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Moving to further assert its role as a distributor of video on the Web, Google said Monday it had reached an agreement to deliver video clips and shows from Viacom's MTV Networks to users, along with video advertising. Google and MTV Networks described the partnership as a test of "an innovative vid...

The moves by the federal government to regulate social networking sites -- like MySpace.com and others -- may cause venture investors to look overseas, and lead to a drop in early stage investments among such sites in the U.S. The House of Representatives last month passed a bill, called the Deleti...

Apple said it has discovered additional irregularities in the past granting of employee stock options and as a result will likely be forced to restate some past earnings, including those as recent as the second quarter of this year. The move and the resulting restatement will delay Apple's formal qu...

Philips Electronics said Thursday it had reached an agreement to sell a majority stake in its semiconductor business to a group of private equity firms for US$4.4 billion. Philips said the sale would enable it to focus on its core business of producing consumer and industrial electronics devices. Ko...

There's no doubt about it, starting a business is no easy task. One of the first hurdles that you have to overcome is obtaining the necessary capital to get your company to the cash-flowing stage. Why are many lenders and investors so difficult to convince when it comes to obtaining loans or capita...

Say the name "Intel," and the first thing that comes to most people's minds is chips and computer components. Yet the company is increasing its focus on another side of its business, the storage systems space, and the industry is beginning to watch its progress in that area more intensely. In July, ...

Hoping to boost advertiser confidence in the interactive marketing industry, the Interactive Advertising Bureau said it would form a working group to create click fraud prevention guidelines. Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and Ask.com are among the companies that have already agreed to participate in the ...

IBM on Thursday said it will buy MRO Software in an all-cash transaction worth about US$740 million, or $25.80 per share. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year. MRO provides asset and service management software and consulting to manage the purchase, maintenance and...

AOL unveiled a bold plan to revitalize itself in the broadband world Wednesday, saying it would offer up virtually all of its Web services for free and all but abandon efforts to attract new subscribers. The move drew a range of reviews from analysts. Some said the move comes about three years too ...

Small businesses have their share of difficulties, but do they have any chance of succeeding in a world dominated by eBay, Amazon and the like? The short answer is yes -- if they combine the right mix of technology, marketing and customer service. "The goliaths of the online world are everywhere. Th...

Google on Wednesday announced a deal with XM Satellite Radio to help the Internet search giant's advertisers automatically place ads on the satellite radio's non-music radio channels. The deal gives Google advertisers a means to reach XM's more than 7 million subscribers. XM could benefit from offer...

Media giant Time Warner reported a second quarter profit of US$1 billion and said it would attempt to foster advertising revenue growth in its AOL division by offering free services that have long been available only to subscribers. Time Warner said its results were buoyed by a combination of growth...

It's getting harder and harder to find a marketable dot-com domain name and that's starting to worry Web developers, according to Dotster. The Vancouver, Wash.-based provider of domain name registration and hosting services contends that developers are concerned about running out of marketable dot-c...

On July 27, by a vote of 410 to 15, the House of Representatives passed the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), which will restrict access to social networking sites such as MySpace.com and other interactive services at schools and libraries that receive federal funding. The rationale behind the D...

In the latest twist to come to the rapidly changing music industry, major label EMI said it would license its entire catalog to peer-to-peer network Mashboxx. The deal is the latest boost for Mashboxx, one of the first P2P firms to be built from the ground up as a legitimate music delivery network. ...