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Pioneer Electronics yesterday announced one of the industry's first Blu-ray Disc computer drives will begin shipping in the first quarter of 2006. The company expects the drive to revolutionize digital and high-definition media storage ...

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has subpoenaed three major music labels as yet another controversy in the digital-music industry unfolds. The subpoenas are in connection with an ongoing antitrust investigation into the pricing of digital-music downloads ...

With a spate of headlines that demonstrate the importance of the Internet as a lever for political and social issues, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Austrian birthplace of Graz is making a name for itself in a new way: political critic ...

A Christian evangelical group is suing Google for allegedly infringing on its trademark ...

Mozilla is calling on independent filmmakers looking for their first big break. The open-source software maker yesterday launched the Firefox Flicks Ad Contest, which calls for submissions of 30-second ads from anyone and everyone ...

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott yesterday bolstered his pending November lawsuit against Sony BMG Music Entertainment, adding a number of new allegations that reflect harm to consumers who purchased certain CDs ...

Nielsen Media Research yesterday announced that it would provide national TV audience estimates that include viewing from Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) beginning with the week of Dec. 26, 2005 ...

Nessus, maker of one of the most popular open-source vulnerability scanner programs available, changed its licensing agreement with the release of version 3.0.0 on December 12, causing a bit of a stir among security industry players that rely on the code as a component of their commercial solutions. The latest version is not available under the GPL license, but instead will be sold as a commercial product...

Google is teaming up with digital media technology provider Lexar Media to offer USB flash drives with popular Web applications ...

Cyber-attackers are delivering an early Christmas gift this holiday season, albeit one more unwanted than the proverbial bag of coal. This Christmas-themed worm attack is not leaving anyone out. It's delivering its rootkit payload to instant messaging (IM) users of AOL, MSN, Windows Messenger, ICQ and Yahoo networks ...

While credit card companies research and develop new anti-fraud measurements, alternative payment solutions providers are cashing in on the demand for online security and customer choice ...

Congress is leaving a special gift under the tree for Hollywood's film industry. Just before closing for the holidays, legislators introduced a new proposal designed to curb redistribution of movies ...

Microsoft is making some moves that are making Firefox glad: killing IE for Mac and incorporating the Firefox RSS feed icon into IE version 7 for Windows ...

HP is playing both sides of the DVD format standard battle. The company on Friday announced its support for the HD-DVD high-definition DVD format, in addition to the Blu-ray Disc format, in an effort to "provide consumers with the best possible high-definition experience." HP also said it would join the HD-DVD Promotions Group ...

Sony BMG is seeing a revolution of sorts, but perhaps not the kind it was hoping for this holiday season ...

Cingular Wireless yesterday became the latest provider to announce an on-demand streaming video service ...

Some of the world's largest electronics and media companies yesterday joined together to work on high-definition television and audio standards for home entertainment networks ...

What do you get when you mix information science with Hollywood's film industry? Computer-based predictions of the next blockbuster hit ...

Is the United States government doing enough to secure the country against cyber-attacks? Not according to the Cyber-Security Industry Alliance (CSIA) ...

Chief Executive Mark Hurd yesterday revealed HP's three-part strategy for the future ...