Microsoft Corp. moved a step closer to clearing up its legal problems in South Korea today when local Internet portal operator Daum Communications Corp. agreed to accept a $30 million settlement to resolve its antitrust complaints, the two companies said.

However, the agreement won't necessarily end an investigation into Microsoft by Korea’s

Apple Computer has quietly begun bundling a cover with its scratch-prone iPod nano portable music player, company customer support representatives confirmed Friday.
 
According to posts made Thursday and Friday on several iPod fan sites, the nano now includes a white fabric and plastic slipcover that resembles the one shipping with

Fears of identity theft have left increasing numbers of consumers wary of banking online, according to a survey released by Entrust, an Internet security firm.

The report, presented in New York Tuesday at a forum on identity theft claimed that 18 percent of Americans who have banked online now do so less,

PortalPlayer Inc. Thursday (Nov. 10) said it has scrapped plans announced last month for a follow-on offering of common stock.
PortalPlayer (San Jose, Calif.) said company management and the board of directors believe that the current stock price does not reflect the company's market opportunity and future growth prospects. The company has

Serena Software Inc. said Friday it agreed to sell itself for $1.2 billion to investment firm Silver Lake Partners in a deal that would result in the software maker becoming a private company.
 
Serena, which provides management software to companies such as General Electric Co., American Express Co. and International

Battery makers are rushing to try to improve their wares, with much of their research centered on improving the old standby--the lithium ion battery.

For most of us, a dead battery in our cell phone or digital camera is an annoyance. For surgical tools salesman Jason Paul, it can cost

Want to buy agreements with a mix of heavily discounted application and server based licensing such as "Microsoft office XP with Visio, or Office XP + Microsoft Server 2000 etc" or " agreements, which only contain a mix of Microsoft Office products (Office 2000, XP, 2003)" or " agreements that will only contain server

The cell phone industry is adopting a rating system for its multimedia services to designate which music, video and gaming products are intended for adults and provide tools for parents to block access to that content.

The ratings and parental tools would not, however, stop youths from using the wireless Internet connections

Computers running the Linux operating system are continuing to advance into the consumer retail market, with the announcement this week that Micro Center will sell desktops and laptops running Linspire's Linux.

"This is very big for Linux," Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony said in an interview. "People want the value and the security.

During the heady days of the Internet in the 90s, e-commerce platforms featuring shopping carts were all the rage. But when the dot-com bubble burst, sales of e-commerce technology flagged. The market no longer could support the plethora of vendors that were out there, and even the survivors did little to enhance their platforms