Google is taking aim at Miriam Webster and Oxford by launching its own dictionary. The move will direct all definition searches to the new Google Dictionary, which will have complete authoritative definitions, sentence examples and links with more detail. Google...

A new survey reports that 1/3 of teens have engaged in the new form of sexual communication known as 'sexting.' While many are sending risque text messages, many others are sending nude pictures to each other online, with 61% of...

The recent Tiger Woods scandal has shed light on the lack of privacy in the digital world. Alleged text messages and voice messages are assumed to be private, however, in the end, nothing written or spoken and communicated digitally can...

Facebook is getting rid of regional networks in order to improve privacy controls. The decision will give users the ability to control every aspect of their profile, including limiting who can see specific links, photos and shares. Users seem to...

Web surfers went wild yesterday for Cyber Monday, spending more than 11% year over year. Last year, consumers spent more than $800 million on Cyber Monday, rivaling Black Friday for the largest retail day of the year. This years Cyber...

BitTorrent giant Mininova has been forced to go legal. In doing so, the bit torrent tracker has removed all links to copyrighted material. Despite claiming to be "the Ultimate BitTorrent source," on Friday, when it went legal, zero torrents were...

Toys "R" Us is giving customers the opportunity to preview its Holiday sales online Rather than publish its Black Friday deals in newspapers, the popular toy store is previewing its sales event on Facebook. The sales preview is not only...

Wal-Mart and Amazon are in the midst of an epic Holiday season rivalry. Both retailers are holding massive holiday sales, with both companies dropping prices of popular gifts after the competitor. In the cautious market, Amazon and Wal-Mart are trying...

Walmart continues to roll out holiday specials including a $78 Blu-ray player sale on Black Friday. In addition to the low price Blu-ray consoles, Walmart will also be selling $10 Blu-ray movies on Black Friday. With low price players and...

It's official: Oprah Winfrey will end her famous talk show in 2011. The much speculated rumor was made official yesterday and will come at the end of next year as Oprah readies the new OWN channel for launch. While The...

The music industry video portal Vevo will launch December 8th. The site, associated with both Sony and Universal, uses YouTube's platform to host and stream high quality, official music videos from artists. Vevo's goal is to reclaim the "premium luster"...

The new ShopSavvy app for the iPhone allows shoppers to photograph bar codes and identify them. ShopSavvy not only identifies the item, but provides information on the product, while locating other retailers and prices. The app could save you a...

Time Warner's long awaited spinoff of AOL will happen December 9th. The spin off estimates that AOL is worth approximately $3.4 billion, 1/11th of Time Warner's total worth. The $3.4 billion valuation is two billion less than the company was...

YouTube is updating its site to make way for 1080p HD. The online video destination will make the update live this week, with YouTube working on re-encoding the current set of 720p HD videos to the new format. The upgrade...

Comcast is getting ready to launch its On-demand Online service. During the NewTeeVee Live conference, Interactive Media president Amy Banse announced that the service will launch before Hanukkah, which begins December 11th. Banse also stated that the company wants users...

Microsoft may ban as many as one million XBox Live users for modifying their consoles or playing illegal games. The company believes that between 600,000 and a million users have played pirated games on their system, or modified...

Google is stepping up its mobile tracking services. The company added a Location History feature to its Google Latitude application, which specifies locations users have visited, as well as a Google Map which outlines where users can receive flu shots....

The Kansas City Chiefs released star running back Larry Johnson after the athlete repeatedly slammed coaches and fans on Twitter. Due to the incident, Johnson, who had recently been suspended for misconduct, is no longer apart of the organization and...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will hit stores tomorrow. The new game in the popular Activision series has been lauded by gaming critics and is one of the highest profile entertainment releases of the year. The new Call of...

Oprah announced that she will exclusively air her flagship program on the Oprah Winfrey Network beginning 2011. The move finds Oprah walking away from her massive syndication deals, in an attempt to flesh out the programming of her...