Internet Business News

September 25, 2008

Tracking 'Social Entrepreneurs' Gets Easier

There's plenty to love about organizations that focus on solving the world's poverty and health problems—but their impact is often hard to measure. That can make...

September 24, 2008

Net-Enabled Appliances Can Save Energy

The idea of the Internet-enabled home appliance has been around since the heady days of the dot-com boom, when LG introduced its DIOS refrigerator and Sun ...

September 24, 2008

Blogging: In Praise of Small

Anyone who thinks the blogosphere isn't big hasn't been paying attention. Blogging has moved far beyond a hobbyist phenomenon and proved itself a legitimate news force...

September 24, 2008

As Apple Shares Slide, What About Sales?

Apple Inc. tends to prove unstoppable even when other computer makers falter. In the most recent quarter, shipments of Macs surged 41%. That's nearly three times the ...

September 23, 2008

Online Ad Slowdown Looms

Online marketers are converging on New York for the ad industry's annual conference, where they'll hold discussions on everything from tracking online brand buzz to ...

September 22, 2008

Apple's App Store Is a Winner

I was once an App Store skeptic. When Apple (AAPL) said it would use the iTunes online store to host a range of applications from third-party developers for its iPhone...

September 22, 2008

Wireless Companies Struggling with Data Demand

Alexander Krasnitsky loves all the cool things he can do on the Web with his new Apple iPhone 3G. But he hates the 75% surge in the monthly bills he pays his wireless ...

September 18, 2008

Nortel: Would a Breakup Be Best?

Wall Street securities firms aren't the only bearers of bad news these days. On Sept. 17 telecom equipment maker Nortel (NT) trimmed growth forecasts and said it's ...

September 18, 2008

Bringing Broadband to Rural America

Sandra Thornton is eager to generate new business for the sewing plant she manages just outside Centerville, Tenn. When the machines at Southeastern Pant are running ...

September 17, 2008

Sirius XM Is in a Serious Bind

Sirius XM (SIRI) Chief Executive Mel Karmazin had choice words for competing radio companies during a recent conference for investors. "The reason why radio sucks, and...

September 17, 2008

How the Web Can Help You Fight Greenwashing

There's been a wave of green goods crashing over our heads in recent months. But how confident are you really that the eco-friendly toothpaste (shampoo, notebook, ...

September 15, 2008

Digital Content Wherever You Want It

How do you make digital entertainment more entertaining? A sprawling consortium of Hollywood content providers, consumer electronics companies, and Internet players ...

September 15, 2008

U.S. Cybersecurity Is Weak, GAO Says

The federal government cybersecurity team with primary responsibility for protecting the computer networks of government and private enterprise isn't up to the job, ...

September 12, 2008

At eBay, Is Skype There to Stay?

Josh Silverman is on the defensive. As the head of eBay's Skype unit, he's happy to talk about his company's more than 330 million users and six straight quarters of ...

September 12, 2008

Labels Hopeful About Unprotected Music Downloads

Warner Music Group's (WMG) Michael Nash spent years trying to save digital-rights-management technology on downloads. Late last year, he helped kill it. "The ...

September 12, 2008

Can MySpace Save the Major Music Labels?

In a small Atlantic Records Group studio in New York, rapper Clifford "T.I." Harris Jr. leans into a silver microphone. "It's the T.I.P. man, the king himself," he ...

September 11, 2008

Disney and Nick Face Off on the Net

It's shaping up to be the hottest race on the Web. Much as they do on TV, Disney (DIS) and Viacom's (VIA/VIAB) Nickelodeon are duking it out online. And if the most ...

September 10, 2008

Tivoli's Web Radio: Well-Made but Costly

Internet radios don't get much respect. This has always bothered me. The idea that you can make a device able to play radio streams from all over the world seems so ...

September 10, 2008

Ashton Kutcher, Tech Darling

Ashton Kutcher's practiced finesse and stage presence were completely out of place at the TechCrunch50 conference earlier this week, but his appearance was the talk of...

September 10, 2008

Media Moguls Do the Splits

Don't be fooled by the downsizing. Media companies in growing numbers of late are spinning off businesses or splitting themselves into two. John Malone's Liberty Media...

September 10, 2008

Apple Event Fails to Dazzle

Apple watchers have high expectations for the company's signature events. There's always a palpable buzz in the air as Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs takes the ...

September 8, 2008

AMC's Mad Men: Running Amok on Twitter

On AMC's hit show Mad Men, character Peggy Olson is the ambitious secretary-turned-copywriter at fictional Manhattan advertising agency Sterling Cooper. On the show, ...

September 8, 2008

CBS's Moonves Has Big Plans for CNET

Anyone who knows Leslie Moonves, CBS's gravel-voiced CEO, knows he doesn't like to lose. This is the guy who kept a punching bag in his Los Angeles office to take out ...

September 8, 2008

BlueAnt's Helpful Talking Headset

By Peter SvenssonThe Associated Press Bluetooth wireless headsets for mobile phones are baffling: We're supposed to control them with a couple of unmarked buttons and ...

September 6, 2008

How Companies Use Twitter to Bolster Their Brands

When Jonathan Fields spotted William Shatner waiting to board a JetBlue flight at New York's JFK in May, he did what any other self-respecting blogger would do. He ...