CBS to buy CNET, boost Internet presence
Television titan CBS Corp. announced plans Thursday to ramp up its technology side by buying troubled Internet news firm CNET Networks for 1.8 billion dollars in cash. ...
AFP via Yahoo! News: Thu, 15 May 2008 21:49:33 GMT |
Study: Cox, Comcast Internet subscribers blocked
Comcast Corp.'s interference with Internet traffic has prompted a federal investigation and is at the center of calls for "Net Neutrality" laws, but another U.S. cable company appears to be doing the same thing without drawing scrutiny. ...
AP via Yahoo! News: Thu, 15 May 2008 20:42:35 GMT |
DNS Trouble Knocks NSA off Internet
A server problem at the U.S. National Security Agency has knocked the secretive intelligence agency off the Internet. ...
PC World via Yahoo! News: Thu, 15 May 2008 17:40:23 GMT |
Study: Cox, Comcast Internet subscribers blocked
Cox Communications appears to be interfering with file-sharing by its Internet subscribers in the same manner that has landed Comcast Corp. in hot water with regulators, according to research obtained by The Associated Press. ...
AP via Yahoo! News: Thu, 15 May 2008 13:25:05 GMT |
Study: Cox, Comcast Internet Subscribers Blocked
File-sharing cut off for Cox and Comcast Internet subscribers, researcher says. ...
ABC News: Thu, 15 May 2008 18:50:47 GMT |
Sector roundup: Internet, airlines
Shares of Chinese Internet companies mostly rose Thursday, with Sina Corp. leading the sector after the company said its first-quarter profit surged and issued second-quarter revenue guidance above analysts' expectations. ...
AP via Yahoo! Finance: Thu, 15 May 2008 19:26:36 GMT |
Study: Cox, Comcast Internet subscribers blocked
Comcast Corp.'s interference with Internet traffic has prompted a federal investigation and is at the center of calls for "Net Neutrality" laws, but another U.S. cable company appears to be doing the same thing without drawing scrutiny. A study released... ...
San Francisco Chronicle: Thu, 15 May 2008 20:38:20 GMT |
The Internet thrives on dark energy
Jonathan Zittrain shares his views on the Net's future at the 10th anniversary of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, a part of Harvard Law School. ...
CNET: Thu, 15 May 2008 15:34:28 GMT |
Study: Cox, Comcast Internet Subscribers Blocked
It sure looks like Cox and Comcast are blocking file-sharing connections. The Max Planck Institute for Software Systems in Saarbruecken, Germany surveyed 8,175 Internet users around the world and found conclusive evidence of the practice at only three ISPs, including StarHub in Singapore. ...
Wired News: Thu, 15 May 2008 15:37:18 GMT |
Opening Glance: Internet software, services stocks
Internet software and services stocks mostly rose Thursday morning, with Yahoo Inc. gaining after billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn confirmed he is launching a proxy battle to replace Yahoo's board of directors. ...
AP via Yahoo! Finance: Thu, 15 May 2008 14:15:15 GMT |
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Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:07:00 GMT |
CBS in $1.8B deal for online news, info site CNet
expanded into entertainment areas with sites that include ZDNet, GameSpot.com and mp3.com. It also owns the highly valuable Internet domains names TV.com, Radio.com and News.com - names that would have clear associations with CBS's television, radio and ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:07:00 GMT |
CBS in $1.8B deal for online news, info site CNet
expanded into entertainment areas with sites that include ZDNet, GameSpot.com and mp3.com. It also owns the highly valuable Internet domains names TV.com, Radio.com and News.com - names that would have clear associations with CBS's television, radio and ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:07:00 GMT |
NY Times, USA Today multiple online EPpy winners
for smaller sites went to The Oklahoman's NewsOK.com for 'Oklahoma Centennial.' The contest was open to news organizations, Internet service providers, colleges and universities. Cars.com won for best classified Web site with more than 1 million ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:07:00 GMT |
Olympics: Appeals grow for Bush to protest rights abuses
the day before the May 1 news conference that the Beijing government had ordered American-owned hotels to install Internet filters in order to monitor information being sent and received. China is making the 2008 games "into an Olympics of oppression," ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:07:00 GMT |
Character Designer Miles Teves Talks T...
