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Two major factors that have spurred the rapid growth of online video include the increasing availability of broadband internet access and Web 2.0 technology that allows user interaction with and control of content. Those, according to Metacafe CEO Erick Hachenburg, are the main reasons online video is outpacing traditional TV in the contest for viewers' eyeballs.

Simplify. That, at its heart, is the purpose of XBRL -- extensible business reporting language. XBRL employs a common set of tags for financial terms, making reports more searchable and transparent to everyone who uses them. Designed to provide information to investors and anyone else researching financial markets, it is an open standard that is operating system agnostic.

Eshoo legislation calls for permanent bar on internet access taxes.

How closely will competitors follow in this latest digital home pursuit?

It's the final piece of the Panama pie. Will profit follow? And how quickly?

U.S. campaign is making a dent in offshore operations and folding more than a few hands of online Texas Holdem.

The Pakistan Software Houses Association recently handed out its peer awards for the Pakistan IT industry. The awards provide an industry snapshot at a time when Pakistan has become the third most popular global IT outsourcing destination on RentACoder, an outsourcing marketplace.

Online vendors listing on The SOC Exchange pay just one dollar a month or $10 a year to sell, with no other fees. Plus, eBay security updates.

Google canceled plans for a search advertising partnership with Yahoo amid opposition from antitrust regulators and advertisers.

Search engine giant Google has walked away from a proposed ad-sharing deal with internet portal Yahoo after the U.S. Department of Justice made it clear that it would seek to block the agreement in court. Google's decision is a profound setback for Yahoo, which has struggled to maintain its share in the online advertising market.