Yahoo’s chairman rejected accusations from the billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn that the company’s board had acted irrationally in rejecting a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft.

5/16/2008 6:57:26 AM

At $1.8 billion, Thursday’s deal for CNet by CBS is the biggest by far in its recent Internet expansion, making the network a bigger player in online media.

5/16/2008 2:15:13 PM

After years of conflict, Microsoft and the computing and education project One Laptop Per Child have reached an agreement that will put Windows on the organization’s computers.

5/16/2008 3:31:26 PM

The deal between Yahoo and WPP Group, the advertising holding company, will give WPP’s clients a broader swath of Web sites where they can aim their messages.

5/16/2008 6:40:24 AM

The cable broadband providers are slowing BitTorrent traffic at all times of the day, not just during peak traffic, according to a new study by a German computer research group.

5/16/2008 6:07:06 PM

A Missouri woman was indicted for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide.

5/16/2008 4:44:27 PM

Stickam, a live Webcam chat site, says hackers broke into a message board system and made off with users’ e-mail addresses. Now those addresses are in the hands of spammers.

5/16/2008 7:50:44 AM

Vodafone is acquiring ZYB, a Danish company that has developed a social networking tool for backing-up and sharing contact and calendar information online.

5/16/2008 6:06:57 PM

Americans spent $1.23 billion on video games, hardware and accessories last month, even as the price of more essential items like food and gasoline soared.

5/16/2008 4:45:55 PM

This summer, both Apple and Research in Motion are expected to introduce new 3G smart phones which, while stylistically different, will compete ear-to-ear.

5/16/2008 1:43:06 AM

The wireless operator Orange said it has signed a deal with Apple to sell its iPhone in the Middle East, Africa and several European countries.

5/16/2008 4:42:44 PM

Can Wii Fit, born of a best-selling gaming console, revolutionize exercise? Five testers weigh in.

5/15/2008 5:29:22 PM

Greek officials said that they had sold a 3 percent stake in the country’s public telecommunications operator to Deutsche Telekom, the largest telephone company in Europe.

5/15/2008 5:48:33 AM

CNet is big, but growth is slow and profit margins are low. That’s just like CBS, which agreed to buy CNet for $1.8 billion on Thursday.

5/16/2008 12:13:13 AM

Federal officials charged Henry T. Nicholas III and Henry Samueli with falsifying the company’s reported income by illegally backdating stock options for five years.

5/15/2008 4:53:55 AM

Mr. Levine helped create Phil Spector’s groundbreaking “wall of sound” technique on hit records by the Crystals, the Ronettes and the Righteous Brothers.

5/15/2008 6:46:35 AM

Mr. Schein led the Sony Corporation of America in the 1970s and doubled its size in spite of championing the failed Betamax video recording system.

5/15/2008 5:06:58 PM

Ask.com is not giving up on its quest to compete with the big search engines.

5/16/2008 11:25:43 AM

Consumers will eventually be able to use a multi-platform connection technology and Comcast’s video-licensing agreements to share videos with friends.

5/15/2008 11:53:15 PM

To avoid being subject to a New York State law that would have forced it to collect sales taxes on sales to New York residents, Overstock.com has cut off its dealings with Web sites in the state that send it customers.

5/15/2008 2:28:18 PM

Presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign promise to spend $150 billion on alternative energy drew praise from Silicon Valley.

5/15/2008 11:58:16 PM

Chinese E-commerce company Alibaba.com and Intel plan to jointly develop a computer designed to get small- and medium-sized Chinese businesses online.

5/16/2008 6:07:00 PM