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Prediction: It won't be long before marketing consultants start telling startups eager to get into the public eye, "Do something really reckless, really stupid. Stupid enough to get yourselves sued."

F**kedCompany.com, a three month-old satiric Web site that tracks the demise of dot-coms, has set the online auction world on its ear this week by attracting bids in excess of $3 million (US$) on eBay.

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.

People all over the world travel to see the tombstones of celebrities, from Marilyn Monroe in Los Angeles to Jim Morrison in Paris. Why should online businesses be treated any differently?

Kids and young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 are spending a projected $164 billion (US$) online per year, according to two new studies by Nickelodeon Online/Harris Interactive KidPulse and MTV/Harris Interactive KidPulse.

Determined hackers could easily break into government computers and access information ranging from Social Security numbers to defense secrets, according to a report released Monday by the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO).

Billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a nephew of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, announced Monday that he has agreed in principle to invest an additional $50 million (US$) in Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN). The prince's total investment in the online merchant will reach $100 million once the deal closes.

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.

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.