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Wal-Mart will soon shut down the servers controlling reauthorization of purchased DRM-protected WMA music files, Ryan Halford, the company's computer buyer, indicated on a Wal-Mart blog. An e-mail sent to Wal-Mart Music customers, a copy of which was posted on the blog BoingBoing, indicates the shut...

Sprint Nextel has successfully rolled out Xohm in Baltimore. The new 4G wireless WiMax network runs on 2.5 GHz and delivers downloads at 2 to 4 Mbps -- but it is clear the telecom service provider is still carefully negotiating the industry land mine that has become network management. On the same d...

Computing giant HP has announced its intention to acquire storage software company LeftHand Networks for $360 million in cash. HP's move is an attempt to shore up its presence in the fast-growing IP storage segment of the data storage market. Unlike traditional storage area networks, IP storage ne...

First came cash. Now, Microsoft is offering up prizes to try to get to you to use its Live Search product. The company announced the start of a new SearchPerks initiative Wednesday. The program awards frequent flyer-style points for Live searches that can then be redeemed for various gifts. It's the...

Shares of Silicon Valley chip giant Intel closed up nearly 8.5 percent at just under $19 Tuesday on news that an equity analyst at investment bank Piper Jaffray upgraded the stock to a buy rating. The upgrade comes at a time when shares of other chipmakers such as Advanced Micro Devices and Texas In...

The Motion Picture Association of America has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court of Los Angeles seeking a restraining order against RealNetworks. RealDVD, which became available on Tuesday, violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the MPAA maintains. It is hardly surprising that the ...

Microsoft has teamed with Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna to try and stamp out so-called scareware. The AG and Microsoft have filed lawsuits against James Reed McCreary IV of The Woodlands, Texas. The suit names him as the marketer of an application called "Registry Cleaner XP." Also ...

Several Silicon Valley Congress members have urged the U.S. Department of Justice not to interfere in the pending online advertising deal between search engine giants Google and Yahoo. Mountain View, Calif.-based Google and Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo are situated in the heart of Silicon Valley. T...

Game publishers have been inserting advertisements into video games almost since games were first developed. But what began as static in-game product placements such as billboards advertising a publisher's upcoming title in the 1970s has become a much more sophisticated marketing tactic -- and a pot...

Besides working overtime to crank out the $700 billion financial market rescue plan -- to little avail as it turned out -- the House of Representatives on Sunday also passed a piece of legislation that could rack up significantly more penalties for copyright violation. The Prioritizing Resources and...

The weekend media spotlight was on the heated Congressional negotiations that produced a financial bailout bill, which promptly went nowhere. But hidden somewhere in the static of dealmaking, rhetoric and counteroffers was a strong signal of support for Internet radio. The Webcaster Settlement Act o...

The U.S. economy has entered a vicious cycle where housing, employment and financial troubles are forcing consumers to tighten their purse strings and closely evaluate their every purchase. Retailers are also feeling the grip of a tightening economy as they compete aggressively for a diminishing num...

Three major Internet service providers have promised Congress that they do not monitor their customers' activities online. However, in an argument worthy of the political venue in which it was made, executives from these companies went on to equivocate about what they were actually doing and whether...

Visa announced plans Thursday to develop payment and payment-related services for both Nokia mobile handsets and those running Google's new Android platform. In addition, Visa announced a pilot program that enables U.S. Bank Visa cardholders to transfer money using a mobile phone. The announcement l...

With the strains on today's economy becoming increasingly apparent, it's now more important than ever to strategically and effectively plan your online media campaigns. To do this, you must have a complete understanding of the overall landscape of online media opportunities relating to your business...