A new study from AOL and the National Cyber Security Alliance finds phishing attempts aimed at identity theft affect roughly one in four Americans each month.
South Korea's Fair Trade Commission has ruled Microsoft must pay a $32 million fine and ship two alternative Windows versions for abusing its market dominance.
Forrester Research finds North American youths are more plugged-in than ever, spending an average of 11 hours a week online with 83 percent using instant messaging.
Late last week a federal judge blocked Illinois laws banning sales and rental of violent and sexually explicit games to minors, but Governor Rob Blagojevich vows to appeal.
NBC Universal becomes the latest network to hop in bed with Apple Computer's iTunes video service, offering a spate of prime time, late-night, cable, and classic shows for download.
Activision and Nielsen Entertainment would have us believe ads integrated into video games not only are more persuasive than traditional ads, but make the games more enjoyable.
RealNetworks has announced a jukebox-free, browser-based version of its Rhapsody music subscription service, opening it to Mac and Linux users for the first time.
An semiconductor industry report from Research and Markets finds wireless and consumer products are driving the industry, while the PDA is beginning to fade away.
Mozilla Corp. is launching Firefox Flicks, a grassroots campaign to promote its alternative Web browser with user-recorded video testimonials and 30-second user-created ads.
Nokia has shown three new 3G phones it plans to ship in the first half of 2006, including the 6282, a 1900 Mhz UMTS/GSM phone aimed at the American market.
A Federal judge has ruled invalid a $450 million settlement between NTP Inc., and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, raising the spectre of a BlackBerry network shutdown.
Sure enough, Internet telephony providers mostly missed the deadline to provide reliable emergency 911 service. Question is: will the FCC do anything about it?
The trade group World of Domain Name Developers has filed an antitrust suit in California against ICANN and VeriSign over control of the .com top-level domain.
Netgear has agreed to pay $700,000 (and offer some customers a 15 percent discount) to settle a class action suit over bandwidth claims in ads for its Wi-Fi products.
Leading retailers report sales of Apple's iPod nano digital music players shot through the roof over Thanksgiving weekend. Favorite color? Black. (Barely.)
A new report from the Pew Internet and American Life project finds that about 25 million U.S. Internet users - roughly one in six - have used the Internet to sell something.
The Entertainment Software Association says Sony plans to parental controls for the PlayStation 3, making it the last major console maker to promise built-in content restriction.
Nintendo says that during its first week on the market, 45 percent of people who bought Mario Kart DS for the Nintendo DS tried its Wi-Fi multi-player gaming capabilities.
In an agreement with the MPAA, Bram Cohen has removed links to pirated movies from the BitTorrent site, positioning BitTorrent for "legit" distribution deals.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a class action suit against Sony BMG over both copy protection schemes it uses on music CDs: the besmirched XCP and SunComm's MediaMax.
Digital commerce developer Navio vows to follow in the footsteps of RealNetworks and enable other retailers to sell protected content which works on iPods.
Apple's online iTunes Music Store sold more music than three major music retailers from July through September, claiming the number seven spot among U.S. music sellers.
A new survey from the Business Software Alliance finds one in four U.S. consumers won't be shopping online this holiday season because of concerns over Internet security.
It never ends! Texas' attorney general has filed a civil suit against Sony BMG Music, alleging its XCP copy protection software violates a new anti-spyware law.
AOL, eBay, and Google might just be watching their backs: comScore Media Metrix says social networking site MySpace has passed them all in terms of page views.
On the heels of AOL's In2TV, NBC Universal has made a deal with Wurld Media for offer on-demand downloadable movies via peer-to-peer file sharing in early 2006.
Yahoo has reportedly inked a deal to carry blog entries from Gawker Media blogs like Defamer, Gizmodo, and Wonkette alongside stories from mainstream journalism outlets.
A last-minute agreement before the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia sends the issue of world-wide Internet governance to a non-binding forum.
The new Alienware Sentia m3200 offers extremely lightweight portability, while the Aurora m7700 offers raw power with AMD Athlon 64 FX or 64 X2 dual-core processors.