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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...

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 ...

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...

BulkRegister, the original low-price commodifier of the domain name industry, announced that its business and assets are being acquired by eNom of Bellevue, Wash. In an e-mail sent to customers on July 26, BulkRegister said that its user interface would be integrated into eNom's main platform and t...

Yahoo said Tuesday it would join forces with PC security firm Symantec to provide a co-branded Web security service, an offering that mirrors those from other Internet firms. The service will give Yahoo customers the option of buying a Web-delivered version of Symantec's Norton Internet Security sof...

E-mail marketers at Time saw a significant increase in the effectiveness of their campaigns when testing a delivery system that certifies the origin of electronic messages. The system, Goodmail, is designed to create a trusted class of bulk e-mail that won't be hampered by spam filters imposed by In...

Threats from hackers are converging -- not just coming in on e-mail, or over the Web, or via Instant Messaging (IM), but through all three media, simultaneously, heightening the threat level that computer users are facing. This week, MessageLabs released its "Q2 2006 Intelligence Report," detailing ...

AOL may offer its full menu of services, including e-mail, at no cost to anyone with a high-speed Internet connection. The Time Warner unit could be forsaking as much as US$2 billion in annual subscription fees in an attempt to drive more traffic -- and hopefully more ad revenues -- to its Internet ...

With legislative attempts to mandate so-called "network neutrality" sputtering, Google said it would use existing antitrust laws to require that cable companies and telcos carry its services to consumers if necessary. Google would not hesitate to bring antitrust complaints to the attention of the U....

In the early days of the Web, smart small Internet businesses could compete with just about anyone by working to make sure their Web pages were found first on search engines. Fast forward 10 years. Search engines have become increasingly sophisticated. Paid search listings have exploded into the pic...

Hoping to put its software at the center of a unified PC-based communications system that encompasses voice as well as data, Microsoft said it would work with a number of partners in the telecom and tech industries to produce a range of devices -- including IP phones and peripherals. Microsoft said ...

Less than two weeks after hopes were dashed that the House of Representatives would include strong net neutrality language in a telecom bill, backers of the approach to ensure Web services companies unfettered access to consumers across high-speed networks are pinning their hopes on lawmakers in the...

U.S. Internet companies and other advocates of guaranteed network neutrality suffered a setback Thursday when an effort to tack a net neutrality amendment onto a larger cable reform bill could not muster enough votes. After several hours of debate, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 269 to 152 ...