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The release of a beta version of the BBC's new iPlayer late last month has reportedly drawn the ire of UK Internet service providers upset over the media player's bandwidth requirements and added more fuel to the fire in the net neutrality debate ...

The casual gaming industry appears to be passing "Go" and preparing to collect its figurative US$200 with a new partnership announced Friday by Electronic Arts (EA) and Hasbro to create digital versions of many of the classic board games generations have grown up on ...

President Bush signed into law Thursday the America Competes Act, designed to boost research and education in math and the sciences through a funding package of about US$42 billion ...

Microsoft, Google and other members of the White Spaces Coalition received a blow last week when the Federal Communications Commission rejected the device they proposed to allow wireless Internet transmissions over unused TV spectrum ...

New York Times blogger Steven D. Levitt, coauthor of the bestseller Freakonomics, might get more than he bargained for in response to a questionhe posted on Wednesday: "If you were a terrorist, how would you attack?" ...

It's now a well-known fact that on the Internet, no one knows you're a dog, but when it comes to Internet telephony, the bigger concern is that no one might know where you are either. Dial 911 for emergency assistance, and you could be out of luck, as some well-publicized lawsuits have shown ...

Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan, the teacher-turned-astronaut who is embarking her first space flight Wednesday, is capturing much of the world's attention as the space shuttle Endeavour is readied for launch ...

A California state law prohibiting the sale of violent video games to minors was declared unconstitutional Monday by U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte on the grounds that it violates the First Amendment ...

The Bush administration upheld the U.S. International Trade Commission's ban on the import of cell phones containing Qualcomm chips Monday, prompting the vendor to announce it will appeal and renew its request for a stay on the ban ...

Jack McClellan, the self-professed pedophile who has attracted international attention for his Web site with pictures of kids and tips for other pedophiles, is now barred from coming closer than 30 feet of any minor in California ...

President Bush on Sunday afternoon signed into law a controversial measure giving U.S. government officials increased authority to listen in on international communications without first obtaining a warrant ...

Microsoft is launching a pilot program to test a free, advertising-funded version of Microsoft Works, the company confirmed Friday ...

A federal grand jury in San Diego has indicted 18 people involved in an Internet pharmacy that took in US$126 million from the illegal sale of prescription drugs, Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Karen Hewitt announced Thursday ...

American Airlines will begin offering high-speed, in-flight Internet access on select airplanes next year, the company announced Thursday ...

After a special court made a secret ruling sometime in the last few months limiting the government's authority to eavesdrop on phone calls and e-mails, the Bush administration and Congressional Democrats are now at odds on how best to protect the privacy of Americans while maintaining national security ...

As part of its ongoing Project Big Green initiative, IBM announced Wednesday that it is replacing 3,900 computer servers in its datacenters with 30 System z mainframes running Linux, for an expected energy reduction of 80 percent over the next five years ...

Time Warner's profits for the second quarter were up about 5.2 percent, thanks largely to the strength of its cable division, the company reported Wednesday ...

AT&T wireless customers gained a new way to get music Tuesday, when the company announced a new, over-the-air download service with eMusic ...

AT&T wireless customers gained a new way to get music Tuesday, when the company announced a new, over-the-air download service with eMusic ...

AT&T wireless customers gained a new way to get music Tuesday, when the company announced a new, over-the-air download service with eMusic ...