Articles by Keith Regan

Google's YouTube-related legal struggles have mounted in recent days, with NBC Universal and Viacom lending support to a California journalist's copyright infringement suit against the video-sharing site, and a third lawsuit filed by England's top soccer league Both NBC Universal and Viacom -- which already has a US$1 billion copyright suit of its ...

Following in the footsteps of fellow telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Siemens Networks will advance plans to reduce its 60,000-person workforce by 15 percent -- 9,000 people -- in the next two-and-a-half years, the company said Friday The cuts are part of a larger plan to become more competitive in a vastly changed telecom landscape, s...

Microsoft and Yahoo have reportedly discussed a possible merger or other strategic alliance, a move that would dramatically alter the online landscape and could provide Microsoft with the weapon it needs to better battle with search and advertising giant Google The two firms have held preliminary talks, suggested several published reports that surf...

An appeals court has denied Vonage's bid for a new trial in its patent spat with Verizon Communications, dashing the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) firm's hopes that a recent Supreme Court ruling would pave the way for its case to be reheard Vonage had asked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to issue an order vacating the j...

IBM has developed a method of assembling microchips using nanotechnology, the company stated Thursday, a potentially revolutionary process for insulating tiny wires by allowing them to assemble themselves around air gaps. This advance could make next-generation chips dramatically faster and more energy efficient, IBM said IBM borrowed the concept d...

Sirius Satellite Radio posted strong first-quarter results Tuesday, cutting its losses from a year ago on a surprising surge in new subscriptions Sirius, which is trying to close a merger with rival XM Satellite Radio by later this year, lost US$144.7 million, or 10 cents a share, in the quarter that ended in March, compared with a loss of $458.5 m...

Qwest Communications' first-quarter profit nearly tripled despite slightly lower revenue as cost-cutting measures paid off and customers moved toward more high-end data services, the company stated Tuesday The Denver-based company posted profit of US$240 million, or 12 cents a share, compared with $88 million in the first quarter of last year. Reve...

The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Microsoft in a closely watched patent dispute that could limit the reach of domestic patents in overseas uses Monday's 7-1 decision overturned a lower court ruling, essentially concluding that Microsoft is not liable for overseas patent infringements in machines that run the Windows operating system and use a v...

The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Microsoft in a closely watched patent dispute that could limit the reach of domestic patents in overseas uses Monday's 7-1 decision overturned a lower court ruling, essentially concluding that Microsoft is not liable for overseas patent infringements in machines that run the Windows operating system and use a v...

The U.S. Supreme Court has sided with Microsoft in a closely watched patent dispute that could limit the reach of domestic patents in overseas uses Monday's 7-1 decision overturned a lower court ruling, essentially concluding that Microsoft is not liable for overseas patent infringements in machines that run the Windows operating system and use a v...

Telecommunications giant Verizon posted higher revenue but lower net income for its first quarter Monday, as continued investment in its TV-ready fiber optics network weighed on profits Still, the results showed Verizon continuing to win customers for its next-generation FiOS service and benefiting from the strong performance of Verizon Wireless, w...

After years of speculation and delays, Microsoft's Windows Vista is finally aiding the software giant's bottom line. The first wave of sales from the new operating platform helped to propel the company to one of its strongest third quarters on record Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft said it earned US$4.93 billion, or 50 cents per share, in the quarte...

The executive who led electronics giant Sony into the game console business is leaving his post atop the company's computer entertainment business The retirement of Ken Kutaragi, who is known within Sony as the "Father of the PlayStation," comes as Sony continues to struggle with the PlayStation 3, which has been bogged down by high costs and other...

Cable giant Comcast's profit rose 80 percent in the first quarter, the company stated. One-time gains aided results, and demand for the company's triple play bundle of Web, TV and calling services remained robust The Philadelphia-based company's revenue for the quarter hit US$7.38 billion, a 32 percent increase when compared with the year before. I...

Shares of Vonage soared briefly after the beleaguered VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) calling firm won a major court victory that will enable it to continue signing up new customers while its appeal of a patent infringement verdict wends its way through the legal system U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington granted Vonage'...

Shares of IBM powered higher Tuesday after the technology giant said it would pay a larger quarterly dividend to shareholders and move to buy back up to US$15 billion worth of its own stock IBM's board of directors had voted to increase its quarterly cash dividend to 40 cents per share, a 33 percent increase over the 30 cents paid last quarter, the...

Microsoft on Monday gave the European Union's antitrust regulators more information on its code-sharing program. The company also asked regulators for guidance on how much it can charge rivals for access to its Windows Server protocols The software giant was hoping to avoid possible additional fines on top of the nearly US$1 billion in penalties th...

A private equity consortium led by Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) founder Darwin Deason has boosted its bid to buy the company and take it private, hoping to convince shareholders to sell despite the reluctance of the information technology services firm's board of directors Deason and Cerberus Capital Management raised their bid to take the co...

They're invisible to most online shoppers, but analytics programs that are combing through every click they make are dictating what their shopping experience looks like Thanks to a proliferation of easy-to-use and affordable -- even free -- analytics programs, a growing number of merchants are using data mining feedback....

Google extended the reach of its online payment service Friday, launching Google Checkout in the UK and setting up an expanded showdown with eBay's PayPal and other Web payment alternatives As with its U.S. launch, Google Checkout will be supported with steep discounts and promotions for buyers and merchants alike....