As the Federal Communications Commission gears up for a public hearing about net neutrality tomorrow, Comcast is trying to recast itself as a leader in managing peer-to-peer traffic.

Amazon has been growing its digital download sales without cutting into Apple's bottom line, according to new research from NPD Group. The report is taken as a sign that digital music stores have plenty of room to grow -- which is good news not only for iTunes and other established sellers, but also for new entrants like MySpace, which is gearing up to launch its own DRM-free digital music store.

It puts civil libertarians in a difficult position, but the fact is privacy rights and freedom of speech often end up colliding with each other.

Comments on the FTC's proposed behavioral targeting and privacy guidelines are due today, and a broad array of online companies, advertisers and advocates are weighing in with suggestions.

From the moment Microsoft went public with its $31 a share bid for Yahoo on Feb. 1, it was obvious the online ad industry was about to undergo a major transformation, but no one knew at the time exactly how it would play out. Now, nine weeks later, we're still no closer to knowing whether we'll end up with MicroHoo, Yahoo-AOL, Yahoo-MySpace, or still some other combination.

Hollywood and record company execs want Net service providers to prevent users from grabbing copyrighted material, but a new study has found that filters are indeed fooled by encryption techniques.

There's been a lot of debate about whether IP addresses should be considered personally identifiable information, but that issue now appears to be settled in Europe -- and the answer is yes.

There's been a lot of debate about whether IP addresses should be considered personally identifiable information, but that issue now appears to be settled in Europe -- and the answer is yes.

Is Web video company Joost floundering? The U.K.-based Sunday Times says yes, but the company's CEO insists all is well at the start-up.

When Google decided four years ago to allow trademarked names to trigger paid search ads, the company had to have anticipated that litigation would result. And it has. American Airlines, insurance giant Geico and computer services company Rescuecom are among those that have sued Google for trademark infringement. They've all complained that Google allows their rivals to bid to appear as a sponsored link when users type their names into the query box.