 | 'Enemies of the internet' named | Source: BBC - Nov 07 2006 | | | Civil liberties group Reporters Without Borders has published its list of countries which suppress online freedoms. | |
| | Microsoft to offer shows on Xbox Live (AP) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 06 2006 | | | AP - Microsoft Corp. has teamed up with a handful of Hollywood studios to sell TV shows and movies that can be downloaded through the software maker's Xbox Live online video-game service and beamed straight onto television sets. | |
| | Big Brother enters virtual world | Source: BBC - Nov 07 2006 | | | A version of the hit reality TV show Big Brother is to be staged in the online virtual world Second Life. | |
| | Online banking fraud rises fast | Source: BBC - Nov 07 2006 | | | A surge in "phishing" has produced a sharp rise in the amount of money being lost to online banking fraud. | |
| | Yahoo in image advertising test on mobile phones (Reuters) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 07 2006 | | | Reuters - Yahoo Inc. is to begin delivering graphical ads to mobile phones as part of a test of how it can extend corporate brand marketing on the Web into the wireless market, the company said on Monday. | |
| | Company fined $3m for adware use | Source: BBC - Nov 07 2006 | | | A net advertising company is fined for using "deceptive methods" to install software on people's computers. | |
| | Xbox Live to offer TV downloads | Source: BBC - Nov 07 2006 | | | Gamers who use Microsoft's Xbox Live service will soon be able to download movies and TV shows to their console. | |
| | Samsung unveils 3-way WiMax gadget (AP) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 07 2006 | | | AP - Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday showed off a three-way gadget that's a phone, personal computer and music player tailored for an emerging wireless broadband technology. | |
| | Online games lift spirits of seriously ill kids (USATODAY.com) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 07 2006 | | | USATODAY.com - Serious illness such as cancer, cystic fibrosis and sickle cell anemia can be frightening and confusing for children, but the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation wants to help educate today's tech-savvy kids about thes... | |
| | Yahoo in image advertising test on mobile phones | Source: Reuters - Nov 07 2006 | | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. is to begin delivering graphical ads to mobile phones as part of a test of how it can extend corporate brand marketing on the Web into the wireless market, the company said on Monday. | |
| | Palm accused of patent infringement | Source: Zdnet - Nov 07 2006 | | | Fresh from its epic legal battle against RIM, NTP is now claiming Palm's smartphones and PDAs infringe its patents | |
| | Microsoft confirms Xbox 360 shipment forecasts (Reuters) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 07 2006 | | | Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday confirmed its forecast for shipments of Xbox 360 video game consoles and said its ability to convert occasional online gamers into console users would be key to growth. | |
| | UK businesses warming to Vista | Source: Zdnet - Nov 07 2006 | | | Businesses are ready to embrace the next Microsoft platform, says the NCC, while desktop Linux isn't making much impact | |
| | Microsoft to offer movies, TV shows on game service | Source: Reuters - Nov 06 2006 | | | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. on Monday said it would rent movies and sell television shows through Internet downloads to its Xbox Live video game service, pitting the software giant against long-time rival Apple Computer Inc. and others re... | |
| | Comcast to launch video Web site (AP) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 06 2006 | | | AP - Comcast Corp. is planning to launch a video uploading Web site similar to YouTube. But in a twist, videos submitted could end up being broadcast nationwide. | |
| | Verizon near content deal with YouTube: WSJ (Reuters) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 07 2006 | | | Reuters - Verizon Communications Inc., the No. 2 U.S. telecommunications company, is in advanced talks with YouTube Inc. to bring the Web site's videos to cellphones and television sets, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. | |
| | Cameroon launches real-time prices for cocoa, coffee | Source: Reuters - Nov 07 2006 | | | YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon's National Office for Cocoa and Coffee (ONCC) launched a program on Tuesday to provide real-time market prices to local growers over the Internet, aimed at boosting their negotiating power. | |
| | AOL Tests APIs for Embedding AIM Into Web Sites (TechWeb) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 07 2006 | | | TechWeb - The new APIs and "AIM Whimsicals" allow developers to embed windows on their pages for sending and receiving IMs, and also integrate functionality into Web sites that allow users to set their IM availability, away message,... | |
| | Microsoft to offer movies, TV shows on game service (Reuters) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 06 2006 | | | Reuters - Microsoft Corp. on Monday said it would rent movies and sell television shows through Internet downloads to its Xbox Live video game service, pitting the software giant against long-time rival Apple Computer Inc. and others responding t... | |
| | Web 2.0: Adobe and Mozilla Join Forces | Source: PCWorld - Nov 07 2006 | | | Organizations working on a standard scripting language to create interactive applications for the Flash Player and Firefox browser. | |
| | Microsoft Designs School of the Future | Source: WebProNews - Nov 07 2006 | | | Microsoft aids in the design of a $46 million Philadelphia public school that will pave the way for schools in the future.The Philadelphia public school that Microsoft aided in designing is slated to open its doors sometime in the next year. Microso... | |
| | Net Video Providers Compete | Source: WebProNews - Nov 07 2006 | | | With streaming video footage on the Internet now becoming a key component in all recent high-profile website successes, Atlas and Doubleclick, two marketing technologies providers, are both offering up competing video platform systems for e-commerce ... | |
| | Phishing attacks surge | Source: Zdnet - Nov 07 2006 | | | Latest figures show a huge increase in the number of phishing incidents, as more money is stolen through online fraud | |
