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High-def TV not ready for Net's prime time

Experts don't see live Internet broadcasts offering top-shelf viewing quality any time soon.

Legal DVD downloads to hit U.S. shores?

An ambitious experiment with selling big-studio movies over a file-swapping network in Germany may portend new kinds of online movie sales in the United States -- and give Microsoft new allies in its battle with Apple Computer.

Napster eyes movie downloads

Digital-music service Napster is considering remaking itself to offer movie downloads too.

Serious about broadband

Internet pioneer Vint Cerf says the Net's true broadband promise can be achieved only when ISPs adopt multicast technology.