Everyone likes a good deal, but free money is even better! Check out the Microsoft Store where you can get a $10 credit off of a future purchase for simply giving them your email address. More...
Many Tumblr users are not happy that Yahoo have stepped in to buy the company, despite reports that it was finically unsound, and it looks like some users are voting with their feet. More...
It was just announced that Yahoo has bought Tumblr for approximately $1.1 billion dollars, close to what earlier rumors had predicted. Tumblr is one of the most popular blogging platforms in the world More...
Microsoft UK are offering a free Type Cover or Touch Cover with any purchase of a Surface RT between May 15 2013 and June 30 2013. The offer is only valid for residents of the United Kingdom More...
Apple's "iRadio" service may be nearing a useable state as Apple is on the verge of agreeing deals with Universal Music, Sony Entertainment and Warner Music Group. "iRadio" may launch with iOS 7. More...
Dell has announced a deal that will allow the company to go private and Microsoft will soon become a significant stakeholder in the private company. More...
Nokia has something to raise a glass of eggnog to in the run up to Christmas. Following the deal to see the Lumia 920T carried by China Mobile Ltd, Nokia's stock is on the up! More...
Samsung has finally caught a break in the US courts, regarding the patent war with Apple. A US judge has ordered Apple to reveal the full details of its licensing deal with HTC to Samsung's attorneys. More...
It seems that Intel is planning to improve its GPU offerings, entering into a deal with Creative to licensing ZiiLabs 3D graphics technology and integrate the ZiiLabs team into the Intel fold. More...
In April, AOL announced that Microsoft would be purchasing a number of their patents. Now, in the midst of a very public patent row in the US courts, the AOL/Microsoft deal has been completed. More...
An expert in the field of antitrust deals has suggested that the Federal Trade Commission may take an interest in Facebook's purchase of Instagram, and could delay it by six months, if not more. More...
Microsoft has announced that it has signed a patent deal with Samsung. It is claiming that this is its most important deal yet and Microsoft will receive royalties for each Android Samsung device sold. More...
In a surprise move, Google has announced that it will be acquiring the entirety of Motorola Mobility. Larry Page, CEO of Google, said that this deal will help “supercharge Android.” More...
The deal which is meant to see Windows Phone 7 on Nokia devices has taken a new turn according to the 20-F document Nokia have filed at the Securities and Exchange Commission. The PDF shows... More...
Spotify, the free on-demand music streaming service which has been loved by the few who have access to it may finally be reaching the United States after closing a deal with record company giant, Sony. Spotify... More...
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google will likely stop censoring its search results in China but will not pull out of the country entirely. Citing the famous, “sources familiar with the situation”,... More...
Microsoft announced on Monday that it has signed a patent cross-license agreement with Amazon. In a press release neither company went into specifics but both confirmed they would grant access to the other’s patent portfolio. The... More...
The European Commission and US Department of Justice have both approved a Microsoft and Yahoo! deal that will see the software giant acquire the internet search and search advertising businesses of Yahoo!. In a statement on... More...
The landmark search deal between Yahoo and Microsoft appears to have taken a giant leap forward. According to Yahoo, sources familiar with the situation are saying that the EU will grant unconditional approval for... More...
Microsoft confirmed today that it had reached a mutual decision with Facebook, allowing the social network to take over responsibility for selling display advertisements on its own site. In October 2007 Microsoft announced a $240 million... More...
Yahoo! and Microsoft have both confirmed earlier reports of a deal over search. In a joint statement Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz confirmed "this agreement comes with boatloads of value for Yahoo!, our users, and... More...
BoomTown reporter Kara Swisher is confident from company insiders that the Microsoft and Yahoo deal will be announced within 24 hours. Swisher cites multiple sources close to the situation, confirming some type of deal has... More...
Several reports have surfaced today indicating that a Microsoft and Yahoo! deal is "imminent". 24/7 Wall Street is reporting that under the terms of the agreement, Yahoo! will be paid $3 billion upfront and... More...
The Guardian is reporting that O2 have won an exclusivity deal for the Palm Pre in the UK. The Pre which is already on sale in the US is a rival to Apple's iPhone.... More...
Yesterday Wal-Mart kicked off it's latest deal of the season, offering customers iPhones for $197. But who would have ever thought that a company would compete with Wal-Mart's "Always low prices"? AT&T has launched... More...
