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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Rivals complain about Google, DoubleClick Deal; investors expect further mergers

Citing antitrust concerns, rival companies of Google Inc., want regulators to closely scrutinize the planned $3.1 billion acquisition by Google of online advertising firm DoubleClick Inc. >>

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Royalty Board says Internet radio needs to pay fees

The Copyright Royalty Board has issued a ruling which will require Internet and streaming radio stations to pay the same royalties that traditional radio stations must pay to the music labels which own the songs they play. >>

Monday, April 16, 2007

China to launch new crackdown on net porn

The Chinese government is launching a new six-month campaign to close down online pornography, which it attributes to having "perverted China's young minds." The Ministry of Public Security says they will focus on cyber strip shows and sexually explicit images, stories, audio and video clips, according to sources. >>

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Google buys in to Israeli-Chinese browser startup

In a possible severe blow to China's largest search engine, Google recent purchased a minority stake in the Israeli-Chinese startup Maxthon International Ltd., which produces a popular web browser based on Microsoft's Internet Explorer that has over 40 million users in China. >>

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Technorati purchases custom-news site Personal Bee

In its efforts to extend its influence in the world of blogs, Technorati has acquired custom-news website Personal Bee. Technorati is a top blog search engine and the purchase will mean that the company will adopt Personal Bee's platform to allow users to personalize news pages according to individual preferences. >>

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Skype, Yahoo Messenger too complicated for mainstream consumers

Making voice calls over the Internet is cool and cheap, but it's still too complicated for most consumers, according to a study by Forrester Research. >>

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Draft code of conduct for bloggers open for wiki-based review

Web pioneer Tim O'Reilly has come up with a draft of a blogging code of conduct after recent death threats to prominent blogger Kathy Sierra. >>

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Viacom gives online advertising for its TV Websites to Yahoo

The web offerings for Viacom's television-themed content have signed exclusive advertising responsibility over to Yahoo Inc., the companies announced Tuesday. >>

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

IBM plans to help visually challenged 'access' Web video and audio

Technology giant IBM plans to launch a web browser that will enable visually impaired to access web video and audio. Codenamed Accessibility Browser, or A-Browser, it was developed by a blind IBM researcher Dr. Chieko Asakawa. >>

Sunday, April 01, 2007

Scripting News and Dave Winer celebrate 10 years of blogging

As the world slowly opened its doors to the internet, what was once bulletin board systems (BBS) and static web pages, evolved into what users now call, Web 2.0; the live, updating and dynamic internet that streams news, movies, music, television, telephones and more across the world. >>

Saturday, March 31, 2007

Internet agency nixes idea of ".xxx" domain name for porn websites

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers or ICANN on Friday rejected a proposal which would have categorized all the porn and other racy content over the Internet under the ".xxx" domain name. >>

Friday, March 30, 2007

Yahoo! to offer virtually unlimited free e-mail storage

Yahoo.com will begin offering virtually unlimited e-mail storage to it users beginning this May. Writing in a post on the Yodel Anecdotal blog, John Kremer, the Vice President of Yahoo! Mail, said the upgrade will not be rolled out to all users at once and would rather take few months to allow "smooth transition." >>

Friday, March 30, 2007

Report calls Denmark the most technologically innovative country in 2006; U.S. ranks 6th

According to the Global Information Technology Report, Denmark tops the rankings on the "Networked Readiness Index," which measures technology innovation. This comes about as a result of the country's admirable regulatory environment, coupled with transparent government leadership and vision in inducing information and communicative technology or ICT. >>

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Website ranking system under threat

Website ranking systems are fraught with danger. They can be easily manipulated directing people to unreliable, low quality and fraudulent sites, according to a researcher. >>

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

First YouTube video awards given

The first YouTube Video Awards gave recognition to seven winners from each of its categories that include: most creative, most inspirational, best series, best comedy, musician of the year, best commentary and "most adorable video ever." >>

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