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Devin Gordon's article "Why TV is Better than the Movies," provides good fodder for discussion about the changing nature of the content business, particularly movies and television in the age of the Internet download. Both TV and film face similar threats -- highly fragmented audiences, the challeng...

Online retailers more concerned about getting savvy shoppers to return to their sites versus winning new Web surfers are employing new technologies that enhance -- and differentiate -- their sites. "2006 marked an important inflection point where the primary driver of online sales growth shifted fro...

Chinese government departments, including the Chinese Ministry of Public Security, began a six-month campaign Thursday to eliminate pornography and other material from the Internet in China, according to reports. Some 137 million Chinese use the Internet, second only to the United States. Young Chin...

Google extended the reach of its online payment service Friday, launching Google Checkout in the UK and setting up an expanded showdown with eBay's PayPal and other Web payment alternatives. As with its U.S. launch, Google Checkout will be supported with steep discounts and promotions for buyers and...

Hoping to expand its reach and capture more advertising revenue, CBS has struck deals with ten Internet-related companies that will distribute its content over the Web. With its so-called CBS Interactive Audience Network, the veteran broadcasting company will become "the most widely distributed prof...

The heavyweight patent battle between Qualcomm and Nokia grew more heated Friday, with Nokia responding to Qualcomm's decision to reject a $20 million payment by saying that it will more aggressively enforce the patents it claims Qualcomm is using in its own mobile phones. On Thursday, Qualcomm disc...

Just when directors thought that no more could possibly be expected of them -- especially after the enactment of Sarbanes-Oxley -- they are now confronted with a new acronym: ERM, or enterprise risk management. Directors are now expected to conduct oversight of their company's enterprise risk, when ...

Unless you've had your head stuck in the sand this past month, you're probably already well aware of the hoopla surrounding Microsoft's latest release of Outlook 2007. Does the recent upgrade from our friends in Redmond represent the end of e-mail marketing civilization as we know it? Is it much ado...

Research In Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry mobile e-mail device family, saw its stock fall Thursday even after posting a strong fourth quarter that featured a 65 percent jump in revenue. The Waterloo, Ontario-based company added more than 1 million new subscribers to its BlackBerry service in t...

Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, is acquiring movie ticket sales portal Fandango and launching a new Web site to help people locate online video content. The new site, to be called "Fancast," will complement Fandango, which will continue to sell movie tickets, said Comcast. Both will be ...

Investors in Vonage cheered Thursday after the embattled VoIP firm's CEO said he would step down and the company pledged a "broad restructuring." Michael Snyder resigned effective immediately late Wednesday, Vonage said, giving up both his CEO role and his seat on the company's board of directors. C...

It is not unusual for small to medium business managers to emulate Lewis Carroll's Mad Hatter, wearing six or eight hats simultaneously in their business efforts. Sometimes, the hat hardest to wear is IT management. All businesses, large and small, run on information. When that information is lost o...

Facebook.com, which has attracted legions of 20-something and younger users with its interactive tools and general networking concept, is getting ready to unveil a redesign with new features that make the Web site easier to use. Many of the modifications respond directly to feedback from more than 1...

Advertisers face multiple new challenges today. Consumers' viewing and purchasing habits are changing dramatically, the number of ways to reach potential customers is increasing and new techniques to measure advertising effectiveness are emerging. The confluence of these changes is leading advertise...

The role and importance of governance is growing. As enterprises embrace governance, risk and compliance platforms, as well SOA governance approaches, are these capabilities headed for a mashup, if not technically than at least operationally? Do they lead to an uber-governance that eventually includ...