Apple was forced to end exclusive iPhone contract deals with Orange in France. The immediate effect of the contract, which offers the latest iPhone to all of France via Apple and Telecom SA (Orange)... More...
Microsoft has been seeking to land new OEM search deals with various PC makers (like Lenovo) as a way to grow more quickly its lagging search market share. Not to forget their web search deal... More...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer again voiced support for purchasing Yahoo or its search business, hinting in a published report that a deal between the two companies may be reached before the end of the year.... More...
A report by Reuters has suggested that earlier reports of a $20 billion deal between Microsoft and Yahoo are false and that the only possibility is an acquisition of the search division of Yahoo. ... More...
Microsoft is once again in talks with Yahoo to acquire its search business for $20 billion according to reports from The Times. The deal comes after two previously failed Microsoft attempts to take over all... More...
Microsoft told Yahoo today that it is not interested in a takeover of the company, and only interested in making a search engine deal with the company. The decision came from Steve Ballmer, the... More...
The WSJ is reporting that Microsoft is inching closer to an agreement with Verizon Wireless to snatch the default search provider on the wireless carrier's cellphones, from rivals Google. Under the terms now being considered,... More...
Speculation is growing that the Google-Yahoo ad deal may be dead in the water. In recent weeks Google and Yahoo have been attempting to finish up an advertising deal meaning Google ads would be displayed... More...
Six of the UK's biggest net providers have agreed a plan with the music industry to tackle piracy online. The deal, negotiated by the government, will see hundreds of thousands of letters sent... More...
Microsoft has signed a deal to to own and manage the Green Button website. "Since the inception of TheGreenButton.com five years ago, the forum has served as the foundation of the Windows Media Center Community.... More...
No sooner had the news that Microsoft and Yahoo! were no longer talking hit the web, the follow-up emerged. The much rumoured deal between Yahoo! and Google has been announced and sealed. Expanding on the... More...
Glenn Fleishman writes "T-Mobile sent me the text of a lawsuit they filed yesterday against Starbucks. The telecom firm alleges that Starbucks didn't involve it in any discussions to launch their free loyalty program Wi-Fi... More...
Microsoft today announced that it is continuing to explore and pursue alternatives to improve and expand its online services and advertising business, through an alternative arrangement with Yahoo!. Microsoft says it is considering... More...
Formula One is to have its first official computer game in more than two years next season following the capture of a new official licencing deal with British gaming company Codemasters, autosport.com can reveal. With... More...
Microsoft Corp. finally dangled a higher takeover bid in front of Yahoo Inc. Friday, hoping to reach a friendly deal after weeks of saber rattling. The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker upped its offer beyond the... More...
Yahoo Inc is looking to turn over Web search advertising to Google Inc following a successful test using Google's service to deliver ads alongside its Web search results, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday,... More...
The BBC's iPlayer video service will soon be available via the Nintendo Wii. The video download and streaming service that lets people catch up with BBC programmes will soon be a channel on the hugely... More...
The online community MySpace is partnering with the BBC to bring some of the British broadcaster's programs to a worldwide audience in the site's first global content deal involving a major network. The move, to... More...
Apple is reportedly planning to get into the movie rental business and license its digital rights management technology, and it could announce a deal within the next few weeks. Both the Financial Times and The... More...
European lawmakers plan to take the unusual step of pressing antitrust regulators next month to look at privacy concerns raised by Google Inc.'s intended takeover of online ad tracker DoubleClick. The $3.1 billion deal has... More...
The United States has reached a deal with the European Union, Japan and Canada to keep its Internet gambling market closed to foreign companies, but is continuing talks with India, Antigua and Barbuda, Macau and... More...
Sony BMG Music Entertainment has inked a licensing deal with Yahoo Inc. that clears the way for people to upload files with music or video content by the record company's artists to Yahoo, the companies... More...
The UK computer agency Becta is advising schools that are considering moving to Microsoft's School Agreement subscription not to sign licensing agreements with Microsoft because of alleged anti-competitive practices. The agency reminds schools they are... More...
Microsoft Corp., a company which needs no introduction, beat out rival Google Inc. on Wednesday in a battle to invest in socializing Web site Facebook, agreeing to pay $240 million for a roughly 1.6 percent... More...
Mobile operator O2 is preparing to unveil Apple's much anticipated iPhone in the UK tomorrow. But serious questions are being raised in the City about how much ground it has had to give away to... More...