“Community” is the centerpiece of Yahoo’s online video push. Getty Class at Greendale Community College will soon be back in session. The sixth season of “Community,” a cult sitcom that originally aired on NBC, will premiere on Yahoo Screen on March 17. The premiere of the show is a significant step for Yahoo as it …

Sharp hopes its more-vivid images will win over consumers shopping for Ultra HD 4K televisions. Josh Miller/CNET LAS VEGAS — Sharp is hoping people really like television images that are, well, sharp. At the Consumer Electronics Show here Monday, the Japanese television manufacturer announced new TVs with vivid picture quality, called 4K Ultra HD. Sharp, which once dominated the TV …

Denon’s Heos speakers will be compatible with Google Cast for audio. Denon Google, which made it easy to stream movies from the Internet onto your TV with its low-cost Chromecast device, is now making a pitch to let you stream online music to your stereo system. The search giant on Monday announced new software called Google Cast for audio that …

Samsung is doubling down on the Internet of Things. James Martin/CNET LAS VEGAS — Samsung is making a big bet on the “Internet of Things,” or Web-connected products. The Korean electronics giant said Monday that 90 percent of its products — which includes everything from smartphones to refrigerator– would be able to connect to the Web by 2017. In five …

Lixin Cheng, CEO of ZTE’s United States division, hopes low prices will attract customers to the company’s large-screen phones. Lynn La/CNET LAS VEGAS — ZTE, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, hopes going big will help it compete with formidable foes like Apple and Google. The company on Monday unveiled the Grand X Max+ , a 6-inch phone also known as a …

Many of Google’s biggest moves in 2015 will come outside of search. Getty Images Google is a powerhouse, but it’s a powerhouse in transition. In 2014, Google’s search engine — the largest in the world — continued to dominate the market. In the US, the company has 67 percent of the search market on desktop computers. Globally, it’s a $50 …

Google’s Chromecast launch in India is only the latest example of the company’s push in that country. CNET Google is bringing its Chromecast streaming stick to India, as the Internet giant focuses on the large and growing consumer market there. The device, which looks like a USB flash drive, lets people stream videos from the Internet to a television from …

Privacy watchdogs in Europe say the “right to be forgotten” ruling should be applied to .com websites too. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Privacy regulators in Europe want the region’s “right to be forgotten” ruling to be applied worldwide. The European Union in May decided people could request that their names be excluded from search results in Europe, if the results were …

Every smartphone Greg stole was an iPhone. The 19-year-old snatched five in all, once picking up two in a day. His last grab, in a sleepy San Francisco neighborhood near the city’s coastline in May 2013, was a bust — in more ways than one. He thought he was going after an iPhone 5, Apple’s newest model at the time. …

Astro Teller, head of the Google X lab, says wearables, including Glass and smartwatches, need to get cheaper to attract a mainstream audience. James Martin/CNET When Astro Teller, head of Google’s secretive Google X research lab, addressed a Vanity Fair gathering of the technorati in San Francisco last month, he said convincing people to wear a smart device on their …