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New think tank advocates broadband incentives

New laws should create tax incentives for companies to roll out new broadband networks to help increase the use of broadband in the home, says think tank.

Cool Tools video: Searching for a new phone: The quest continues

Mobile domain hopes to dominate mobile Internet

MTLD Top Level Domain next week to issue .mobi Internet domain names aimed at mobile devices.

Lucent-Alcatel: Is it a good merger?

* The effect megamergers have on the corporate network

Which brand of detergent washes whiter than white?

Oracle to buy Portal Software for $220 million

Oracle looking to make another vertical-market acquisition.

EBay invests $2 million in social networking site

Xandros goes after small businesses with Xandros Server Standard Edition

* Xandros builds small business server around Debian Linux kernel

Will Singapore’s ban on political blogs work?

FCC sets wireless auction rules

FCC sets rules for its June 29 auction of wireless spectrun licenses to promote competition and efficiency in the auction.