China to censor Internet during Games — organisers

Autor admin | 30.07.2008 | Category Internet News

BEIJING (AFP) - Foreign reporters will not have complete access to the Internet during the Beijing Olympics, Games organisers said Wednesday, reversing a pledge to bring down the Chinese firewall of censorship.

 

Facebook to help some programmers, punish others

Autor admin | 24.07.2008 | Category COMPANIES, Internet News

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Inc. is introducing more tools to help the software applications fueling the online hangout’s popularity and is promising to intensify its efforts to weed out programs that violate its rules for protecting users’ privacy.

 

AOL launches personal finance site

Autor admin | 15.07.2008 | Category Internet News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc’s AOL will launch a personal finance site on Tuesday, adding to a roster of new properties that do not bear its name.

Yahoo spurns Microsoft again as bad blood boils

Autor admin | 13.07.2008 | Category COMPANIES, Internet News, Microsoft, Yahoo

SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc. has rejected Microsoft’s latest attempt to buy its online search operations in a “take or leave it” proposal that Yahoo said would have dismantled its Internet franchise.

Microsoft backs Icahn’s bid to oust Yahoo board

Autor admin | 08.07.2008 | Category COMPANIES, Internet News, Microsoft, Yahoo

SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp. threw its weight behind investor Carl Icahn’s effort to dump Yahoo Inc.’s board, saying Monday that a successful shareholder rebellion would encourage the software maker to renew its bid to buy Yahoo’s Internet search engine or possibly the entire company.

‘Public’ online spaces don’t carry speech, rights

Autor admin | 07.07.2008 | Category Internet News

NEW YORK - Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won’t eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative.

Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs

Autor admin | 05.07.2008 | Category Internet News, YouTube

NEW YORK - Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.

Yahoo and Microsoft making the rounds with old lovers?

Autor admin | 03.07.2008 | Category Internet News, Microsoft, Yahoo

A bit of deja vu is creeping into recent media reports of Microsoft whispering into the right ear of News Corp. and Time Warner’s AOL about potential partnerships, while Yahoo is whispering in their left.