Technorati, AP In Blog Deal

The Associated Press followed up an announced deal with Topix.net by disclosing another one, this time with blog search engine Technorati to connect bloggers and local newspapers.

Dell (Sort Of) Wins E-Commerce Lawsuit

Dell has won an important victory over DE Technologies, a Virginia firm that holds a patent so broad it could cover all e-commerce. A federal district judge declared parts of the patent as too "indefinite" and approved some measures of Dell's request to have it rendered invalid.

Vonage IPO Rings Up A Loss

Not since Lumera Corp's IPO in July 2004 has a company IPO fallen as much as Vonage did in its first day of trading on Wall Street.