Verizon Wireless disclosed that several of its employees accessed and viewed President-elect Barack Obama's personal cellphone account.

Verizon Wireless is intensifying its ad campaign for the Blackberry Storm, claiming that typing on the touch-screen phone is more accurate than the competition.

Technology companies are working with telecommunications carriers and handset makers to help give location-based cellphone applications mass reach.

The telecom industry is bracing for a new era of increased regulation under the Obama administration.

Disney faces a big challenge preventing pirated movies and TV shows from showing up on a video Web site in China, 56.com, in which it holds a stake.

A South Carolina prison's plan to test a jamming system that could curb inmates' illegal cellphone use has sparked interest among lawmakers and law-enforcement groups.

Salesforce.com's profit rose 55% in the third quarter, signaling that online business software may more insulated from the economic downturn.

Google has begun allowing users to re-rank and edit their search results through a new set of personalization features.

Total DVD sales are down by about 4 percent for the year, contributing to a creeping dread in the movie capital that buyer interest is plummeting as the global economic crisis worsens.

Dell's quarterly net income fell 5.1% on lower demand, a trend the giant PC maker expects will continue. Revenue fell 3% to $15.16 billion.

Dell’s third quarter results showed just how challenging a restructuring can be in the middle of a severe economic slowdown.

A New York judge had found units of Russia's Alfa Group in contempt of court, ordering daily fines in a dispute between Alfa and Telenor over a Ukrainian cellphone firm.

Videogame retailer GameStop reported a decline in third-quarter profit because of acquisition charges, and scaled back its forecast for the holiday quarter.

If you heard a deafening swallowing sound sometime in the past day or so, we can explain its origin. The corporate makers of security software must have collectively gulped when Microsoft announced its plans to offer a free consumer security product.

Microsoft Announces Free PC Security Product
"Morro," as the product's called at the moment (probably named after Morro Castle), is supposed to take care of a lot of stuff. Viruses, spyware, rootkits, and Trojans are all on its kill list. It should require little in the way of bandwidth and computing resources, too, giving Microsoft an "in" with the growing netbook audience.

Amy Barzdukas, Microsoft's senior director of product management for the Online Services and Windows Division, explained in a statement how Microsoft got the idea for Morro, saying, "Customers around the world have told us that they need comprehensive, ongoing protection from new and existing threats, and we take that concern seriously."

She then continued, "This new, no-cost offering will give us the ability to protect an even greater number of consumers, especially in markets where the growth of new PC purchases is outpaced only by the growth of malware."

So when does the rush of consumers getting Morro and software makers going out of business begin? Not for a while. Windows Live OneCare is scheduled to remain on sale through June 30th, 2009, and it's during the phasing out of this product that Morro is supposed to become available for download.

What's more, Morro may not achieve omnipresence even then. Since Microsoft has only advertised it as a security solution for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7, a few people are sure to be left out in the cold. Internet Explorer's also mentioned, which might mean Firefox users will be ignored.

Then there are the intentional gaps and potential for problems to consider. In regards to that first subject: encryption, firewalls, password protection, parental controls, and backup programs haven't been addressed.

Still, Morro's introduction looks to be a revolutionary moment in the PC security solution industry. Like that first collective gulp, listen for the sound of Tylenol bottles being opened as the end of June draws closer.

The online dating service will launch a new Web site which caters to same-sex singles as part of a discrimination settlement.

Prosecutors began to present their side against a woman who they accuse of creating a phony account on MySpace to taunt a 13-year-old girl, in a highly unusual use of computer-fraud statutes.

Microsoft is modifying its approach to offering music to consumers over the Internet, after slow consumer uptake of its Zune Pass subscription service.

T-Mobile has selected Yahoo as the default search provider for most of its devices, giving the Internet company a boost as it battles Google and Microsoft.

The Storm is a very capable hand-held computer that will appeal to BlackBerry users who have been pining for a touch-controlled device with a larger screen.

Good news for worried parents: All those hours their teenagers spend socializing on the Internet are not a bad thing, according to the MacArthur Foundation.