Microsoft released a web browser that includes a feature that could affect the advertising model of internet rivals such as Google

China Mobile said the country's homegrown third generation mobile technology was years behind other international standards

Research company Gartner said many consumers in emerging markets were choosing not to upgrade their first handsets to more sophisticated devices because of the inflation-driven squeeze on household spending

BT is considering the sale of its 31 per cent stake in Tech Mahindra, the India-listed software services firm, having decided that the holding does not fit its long-term strategy

Hewlett-Packard is expected to close its $13.9bn acquisition of Electronic Data Systems, a deal that marks a renewed challenge to IBM's dominance of IT services

Advanced Micro Devices announced the sale of its digital TV chip business to rival Broadcom as it sought a return to profitability

QTel intends to pursue its rapid expansion policy to achieve its goal of becoming one of the world's top 20 telecommunications companies by market capitalisation by 2020, its chairman said on Monday

China Unicom expects to win a licence to build its future high-speed wireless services on the world's most commonly used 3G technology

Infosys Technologies launched the biggest overseas acquisition by an Indian information technology outsourcing company on Monday with a £407.1m cash deal for UK-based consultancy Axon Group

More than a decade after the founder of the Fox broadcast network began investing in the e-commerce and online media companies that became IAC, this week he split his sprawling empire to start again

The Chinese firewall brings claims of violation of trading agreements, write James Politi and Richard Waters

The effort is intended to boost the pace of innovation in online services as the company tries to close the gap with Google. Users will be able to create 3D image collages

The ranks of unhappy iPhone users continued to swell at the weekend as Apple customers complained about problems maintaining a signal on the company's new 3G handset

Sky has taken the broadband market by storm since it began offering internet access two years ago, signing up 1.6m customers

The general mood of frugality hitting US shoppers as they cut back on spending during the downturn, is failing to hit electronics goods, which are seeing continuing robust demand