Dell says it will sell smart phones Dell Inc. confirmed Friday its long-rumored plans to get into smart phones, a new business for the computer maker that is being led by Motorola Inc.'s former mobile phone chief. ...more

November 14, 2009

AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and Qwest Communications International Inc., the three biggest U.S. home-phone companies, are working together for the first time to keep customers away from cable providers. ...more

July 10, 2008

NBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications, ending a drawn-out process that had attracted interest from several major media companies. ...more

July 7, 2008

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission was on the losing end of a vote for the first time in his tenure when his colleagues sided with the cable industry in a dispute over marketing practices. ...more

June 22, 2008

What's the fastest-growing fixed-line phone company in the United States? ...more

June 18, 2008

The set-top box, a necessary appendage for millions of cable televisions for decades, is moving toward extinction. ...more

May 29, 2008

PHILADEPHIA - Cable operators are riding high heading into this year's industry trade show, which kicks off this weekend. ...more

May 18, 2008

Sure, things look rough for Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. because they couldn't agree on a deal. Yahoo's stock has cratered, and Microsoft has to figure out another way to catch up in the online ad market, a flaw it was willing to pay $47.5 billion to fix it. ...more

May 6, 2008

Federal regulators on Monday said they are ready to discipline Internet service providers who secretly favor certain types of data traffic, like Web surfing, over others, like file sharing. ...more

February 25, 2008

In 1995, the first warning was raised: The throngs of people swarming to the Internet would overwhelm the system in 1996. For more than a decade, that fear has proved untrue. ...more

February 18, 2008