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At Yahoo, a Threat from Within
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Fleeing executives' gripes: the Microsoft saga, the Google deal, and cumbersome decision-making
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Viacom vs. YouTube: Beyond Privacy
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As Viacom is granted access to YouTube user records, a bigger threat to user-generated sites emerges: The law is increasingly siding with rights owners
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The Case Against Google-Yahoo
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With the Justice Dept. confirming it plans to look into any Google-Yahoo partnership, foes are lining up their arguments
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BBC: Web Trailblazer
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For online video streaming, the BBC's iPlayer has been a huge success. U.S. broadcasters like ABC and NBC could take a lesson
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New Laws Drive Wireless Headset Sales
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Penalties for driving while talking on a cell phone are spiking retail sales of Bluetooth headsets from Plantronics and others
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Little Relief for UnitedHealth
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Investors at first cheered the managed care provider's plans to cut costs on July 2, but the shares wound up closing lower amid increasing concerns about its margins
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Japan's New Green Car Push
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Detroit will have to work hard to catch Japanese automakers in the race to produce hybrids, electric cars, cleaner diesels, and fuel-cell vehicles
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Touch Computing Hits Its Stride
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Microsoft's Surface and other touch-sensitive products can simplify complicated interactions, but are software makers and consumers game?
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Servers Become Dell's Comeback Weapon
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After a few troubled years, Dell is back on course and grabbing market share by being everything server
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Hitching a Ride with Roadrunner
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The world's fastest computer, developed by IBM and Los Alamos National Labs, will be open for experimentation for six months. Beep! Beep!
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HP's Printing Chief Is on a Mission
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Vyomesh Joshi plans to preserve printing's status as HP's most profitable division by, among other initiatives, getting consumers to use printers at home more
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AMD Wins Another Round Against Intel
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The FTC has subpoenaed the chipmakers to seek information about their customers, including Dell, HP, and Apple. At issue: Intel's pricing
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News Flash: Adobe Aids Search
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Adobe's new software will make Flash-created content more easily seen by search engines like Google and Yahoo
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EBay Gets Buffeted in Europe
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The auction site could face millions in extra costs to track down counterfeit goods if a French court's LVMH decision stands
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Microsoft's Plan B for Search
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Moving past the Yahoo saga, the software giant is buying semantic search engine Powerset as a way of closing the gap with Google
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Building an Online Community
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More and more businesses want an online networking site for themselves or their customers. The key to success lies in understanding what's appropriate
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Web Design That Doesn't Suck
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Indie web design firm Stamen has designed interactive sites for clients including Yahoo, BMW, and Digg. Their design philosophy? Trust their own judgments
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Bidding Yahoo Adieu
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An exodus of high-profile, innovative managers leaves a leadership vacuum, and troubling implications for Yahoo's future
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I Left My Staff in San Francisco
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To grab local talent and impress customers, Silicon Valley's tech companies are increasingly opening offices in the city by the Bay
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Oracle Excels amid a Tough Outlook
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The software maker's results beat analyst expectations. But will its strategy work in the face of slowing IT spending?
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Microsoft: What Cost for Vista?
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After a survey of corporate customers, one Wall Street analyst cuts his expectations for revenue and profit growth
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Closing the Door to Microsoft Vista
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A number of companies are opting not to embrace Redmond's latest operating system and, like GM, are waiting for Windows 7 instead
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Nokia Tries Apple's Tune
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The Finnish phone maker signs up Warner Music as part of its effort to develop a new music service to compete with Apple's iTunes
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What's Ailing Sony Ericsson?
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Shrinking sales across the industry, stale products, and overreliance on the Western Europe market are some of the hurdles the phonemaker must clear
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RIM Shares Hammered
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The BlackBerry maker turned in strong results for the first quarter but says it will sacrifice profits for long-term gain
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Home Phone Service for $10 a Month?
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T-Mobile's @Home service is designed to retain subscribers, but it could deal a blow to Web-calling companies like Vonage
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The iPhone's Impact on Rivals
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As Apple looks to make further inroads with its soon-to-be-released 3G device, both handset makers and wireless carriers may suffer
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iPhone Pricing: The Good, the Bad...and the Complicated
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Between the various plans, credit checks, and activation fees, nothing is simple about AT&T's plans for the new 3G iPhone
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Surge of New Software for the iPhone
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Aiming to capitalize on the new features of Apple's iPhone 3G, developers are planning an array of applications, including several for business
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Inside the Latest iPhone
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For the upcoming iPhone 3G, Apple has reduced manufacturing and component costs by more than $50 per unit, says iSuppli
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What iPhone Wannabes Lack
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Handset giants are playing catch-up to Apple's design, but their software still lags badly
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IMAX's Hollywood Card
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The company is betting that newly developed digital projectors will help it reverse last year's $27 million net loss
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Taking the Wraps off the New Rhapsody
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Will RealNetworks' removal of DRM from Rhapsody tracks, new social-network push, and Verizon Wireless tieup make a mark on Apple?
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Stringer, Sony Step On the Gas
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The chief executive's big promises hinge on better TVs, broader markets, and Internet offerings to rival Apple and Netflix
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Behind Goldman's XM-Sirius Slam
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The sour note on satellite radio halted a nascent rally, but other analysts say the report could ensure FCC approval for the merger
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Worst IPO Market on Record?
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The first half of 2008 was dismal for venture-backed initial public offerings, and most VCs don't see the climate improving any time soon
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What I Did at VC Camp
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Venture capital firm Highland Capital Partners gives student entrepreneurs a business boost with access to its expertise and contacts
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Tech: It's Where the Jobs Are
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A new survey shows growth across the country, with higher-than-average pay. And with the number of tech grads falling, demand will only rise
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Sony Shareholders Want to See the Money
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At the company's annual meeting, shareholders demanded management raise the dividend and disclose executive pay. Sony's response: no
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LinkedIn Joins the Billionaires' Club
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New funding by Bain, Bessemer, Sequoia, and Greylock values the professional-networking site north of $1 billion—and big plans are afoot
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Bringing Health Records Online
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CVS Caremar's hookup with Microsoft's HealthVault is the latest
noteworthy step in the overdue digitization of medical information
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A Second Wind for Aging Wind Turbines
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A two-year wait for new turbines is forcing some buyers into the secondhand market to meet the EU's carbon reduction targets
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The Electric Car Lives
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Backed by U.S. venture capital, Norwegian company Think is betting its Ox concept vehicle can prove the electric car's time has finally arrived
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Microsoft's Gates: Bye, See You Next Week
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BusinessWeek talks to Bill Gates as his "final" day at Microsoft approaches
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