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Continuing its drive to expand its reach beyond the Web, Google reached a deal to partner with satellite TV provider EchoStar to deliver television spots for its advertising clients. Together, the companies will create what they called the first automated system for buying, selling, distributing and...

In e-commerce, understanding the customer can make the difference between a company's online success or failure. As processes for collecting and storing data become more sophisticated and efficient, companies are able to keep databases of transactional and clickstream data that are larger than ever ...

Xerox has announced it will acquire Global Imaging Systems, a provider of automated office equipment, network integration services, and electronic presentation systems, for $1.5 billion, or $29 per share, in an all-cash transaction. The deal is structured in two steps: a cash tender offer for all Gl...

Search giant Google may be joining the list of suitors for interactive marketing firm DoubleClick -- reportedly joining Microsoft, Yahoo and Time Warner's AOL in the potential buyer pool. Google is in talks with DoubleClick's majority owner, San Francisco-based private equity firm Hellman & Frie...

Gaming is no longer just for teenagers -- it's entertainment for everyone. The gaming industry is not an exclusive club for large game developers, publishers and console manufacturers. Not any more. You too are invited. The Internet has reinvented gaming, and now gaming is reinventing the Internet. ...

In an attempt to get a hands-on read of the efficiency and credibility of comparison search engines, I embarked on a buying experiment for an HP Media Vault mv2020 server -- specifically a Windows-based PC tower with two 500 GB Internal Drives, three USB ports for expansion, room for an additional 3...

The WTO said the U.S. ban on Internet gambling is out of line with international trade policy. This ruling gives hope to Web gambling firms that have been battered by U.S. regulatory and law enforcement activity in recent months. The WTO ruled in favor of the Caribbean nations of Antigua and Barbuda...

Digital television broadcasts targeted for children will soon be available in Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge vehicles, starting with the 2008 Chrysler and Dodge minivans. The service, coming from Sirius Satellite Radio, will be called "Sirius Backseat TV." While the name implies it will be available only ...

The boardroom of game publisher Take-Two resembled a scene from one of its violent video games as the often embattled firm booted five of six board members who were up for reelection. Among them was chief executive Paul Eibeler, who had the dubious distinction of being removed from both the boardroo...

Dell on Thursday said that an audit into its past bookkeeping practices found errors and evidence of misconduct. Dell said it would seek to push back the filing of its annual report for the fiscal year because the inquiry by its board of directors' audit committee is not complete. "As we move toward...

Before YouTube and MySpace, the Web 2.0 was neither as widely used, nor as widely known. At that time, companies that needed online collaboration and file sharing were its main users. That all ended when YouTube and MySpace became so popular. Both sites have created a "gathering place" for younger p...

The art of copying and stealing other people's content and ideas has settled comfortably into the mainstream across the globe. What formerly would have constituted an act of piracy is now a commonplace occurrence. Isn't it time to give these "borrowers" a tribute, host a gala dinner and hand out awa...

AT&T, Qwest and Verizon won the right to bid for $20 billion in federal telecommunications contracts, the U.S. General Services Administration announced Thursday. Noticeably absent from the list is Sprint, which previously held the rights to bid for U.S. government telecommunications contracts. ...

AT&T, Qwest and Verizon won the right to bid for $20 billion in federal telecommunications contracts, the U.S. General Services Administration announced Thursday. Noticeably absent from the list is Sprint, which previously held the rights to bid for U.S. government telecommunications contracts. ...

AT&T, Qwest and Verizon won the right to bid for $20 billion in federal telecommunications contracts, the U.S. General Services Administration announced Thursday. Noticeably absent from the list is Sprint, which previously held the rights to bid for U.S. government telecommunications contracts. ...