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Qualcomm rivals drop European antitrust case

Companies including Ericsson and NEC have withdrawn their European antitrust complaint over patent royalty rates against Qualcomm

InfoSpace CEO aims for new IPO with Intelius

Naveen Jain rode the internet directory InfoSpace to a market value of $30bn during the dotcom boom. Now he is back in the spotlight

Microsoft in move to cut out Google

Microsoft is offering different terms to different publishers as it seeks to boost Bing by paying some content owners to cut their sites off from Google’s rival search engine, industry executives said

Microsoft and News Corp eye web pact

The software maker discusses a plan that would involve the media company being paid to ‘de-index’ its news websites from Google, setting the scene for a search engine battle

Ebay site crashes due to surge in listings

Millions of shoppers unable to use website in run-up to Christmas after computer systems failure causes world’s largest online auction site to crash

E-readers in short supply for holidays

Barnes & Noble and Sony failed to establish supply chains robust enough to meet demand because they brought their newest models to market prematurely, say analysts

Sony hopes SOS offering will be a saviour

The Sony Online Service is the electronic company’s attempt to make Sony televisions and devices stand apart from the competition by delivering movies, games and music to them

Oracle wins more time for Sun merger

The European Commission extends the deadline for approval of Oracle’s proposed $7.4bn merger with rival Sun Microsystems

Fragile recovery warning by Infineon

Shares in Europe’s second-largest chipmaker fell after it gave a downbeat assessment of its prospects, warning investors to continue to expect low revenues

Raymarine encounters rough waters

Shares in the marine electronics specialist sink 40% after it warned that investors were likely to lose their money due to a drop in sales

Dell sees rebound in PC sales to business

Sony to create ‘evolving TVs’

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