ESPN bans NY Post reporters from shows after paper publishes stills from Andrews video

July 23rd, 2009 ESPN bans NY Post reporters over Andrews videoHARTFORD, Conn. — ESPN banned staffers from the New York Post from appearing on any of its programming on Wednesday after the newspaper published photos this week taken from a video showing sideline reporter Erin Andrews nude in a hotel room.

July 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A computer security website has issued a warning that hackers are misusing a video that has naked shots of glamorous ESPN sports reporter Erin Andrews as a lure to attack PC's. The illegally taped peephole video, showing Andrews as she disrobes, gets viewers and web surfers to download dangerous malware to their computers, reports CBS News.

June 27th, 2009 SEOUL - News feeds from North Korea's state-run media have begun appearing on Twitter, the micro-blogging website. A feed under the name "kcna-dprk" - acronyms of Pyongyang's state Korean Central News Agency and the country's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - provides links to hundreds of the agency's English-language stories, The China Daily reports.

April 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Commentators, who examine disputed line calls and coaches studying how well golfers and table-tennis players control balls, often face confusion when they see pictures and video stills of fast moving balls that appear as blurry streaks. But, now a software, developed by scientists in Italy, could rid them of such confusion by determining a ball's path and spin from a single blurry image.

July 21st, 2009 Roll Call to buy Congressional QuarterlyWASHINGTON — The owner of Roll Call is buying Congressional Quarterly in a deal that will bring two well-known publications covering Capitol Hill and Washington politics under the same corporate umbrella. Terms of the deal, announced Tuesday, were not disclosed.

April 22nd, 2009 UK agency bans eBay ad claiming 25 pct discounts LONDON — Britain's advertising watchdog has told eBay to stop claiming that it offers new goods 25 percent below store prices. The Advertising Standards Authority said Wednesday that eBay's poster implied that shoppers could buy anything at that discount from store prices.

July 22nd, 2009 AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EDTAnalysis: Outrage over arrest of Harvard scholar a signpost on bumpy road to equality It took less than a day for the arrest of Henry Louis Gates to become racial lore.

April 29th, 2005 A tale highlighting the slim differences between bloggers and reporters. After publishing the story on New York Attorney General filing a lawsuit against a California based Spyware Company, NYT reporter decided the title (New York Sues Internet Company Over use of Spyware) was gramatically dubious.

February 22nd, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Sunday inaugurated the third generation (3G) services of the state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), and said the subscribers of the telecom major would be able to make long distance calls for 50 paise per minute from next month under the proposed 'India-Golden 50' scheme.

January 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Accusing oil companies of committing a Satyam Computers-like financial fraud, striking truckers Thursday demanded 'thorough audit' of the oil firms and asked the government to issue a white paper on the matter. 'The government should come up with a white paper and there should be a thorough audit and investigation into the accounts of the oil companies.

June 3rd, 2009 Prime View International (PVI), a leading display maker, announces that it plans to acquire e-paper manufacturer E Ink for $ 125. Earlier the companies had joined hands to create displays for Sony Reader and Amazon.com's Kindle e-book readers.

May 22nd, 2009 LONDON - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has come under attack from the press after he revamped his Facebook page by posting a video of him kissing his supermodel wife Carla Bruni. The video, which was shot this month during an informal interview between First Lady and competition winners from a women's magazine, has been branded as "nauseating" by the press, reports Sky News.

October 2nd, 2009 Anne Frank museum launches YouTube channelAMSTERDAM, Netherlands — The Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam has begun airing the only known video of the teenage diarist on a channel dedicated to her on YouTube. The channel also features clips of others, including her late father Otto and Nelson Mandela, talking about Anne, museum spokeswoman Annemarie Bekker said Friday.

February 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) Friday simultaneously launched its much-awaited third generation (3G) mobile services in 12 cities. The services have been rolled out on a commercial basis in Agra, Ambala, Jalandhar, Jaipur, Dehradoon, Shimla, Lucknow, Ranchi, Durgapur, Haldia and Patna and in Jammu as a soft-launch, a company statement said.

July 10th, 2009 CHENNAI - With India housing around 7.6 million small and medium business (SMB) units and offering a good growth opportunity, computer manufacturer Dell India has realigned its focus on the sector, a senior company official said Friday. "We have refreshed our Vostro range of laptops targeted at the SMB segment with new features.