If you missed the commercials served up 80 million times recently in the Internet's biggest test of television-style video ads, stay tuned - or beware. Encouraged by the initial results, advertisers have begun a new round.

Britain's top fixed-line telecoms operator BT Group introduced on Thursday four new products to its broadband business, one of which lets users make calls over Yahoo Inc's instant messenger product.

Hughes Electronics swallowed a bitter pill last year when it ended an ambitious partnership with America Online to deliver high-speed Internet access over the Hughes satellite network. Now, despite ongoing technical and economic reservations, satellite companies including DirecTV-parent Hughes and refinanced start-up WildBlue are preparing risky plans to re-enter the broadband business--a reversal that signals they can't afford to sit out the race.

Now that WAP finally looks to be taking off, the mobile industry is setting its sights on driving take-up by making things easier for users - with a top level domain just for mobile content.

Evangelical Christians are using the new media environment to promote their own worldview and protect their traditions from what they see as a secular onslaught.

Yahoo wants to gain a share of the local advertising market, adding an expanded mapping tool that will allow consumers to find restaurants, movie listings and ATMs.

Microsoft has revealed three new vulnerabilities in its software, including the first to affect MSN Messenger 6.0, and is urging customers to patch their systems now.

Alcohol company Web sites are offering a "cyber playground" for underage youths despite promises from the companies to limit their access, according to a study released Tuesday.

RealNetworks filed a lawsuit against Major League Baseball Advanced Media on Tuesday, claiming the league violated a contract that required it to use the streaming media company's software.

At the Beverly Hills Hotel's Polo Lounge last week, RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser spotted one of hip-hop's pioneers on the patio, reclining under the palms in a cream sweater and slacks, chatting on his cell phone.