Ask.com rolling out deals service to gather coupons from discount sites, blogs, message boards

August 27th, 2009 New generation of coupons means users clip lessPORTLAND, Ore. — Electronic coupons, arriving by cell phone, Twitter, e-mail and Facebook, are helping generate an old standby's comeback and bringing in new, younger customers.

September 21st, 2009 Travel brands and deals on Twitter: Who to followNEW YORK — What are you looking for when you follow a travel brand on Twitter? News? Deals? Exclusive offers? And which Twitter travel feeds are the most popular? DealBase.com researched airlines, hotels and booking sites on Twitter and found that of the brands surveyed, JetBlue's Twitter feed had the most followers mid-September with 1.2 million. Of the Travel booking Web sites DealBase looked at, Travelocity had the most followers with nearly 25,000 and among hotels, Marriott had the most followers with more than 15,000.

August 21st, 2009 Court: Yahoo's LAUNCHcast not 'interactive'LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court in New York says Yahoo's LAUNCHcast music service is not "interactive" enough to require separate licensing deals with recording labels. The 2nd U.S.

March 14th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Facebook has managed to gather mixed reviews after rolling out changes to its home and profile pages from March 11. The social-networking giant had previously announced the makeover on every member's homepage.

March 10th, 2006 Apple iTunes music and video store unvelied a new service called Multi-Pass that lets users buy TV shows on a monthly basis. iTunes, in partnership with Viacom Inc.'s Comedy Central Network, is rolling out "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" on the service.

August 7th, 2009 Some details about denial-of-service attacks, like the one Thursday against Twitter. To picture a "denial-of-service" attack, think about what would happen if you and all your friends called the same restaurant over and over and ordered things you didn't even really want.

July 28th, 2009 China's Xinjiang gets some phone, Internet serviceBEIJING — Limited phone messaging and Internet access are now available in China's Xinjiang region, more than three weeks after the government cut services in the wake of deadly ethnic riots, officials said Tuesday. Yang Guoqing, with the provincial government news center, said the government is now sending SMS (short message service) text messages to citizens, though they still cannot message each other.

July 2nd, 2009 Web retailers, states tussle over tax rulesNEW YORK — In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence. Increasingly, states aching under the weight of the recession are seeking a way around that rule.

September 15th, 2009 Cablevision unveils interactive banner ads on TVCablevision Systems Corp. is bringing interactive banner ads to television, allowing viewers to order samples and brochures and even purchase products by clicking the remote on their TV sets.

July 8th, 2009 Federal Web sites knocked out by cyber attackWASHINGTON — The Associated Press has learned that a widespread computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of several government agencies, including some that are responsible for fighting cyber crime. Officials say the Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission and the Transportation Department's Web sites were all down at varying points over the weekend and into this week.

September 2nd, 2009 AP Sources: YouTube to offer online movie rentalsLOS ANGELES — YouTube, Google Inc.'s online video streaming service, is in talks with Hollywood studios to rent new release movies online, according to people familiar with the talks. The move follows similar deals by Apple Inc.'s iTunes and others.

February 23rd, 2009 There are so many image hosting and sharing services in the internet that its kindda confusing to go for the right one. esp because, most of them are restricted to members only file-uploading, file type limitation, file size limitation etc.

August 8th, 2009 LONDON - A blogger who was targeted in a coordinated attack against websites such as Facebook and Twitter has told the BBC that he blames Russia for the assault. According to a report by BBC News, the pro-Georgian blogger, known as Cyxymu, said he had been targeted for "telling the truth about the Russian-Georgian war" in his writings.

July 8th, 2009 S. Korean Web sites hit by suspected cyber attackSEOUL, South Korea — Suspected cyber attacks paralyzed Web sites of major South Korean government agencies, banks and Internet sites in a barrage that appeared linked to similar attacks in the U.S., South Korean officials said Tuesday. The sites of 11 organizations including the presidential Blue House, the Defense Ministry, the National Assembly, Shinhan Bank, Korea Exchange Bank and top Internet portal Naver went down or had access problems since late Tuesday, said Ahn Jeong-eun, a spokeswoman at Korea Information Security Agency.

September 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - More business process outsourcing (BPO) service providers in India will exit the market in coming years, as it is difficult for them to stay afloat in the current form due to the slowdown, according to a study released here Wednesday. "One-quarter of the top business process outsourcing (BPO) service providers will not exist as separate entities by 2012," said the study by IT research and advisory firm Gartner.