E-business interoperability consortium OASIS Tuesday said the first draft of a royalty-free data method for international electronic commerce has been released by one of its technical groups.

Despite a lopsided game, which often turns off television viewers, Sunday night's Super Bowl recorded the second-most viewers in NFL title game history.

Major League Baseball and RealNetworks are preparing to use this year's baseball season to test whether Internet broadcasting is more than just a minor league sport.

Employee Internet privileges took a beating when cable giant Liberty Media revamped its post-production businesses last year.

This burgeoning population is becoming more adept online, and will likely represent almost one-quarter of all online retail spending by 2007.

In Manhattan Supreme Court, New York's attorney general wins an injunction against accused spammer MonsterHut.

Major music and technology companies announced on Monday they will bring back a promotion they tried six months ago involving the give-away of free music to attract customers to their nascent Internet music businesses.

"Friends" will leave NBC after next season, but "The West Wing" will serve two more years on the network.

In one of the tightest races in recent years, "The Hours" won the Golden Globe award for best drama while musical "Chicago" swept two top acting categories and took the trophy for best musical or comedy.

The troubled cable channel TNN, once devoted to country lifestyle programming, then urban pop, is planning a macho make-over to attract more males and advertisers of either sex.