man approached a Providence, Rhode Island, officer with details on the Brown University shooting suspect and helped break the case open for officials, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha tells CBS News.
President Trump withdrew Isaacman's nomination for NASA administrator in April, before nominating him again in November.
NASA continues to aim its space telescopes at the visiting ice ball, estimated to be up to 3.5 miles in size.
Super-Earth TOI-561b is about 40 times closer to its host star than Mercury is to the sun.
NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that's been orbiting Mars for more than a decade.
The European Space Agency said that the black hole inside the spiral galaxy NGC 3783 has the mass of 30 million suns.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Christy Salters-Martin dominated in the boxing ring but faced her toughest challenger at home.
Family seeks answers in death of newlywed who disappeared in 2005 while on Mediterranean honeymoon cruise.
Meet the tattooed beauty charged in the death of Google executive Forrest Hayes.
Calling himself the "Son of Sam" in a letter left at one of the crime scenes, David Berkowitz claimed voices were ordering him to kill -- starting in the summer of 1976, he went on a 13-month spree of impulse killings in New York City that left six dead and seven injured
Visit a Uyghur restaurant in Southern California, where culture is shared and the food is made with love. Plus, a man who wanted to save his friends life by donating a kidney ends up saving his own life.
A group of Venezuelan men thought they were being deported from the U.S. back to Venezuela. Instead, they were delivered to CECOT, the notorious maximum-security prison in El Salvador, where they were shackled and paraded before cameras. This Sunday, two of those men tell 60 Minutes about what they call four months of hell.
Lawmakers are reacting to comments from Todd Blanche, a top Justice Department official, regarding the partial release of Epstein files despite a law mandating the full release by today. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane explains.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio took questions from members of the press as the U.S. and European nations navigate turbulent waters with Russia. Rubio also weighed in on operations near Venezuela. CBS News' Olivia Gazis reports.
President Trump is expected to make an announcement on his efforts to lower drug costs in the U.S. CBS News' Jennifer Jacobs reports.