| | Ask Takes Facts To Election Day | Source: WebProNews - Nov 07 2006 | | | The Smart Answers team at the Ask search engine have put together some helpful sections for voters seeking more information about the US elections taking place today.Many voters will be grateful for the respite that comes the day after Election Day, ... | |
| | SEC chief suggests blogs for disclosures (AP) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 07 2006 | | | AP - In the first official communication posted to a blog by a chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Christopher Cox said he was intrigued by the idea of letting companies use Weblogs to disseminate important corporate information. | |
| | ChaCha Beta Released; Users Seek Google | Source: WebProNews - Nov 07 2006 | | | ChaCha, which describes itself as "the world's largest live search engine," is now available in beta form. The interesting feature is the defining one - ChaCha can supply "a human guide who assists you in real-time via an instant-message chat." "Eve... | |
| | Google positioning for move into U.S. radio | Source: Reuters - Nov 07 2006 | | | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc. is hiring scores of radio sales people and is spending heavily in a bid to expand its position in the $20 billion radio industry. | |
| | Film, TV downloads newly available via Xbox 360 | Source: Reuters - Nov 07 2006 | | | LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Microsoft Corp. will unlock the digital-distribution capabilities of its next-generation console, Xbox 360, to Hollywood studios beginning November 22. | |
| | Yahoo Mobile Ads Go "Graphical" | Source: WebProNews - Nov 07 2006 | | | Yahoo has launched a new "graphical advertising platform for its Mobile Web service," and - don't get too excited, now - "the first advertisements on this beta platform will go live later this week." An Associated Press article hints that Google may ... | |
| | Verizon near content deal with YouTube: WSJ | Source: Reuters - Nov 07 2006 | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc., the No. 2 U.S. telecommunications company, is in advanced talks with YouTube Inc. to bring the Web site's videos to cellphones and television sets, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. | |
| | Microsoft maps next step in Google chase (AP) | Source: Yahoo! - Nov 06 2006 | | | AP - Microsoft Corp. has upgraded its online mapping service to include three-dimensional tours of 15 U.S. cities, marking another step in its dogged pursuit of Internet search leader Google Inc. | |
| | Yahoo in image ad test on cell phones | Source: Reuters - Nov 07 2006 | | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. is to begin delivering graphical advertisements to cell phones as part of a test of how it can extend corporate brand marketing on the Web into the wireless market, the company said on Monday. | |
| | TV and Movies Coming Soon to Xbox | Source: WebProNews - Nov 07 2006 | | | Microsoft has announced plans to offer up video content to Xbox users in standard and high definition formats beginning November 22, the one-year anniversary of the Xbox 360 launch. This move makes the Xbox 360 the first gaming console to offer telev... | |
| | Verizon near content deal with YouTube: paper | Source: Reuters - Nov 07 2006 | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc., the No. 2 U.S. telecommunications company, is in advanced talks with YouTube Inc. to bring the Web site's videos to cellphones and television sets, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. | |
| | Yahoo! Cures Holiday Headaches | Source: WebProNews - Nov 07 2006 | | | Yahoo! Tech has tried to make it as painless as possible for holiday shoppers to find gadgets with the launch of it's holiday gift center.Thanksgiving turkeys have yet to be carved, but it's not too early to compile your holiday wishlist. That is wh... | |
| | MySpace Rises In Japan | Source: WebProNews - Nov 07 2006 | | | MySpace said "hajime-mashite" (nice to meet you) to Japan today as the News Corp.-owned site teamed up for a 50/50 venture with Japanese telecom powerhouse Softbank Corp. to launch MySpace KK (MySpace Japan)."The launch of a Japanese community is a h... | |
| | Microsoft Should Invest in Marketing | Source: WebProNews - Nov 07 2006 | | | Microsoft's annual Employee Giving Campaign raises $63 million for various chartiable organizations, and receives almost no media coverage. Meanwhile search engine giant Google donates $30 thousand to Creative Commons, generating 2100 times the medi... | |
| | Intel group to sell Web 2.0 collaboration software | Source: Reuters - Nov 07 2006 | | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp. has formed a partnership with top Internet software makers to create a set of Web tools for office workers to share information with colleagues, the companies said on Tuesday. | |
| | Microsoft releases .Net 3.0 ahead of Vista | Source: Zdnet - Nov 07 2006 | | | Builder: The tools and frameworks required to write applications for the latest, as yet unreleased, incarnation of Windows are now available]]> | |
| | Christmas Comes Early for Drop Spot Participants | Source: WebProNews - Nov 07 2006 | | | The creators of the online gift sharing community known as Drop Spot restore a little faith in the human race by starting a chain of giving, linking cities across the United States.Scavenger hunts are no longer reserved for children since the creatio... | |
| | Democrats PWN The Political Web | Source: WebProNews - Nov 07 2006 | | | For whatever larger reason, Democrats seem much better at utilizing the Internet, and e-marketing in general, than the Republicans to get their messages out. From YouTube, to Google bombs, to SEM and SEO, the Democrats own the Internet, inherited fro... | |
| | Google: Aussie Law Threatens 'Net | Source: WebProNews - Nov 07 2006 | | | Australia may make changes to its copyright laws that, according to Google, would cause the Internet to "promptly grind to a halt." The Federal Government, which proposed the changes, maintains that it is only "modernizing" the laws. "At present, Au... | |
| | $2 Billion In Ad Spending By 2010 | Source: WebProNews - Nov 07 2006 | | | A recent estimate by eMarketer concerning the advertising spending on social networks has the figure at $2 billion by 2010. In 2007 the ad spending on social network sites is projected to explode to $865 million up from the 2006 figure of $350 milli... | |
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