Laura Rohde

If chief executive officers (CEOs) don't want to be wiped out by their competitors, they not only have to invest in information technology but they must also rethink how to deploy IT within their companies, a high profile panel of IT executives told attendees of the Forbes CEO forum in London on Thursday.

Microsoft Corp. and eBay Inc. announced on Friday that five European countries have been added to the program for preventing the illegal sale of Microsoft software on the eBay online marketplace.

Microsoft Corp. and eBay Inc. announced on Friday that five European countries have been added to the program for preventing the illegal sale of Microsoft software on the eBay online marketplace.

Nokia Corp. on Friday rolled out its plans for a mutipronged expansion program into the lucrative Chinese mobile phone market as the company seeks to keep up with its increasingly aggressive competitors.

The international trademark battle between Microsoft Corp. and Lindows Inc. continues to generate work for lawyers and the courts, with the software giant once again asking a Dutch court to fine Lindows

Yahoo Inc.'s European division and rival Web portal company Lycos Europe NV will begin sharing Web chat and instant messaging (IM) technologies in an effort to cut costs and reach out to a broader customer base.

The U.K. Passport Service (UKPS) on Monday launched its six month trial of biometric technology involving 10,000 volunteers, the same day that the U.K. government introduced its draft bill for potentially compulsory biometric identity cards and a central database of all of its citizens.

The European Commission has put Germany and Italy under investigation to determine if the countries have been illegally favoring computers with semiconductors from Intel Corp. to the detriment of rivals like Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), a Commission spokesman said on Wednesday.