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Just three years after launching in a fanfare of publicity, Joost, which provides professionally made TV on the Web, is shifting directions. It will now provide white label online video platforms to media companies and distributors. Joost is closing down its offices in the Netherlands, retaining off...

This week, Nintendo once again topped the news in the world of video games, taking a risk with the exclusive release of a violent, Mature-rated game for the Wii, a console that generally supports wares of a more family-friendly variety. Meanwhile, Take-Two announced a big loss for the first quarter ...

For a long time, small businesses were reluctant to embrace the latest in search engine marketing and other online advertising tactics. The SEM industry was unable to deliver to this group of typically local-interest, cost-conscious companies what they wanted the most: a means to assess how their in...

The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a controversial proposal to open up vacant "white spaces" spectrum for unlicensed use for broadband Internet access. The vote is the culmination of an idea that was first proposed by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin more than four years ...

Lyris, best known for its e-mail advertising services, has launched a portal meant to give online marketers a place to foster community and learn from one another. Lyris plans to formally launch the LyrisHQ portal at the Ad:tech conference next week. The site is already live, offering content and in...

Palm will rely on "operational rigor" to right itself after a disappointing second fiscal quarter, one where the company lost nearly $10 million, its CEO said. "We've taken actions to align our expenses to the current operating environment and are focusing on core initiatives that will have the grea...

The Bush administration upheld the International Trade Commission's ban on the import of cell phones containing Qualcomm chips Monday, prompting vendor Qualcomm to announce that it will appeal and renew once again its request for a stay on the ban. "I have decided to permit the limited exclusion ord...

Joseph Nacchio, the former CEO of Qwest Communications convicted of 19 counts of insider trading, was sentenced Friday to six years in prison plus financial penalties totaling $71 million. At Nacchio's hearing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado in Denver, U.S. District Judge Edw...

A U.S. subsidiary of Germany's SAP made "inappropriate downloads" of documents from the Web site of rival Oracle, SAP acknowledged, but the company denied the actions represented corporate espionage. In response to a suit filed by Oracle in March, SAP said its division TomorrowNow was authorized to ...

The diverging fortunes of Nintendo and Sony were underscored Monday when Nintendo's total stock market value eclipsed that of Sony for the first time. Nintendo, whose Wii gaming console was the surprise hit of last year's holiday season, moved past Sony to become one of Japan's 10 most valuable comp...

The U.S. International Trade Commission has denied a request from Qualcomm to put on hold an order barring phones containing chips made by Qualcomm that have been found to infringe on a rival's patents from the U.S. market. The decision, handed down on Thursday, likely leaves Qualcomm with few optio...

Even the current upbeat forecasts for continued strong growth in the Internet advertising sector underestimate its true potential because they fail to account for the impact of Web-based video ads, mobile Web ads and social networking opportunities, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel said Tuesday. Semel said mos...

Two of the biggest remaining Web-based gambling sites began to back out of the U.S. market Monday after Congress passed legislation over the weekend aimed at cutting off the flow of money to Internet casinos and sports betting parlors. Both PartyGaming.com and 888 Holdings said they would start wind...

The consumer electronics industry is enthusiastic about President Bush's new United States Trade Representative (USTR) appointee, former Motorola executive Susan Schwab, but other industries aren't as keen on his pick. Bush elevated Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Schwab to the department's top pos...

Leading e-tailer Amazon.com and top online wireless re-seller InPhonic said they have struck an agreement to make InPhonic's Wirefly the exclusive third-party seller of mobile plans and services on the Amazon site. Starting in the third quarter, InPhonic will become the first third party provider of...

Are federal computers more secure today than they were in 2002 when the Congress passed the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)? That depends. Some agencies are in various stages of compliance, while others are not as far along. "The task is brutally difficult, at best," said Yvonne ...

Less than six months after hanging out a for-sale sign, DoubleClick has agreed to be sold and taken private by a buyout firm that hopes to be able to squeeze more value out of one of the leading online advertising firms. San Francisco-based Hellman & Friedman agreed to pay US$8.50 per share, or ...

Since the last U.S. presidential election, e-business has evolved from dot-com buzzword into thriving industry, and it is difficult to ignore its increasing impact on the world economic scene. As the 2004 presidential campaigns heat up, therefore, it seems logical to question where the leading candi...

As enterprises continue to invest in wireless devices and networks, IT specialists will be faced with the growing challenge of maintaining and improving the security of those networks. In many cases, they are getting the financial assistance they need to achieve this goal. Global spending on overall...

Although a stereotype exists that the political sector is slow to change, once it embraces a new approach, it does so wholeheartedly. The presidential primary race of 2003 is a prime example of this full-speed-ahead mentality: Politicians have discovered the Internet. The best example to date of the...