Paul Allen, the cofounder of Microsoft from long, long ago, is now trying his hand at suing the entire Internet over decade-old patents owned by his former company, Interval Research.
AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Yahoo and YouTube are …
The user community of news-aggregation website Reddit is up in arms after site owner Condé Nast stated it would not run ads promoting California’s Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana under certain restrictions.
Instead of using the online ad space …
Brick-and-mortar movie and game rental chain Blockbuster has told major Hollywood studios that it’s preparing to file for bankruptcy next month despite several pushes to expand into online and kiosk services, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Sources close to the …
The mobile-app version of Vevo, a music and entertainment streaming site powered by Google’s YouTube, hit 1 million downloads on Thursday— little more than a week after it launched.
Vevo said that there are apps on the way for the …
The number of exploitable options in computer programs grew by 36 percent in 2010, largely a result of the increased prevalence of Web apps and looming cloud-computing security threats, according to IBM’s X-force security report released Thursday.
IBM researchers said …
Cisco Systems will expand its professional video services with the acquisition of video content-management provider ExtendMedia on Thursday. The move readies the Internet-infastructure giant for the day when online video streams come to a number of screens — and providers …
Social news aggregator Digg unveiled the fourth version of its website today, designed to let users select where they receive their news and create a more personalized experience.
The new version makes it easier to find new sources to follow …
Chinese powerhouse auction site Alibaba.com is gathering an army of small-time online sellers as it prepares to march into the United States.
Alibaba.com acquired its second small-scale e-commerce tool in six weeks on Wednesday — Auctiva, a popular service for …
Cisco Systems-backed Atlantis Computing, a maker of software to remotely access computer desktops, raised an additional $10 million in its third round of funding.
Interest in cloud-computing startups has exploded, leaving Atlantis Computing in a good position to grow as …
Research in Motion has acquired app store infrastructure developer Cellmania, a sign that RIM is getting ready to resuscitate its app store platform.
Cellmania sells something called mFinder, which is a content delivery and app store ecosystem infrastructure product. The …
Motorola has acquired a new set of app development tools in the form of Y Combinator startup 280 North.
A Motorola official confirmed to TechCrunch that Motorola acquired the web-app developer to “help facilitate the continued expansion of Motorola’s application …
VSS Monitoring, a provider of network taps to monitor network traffic, raised $20 million on Tuesday in the company’s first round of venture-capital funding from Battery Ventures — five years after the company launched its first product.
Prior to Battery …
Email marketing services provider ExactTarget acquired its reseller mPath Global on Tuesday for an undisclosed amount in a bid to expand its services in Asia and the Pacific. mPath has since been re-launched as ExactTarget Australia.
ExactTarget offers marketing and …
IT service provider 6fusion raised $3 million in its first round of venture capital funding led by Intersouth Partners.
The funding is pegged to help develop 6fusion’s senior executive team, currently led by CEO John Cowan, a graduate of Queen’s …
Growth of Apple’s Mac computer sales to enterprises soundly crushed that in the overall market in the second quarter of 2010, rising 50 from a year ago compared to 16 percent growth across the entire market.
The fastest growth was …
On-demand data-mining service provider Visual IQ is the latest player in software as a service to draw interest from investors, raising $3 million in funding from Fog City Capital on Monday.
Others include RealPage, which offers Web-based software that helps …
Nimbula, a provider of cloud-computing services, raised an additional $15 million in venture capital funding in a second round led by Accel Partners on Monday. It plans to use the money to promote market adoption of its on-demand computing service.…
