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One of the first file-sharing lawsuits to go to trial could be concluded Thursday, and while the case is being closely watched, the Recording Industry Association of American said it will continue to pursue legal action against alleged music pirates regardless of the outcome. Attorneys for the RIAA ...

By using an advanced e-mail marketing system, measuring the results from your e-mail marketing campaign is fast and easy. Intuitive online reports reveal not only know how many e-mails were successfully sent and delivered but also how many people opened their e-mail and clicked. Other forms of adver...

Google has added functionality from Postini -- its recently acquired on-demand security provider -- to Google Apps Premier Edition, further leveraging its ambitious acquisition and development platform. Google acquired Postini last month for $625 million in cash. The privately held company services ...

A federal district court judge issued two landmark decisions Tuesday in a nationwide class action suit against Target charging that the retail giant has "failed and refused" to make its Web site accessible to the blind. Brought by the National Federation of the Blind, the suit charges that by failin...

Three years after Sony Music Entertainment and BMG Entertainment finalized their Sony BMG joint venture, antitrust regulators from the European Union have again cleared the music industry deal. The decision followed a court-ordered review of the impacts on small record labels. European Commissioner ...

The holiday shopping season is almost upon us. Many online retailers are still trying to get everything ready for the anticipated hordes of shoppers who will be beating down their online gates to buy gifts for their loved ones and friends. Most retail sectors depend heavily -- and some, almost exclu...

Adobe Systems is buying the maker of the Buzzword Web-based word processing software, marking a shift in strategy for the maker of Flash and Acrobat and setting up a showdown over Internet-based applications with the likes of Microsoft and Google. Adobe will purchase Waltham, Mass.-based Virtual Ubi...

Handheld device maker Palm saw its stock take a hit after reporting a fiscal loss for its first quarter and issuing a weaker-than-expected forecast that suggests it is struggling to regain ground lost to rivals such as Research In Motion and Apple and as it shifts its focus to lower-cost devices. Pa...

Only a few companies can afford to spend millions of dollars on researching and developing new technologies for their product lines, but that doesn't necessarily exclude smaller businesses from getting their hands on cutting-edge innovation. Each year, thousands of discoveries are made at universiti...

Only a few companies can afford to spend millions of dollars on researching and developing new technologies for their product lines, but that doesn't necessarily exclude smaller businesses from getting their hands on cutting-edge innovation. Each year, thousands of discoveries are made at universiti...

Only a few companies can afford to spend millions of dollars on researching and developing new technologies for their product lines, but that doesn't necessarily exclude smaller businesses from getting their hands on cutting-edge innovation. Each year, thousands of discoveries are made at universiti...

With the current ban on Internet access taxes due to expire on Nov. 1, tensions rose last week when a move to extend the ban stalled in the Senate. The Internet tax ban has been in place since 1998, having last been renewed in 2004 for another three years. Last Thursday the Senate Commerce Committee...

In a move that further complicates the rapidly changing digital music world, alt-rock group Radiohead plans to make its next album available for direct download from its Web site without a fixed price. Radiohead said users can give what they think is a fair amount in exchange for the digital downloa...

eBay shook up the top management of its Skype peer-to-peer communications unit Monday, removing its cofounder as CEO and saying it will take a $1.43 billion charge in the coming quarter to cover the cost of incentives in the original acquisition deal and to reflect lower overall value for the unit. ...

Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, has agreed to buy navigation specialist Navteq, a deal that Nokia says will help it expand its business into location-based Internet services. The Finnish phone giant will pay $8.1 billion for the Chicago-based company, pending regulatory and shareholde...