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America Online will pay New York state US$1.25 million and revamp its customer service approach to settle charges that it continued to bill some customers after they canceled their online access accounts. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said AOL agreed to pay the fine and to reimburse any st...

After months of speculation, Microsoft has inked a deal with Hollywood to make a movie based on its popular science-fiction video game series "Halo." Universal Studios and Twentieth Century Fox agreed to pay Microsoft US$5 million plus up to 10 percent of domestic box office receipts. Universal wil...

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calling company Vonage Holdings Corp. is reportedly putting the finishing touches on a plan to go public, a move that could help it raise as much as US$600 million in cash as it girds for battle with a slew of competitors. The Daily Deal and the Wall Street Journa...

In a recent decision that might have long-term implications on how Internet search engines run their advertising programs, the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia released its written opinion on Government Insurance Company v. Google, Inc., et al., a case decided a while back. The C...

Yahoo and Viacom have struck a multi-year deal in which Yahoo will provide search and search marketing services to Viacom's vast array of online properties, providing a sizeable boost to Yahoo's core search business. Specific financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. It calls for Yahoo to hav...

Marking perhaps its most ambitious departure to date from its core search business, Google unveiled its own instant messaging platform yesterday, one that includes voice chat options. Some analysts say the service could become a prelude to an even bigger leap in which Google becomes a provider of Vo...

Looking to fend off Internet access competition from cable companies and entice those still using dial-up onto higher speed connections, Verizon Communications and Yahoo said they would work together to offer a co-branded DSL service at a discounted price. Verizon Yahoo for DSL will be available in ...

Marking perhaps its most ambitious departure to date from its core search business, Google reportedly plans to unveil its own instant messaging platform this week, one that includes a voice chat options. Some analysts say the service could become a prelude to an even bigger leap in which Google beco...

In what could be a preview of an expanded product menu featuring more items delivered digitally, Amazon.com has begun selling short stories and novel excerpts from well-known authors. Amazon Shorts sell through their own storefront on Amazon for 49 cents each and will feature content from top author...

Just as there are precautions that you can take to retain access to e-mail privileges, there are methods which you can use to regain e-mail access. Some ISPs in the U.S. block all e-mail from IP addresses known to be responsible for spam or other forms of Internet abuse. If your ISP is not protectin...

Approximately 10 years old, the affiliate marketing industry is one of the newest in performance marketing. Legalities, best practices and associations are in their infancy stages. That said, affiliate fraud is rampant. Every morning I tackle the previous night's Filinet affiliate signups to run ...

Search giant Google has updated its desktop search software with new features while also addressing privacy and security issues. Industry analysts said the latest version is both a natural extension and a significant improvement. However, there is also likely to be a lot of similar desktop search up...

In what could be a preview of an expanded product menu featuring more items delivered digitally, Amazon.com has begun selling short stories and novel excerpts from well-known authors. Amazon Shorts sell through their own storefront on Amazon for 49 cents each and will feature content from top author...

OK, businesses now have proof of their suspicions: Employees are wasting the boss's time -- billions of dollars of company time, according to a July AOL/Salary.com survey. So, what's a boss to do? Well, contrary to what many guilty employees would like to think, they are not simply sitting back and ...

Microsoft may not change how RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds are referred to in a still-in-development version of its Internet Explorer (IE) browser, but the software giant's consideration of a name change has sparked a Web-wide debate about what to call the content feeds and whether a new mon...