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In a move that could signal Google's designs on entire new areas of the Web industry, Google has taken a stake in a startup seeking to integrate broadband communications into existing electrical power lines Google joined Wall Street banking house Goldman Sachs & Co. and media giant Hearst in providing an undisclosed cash infusion to Current Communi...
One of the long-feared results of Internet security problems -- its potential effect on consumer behavior and eventually, spending -- might be starting to materialize, according to a new report The Pew Internet & American Life project says that a survey that it conducted found that 91 percent of Internet users have changed their online behavior out...
In a move that could dramatically accelerate the adoption of streaming movies online, Intel has said it would invest in a new company established by actor Morgan Freeman that seeks to make first-run films available for downloads even before they reach stores on DVD Intel made an unspecified investment in ClickStar, which is striving to offer movie ...
It's one of the most popular uses of the Internet and something users do every day: They drop digital photos into e-mail and send them to friends and family Such photos are often bandwidth hogs, a problem that Yahoo is attempting to address with its Photo Mail feature. The service uses the Yahoo Mail Web site to store full-size digital images, whil...
Though more consumers are testing out digital downloads, portable MP3 players and streaming music from satellite and Web sources, many more still rely on tried-and-true technologies such as portable CD players and traditional FM radio for their music, according to a new report The study from Framingham, Mass.-based research firm IDC underscores the...
Escalating a long-running battle over current and future wireless technology, Broadcom has filed suit against cell phone technology rival Qualcomm, saying that that company engaged in anti-competitive behavior in order to help its mobile voice and data standard gain traction Broadcom said in the federal suit filed in U.S. District Court in New Jers...
At first glance, the proposal to create a new cyberspace red light district with the .xxx domain seems a clear win for legitimate businesses The domain, which has been approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), could essentially segregate adult-content and pornography, moving it out of the .com realm where the vast...
Continuing its practice of settling lawsuits in order to focus on the competitive threats it faces, Microsoft has agreed to pay IBM US$775 million to settle a long-simmering antitrust lawsuit The action was a private suit that was brought in conjunction with the government action that resulted in an epic trial and an eventual antitrust ruling again...
Reversing a course that had it on track to cede control of the Internet's main pipelines, the U.S. government now says it will not cede oversight of the computers that control most Web traffic The U.S. had been weighing whether to turn over control of the 13 so-called "root" servers, the source where top-level domains are maintained and traffic is ...
Hard on the heels of a partial victory for music and movie studios before the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has continued to pressure consumers who it says illegally swap music, filing a new batch of more than 700 copyright infringement lawsuits The lawsuits come just three days after the...
Hoping to lay claim to search dominance in a fast-growing area, Blinkx has launched a tool that will search personal-radio-style podcasts and video blogs for certain content Blinkx said its upgrades make podcasts and video blogs "fully searchable for the first time," and let users search thousands of hours of content....
Google has formally launched its 3D mapping and imagery technology, launching a service called Google Earth, a name that seems to fit the search company's global ambitions Google Earth uses satellite-based maps based on the Keyhole technology Google acquired earlier this year to create three-dimensional, interactive maps that users can manipulate t...
Google has formally launched its 3D mapping and imagery technology, launching a service called Google Earth, a name that seems to fit the search company's global ambitions Google Earth uses satellite-based maps based on the Keyhole technology Google acquired earlier this year to create three-dimensional, interactive maps that users can manipulate t...
Ratcheting up the Web e-mail wars once again, Yahoo is about to launch an extensive makeover of its service, saying the new iteration will offer faster message loading, search functions and an easier-to-use interface that mimics traditional desktop e-mail programs The new version is expected to be released to some current users in beta form in the ...
Google has launched a playback feature that enables users to watch video online without using third-party plug-in software from the likes of Microsoft or RealPlayer, stepping up its video search capabilities while taking aim at some huge tech targets Instead, the new feature in Google Video uses the open-source VLC media player format, which can ha...
Serving a victory to the entertainment industry and a potentially damaging blow to peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing firms, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that P2P firms can be sued if they encourage the use of their products to illegally swap copyrighted music and movies The unanimous court ruling in the case of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios v. Gr...
Mobile computer users have always accepted that their devices were only mobile in the sense that they could be taken from one wireless access point to another. Accessing the Web at any point in between -- in other words, over most of the globe -- was problematic at best However, with the release of the Vaio T350 notebook in May, Sony began a bid to...
MCI has launched a test of a consumer-focused voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, in a move that has puzzled some analysts because of the company's pending merger with Verizon MCI,which Verizon is in the process of buying for US$8.6 billion, has launched a test with about 5,000 customers of a service called Neighborhood Broadband calling....
In the latest sign that it has designs on extending its e-commerce brand well beyond its core auctions business by catering to the legion of small merchants seeking to sell online, eBay has launched a storefront feature that will enable sellers to create a standalone Web retail presence The ProStores service is being aimed at both eBay sellers and ...
Yahoo has shut down dozens of Internet chat rooms after questions were raised about whether the sites were being used by adults to lure minors into sexual encounters The portal also removed a feature that lets users create their own chat rooms in Yahoo's popular chat community area, but Yahoo-sponsored and monitored sites remain up and running....
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