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According to a report released Monday by Media Metrix, controversial music file-sharing application Napster climbed from 1.1 million unique users at home in February to 4.9 million unique users in July, a 345 percent increase that makes it one of the fastest growing applications on the Web.

Just days after being slammed with a multi-million dollar (US$) adverse ruling in the copyright case brought by Universal Music Group, Internet music download site MP3.com faces another legal challenge. Zomba Recording Corporation and Zomba Music Publishing, the label and music publisher behind Brit...

Seven of the largest investment banks worldwide, including The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS), Merril Lynch (NYSE: MER), Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (NYSE: MWD), Salomon Smith Barney (NYSE: C), Credit Suisse First Boston (SWX:CSGN.SW), Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown, and UBS Warburg (NYSE: UBS), ann...

At the risk of sounding anachronistic, allow me to say at the outset that I don't want to interact with my television. I just want to watch it, and most of the time I don't even want to do that.

Continuing a commitment to promote the Linux operating system, IBM (NYSE: IBM) said Tuesday it will spend $200 million (US$) to build seven new Linux development centers in Asia.

Underscoring the importance of services in the high-tech world, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HWP) says it is in talks with PricewaterhouseCoopers to acquire that firm's professional consulting practice.

In the latest example of the impact that embattled song-swapping forums such as Napster and MP3.com have had on the music industry, Warner Music Group announced Monday it will release 100 recordings in downloadable format before Christmas.

An increasing number of Europeans are using the Web to look for a job, according to a survey released Monday by market research firm MMXI Europe.

Buoyed by news that the European Commission will not present any regulatory roadblocks, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Ericsson (Nasdaq: ERICY) announced the launch Monday of a mobile e-mail services venture.

One year ago, all indicators pointed toward the most successful and lucrative e-holiday season yet. But by the night before Christmas, far too few delivery sleighs filled with toys clattered on the lawns outside U.S. homes. The e-tailers had failed a significant customer service exam.

Popular culture is a peculiar thing. It's supposed to be a reflection of the current reality -- especially the latest fads and trends -- and yet it sometimes lags far behind. Logistics play a role -- it takes a year to publish a book, longer to make a movie. But we've all seen the ads for TV mini-se...

The credit and debit card information of about 15,700 Western Union customers who used the company's Web site to transfer money has been stolen by hackers, officials for the company confirmed Monday.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is ready to give its seal of approval to Covisint, the business-to-business (B2B) Internet marketplace backed by DaimlerChrysler, Ford and General Motors.

Online advertisers who want to reach children are shifting their focus to parents, according to a report released Monday by AdRelevance, a division of Internet statistics firm Media Metrix (Nasdaq: MMXI).

With the presidential candidates now campaigning in earnest, their positions on e-commerce are putting on enough flesh to make significant and specific differences visible to the naked eye.