Indyarocks.com listed in top 25 web2.0 hot start-ups in IndiaMay 21st, 2009 HYDERABAD - Popular Entertainment based Social network Indyarocks (www.indyarocks.com) has made it to Dataquest's list of the top 25 Indian web 2.0 start-ups. The result is part of technology publisher CyberMedia's research to highlight the fast maturing and growing segment of online business in India.
Google to buy video compression company On2, could help cut costs for YouTubeAugust 5th, 2009 Video-compress tech could help lower YouTube costsMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc.
Video game site lets players win (or lose) money based on their gaming skillsJuly 29th, 2009 Video game site lets players bet on their skillsNEW YORK — Although you can win or lose real money, BringIt.com is not considered online gambling, and it's legal in 39 states. The site, which lets players challenge other gamers for money, says it is different from online poker and other games of chance because video games are considered a game of skill.
Video software firm On2 vows to fight lawsuits challenging Google acquisitionAugust 13th, 2009 On2 vows to fight challenges to Google acquisitionDOVER, Del. — Video software firm On2 Technologies said it will fight legal challenges to its planned acquisition by Google Inc.
Comcast reports 53 percent jump in 2Q profit on higher revenue, but subscriber growth slowsAugust 6th, 2009 Comcast's 2Q profit soars 53 pct, tops estimatesPHILADELPHIA — Comcast Corp., the nation's biggest cable TV systems operator, posted a 53 percent increase in second-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by higher prices and increased customer spending on video and Internet services. But subscriber growth markedly slowed as the recession's grip remained tight.
China tightens Web controls as more Twitter-like services, sites shut downJuly 21st, 2009 Chinese Web sites close amid tightening controlsBEIJING — Two more Web sites dedicated to social networking went offline in China on Tuesday amid tightening controls that have blocked Facebook, Twitter and other popular sites that offered many Chinese a rare taste of free expression. China's crackdown on social networking sites began in March, when Chinese Web users found they could no longer visit YouTube shortly after video appeared on the site purporting to show Chinese security officials mistreating Tibetans.
Google blocks music videos on YouTube in UKMarch 12th, 2009 LONDON - Music lovers who are addicted to watching online videos on Youtube will not be able to do so anymore as Google has blocked viewings after a dispute over licensing. Google had started blocking UK viewers from watching "premium music videos" from the night of March 9.
Wall Street Journal adding mobile fees to subscription menu, expanding push for more revenueSeptember 15th, 2009 Coming to mobile phones: Wall Street Journal feesNEW YORK — The Wall Street Journal plans to start charging as much as $2 a week to read its stories on BlackBerrys, iPhones and other mobile devices, expanding the newspaper's effort to become less dependent on its print edition. The mobile fees will be imposed in the next month or two, according to Rupert Murdoch, chief executive of the Journal's owner, News Corp.
TV9 brings Telugu channel to USJuly 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Dish Network, a leader in international programming, Thursday introduced TV9 Telugu, a 24-hour news channel focused on enlightening and entertaining the Telugu speaking community, in the US. Dish Network is proud to offer more Telugu programming than any other pay-TV provider," said Chris Kuelling, vice president of International Programming for DISH Network, the only satellite TV provider to carry the channel in the US.
Illegal downloading of songs is stealing: Enrique IglesiasJanuary 19th, 2009 CANNES - Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias has said that illegal downloading of songs from the Internet 'is like going to the supermarket and coming out with... two melons under your arm, free: it's all stealing in the end', EFE news agency reported.
CNN Competition For Indian Citizen JournalistsSeptember 29th, 2006 Eligibility
To be eligible for CNN Citizen Journalist Award, a participant:
must be a citizen and resident of India;
should not be a professional journalist, a freelance journalist or an employee of any media / publishing / broadcast or online news organization; and
must be more than 18 years of age. How can you compete for CNN Citizen Journalist Award?
The winner of the Competition will be chosen from among those persons who, prior to 30 September 2006.
China's Baidu, Discovery Channel launch Web site to carry science, nature featuresJuly 28th, 2009 China's Baidu, Discovery Channel launch Web siteBEIJING — Baidu Inc., which runs China's leading search engine, and the Discovery Channel launched a Web site Tuesday to carry nature and science features, adding to rivalry in China's competitive Internet market. The site — discovery.baidu.com — will raise the Discovery Channel's profile in China, which restricts foreign access to its vast television audience.
AP Sources: YouTube may offer online movie rentals, following in footsteps of iTunes, AmazonSeptember 2nd, 2009 AP Sources: YouTube may 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.
ESPN star Erin Andrews' naked video being used by hackers to attack PC'sJuly 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.
Newspapers expected to open Internet toll booths this fall as publishers test online feesSeptember 20th, 2009 Want to read all about it online? It may cost youSAN FRANCISCO — With their advertising revenue drying up, newspaper publishers spent much of the spring and summer debating whether to cut off free online access to some of the material they run in their shrinking print editions. It looks like the talk will turn to action this fall, when some large newspapers are expected to put up Internet toll booths.