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Shana and Len Bentivegna started their online store, Organic Pet Boutique, as a result of pet food scares and their concern for the safety of their two Shih Tzus, Milo and Ceasar. "After discovering organic and natural pet food was the only safe alternative, we decided to go online to purchase their...

A new trade group called "The Internet Association" has been formed to represent the interests of large Internet companies. It will begin operating in September, with Michael Beckerman, a former adviser to the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee, serving as i...

Zynga reported second-quarter earnings lower than expected Wednesday, sending its stock sinking as much as 40 percent Thursday morning. The maker of popular social games such as "FarmVille" and "Words With Friends" reported a net loss of more than $22.8 billion, or 3 cents per share. Facebook was pa...

Foursquare is following up on a feature it introduced last week that layers on new ad functionality for brands seeking to target local customers. Unveiled last week, "Local Updates" lets users keep up with places they like in their Friends tab. Now the social service has rolled out "Promoted Updat...

Wall Street took Netflix at its word, and then some, when the company said in its earnings report that it probably would sign up fewer new subscribers this year than it had expected. That, coupled with a 91 percent year-over-year drop in net income, caused shares of the company to promptly drop by 2...

Nintendo reported a loss that was less than expected Wednesday, as video game hardware sales continue to decline. Sales of the Wii gaming consoles were one of the Super Mario creator's weakest spots. The company sold 710,000 machines, compared with 1.56 million during the same period a year earlier....

After watching Verizon and Verizon Wireless over the last few decades I have developed a respect and admiration for the company. Some of you, however, have noticed how Verizon is starting to act, well, differently lately. Is something starting to change? First of all, we have to admit Verizon is sti...

The European Commission and Google could be nearing an agreement after the search giant offered new concessions Tuesday to help resolve the EU's antitrust concerns. A representative from the EU did not divulge what Google proposed, but reportedly said that technical discussions would follow. The con...

AT&T delivered a respectable set of numbers in its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday. At the same time, its report on Q2 activity revealed how much it still depends on Apple and its devices for its revenues. First, the numbers: For the quarter ended June 30, 2012, AT&T's consolidated reve...

AT&T delivered a respectable set of numbers in its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday. At the same time, its report on Q2 activity revealed how much it still depends on Apple and its devices for its revenues. First, the numbers: For the quarter ended June 30, 2012, AT&T's consolidated reve...

Just as the erotic adventures of E.L. James fill the book shelves, the Federal Rules promulgate a different form of torture onto Americans, willingly or not. Pursuant to Congress' passage of the America Invents Act, the United States Patent & Trademark Office has been diligently formulating ne...

How much is a "bounce" worth on a tablet PC? It could be worth enough -- along with other patent disputes -- to add up to $2.5 billion. At least, that's the figure Apple came up with in its patent infringement suit against Samsung, and it all comes down to the bounce, the scrolling API, and Samsung'...

NTP, the patent-holding company that won $612.5 million in a 2006 case against RIM, announced Monday it has reached a settlement with 13 of the biggest players in the tech industry. Since NTP held eight U.S. patents relating to wireless email delivery, it battled most of the major smartphone manufac...

Former Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson will be the new leader of ShopRunner, taking over the e-commerce site about two months after he left Yahoo amid a scandal. ShopRunner announced the hire on Monday; former CEO Mike Golden will remain at the company as president. ShopRunner partners with more than 60 re...

U.S. government agencies are trying to meet fast-track goals to improve the acquisition and management of information technology resources. In a government setting that inherently involves myriad checkpoints, protocols, policies, and an exasperating budget process, change does not come easily or qui...