ATLANTA - Online videos aren't just for bloopers and rants - some might also be conduits for malicious code that can infect your computer.

SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. will begin distributing online video ads for the first time later this week, continuing the Internet search engine leader's effort to diversify beyond the static written messages that generate most of its profits.

"Gotcha!" is a one-minute vampire movie that has gotten more than 1,600 hits since its 23-year-old director posted it on revver.com at the beginning of the month.

SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc. is reprogramming its online video service so it's more like YouTube.com, an Internet upstart that has amassed a large audience during the past year with a free Web service that encourages people to post and share homemade clips.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - When teenage runaway Lara Snyder bumped into Scott Davis in the Cumberland County Justice Center lobby, she didn't recognize him.

Cox Communications is testing a new way to manage online traffic jams in Kansas and Arkansas — and if it flies, we here in the Valley could soon be engulfed in the latest challenge to Net Neutrality.

NEW YORK - Barack Obama, John McCain ... or Linus?

NEW YORK - Only one in five online video viewers has watched or downloaded a full-length movie or television show, according to a new AP-AOL Video poll.

The new generation of video game consoles from Sony Corp., Nintendo Co. and Microsoft Corp. have more than zippy processors and flashy graphics in common: They’re also getting serious about online services.

LOS ANGELES - For years, MTV Networks Inc. sat on the sidelines while Apple Computer Inc., RealNetworks Inc. and others racked up sales of music downloads. Now the cable network group that helped popularize music videos two decades ago is entering the online music fray with URGE, a new service that makes its public beta debut on Wednesday.

The new generation of video game consoles from Sony Corp., Nintendo Co. and Microsoft Corp. have more than zippy processors and flashy graphics in common: They’re also getting serious about online services.

Blockbuster has decided to go head-to-head with Netflix in the $280 million online video subscription business. The Dallas-based video store chain has launched its own Blockbuster-branded DVD rent-by-mail service to compete with industry pioneer Netflix.

NEW YORK - Stephen King is a video star.

Need educational help? Now Pinal County library users can find it for free on the Internet.

Kevin Liu’s addiction costs less than $2 at a grocery store. And most households keep his high in their junk drawers. Liu’s story on how he got hooked on a deck of cards begins like most other gamblers: When he was a teenager.

Kevin Liu’s addiction costs less than $2 at a grocery store. And most households keep his high in their junk drawers. Liu’s story on how he got hooked on a deck of cards begins like most other gamblers: When he was a teenager.

NEW BERLIN, Wis. - Jalem Getz used to dislike the lack of seasons in his native California. Now he uses the extreme seasonality of the Halloween business to turn a big profit.

Interested parents and constituents no longer have to head over to the Kyrene School District office or find cable TV schedules to keep up with the district’s governing board. Instead, they can watch meetings online.

Tempe is posting online updates of its work to restore Town Lake, listing details of progress at www.tempe.gov/lake.