Analysis: 3G spectrum holdings cloud Voda-Hutch merger Will the Australian operations of Vodafone and Hutchison be forced to offload 3G spectrum as part of their proposed merger? That’s the question that needs to be answered by the ACCC, which is currently reviewing the proposed marriage. The...

It looks like the deal to embed Skype clients on Nokia phones is meeting some resistance among wireless operators and could dampen the scope of the planned integration. The Web site Mobiletoday.co.uk reported earlier this week that sources at O2 and Orange say the companies are “furious” that...

Yahoo's Microsoft tab totaled $79 million Yahoo’s tab in its efforts to fight off Microsoft last year ran $79 million, according to the company’s filing Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.     Yahoo spent much of that bill on outside advisers who helped it weigh...

Do tech hopefuls still need Demo and its ilk? When Demo 09 kicks off Monday in Palms Springs, Calif., the high-technology showcase conference that prides itself on putting cutting-edge companies in front of A-list venture capitalists and journalists will do so in perhaps the worst economic environment in...

Microsoft's glimpse of the future REDMOND, Wash.–At Microsoft’s TechFest, it takes a little imagination to see how the research technologies might eventually come to market. A new video from Microsoft shows in an elegant, if utopian way, what it might look like if all of those gadgets came...