Apple continues to explore giving consumers some cheaper-priced television -- all to move its flagging Internet-to-TV business. The price for Apple TV, its much-maligned device/service that connects TV sets with movies, TV, and Internet conten…

In a surprisingly quick and even stealthy move, AOL has renewed and expanded its search agreement with Google, even though many had expected there to be more competitive bidding throughout the fall to win the deal. The five-year deal, which is…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. communications regulators on Wednesday put off a controversial decision on Internet traffic rules, giving industry and consumer groups a chance to forge a compromise while avoiding a politically sensitive issue ahea…

Twitter is launching the first native app it's built from scratch tonight: Twitter for iPad. Aimed at fostering content consumption, the app is designed for new users and power users alike. The iPad app indicates the direction all Twitter-desi…

With a new social network called Ping, Apple plans to add a way for its customers to discover new music inside iTunes. Now the question is: Will anyone bother?

Windows Phone 7 has been finalized and released to manufacturers, Microsoft announced Wednesday.

Don't look for rival studios to join Disney and News Corp. for Apple's 99-cent TV rental offering anytime soon.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Baidu Inc, operator of China's dominant search engine, said on Thursday that it will focus its future mobile Internet investments on its core search business as it takes aim at the next big Internet space.

People are increasingly sharing different types of information on Twitter. For example, Tweets point to web pages, photos, videos, hashtags, people, check-ins, and more. Exploring Tweets is a great way to discover new and interesting informati…

NewsFactor - In a jam-packed event full of new product details, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled new versions of all three iPod devices on Wednesday, introduced operating-system updates, and demonstrated a new social-media network designed to enc…

Richard Fuld, who pocketed $484 million in compensation between 2000 and 2008 when Lehman Brothers collapsed,  must be a masochist or a narcissist.  Why else would the former Wall Street CEO continue to insist that it was the federal…

BERLIN (Reuters) - Nokia has decided to close down its Ovi Files service which allows consumers to access their computer data remotely, the world's top cellphone maker said in an e-mail to users of the service.

Technology News: Net profit was up 4% to $1.96 billion -- Gallic media conglom Vivendi reported positive results Wednesday, with revenue up 6.1% on the same period last year to E14 billion ($18 billion).

PC World - Today’s unveiling of a smaller, cheaper Apple TV set-top box is the latest in a long line of tech industry efforts to conquer the living room. Recent reports and rumors have Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Sony all…

A new study by email software purveyor Xobni confirms what we bloggers know to be true, there's actually no such thing as a day off in the Internet age (Want more visceral proof than an email study? Check out the timestamp of this post). Infor…

A 43-year-old armed man, who had issues with Discovery Communications' programming, held three employees hostage in the company's headquarters in Silver Spring, Md. for several hours on Wednesday before being shot and killed by police.

Great news for Europeans and those few U.S. users of music streaming service Spotify. Sonos, creator of the super cool (my descripton) S5 music player, is announcing today that users will soon be able to listen to streaming Spotify music throu…

The hits just keep on coming for Elevation Partners, the one-time digital media, private equity dream team that has reconfigured itself as an investor in late stage Web 2.0 treasures. Earlier this summer, Elevation requested an extension on in…

Billboard is best known for charts that rank the most popular music and musicians, which the weekly industry magazine started publishing in 1913 as a list of the most popular sheet music. Since then, topping the Billboard Hot 100 has become a …

So, it turns out that Apple (AAPL) is still leakier than CEO Steve Jobs might like. A quick review of some of the rumors on what the company had planned for today’s product launch event finds that the chatter was generally accurate, although in

Sonus Networks (SONS), a frequent subject of takeover rumors, spiked today as work filtered out to the Street that the company canceled a planned appearance at a Kaufman Bros. research conference. TheFlyOnTheWall.com notes that Avian Securities point

After extracting a deal from Research In Motion that appears to give state authorities the ability to monitor messages sent over the company's BlackBerry network, India has said it may go after both Google and Skype in an attempt to get simila…

Apple events are typically heavy on metrics, and yesterday’s affair was no exception. In fact, it was more abundant with the stats than most I’ve seen, with CEO Steve Jobs trotting out quite an array of big milestone numbers with w…

"I actually think most people don’t want Google to answer their questions,” said the search giant’s chief executive, Eric Schmidt, in a recent and controversial interview. "They want Google to tell them what they should be do…

The company said it wanted to keep better track of teachers who were new or who had departed and use more methods of communication.

