YouTube on Tuesday added links to online stores in a move crafted to pump more money from the hot video-sharing website Google bought nearly two years ago in a 1.65 billion dollar stock deal.
“They spent a ton of money on this thing and it is natural they want to make a return,” analyst Rob Enderle [...]
If only determining the winner of a debate was this easy.
In a study released by Secure Computing on Friday, the amount of spam citing Gov. Sarah Palin topped her opponent, Sen. Joe Biden, by a ratio of 5 to 4 during the month of September. But in a top-of-the-ticket comparison, spam using the name of [...]
TiVo Inc. and Nero AG of Germany were set to announce Monday that they will be launching a package that turns a Windows PC into a TV recorder, just like a TiVo set-top box.
The kit will cost $199 when it goes on sale Oct. 15, and includes a remote and a TV tuner that plugs [...]
A security hole in Adobe Systems Inc software, used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com Inc’s video streaming service.
The problem exposes online video content to the rampant piracy that plagued the music industry during the Napster era and is undermining [...]
The stock of Research in Motion Ltd. plunged in extended trading Thursday after the BlackBerry maker said the cost of launching new smart phones would eat into near-term profits.
The company is launching three major new models in the current quarter, and the cost of ramping up production will trim the company’s gross profit margin, co-Chief [...]
Electronic Arts may have attempted to appease angry customers by amending its digital rights management policy on Spore, but the company’s DRM troubles aren’t over yet.
Earlier this week, a class action suit was filed in the Northern District of California Court on behalf of Melissa Thomas and all other Spore purchasers. The suit contends that [...]
Electronic Arts may have attempted to appease angry customers by amending its digital rights management policy on Spore, but the company’s DRM troubles aren’t over yet.
Earlier this week, a class action suit was filed in the Northern District of California Court on behalf of Melissa Thomas and all other Spore purchasers. The suit contends that [...]
Research In Motion is preparing to launch the long anticipated touch-screen version of its BlackBerry smartphone, according to an official promotion e-mail from U.S. carrier Verizon Wireless.The device will be known as the BlackBerry Storm 9530 and will feature “global capabilities”, Verizon said, without providing specifics. It also did not give an exact launch date, [...]
Hong Kong customs officials on Friday arrested a 14-year-old boy suspected of placing 2,000 Chinese-language pop songs on a Web site for free downloading. The suspect, who was not identified because he is underage, is accused of uploading mostly Cantopop songs, as pop songs performed in the southern Chinese Cantonese dialect are known, customs official [...]
Computer security company McAfee Inc (MFE.N) plans to buy Secure Computing Corp (SCUR.O) for $465 million, adding specialized equipment that keeps hackers from breaking into computer networks.
The move, McAfee’s biggest acquisition to date, helps the No. 2 computer security company expand the bundle of products it can sell to businesses. [...]