that his work also included the bodies that the skulls are/were attached to, adding more fuel to the internet rumors in regards to the origins of the skulls. He mentions that as we all know Frank Darabont took a year out of his life to work on the script ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:07:00 GMT |
Commander steps in to defend her officers as tactics questioned
went so far as to release publicly CCTV footage of some of the incidents. The result was an internet battle of video clips that proved almost as big an attraction as the game itself. Ms Curran was born in 1967 in Sheffield but has lived most of her life ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:07:00 GMT |
Cruise line says woman fell climbing from balcony to balcony
Web site, the ninth deck of the Norwegian Dawn is lined with ocean view balcony staterooms, with an Internet cafe in the center and some higher-level suites at each end. Jordan's family wants a full investigation into the incident, WPVI-TV 6 in ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:06:00 GMT |
Touch-screen BlackBerry coming
not comment on rumors and speculation. Earlier this week, rumored details of a touch-screen BlackBerry surfaced on the Internet. In February, RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie said the company may bring out a touch-screen device if customers want it. This week, ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:06:00 GMT |
Students converting words into money on internet
TWO ENTERPRISING Belfast postgraduate students have paid their college fees and are clearing their student loans with revenues from their website which allows people to 'redefine' words in the Oxford English Dictionary. ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:06:00 GMT |
The Challenges of Logistics Performance Posted By : Sam Miller
a measurement of how effective logistics management is. Simply defined, logistics is what is called as the "physical Internet." The goal here is to bring goods and services from point A to point B in the fastest, most reliable, and cheapest way possible ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:05:00 GMT |
Now video rental business goes corporate
supportive and receptive. We have relationships with all major home video distributors and have also tied up with Internet VOD (video on demand) right holders,' he said. But Suresh Manssharamani, president of Movie Mart, feels otherwise. 'We have ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:05:00 GMT |
Chinese journalist jailed for extortion, blackmail
Asia Program Coordinator Bob Dietz said in the statement. China jails the largest number of journalists, cyber dissidents, Internet users and activists for freedom of expression, a report by the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said in February. Qi ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:05:00 GMT |
Gnarls Barkley Celebrates MySpace Secret Show's 150th Party
MySpace may still be the ugliest social-networking site on the internet, but it shows no signs of slowing down -- and free concerts help. The Rupert Murdoch-owned property has thrown more than 100 free shows since February 2006, seven months after ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:05:00 GMT |
NY Times, USA Today win multiple online EPpy awards, AP wins for Katrina recovery coverage
for smaller sites went to The Oklahoman's NewsOK.com for 'Oklahoma Centennial.' The contest was open to news organizations, Internet service providers, colleges and universities. Cars.com won for best classified Web site with more than 1 million ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:05:00 GMT |
Indiana Jones is back! And the Cannes Film Festival has him
Well, most people. A few harsh (and anonymous) reviews from early industry screenings made their way to the Internet last week. But it seems Indy creator George Lucas would have been surprised had they not surfaced. 'You'll always be compared to what ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:04:00 GMT |
Sending good vibrations over the Internet
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Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:04:00 GMT |
Bladder Cancer Rates Higher In Firefighters
of cancer is much greater than what would be expected in a general population of men. Distributed by Internet Broadcasting. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:03:00 GMT |
Time for faster payments
debit card to create a more secure authentication and authorisation process. With over 20 million customers regularly using internet banking, increasing online safety is clearly a priority.'Deloitte says businesses will welcome the introduction of FP as ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:03:00 GMT |
CBS in $1.8B deal for online news, info site CNet
expanded into entertainment areas with sites that include ZDNet, GameSpot.com and mp3.com. It also owns the highly valuable Internet domains names TV.com, Radio.com and News.com - names that would have clear associations with CBS's television, radio and ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:03:00 GMT |
Reversing trend, cable modems win over DSL
DSL service in the first quarter. It gained 262,000 customers for its fiber-based service. AT&T, the country's largest Internet service provider, is focused on raising DSL speeds in some areas so it can provide TV service over phone lines. Meanwhile, ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:03:00 GMT |
GOP's Hanna to face Arcuri
measure intended to help curb the rapid rise in gasoline prices. The Center For Responsive Politics, on the Internet at Opensecrets.org, reports that as of March 31, Arcuri had $590,541 in cash on hand for his re-election effort. He raised more than $2.2 ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:03:00 GMT |
Bartolo blames party, not media, for defeat
of media interface, which makes all existing services available through a new interactive portal. According to Bartolo, the Internet should be given full attention since ?it?s the best source of information?. ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:02:00 GMT |
Deutsche Telekom says iPhone meeting expectations
was the most popular multimedia device sold by the company's T-Mobile cell phone division. IPhone customers use the Internet 30 times more on average than other mobile telephone customers and that one-third of iPhone customers bought the most expensive ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:02:00 GMT |
The Reviews Are Back on Craig Newmark's Speech: It Sucked
the University of California Berkeley on Tuesday. Granted, he had a topic in mind (the power of the internet), but his mission still sounded slightly suicidal to us. Certainly, we wouldn't have the courage to give a commencement speech, much less 'wing' ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:02:00 GMT |
EU warns Google over photos on Street View
View' map and imaging feature could pose privacy problems if it launches in Europe. Peter Hustinx said the Internet map service program would have to comply with European privacy laws as it captures and posts street-level photos. 'I would encourage ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:02:00 GMT |
Woman indicted in Missouri MySpace suicide case
her. Salvador Hernandez, assistant agent in charge of the Los Angeles FBI office, called the case heart-rending. 'The Internet is a world unto itself. People must know how far they can go before they must stop. They exploited a young girl's weaknesses,' ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:02:00 GMT |
Icahn expected to nominate directors for Yahoo board
people familiar with his thinking said Wednesday, giving investors a chance to show how badly they want the Internet company sold. The famed corporate activist, who has purchased 50 million Yahoo shares, has asked 12 people whether they would be willing ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:01:00 GMT |
Study: Cox, Comcast Internet subscribers blocked
Comcast Corp.'s interference with Internet traffic has prompted a federal investigation and is at the center of calls for 'Net Neutrality' laws, but another U.S. cable company appears to be doing the same thing without ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:01:00 GMT |
NY Times, USA Today multiple online EPpy winners
for smaller sites went to The Oklahoman's NewsOK.com for 'Oklahoma Centennial.' The contest was open to news organizations, Internet service providers, colleges and universities. Cars.com won for best classified Web site with more than 1 million ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:00:00 GMT |
Google passes Yahoo to become most popular U.S. Web site
audience has trailed Yahoo Inc.'s when counting other services such as e-mail and photo sharing. April's numbers, which Internet tracking firm comScore plans to formally release Thursday, show Google on top for the first time. The lead is tiny -- 466,000 ...
Moreover: Fri, 16 May 2008 02:00:00 GMT |
