Matt Hines

Cable giant Comcast Corp. said Monday that it has formed a new online media division to oversee all of the companys Web-based businesses, including its portal site. Dubbed as Comcast Interactive Media, the business unit will focus primarily on building the Philadelphia-based cable firms broadband network and content partnerships into new online services for consumers. […]

Verizon Wireless reported Friday that it has won court injunctions permanently barring two high-volume telemarketing operations from dialing up any more of its customers. The Bedminster, N.J.-based company, which is the nations second largest wireless company service provider, said that it has been granted decisions against Intelligent Alternatives of San Diego, Calif., and Resort Marketing […]

Microsoft Corp. postponed the introduction of the next test release of its Internet Explorer 7 Web browser until sometime in 2006, according to comments posted to the companys site for software developers. In a blog posting on the software giants MSDN developer site, Dean Hachamovitch, product line manager for IE at Microsoft, said that the […]

CBS Television announced Wednesday that it has struck a deal with Verizon Wireless to begin offering some of its broadcast content over the mobile carriers V Cast streaming video network. Marking the first time that the Los Angeles-based network has shipped its content to handheld phones, the companies said that V Cast customers gain immediate […]

Despite the continued efforts of researchers, security providers and online businesses to discourage phishing schemes and shut down related Web sites, some criminals are still able to flout the system and find ways to keep their illicit operations up and running. An example of one type of phishing attempt that still manages to frustrate do-gooders […]

Industry experts said Thursday that it remains unlikely that Research In Motion Ltd. will be forced to shut down its wireless e-mail service as a result of its patent litigation with NTP Inc. But if the company does indeed unplug its BlackBerry network, analysts said, a familiar list of companies could be viewed as potential […]

The Mozilla Foundation is planning a renewed marketing push around the latest update to its Firefox open-source Web browser in order to boost the products visibility among consumers. Despite the effort, some industry watchers contend that it will remain a significant challenge for the nonprofit group to win more users away from Microsoft Corp. On […]

Samsung Electronics Co. announced Tuesday that it is providing the graphics memory chips being used in most of the first generation of Microsoft Corp.s new Xbox 360 video game consoles. The chips are among an expensive list of components that some experts estimate to cost more than the devices themselves. The Seoul, South Korea-based chip […]

From Apple to Wal-Mart, the first round of results from the hotly anticipated holiday buying season point toward another banner year for consumer electronics retailers and e-commerce sites. A number of sources reported strong demand from consumers in the retail market on Monday as buyers flocked to stores and Web sites over the weekend. The […]

The creator of the BitTorrent file-sharing system has agreed to bar users of the service from trading unauthorized copies of materials owned by the members of the Motion Picture Association of America. At a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday, BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen appeared with executives representing the MPAA and announced a new […]