I've gone back and forth a few times on this one. My opinion has done so many 180s, I think I've actually done a half-dozen 360s. The indecision? Whether repurposing 30-second TV creative is the right thing to do online.

When Howard Stern is the nation's leading defender of the First Amendment, you know something has gone horribly wrong. But with the FCC seemingly determined to wash his mouth out with soap, it's no wonder the King of All Media has added freedom of speech to his usual repertoire of pan-anal sex patter.

Streaming movies and online gaming will require faster, smoother connections. Expect the telecom industry to start spending again

The U.S. government has sued a New Hampshire man in its first attempt to crack down on Internet "spyware" that seizes control of a user's computer without permission.

National governments, with input from nongovernmental organizations, are laying the groundwork for a new internet governance structure. Hosted by the Geneva-based International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations agency, the World Summit on the Information Society, to conclude next year, is an effort to find a common vision for the information society.

Britain's online advertising market hit 266.8 million pounds ($479.4 million) for the first half of 2004, putting the industry on track to surpass commercial radio in the next year, an industry trade group said on Monday.

Mac sites were abuzz Friday on reports that Apple Computer is readying a color-screen iPod in time for the holidays. According to Mac news and rumor site Think Secret, the 60GB device would be similar to the current fourth-generation iPod but would be capable of displaying photos on its high-resolution color screen. The $499 device would also be able to show photo slideshows set to music and output its display onto a TV, the site said.

DEMOmobile conference highlights new technology and new opportunities for marketers. The hoopla that surrounds the opening of a trade show can be akin to the excitement you felt as a kid on Christmas morning. The glittering displays, the sparkling new products, the press cameras flashing all make you hope that somewhere in that pile of goodies and marketing ploys you'll find a pony

Amid fanfare fit for actual world-class athletes, five Americans with really quick fingers took home the gold medal in the popular "Counter Strike" competition of the World Cyber Games championships, capping five days of intense gaming by the world's elite.

The House on Thursday passed the second bill in three days that would outlaw "spyware," irritating software that quietly monitors the activities of Internet users.