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Google is tightening its copyright and piracy protection procedures, instituting new measures that will facilitate Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown requests and will better oversee search advertisers that use copyrighted or trademarked terms. Specifically, Google will roll out four changes:...

The European Commission has opened an antitrust probe of Google for allegedly discriminating against competing search services by restricting its advertising partners from placing ads on their sites. It also is investigating whether Google has restricted advertisers from moving their data to competi...

MySpace and Facebook -- bitter enemies until Facebook left MySpace far in the dust -- have announced new and tighter integrations between the two. The announcement constituted a tacit, but completely unnecessary, concession by MySpace that the social networking wars were over and that Facebook was t...

As an Internet marketing tactic, retargeting has never quite reached its stride. However, updated technology, changing market dynamics and new offerings by vendors -- especially Google's entrance into the space -- is changing that. Briefly, retargeting is a marketing response triggered when a consum...

As an Internet marketing tactic, retargeting has never quite reached its stride. However, updated technology, changing market dynamics and new offerings by vendors -- especially Google's entrance into the space -- is changing that. Briefly, retargeting is a marketing response triggered when a consum...

As an Internet marketing tactic, retargeting has never quite reached its stride. However, updated technology, changing market dynamics and new offerings by vendors -- especially Google's entrance into the space -- is changing that. Briefly, retargeting is a marketing response triggered when a consum...

The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in AT&T v. Concepcion -- a case that could decide whether the arbitration clauses companies routinely insert in sales contracts can ban class actions. The case stems from a suit brought by Vincent and Liza Concepcion, who signed up for cellphone service ...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association -- a case stemming from a 2005 law passed in California that forbids the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. Lower courts subsequently struck down the law, pointing to precedent ...

Google has filed a federal suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior, alleging that the agency inappropriately favored Microsoft as it crafted the requirements for a messaging platform it wanted to procure. The suit, which seeks to have DoI conduct a competitive procurement process for the co...

Dismayed by the prospect of Google acquiring a key service provider in the travel industry, online traveler providers have banded together to formalize their opposition to the deal. In July, Google announced a $700 million agreement to acquire ITA Software, a company that provides airline travel sof...

Venture capital group Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has launched a $250 million fund aimed specifically at startups that are developing social applications and services. Other investors in the "sFund," as it's called, include Facebook, Amazon, Zynga, Comcast and Liberty Media. In addition t...

IBM is continuing its steady march to build out its cloud computing bona fides, this time with the rollout of new security offerings and an expansion of its cloud-based development tools with an emphasis on Windows. The larger point, said Harold Moss, IBM's emerging technology and cloud computing Ar...

Global corporate spending on IT is entering a new cycle, characterized by lackluster or modest growth and, at the same time, new opportunities with new technologies. So said research firm Gartner at its annual Symposium/ITxpo, held this week in Orlando, Fla. From a 30,000-foot view, the growth story...

Hulu is expected to file a prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission for its initial public offering by the end of the year. It reportedly believes it can raise S$200-$300 million. The final decision to move forward is expected to be made in November. If it does happen, the IPO is likel...

Tech circles are buzzing about a pilot project Intel is trying out at select Best Buy stores, initially brought to light by Engadget. Intel is apparently marketing a $50 "upgrade" card for the Pentium G6951 dual-core LGA1156 Clarkdale processor that powers the Gateway SX2841-09e. The card offers the...

IBM has made a $1.7 billion offer to acquire Netezza, a data warehouse specialist that allows users to analyze huge amounts of data very quickly by integrating hardware with analytics applications. Since IBM announced its offer, Netezza's stock price has risen past the $27 per share price it reflec...

Two tech stalwarts -- Oracle and Research In Motion -- posted solid quarterly earnings, not only goosing their own shares, but delivering a boost to the stock market in general. The bigger surprise was RIM, which posted higher-than-expected second quarter earnings and gave a forecast for the third q...

After resisting pressure from advocacy groups and attorneys general for more than a year, Craigslist has decided to permanently remove its adult services section from its online classified ads in the United States. Elsewhere around the world, the section will remain live. The site closed the section...

HP has announced it is acquiring security-software maker ArcSight for $1.5 billion. It is the second major acquisition the company has made since the departure of its CEO Mark Hurd last month. It appears HP might have agreed to pay too much for the company, which makes corporate network security mon...

Nokia has announced that President and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo will leave his position on September 20, handing the keys to Microsoft executive Stephen Elop. Kallasvuo's departure is likely due to Nokia's failure to crack the smartphone market -- the U.S. market in particular -- under his guidanc...