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Despite being given a deadline of Sept. 30, 2007, to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, many Level 1 merchants -- those that process more than 6 million transactions per year -- still do not meet the necessary requirements. In fact, Visa reports that as much as 40 percent ...

With sales of Sony's struggling PlayStation 3 video game console picking up in Europe, Japan and the United States, the company's CEO, Howard Stringer, revealed details of its plans going forward for the console at a press conference Tuesday held in Tokyo. The PlayStation 3 outsold Nintendo's Wii in...

Three months after a messy breakup with Apple's iTunes Store, NBC Universal said Tuesday it will make its catalog of TV shows available through a download service made by rival portable device maker SanDisk. The shows the studio will offer through Fanfare, SanDisk's Web-based download service, inclu...

In a nod to its recent success and an expression of confidence in its future, AT&T will boost its dividend by the largest amount ever and buy back as many as 400 million shares of its own stock. The AT&T board of directors voted to increase the company's quarterly dividend rate from 35 cents...

In a nod to its recent success and an expression of confidence in its future, AT&T will boost its dividend by the largest amount ever and buy back as many as 400 million shares of its own stock. The AT&T board of directors voted to increase the company's quarterly dividend rate from 35 cents...

In a nod to its recent success and an expression of confidence in its future, AT&T will boost its dividend by the largest amount ever and buy back as many as 400 million shares of its own stock. The AT&T board of directors voted to increase the company's quarterly dividend rate from 35 cents...

With thousands of companies selling products online to both businesses and consumers, it takes more than nice site design and a shopping cart to be competitive and make money. We know that effective search and navigation leads to more people finding what they're looking for and, therefore, higher co...

Widget syndication firm Clearspring on Monday announced that it has launched an ad network to give publishers a way to monetize the content within their widgets. The Widget Ad Network, which is built on Adify's Build Your Own Network platform, provides six different in-widget advertising formats for...

Though the date didn't garner the advance hype of Cyber Monday, the first Thursday in December actually set the pace for the holiday shopping season so far, with consumers spending a record $800 million in virtual stores, according to a report released Monday by comScore. Thursday, Dec. 6, marked th...

In a deal worth $117 million, HP is buying NUR Macroprinters, an Israel-based maker of wide-format digital inkjet printers widely used by the commercial graphics industry. The deal will enlarge HP's footprint in the world of graphic arts by allowing it to offer more mid-range platforms and technolog...

Media-focused social networking site Imeem is barely 18 months old, but the fledgling site just went four for four in partnering with major labels: Universal Music Group is on board with Imeem's ad-supported music streaming model. Now Imeem users, averaging 19 million per month, can listen to full-l...

Bidding to stake an early claim on the fast-growing mobile advertising space, Microsoft said Monday it was making display advertising space available on its MSN Mobile portal for the first time and had already signed up advertisers for the service. Jaguar Cars North America and Paramount Pictures wi...

By now, the majority of Web site owners should be aware that good content is a critical ingredient to site success. Before creating the content of a site, however, one must overcome the sometimes daunting task of choosing keywords. These keywords are an integral part of any site and serve as the fou...

At first glance, tech stocks may appear to have missed out on the great stock market rally of 2007. When the Dow Jones Industrial Average set a new all-time high on Oct. 2, the Nasdaq would have had to gain more than 100 percent to match its best level ever. Still, for a lot of reasons, 2007 was a s...

Predicting the deal will "revolutionize" home entertainment, Macrovision has agreed to acquire Gemstar-TV Guide for about $2.8 billion. Macrovision, based in Santa Clara, Calif., creates technology designed to thwart people from watching and copying digital material without proper authorization. Gem...