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Will movies be as successful as TV shows and videos have been in moving to the Web? Paramount Pictures is betting yes, with the forthcoming launch of what it claims will be the first studio-backed feature film to make its debut online. Coming to the Web on Dec. 19, "Jackass 2.5" is an hour-long fil...

Possibly causing worldwide feelings of deja vu, Opera Software has filed a complaint with the European Commission that says the bundling of Internet Explorer with the Windows operating system amounts to unfair monopolization. Opera, based in Norway, developed and distributes the Opera Web browser. I...

Buying sponsored links on a major search engine isn't cheap. Getting to the top of the search engine pile without paying your way requires mastery of search engine optimization -- a craft that often seems to fall somewhere between advanced calculus and alchemy. However, for small businesses catering...

Continuing an ongoing string of acquisitions, Microsoft on Wednesday announced that it has acquired Multimap, a leading UK-based provider of location and mapping services. The acquisition gives Microsoft powerful new location and mapping technology to complement its existing Virtual Earth, Live Sear...

United Online is pulling the plug on a planned initial public offering for its Classmates Media unit, citing unfavorable market conditions. The move is a reminder that the market for technology IPOs and particularly those in the Internet space remains somewhat limited, even though Classmates, which ...

Despite being given a deadline of Sept. 30, 2007, to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, many Level 1 merchants -- those that process more than 6 million transactions per year -- still do not meet the necessary requirements. In fact, Visa reports that as much as 40 percent ...

With sales of Sony's struggling PlayStation 3 video game console picking up in Europe, Japan and the United States, the company's CEO, Howard Stringer, revealed details of its plans going forward for the console at a press conference Tuesday held in Tokyo. The PlayStation 3 outsold Nintendo's Wii in...

Three months after a messy breakup with Apple's iTunes Store, NBC Universal said Tuesday it will make its catalog of TV shows available through a download service made by rival portable device maker SanDisk. The shows the studio will offer through Fanfare, SanDisk's Web-based download service, inclu...

In a nod to its recent success and an expression of confidence in its future, AT&T will boost its dividend by the largest amount ever and buy back as many as 400 million shares of its own stock. The AT&T board of directors voted to increase the company's quarterly dividend rate from 35 cents...

In a nod to its recent success and an expression of confidence in its future, AT&T will boost its dividend by the largest amount ever and buy back as many as 400 million shares of its own stock. The AT&T board of directors voted to increase the company's quarterly dividend rate from 35 cents...

In a nod to its recent success and an expression of confidence in its future, AT&T will boost its dividend by the largest amount ever and buy back as many as 400 million shares of its own stock. The AT&T board of directors voted to increase the company's quarterly dividend rate from 35 cents...

With thousands of companies selling products online to both businesses and consumers, it takes more than nice site design and a shopping cart to be competitive and make money. We know that effective search and navigation leads to more people finding what they're looking for and, therefore, higher co...

Widget syndication firm Clearspring on Monday announced that it has launched an ad network to give publishers a way to monetize the content within their widgets. The Widget Ad Network, which is built on Adify's Build Your Own Network platform, provides six different in-widget advertising formats for...

Though the date didn't garner the advance hype of Cyber Monday, the first Thursday in December actually set the pace for the holiday shopping season so far, with consumers spending a record $800 million in virtual stores, according to a report released Monday by comScore. Thursday, Dec. 6, marked th...

In a deal worth $117 million, HP is buying NUR Macroprinters, an Israel-based maker of wide-format digital inkjet printers widely used by the commercial graphics industry. The deal will enlarge HP's footprint in the world of graphic arts by allowing it to offer more mid-range platforms and technolog...