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Lately, corporate interest in Web services has been rising -- and justifiably so. The advent of this new way of building applications promises to almost magically allow organizations to exchange information within their own systems with partners and customers. While the potential benefits are notewo...

Not content to sell everything from video downloads to cosmetics to furniture, Amazon.com quietly rolled out a new service Wednesday called "AmazonFresh," a grocery store and home delivery site. Currently stating availability only in the Seattle area, the grocery service appears to offer similar ser...

Microsoft is launching a pilot program to test a free, advertising-funded version of Microsoft Works, the company confirmed Friday. Dubbed "Microsoft Works SE 9," the ad-supported version of the entry-level software will be distributed preinstalled on computers manufactured by a select group of part...

A federal grand jury in San Diego has indicted 18 people involved in an Internet pharmacy that took in $126 million from the illegal sale of prescription drugs, Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Karen Hewitt ann...

Technology has finally made its impact on medical practices. In order to achieve greater efficiencies within their office and administrative staff, many physicians have now gone from paper to computer. Additionally, diagnoses and delivery of quality patient care are greatly enhanced with the assista...

It's no wonder that industry analysts predict the mobile advertising market will reach $10 billion in just a few short years. The scenario is a marketer's dream: an always on, always with you, two-way device that provides an unprecedented level of user information for the delivery of a device-specif...

A tech association representing such industry stalwarts as Google and Microsoft is taking aim at what it sees as a stealth campaign to intimidate consumers from exercising their fair use rights with respect to copyrighted material. The Computer & Communications Industry Association has filed a c...

Club Penguin, a quickly growing virtual world targeted at children, is now part of the Disney empire. Disney grabbed the company for $350 million in cash plus up to $350 million more based on the site's earnings over the next two years. Club Penguin is exactly the type of online entertainment proper...

Gadget freaks can finally drop their $500 to $600 on the long-awaited iPhone. One of the largest product launches in electronics history, the sleek device has stirred huge expectations among consumers. Notwithstanding the clever finger-flicked interface and general engineering triumph, the iPhone co...