The European Parliament has thrown out a bill that would have allowed software to be patented. Politicians unanimously rejected the bill and now it must...

Less than three weeks after Napster began touting its all-you-can-rent music subscription service, the company finds itself refuting Internet claims that its copy-protection measures are...

Sony, which 25 years ago changed the way the world listened to music with the Walkman, said it would release a product by the end...

America Online won't be issuing the first beta of Netscape 8 as expected this week, pushing the public release back until March. The company says...

Shares in sound industry pioneer Dolby Laboratories have leapt more than 40% on their first day of trading on Wall Street. Dolby Labs raised $495m...

Major advance could lead to new innovations in computing, communications and medical applications Intel announced a scientific breakthrough using standard silicon manufacturing processes to create...

Skype, a global Internet-telephony company, announced an agreement on February 16 to bundle Skype with the Xandros desktop operating system and also offer Skype with...

Microsoft launched its biggest initiative yet to combat rampant software piracy in Brazil, allowing only registered customers access to "non-critical" updates of its Windows operating...

Philips is planning to market early next year anti-pirate software it has developed for identifying film files illegally on the internet, according to Ronald Maandonks...