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In a move to take a slice of iTunes' e-commerce pie, News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) Fox Entertainment Group and Burger King Holdings have joined forces to bring hit television programming to MySpace.com members. The move marks MySpace's entry into the e-commerce arena as the social networking site seeks to monetize older episodes of "24" for US$1.99 a piece...

Debate has swirled recently around the practice of allowing movie lovers to download films from the Internet, burn them onto a DVD, and watch them in the comfort of their own living rooms. Now a controversial segment of the film industry is set to pave the way for more conservative studios that may be waiting and watching to see how this experiment pays off...

Google may be moving deeper into Skype's Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) territory, with a little help from Nokia ...

You may have thought there was a television channel for everything and everybody, but DirecTV is the first to launch a channel for viewers too young to complain about the programming. Some child experts, though, are complaining that the viewers are too young to watch television in the first place ...

Skype's tagline is "The whole world can talk for free." Now,eBay's Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) subsidiary plans to bridge the language gap to boot -- but at a price ...

Google aims to keep itssearch engine crown, and on Thursday introduced four new products with that goal in mind ...

Opera Software on Wednesday announced plans to bring a Web revolution to the living room. The Norway-based browser developer intends to do this through a partnership with Nintendo ...

Google aims to keep itssearch engine crown, and on Thursday introduced four new products with that goal in mind ...

In a move that speaks to online video's momentum,TiVo and Internet TV startupBrightcove on Wednesday announced a deal that will allow TiVo subscribers to receive Brightcove's broadband video programming ...

Qualcomm and News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) on Tuesday announced plans to conduct technical trials of Qualcomm's MediaFLO technology in the United Kingdom ...

AT&T on Monday announced plans to expand its high-speed Internet service. The telecom giant will sell satellite-based access to customers in rural areas where traditional broadband over phone lines is unavailable ...

Sun Microsystems on Thursday announced that the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 5 specification has been approved by the Java Community Process (JCP) Java EE/SE Executive Committee ...

In a move to attract new users and entice existing customers to migrate to broadband,AOL andClearwire on Thursday announced an agreement to offer wireless broadband access ...

Sony on Thursday announced it would delay the release of the first Blu-ray discs until June 20, giving rival DVD standard HD DVD time to gain traction ...

The International Standards Organization on Wednesday approved the OpenDocument Format (ODF) as an international standard. The approval could be a boon for companies that compete with Microsoft's proprietary Office software -- like Sun with its StarOffice ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) open source security audit program has identified the biggest X Window System security vulnerability in the last six years ...

Skype on Wednesday released the beta version of Skype 2.5 and an early preview of live moderated conversations that allow groups of up to 100 people to talk to one another from anywhere in the world ...

Helio on Tuesday launched a U.S. mobile service aimed at young consumers who want to surf the Web with their cell phones. Users can send content, photos and video messages to friends. Dynamic news feeds are incorporated to keep them connected ...

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) on Monday introduced a bill that would lower the barriers for phone companies to offer video programming ...

Recent news headlines have chronicled instant messaging worms and viruses authored by malicious thieves intent on stealing identities. That's only half the story ...