Virgin Media to appeal British ruling on BSkyB's ITV stake
Virgin Media said Monday that the required reduction to 7.5 percent from 19.9 percent was inadequate; BSkyB bought the shares in 2006 in a move largely viewed as an effort to block a takeover of ITV by NTL, which is now part of Virgin Media.

A Web-only news operation gets its due
Joshua Micah Marshall, founder of the Web site Talking Points Memo, won the award for "tenacious investigative reporting" that led to the resignation of the former U.S. attorney general, Alberto Gonzales.

Electronic Arts awaits investor reaction to its bid for Take-Two
The main challenge for EA will be to persuade investors to accept the deal and convince Take-Two employees that EA will respect the creative autonomy of Take-Two's development teams.

E-waiter, where's my food?
Restaurants in Europe, the United States and Japan are testing technology that allows diners to order food directly off a screen at the table, instead of depending on a fellow human being to note their choices.

Getty Images sold to private equity firm for $2.4 billion
Getty, the biggest distributor of pictures and video in the world, is being sold to Hellman Friedman for a 39 percent premium to the stock's closing price Friday.
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FCC to act on delaying of broadband traffic
The U.S. agency is considering new rules that would force the cable and telephone companies to more clearly disclose to consumers the circumstances in which they might delay some traffic.

France tries to build a public media giant
France's ambitious plan to mold its public TV and radio broadcasters into a unit with the clout and reach to rival the BBC or CNN has not gone over smoothly.

In the world of Britney Spears, moves to protect millions
The pop star's family - along with a gaggle of lawyers - has stepped in to protect the fortune she made.

With Air, Adobe blurs the line between PC and Web
A new software development system allows PC users to access their stored data while traveling, and their Web data when off the Internet.

What Microsoft could learn from Oracle
Determined to match Google in Web search and online advertising, Microsoft has managed to overlook a plain-vanilla strategy, the oldest one in the book: Build on your own strengths.

Swiss insurer humors skiers to reduce accidents
A third of Swiss sports-related injuries happen on ice or snow. Suva, an accident insurance company, uses offbeat ads and speed-check guessing games to remind skiers to be careful.

A wall of publicists surrounds Hollywood
There once was a day when journalists simply called up glamorous or important people and spoke with them, but that doesn't happen much anymore in Hollywood.

Virtual payments catching on in Japan
Some analysts say e-money, spent by devices like cellphones, makes up about 20 percent of the ¥300 trillion, or $2.8 trillion, in Japanese consumer spending.

Marketing campaigns take advantage of leap year day
By tradition, Feb. 29 is an occasion for women to propose marriage. Now businesses are using the day for special proposals and pitches of their own.

Hollywood studios trying to breathe new life into DVD sales
The victory of Sony's new Blu-ray DVD standard over a rival format, Toshiba's HD DVD, masks a bigger problem facing the studios: the overall decline of the DVD market.

Researchers develop simple method to steal encrypted computer data
The technique, which could undermine security software, is as easy as chilling a computer memory chip with a blast of frigid air from a can of dust remover.