The race is on to get your own Internet domain
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is poised to bring the most dramatic change to the Internet in four decades by opening up domain names to endless variations.

NYT and IHT study Web merger
Top executives of both newspapers said Monday that they intended to create a "co-branded international homepage" that would replace iht.com, while also announcing a series of management changes.

Bollywood figures it can teach Hollywood a thing or two
Reliance Entertainment's chairman, Amit Khanna, and the company president, Rajesh Sawhney, have laid out ambitious plans, envisioning nothing short of remaking Hollywood.

An unlikely promoter drives Nokia's push in Hollywood
While once formidable competitors like Motorola struggle to deliver their phones on time, Nokia wants to transform itself into a next-generation entertainment company.

Ad executives keep a weather eye on Google and Microsoft
Agency executives worry that Google's agreement to place ads alongside Yahoo search results could strengthen its online dominance, even as Microsoft moves to raise its own advertising game.

Once an Internet giant, Infospace dismantles itself
The company's share of the search industry does not even reach 1 percent, and its name joins the scrap heap of fallen Internet brands, like AltaVista.

Thomson Reuters braces for showdown with Bloomberg
Thomson Reuters is going hard after Bloomberg, which has long been the marquee name on Wall Street for financial information.

ABC finally moves into Web syndication
The network, owned by Walt Disney, was expected to announce that full episodes of prime time shows like "Lost," "Desperate Housewives" and "Ugly Betty" will be accessible through the independent video site Veoh.com.

U.S. newspapers facing worst year for ad revenue
A double-digit drop in advertising revenue raises serious questions about the survival of some papers and the solvency of their parent companies.

Trying, and failing, to delay news in the era of the Internet
NBC tried to hold back the news of Tim Russert's death for more than an hour to notify his family vacationing in Italy. Long before the death was reported, however, it was on the Internet.

Market research is getting a makeover
Midsize firms are under pressure to find partners to meet multinational marketers' demands for standardized global information.

Predicting where you'll go and what you'll like
A new company launched a tool to analyze statistical data about people's movements and routines, to help, for instance, a company to plan where it should put its next store.