As I argued earlier this week, words like "disruptive," "innovative," and "transformational" can lose their punch when applied to every new company, every new product, every new feature. But there are undoubtedly plenty of areas in which innov…

There might not have been a new “magical,” transformational gadget like the iPad at this week’s Apple event, but there certainly was a ton of information.

Space enthusiasts who follow information coming out of NASA with excitment should download the free NASA HD app for the iPad right now. This app aggregates all of the happenings at NASA with a gorgeous interface that is tailored for touch oper…

Idea management software seeks two "holy grails" of enterprise collaboration technology: 1) innovation and 2) the breaking down of silos. Enterprise idea management has been around for over 10 years, but according to Mark Turrell, co-founder o…

Rupert Murdoch has said he's happy with the "encouraging number of people subscribing at a good price" for the online editions of his Times and Sunday Times of London, which went behind a paywall two months ago. But online advertisers aren't h…

Technology News: Spat puts digital revival in the spotlight -- Note to James Cameron and Mark Canton: Can't we all just get along?

Technology News: Move acknowledges shift in biz from ownership to rental -- Apple is wading into the stream. The company's much-anticipated overhaul of its Apple TV service eschews the download-to-own model in favor of an HD Web streaming rental biz.

The latest version of Apple's media device won't arrive for another four weeks. But we can still provide some answers to your burning questions about the redesigned Apple TV.

The Berlin record label signals its independence from the U.K. dance music company Ministry of Sound.

More and more sporting events are being broadcast in 3D, but exclusive distribution deals limit who can see what. Originally posted at Signal Strength

ITV is stepping up its cross-platform offering for daytime show This Morning with the launch of an interactive studio hub.

93% of UK consumers want a change in how broadband speeds are advertised, according to an ICM survey commissioned by Virgin Media.

Camelot Group was the fastest growing company online in the last year, beating Facebook, according to online measurement service UKOM.

Twitter sent out a very strange email to all of its users over night about a few important changes the company is making, including the switch to OAuth that broke many users' third party Twitter apps yesterday. What makes the email so strange?…

The IMF seems to believe that if it showers the world with enough information about the finances of developed and emerging nations that it can fix their economies by the power of its arguments. If it were only that simple. The agency issued it…

Cisco Systems (CSCO) this morning said it agreed to buy San Francisco-based Arch Rock Corp., “a pioneer” in IP-based wireless network technology for smart grid applications. The company’s technology is designed to connect smart elec

Apple certainly wasn’t lacking for news at its press event today. We’ve got a story up on the front page of Variety, focusing on Apple TV, right now – and an analysis piece will be in tomorrow’s daily edition. One thing that h

clickz UPDATED: Florida GOP candidate for governor Rick Scott is expected to announce his lieutenant governor pick via e-mail, promoting the effort using online ads and social media.

Adam Mazer, hot off his Emmy win for writing the HBO telefilm "You Don't Know Jack," is getting in the fast lane for an authorized biopic about John DeLorean, the controversial automobile mogul whose life was as colorful as his career.

Australian Jessica McNamee will play Rachel McAdams' estranged younger sister in "The Vow," Screen Gems and Spyglass' romantic drama being directed by Michael Sucsy.

Sony introduces new lineup of its digital book reading devices. They're not the lowest-priced, but Sony hopes the new features and design will entice a more discriminating reader.

Join Jason Snell, Chris Breen, Jon Seff, and Dan Frakes as they discuss the Apple Music Event for 2010, including new iPods and the all-new Apple TV.

Unreal Engine coming to the iPhone could spark a shift in the developer’s priorities. Epic president Mike Capps explains the significance of Unreal on iPhone.

Xerox is launching its most expensive advertising campaign in two decades, as Chief Executive Ursula Burns looks to reposition the company as more than just a copier maker.