Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, backed by all the major networks, says iiNet has ignored requests to discipline its customers for infringing on film copyrights.

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China to tax virtual goods--The Chinese government wants a piece of the virtual world action.

Army's new mosquito trap exploits "irrepressible urge"--Army goes to war with dengue spreading mosquito.

Internet search pioneer launches beta test of its Glue Pages in the U.S., taking a page from its experimental visual search results site on Yahoo India.

Members of the social-networking site will be able to listen to the band's new album for free online before it goes on sale next week.

RIAA didn't need a law to persuade Tennessee, the home of country music, to block P2P sites back in August.

Two former Federal Communications Commission staffers and the head of Google.org will help president-elect's transition team write tech policy.

Some reports say Sony discriminated against Xbox. Not true. Netflix just didn't get a deal done with Sony that included Xbox.

Investment in broadband deployment is more likely to help our economy than investments in the auto industry, panelists at a symposium said Wednesday.

More than a year after iTunes began offering DRM-free music from EMI, Apple is in talks to acquire MP3s from the other top three music labels.

Shares of the company free-fall following comments by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer that the software giant is not interested in a Yahoo acquisition.

Apple's popular smartphone captures the top spot worldwide for advertiser requests on the mobile-ad network AdMob for the month of October.

The state's hand recount starting Wednesday may show that thousands of ballots were mistakenly rejected by optical scanning machines.

The IAC-owned business reviews site has revamped its product to make social-networking features easier to use, as well as to focus on the "hyperlocal" rather than a few metro areas.

Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen signs into law a bill that requires public and private schools in the state to ensure their computer networks are free of pirated material.

Cuban responds again to some of the SEC charges against him and presents a transcription that he says proves he broke no confidentiality agreement.

YouTube, MTV, and others are also on board for a New York event next month that hopes to use a successful anti-extremism campaign on Facebook as a springboard for more social-media activism.

Yahoo can pick a CEO for a bold new vision or the ability to execute the company's strategy--or something else altogether. What's the best approach?

The CEO on Monday laid out broad policy proposals for Washington that include opening up the government and investing in infrastructure.

A few of the more than 10 million photos from Life magazine's archives that Google is making available online.

In a blog posting, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang assesses his time at the helm and explains why he believes the company is ready for a new chief executive.

Music industry sources say start-up Project Playlist is interested in acquiring iMeem, which denies the claim.