If the newly elected pope wants his own website, he'll have to talk to Rogers Cadenhead first. The Jacksonville, Florida-based writer purchased the rights to BenedictXVI.com on April 1 -- more than two-and-a-half weeks before Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger announced that he would assume the papacy under the name of Benedict XVI.

America Online, the world's largest online service, signed deals to offer thousands of music videos from Universal Music Group and the Warner Music Group, the company said on Tuesday. The deal comes after Universal, the world's largest music company owned by French conglomerate Vivendi Universal, in February said it planned to charge for music videos over the Internet and on cable video-on-demand services.

Game publisher WildTangent is expected to announce a partnership today with 24/7 Real Media to serve ads dynamically into its downloadable games. The first game featuring the technology, "Snowboard Super Jam," puts Jeep and Oakley in the game, both as sponsors and as advertisers.

There's a new strategy in the spam battle: Call it containment. Filters for blocking junk e-mail from inboxes have improved to the point that doing much more will needlessly kill legitimate e-mail, said Carl Hutzler, America Online Inc.'s anti-spam coordinator. So e-mail gatekeepers are shifting gears.

Microsoft is betting it's not just teenagers who want to send instant messages to each other via cell phone. The company is working on software to allow devices that use Windows Mobile to connect to a corporate IM server running Microsoft's Live Communications Server 2005, Microsoft said on Monday.

The Associated Press will begin charging newspapers and broadcasters to post its stories, photos and other content online, a pricing shift that reflects the growing power of the Internet to lure audiences and advertisers from more established media.

The move was announced March 1 at Search Engine Strategies in New York. During his keynote speech, Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang said the move was designed to present users with a more unified view of Yahoo! Search. The rebranding includes several product name changes, and a new advertiser center at searchmarketing.yahoo.com where all Yahoo!'s sponsored search offerings and listings submit products have been brought together.

TiVo is in talks with Internet search giants Google and Yahoo over a possible deal aimed at bridging television and the Web, CNET News.com has learned.

Even though Windows XP has been on the market for more than three years, Microsoft is hoping a new advertising campaign will "start something" when it comes to enthusiasm for the operating system. The campaign, which will last for 15 months, is designed to showcase all the things Windows can do. At the same time, the company is gearing up to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Windows' debut.

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., which has tried to establish the fledgling satellite radio medium as a magnet for top talent, said it will hold a press event on Monday with lifestyle maven Martha Stewart and executives from Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc.