U.S. video game sales rose 25 percent in June to $844.5 million, according to market researcher NPD Group. The lift was attributed in part to the strength of Nintendo's dual-screen portable players and THQ Inc.'s "Cars" video game.

Did you know that 53 percent of all games played on mobile phones are downloaded by a subscriber, while 39 percent of games played are pre-existing on a subscriber's phone? The remaining eight percent of games are played online on the mobile Web.

Spammers have proven themselves fairly proficient at staying one step ahead of the technology and filters meant to foil them. Now, it appears they've developed yet another tactic to get spam past filters: hobbit spam.

So, with little fanfare Yahoo launched a beta version of something called "The 9," a daily compilation of video that features the nine top Web videos of the day.

Almost eight in 10 small businesses, 79 percent, shop online regularly, compared to 65 percent of online consumers, according to a report released this morning by JupiterResearch.

So, it finally surfaced that Time Warner's AOL unit may eschew subscription revenue derived from paying members to its service in order to focus more aggressively on its ad-supported/free content strategy. The haul from subscription revenues is as much as $2 billion--a nice chunk of change if you can keep getting it.

A majority of Americans say they're not living the American Dream, according to a new survey conducted by Dr. Douglas E. Schoen for the Aspen Institute's annual Ideas Festival. Now is that any real surprise to anyone?

Ted Stevens, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, recently made some dubious comments about the Internet and "Net neutrality" that have been circulating around the Web this week. And, while the comments are troubling, they also can potentially galvanize supporters of "Net neutrality."

We're so tired of hearing about Google's voracious appetite for all things advertising and media that it was kind of refreshing to see the search giant unveil a new product that is more transaction-related....

Okay, so it's almost over--the World Cup, that is....