New York - Comcast, the nation's largest cable TV provider and second-largest broadband ISP, announced this week that it will set a 250GB per month bandwidth cap for its high-speed Internet subscribers, and suspend the accounts of second-time offenders for an entire year. [more..]

Los Angeles - Napster has hinted that the company is up for sale again, saying in its response to a dissident shareholder group that the company is once again exploring possible strategic alternatives, and has retained UBS Investment Bank to assist in the process. [more..]

Tokyo - Japanese video game publisher Square Enix said on Friday that it has made a bid for a majority stake in struggling fellow game publisher Tecmo, in a deal valued at about $102 million. [more..]

Edison, N.J. - Video game publisher Majesco said on Thursday that it has received noticed from the Nasdaq that its shares are in danger of being delisted from the exchange, having fallen below the $1 minimum share price requirement for 30 consecutive days. [more..]

Washington - While podcasting "has yet to become a fixture in the everyday lives of Internet users," consumption is on the rise, as 19% of all Internet users say they have downloaded a podcast, up from 12% in August 2006, according to a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. [more..]

San Francisco - Light Reading Communications Network, a publishing, events and research company for the communications marketplace owned by San Francisco-based TechWeb, said that it has acquired Pyramid Research, a Massachusetts-based provider of communications industry market data. [more..]

Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo has decided to shutter its Mash social network, after just a year in beta, CNET News.com reported, citing an email sent to Mash members. [more..]

Los Angeles - News Corp.'s FX network will begin streaming full episodes of its shows from its own website for the first time starting next month, Broadcasting & Cable reports. [more..]

Boston - Electronic Arts on Friday announced a partnership with grooming products purveyor Gillette and pro golfer Tiger Woods on a joint promotional campaign. [more..]