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In a boost for its efforts to have a hand in the online video revolution, Microsoft announced that its MSN portal would partner with The Associated Press (AP) to develop an advertising-supported online video news network. The AP Online Video Network will be used to provide members who receive news u...

Amazon is making moves to beef up its "Travel" section. The behemoth bookseller has signed an agreement with a travel search engine to help its customers find and discover the best travel values. SideStep announced today that it will provide its travel search engine to Amazon's travel store beginnin...

A new report says losses tied to fraudulent e-commerce activity will reach US$2.8 billion this year as professional scammers target fast-growing e-tail sites that are too large to manually verify each purchase but haven't yet implemented sophisticated anti-fraud measures. CyberSource, which offers p...

Hoping to convince more enterprises to ditch existing search tools for its offerings, Google is giving away its Google Mini search appliance to companies willing to make the switch to its high-end search tools for business. Customers who sign up to switch to Google Enterprise will be able to receive...

In a study conducted by ABC Namebank International, 5,000 major corporations around the world were surveyed and results were compiled to measure the impact of their image on customers, profitability and overall market positioning. There was also a strong emphasis on their cyber-branding platforms an...

With preparations for the 2005 holiday season well underway, many analysts are predicting another banner year for e-commerce. Strong growth has become routine for the online sales industry. But some 10 years after e-commerce began to get noticed and several holiday seasons after nudging its way into...

The Audit Bureau of Circulation measured a 2.6 percent drop in weekday circulation for U.S. newspapers year-over-year in the six months ending Sept. 30. As the industry comes under more pressure to increase profits, some publications are maintaining their push into the online world and trying to reg...

Grokster, the peer-to-peer network that was heir apparent to the original Napster, has gone the way of its infamous predecessor, agreeing to shut down the distribution of its software and pay US$50 million to settle copyright infringement claims brought by record and movie studios. The surprising de...

Two television networks have struck a deal with a cable provider to offer on-demand downloads of some of their most popular shows, providing perhaps the clearest glimpse yet of the choices consumers will soon have as cable and the Internet converge. In separate announcements, NBC and CBS each said t...

From birthday parties to gifts, we no longer are willing to settle for a simple cake and backyard party; we now have to provide an experience for children's birthday parties. Web sites have moved in the same direction towards more interactive experiences in order to enhance the customer experience a...

Making big moves to extend the portal wars to the wireless Web, Yahoo and Google are launching major pushes to have their extensive menu of Web services available on users' mobile phones. The Wall Street Journal reported that Yahoo is poised to announce a partnership with SBC Communications in which...

Further blurring the increasingly hard-to-find line between television and the Web, Yahoo and digital video recorder (DVR) maker TiVo said they would team up to offer TiVo's online scheduling features on Yahoo TV. The hookup will enable users of Yahoo TV to use TiVo's scheduling technology to set th...

Jeanson Ancheta, 20, installed pop-up adware on the commandeered computers and rented his "botnet" -- or network of computers compromised by Trojan horses that allow remote control of the infected machine -- to other hackers for profit, prosecutors say. Ancheta is charged with 17 federal counts incl...

EBay founder Pierre Omidyar became the latest Internet billionaire to make a major philanthropic push, donating US$100 million to Tufts University with the stipulation that it be used for so-called microfinancing. Omidyar and his wife, Pam, are hoping the donation -- the largest in the history of th...

Social networking Web site MySpace.com is doing what no other social networking Web site has ever done before -- launched its own record label. MySpace Records is a joint venture with Interscope Records, one of the many recording labels under the Universal Music Group umbrella. MySpace Records will ...