US software giant Microsoft was elated after seeing its new Xbox 360 computer games console fly off store shelves across North America and fetch jaw-dropping sums in online auctions.

Queues of hundreds of people were reported at US branches of electronics chains for the midnight launch of a machine that Microsoft hopes

Sales of next-generation network (NGN) equipment experienced a sharp rise in the third quarter, as carriers and service providers continue to deploy advanced network services.

According to Dittberner Associates, NGN equipment shipments were up 70%, with 27.3 million media gateway, softswitch and integrated voice over IP (VoIP) ports shipping last quarter. Worldwide

Verizon Wireless said Wednesday that it has sued a Florida company for sending almost 100,000 unsolicited text messages.

The company said it filed the suit in federal court against Passport Holidays of Ormond Beach, Florida. The messages supposedly told Verizon's customers they had won a cruise and that they should call a

Winter is just around the corner and with it the ski and snowboard season. Resorts have already opened in much of North America and Europe, where skiers and boarders will turn out this year with iPods in tow. No matter if your winter plans include snowshoeing, skiing, boarding or skating, Playlist has you covered

The online travel search market is fast filling up with Web sites offering the cheapest bookings, and experts warn that the smaller entrants without partnerships with major service providers are sure to fail.
 
Unlike full-service online travel agencies such as Expedia Inc. that sell tickets and make reservations, travel search

American Online Inc. is investing in online video distributor Brightcove, and plans to offer the latter company's content publishers the option of showing their video on the AOL network, the companies said Tuesday.

In the investment deal, Dulles, Va.-based, AOL, a division of Time Warner Inc., joins e-commerce giant IAC/InterActiveCorp, Hearst Corp.

The Senate approved the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act this week, which requires businesses holding the personal data of more than 10,000 U.S. residents to conduct risk assessments and implement data-protection policies. The bill would create big opportunity for VARs able to help corporations assess their own infrastructures and implement compliant solutions.
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Texas Instruments Tuesday (Nov. 22) announced a new release of the company's Web site that TI says has been specifically tailored to electronic designers.

TI (Dallas) said the company's new Web design makes it faster and easier for design engineers to access product information and support materials critical to designs.
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SAP AG's second try to acquire a pricing and optimization vendor could prove fruitful. The purchase of a small company like Khimetrics Inc. puts the software vendor on a more even footing against rival Oracle Corp., and provides a slew of powerful analytic tools it will integrate into its platform. SAP said it intends

In submitting its Microsoft Office Open XML document format technology to the Ecma international standards body Tuesday, Microsoft hopes to find a solution to the open formats issue it has been contesting with the State of Massachusetts.
 
Ecma officials praised the action by Microsoft, as it was joined in the