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Best Buy is extending its presenting sponsorship of The Police’s summer tour with a special perk for Best Buy Reward Zone members.

There’s an unlikely figure found along the beaches of Oahu: He stands aristocratically erect, his nose aimed at the heavens as though avoiding the stink of mortals. His Bermuda shorts are black and have a satin stripe along the outside seams. He wears what is probably the only Hawaiian-style shirt with onyx studs in existence.

This is Jeeves, the former AskJeeves.com search engine mascot, in exile.

Adware firm DirectRevenue LLC and four of its principals have agreed to settle charges that they used unfair and deceptive methods to download adware onto consumers’ computers and then obstruct them from removing it, the Federal Trade Commission announced last week.

TRUSTe, the non-profit organization that certifies the security of Web portals and e-mail traffic, has issued its first list of ad-serving application downloads certified to play by the rules.

A U.S. judge said on Friday he will decide as early as next month whether to dismiss a four-year-old trademark abuse case brought against Google

Online ad network and tech platform LookSmart reported a net earnings loss of under $14 million for 2006 on revenue of $48.8 million, an improvement from a loss of $17.8 million on $41.4 million revenue in fiscal 2005.

Satellite direct broadcast company EchoStar Communications and its Dish Network have terminated their relationship with an independent EchoStar retailer because of apparent violations of Do Not Call restrictions.

The produce industry wants you to clean your plate.

Priceline is building off its recent appearance on The Apprentice: Los Angeles with a sweepstakes that will award winners with five luxury trips to Los Angeles.

Liberty Tax Service is using 27 million Valpak envelopes to take the sting out of tax time.