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HBO will start to make its high-profile catalog of series, films and specials available online this week for some subscribers, a move that underscores the growing comfort content owners feel toward using the Web as a distribution channel. The service, known as "HBO on Broadband," will go live on Tue...

E-commerce has been part of the retail world for more than a decade, and today's consumers seem to assume that because of this longevity, their transactions are secure. Beyond this, the average online shoppers are convinced their credit card numbers and other sensitive information are out of reach ...

IBM's relatively robust outlook and the details of its fourth quarter performance have helped restore some investor optimism toward the tech sector after a wild week that saw recession fears rise on weak results from the likes of Intel. IBM, which earlier in the week preannounced its earnings, said ...

New stats confirm what many holiday shoppers already knew: Nintendo's Wii was the most popular game console of the season, with 1.35 million flying off shelves. Its popularity provided a huge boost to the industry, said the NPD Group, which issued the report. In 2007, the video game industry hauled ...

There are conflicting reports coming out of Washington surrounding missing White House e-mails as well as conflicting statements coming from the White House press room. A hearing has been scheduled by Democratic Calif. Rep. Henry Waxman to investigate comments from White House spokesperson Tony Frat...

Seeking to streamline in the face of continued customer losses, No. 3 wireless telecommunications carrier Sprint Nextel will cut 4,000 jobs and shutter scores of retail outlets. Sprint Nextel described the moves as the "initial plans" and as part of "an ongoing review of operations and market approa...

Software maintenance will reach $137 billion by 2010, a compound annual growth rate of nearly 10 percent, according to IDC. Today, many vendors including Adobe, Oracle, Microsoft and IBM, among others, are stepping up their efforts to identify noncompliance, making an audit a real possibility. Align...

Putting its money where its mouth is -- and where its corporate parent's future may lie as well -- Google's charitable arm, Google.org, on Thursday announced $25 million worth of new grants across what it now says are the five core areas that it will focus on going forward. Google.org will concentra...

Computer manufacturers had cause for good cheer in the fourth quarter of 2007 with PC shipments increasing a little more than 15 percent worldwide and nearly 9 percent in the U.S., according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker report. However, the pending recession in the U.S. could led to slowe...

In a move with potentially far-reaching implications for Web users and Internet companies alike, Time Warner Cable will test a new model for high-speed Internet access that charges users based on how much bandwidth they consume. Time Warner Cable will test the metered approach to selling high-speed ...

The e-commerce market is entering a new period. After an initial phase during which companies focused largely on making their products and services available to potential customers via the Web, users are now trying to take a more comprehensive look at their deployments. Consequently, a new breed of ...

Just a day after IBM soothed investors with a solid quarter, fellow tech bellwether Intel raised fresh questions about the strength of the sector by missing its fourth quarter targets and issuing a softer-than-expected outlook. The dominant chipmaker managed to post a 51 percent profit increase for ...

The growth of e-commerce and the continuing expansion of outsourcing and the remote workforce are fueling a new approach to paying for services. Internet-focused companies are replacing traditional online payment transactions with prepaid debit cards. Payoneer is a startup firm that is pushing this ...

Legions of Oprah Winfrey fans will have access to the talk show megastar 24/7 on "OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network," Winfrey and Discovery Communications President and CEO David Zaslav announced Tuesday. The joint venture will enable Discovery to repurpose its less-than-successful Discovery Health cha...

A group of public policy organizations has filed a petition and complaint with the Federal Communication Commission against Comcast over the way the Internet service provider has managed its Internet traffic. More specifically, the groups are comprised of the Free Press, Public Knowledge, and Media ...