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Sony BMG has filed a $12 million lawsuit against the Amergence Group, claiming that the company did not perform as expected in developing copyright protection software for music CDs. The suit comes after Sony refunded millions of dollars to consumers who complained about digital rights management so...

An appeals court declined to issue a stay on steep hikes in royalty fees for Internet radio, clearing the way for the new fees and 18 months of retroactive collections -- which some say could kill Web radio -- to come due on Sunday. The U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Cir...

There is a sudden realization among key developers that hotels and hospitality in the Middle East can easily absorb a huge number of properties and tour destinations purely based on Islamic culture. These new brands will deliver all the traditional values and customs to accommodate familiar authenti...

Citing information from documents obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation under the Freedom of Information Act, a civil liberties group this week alleged the federal agency has had chronic problems with its use of anti-terror letters to collect personal information about American citizens....

Motorola's second-quarter results will miss already lowered expectations as overseas sales fell short of targets, the company said, ratcheting up the pressure on CEO Ed Zander to jolt the troubled mobile handset maker from its prolonged funk. Motorola also backed off an earlier forecast that its mob...

Time Warner's AOL has reached a settlement with 48 states attorneys general that calls for the online service to pay $3 million, offer refunds to some customers and make it easier for people to cancel service in the future. The settlement was announced late Wednesday, and culminates years of complai...

Take SOA and SaaS to their natural maturation and adding more interoperability and integration into the online services mix becomes inevitable. When standardized services come from a variety of sources, then a variety of means to connect them makes more sense too. So when will we see the first signs...

In what could be a blow to rival social networking sites, venture capital firm Bay Partners on Wednesday launched a program to fund developers who write applications specifically for Facebook. Dubbed the "AppFactory," the program will grant awards of $25,000 to $250,000 to Facebook developers using ...

Michael Capellas, the former CEO of PC maker Compaq and long-distance company MCI, has been tapped to lead First Data after the payment processing firm's planned private equity buyout is completed. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. plans to complete its takeover of First Data -- valued at $29 billio...

A Hollywood talent agency and an Internet advertising company are joining forces in a new venture designed to help create, find advertisers for and distribute over the Web professionally produced short-form video content. The new company, 60Frames Entertainment, has secured $3.5 million in funding f...

Advertising inside video games will near the $1 billion mark by the beginning of the next decade, according to a report released by a technology research firm. In-game advertising will grow from $77.7 million in 2006 to $971.3 million in 2011, the Yankee Group report predicted. As the advertising po...

Amazon.com began offering users of the TiVo digital video recorder the opportunity to purchase and download movies directly from their television sets, a move that takes the personal computer out of the Web-based download equation for the first time. TiVo and Amazon first announced a partnership in ...

Reacting to changes in Internet browsing fostered by Web 2.0 applications, Internet market research company Nielsen//NetRatings is adding to its toolbox two new ways of measuring Web site use. The company's NetView syndicated Internet audience measurement service will now include "Total Minutes" and...

Credit card and ID thieves are turning to charities to help them validate credit card numbers, says computer security company Symantec. The drill involves making a small donation to a non-profit to see if the transaction is successful, described Symantec security response engineer Yazan Gable in a c...

Chipmaker Intel has acquired a minor ownership stake in EMC's VMware software unit, a move that comes as the storage company readies its fast-growing server virtualization subsidiary for an initial public offering. Intel Capital, the company's venture investment arm, backed VMware with $218.5 millio...