If CBS's blanket television coverage doesn't slake the thirst of college-hoops fans, enthusiasts can turn to Webcasts for more March Madness, which may be especially appealing during the workday. (Note to the boss: I'm busy here at the computer.)

You could soon be seeing a lot more TV-style video ads appearing on the web. Advertisers have been encouraged by the results of initial trials of technology which offers broadcast quality video, regardless of connection speed.

Starbucks' latest brew is a custom blend of digital music. The coffee retailing giant said Monday it will begin selling digital music downloads on CDs to customers at 10 of its stores in Seattle later this spring. It plans to roll out the service to 2,500 of its roughly 5,400 U.S. stores over the next couple of years.

In seeking a return to growth, America Online on Tuesday said it sees a check in the e-mail. AOL, the online unit owned by Time Warner Inc., said it plans to unveil a new service called AOL Bill Pay that lets its subscribers pay nearly all their bills directly through its proprietary e-mail service.

Is California's attorney general preparing a legislative assault on peer-to-peer file sharing? A draft letter purportedly circulated by Bill Lockyer to fellow state attorneys general characterizes P2P software as a "dangerous product" and describes the failure of technology makers to warn consumers of those dangers as a deceptive trade practice.

Where the bloggers shouldn't be able to compete is on "perspective" and experienced talent. Perspective, or what the news means to me, is the sustainable advantage. But to provide it, you need to know your customers very well; you need to move very quickly to respond to threats and change.

Microsoft is investigating customer complaints that both MSN Messenger and Hotmail have been intermittently inaccessible since Friday morning, a representative said.

Taking a new approach to the online movie preview, Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures began screening the first nine minutes and eight seconds of the upcoming thriller 'Taking Lives' last Friday.

Federal prosecutors have begun a wide-ranging effort to curb the growing popularity of online gambling in the United States by quietly threatening legal action against American companies that do business with Internet casinos and sports betting operations based outside the country, lawyers and industry executives say.

The founder of a popular anti-spam software program says this week's move by major Internet service providers to sue suspected junk e-mailers is a futile move.