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| AP - Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter because it wrote down the value of its search business, but the results beat expectations and offered the latest indication that the online advertising market is improving. |
Feb 09, 2010 12:43:16 GMT
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| Reuters - Google Inc has sent a cease and desist letter to the operators of a Chinese search website whose logo bears a close resemblance to its own. |
Feb 09, 2010 09:13:49 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wr_nm/us_iran_revolution_internet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r31829094.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=gpl51JhndltdCQkEQmR1jQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Student supporters of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi hold red roses during protests in central Tehran in this December 7, 2009 file photo. Internet messages have been circulating about possible rallies on February 11, 2010, when Iran marks the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. But the climate in the Islamic Republic is much harder than before last year's post-election protests. Picture taken December 7, 2009. REUTERS/via Your View" border="0" /></a>Reuters - With their paths through the Internet increasingly blocked by government filters, Nooshin and her fellow Iranian opposition-supporters say their information on planned protests now comes in emails.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Feb 09, 2010 08:04:04 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/tc_afp/technologyaustraliapiracygamesnintendo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265700845613-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=J0n_uKgSQUnGsjyVmO1INQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A screen displays an image from Japanese video game giant Nintendo showing its Super Mario character. An Australian man has agreed to pay Nintendo $1.3 mln for illegally uploading a game to the Internet six days before its global release.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An Australian man has agreed to pay Nintendo 1.3 million US dollars for illegally uploading a game to the Internet six days before its global release, the firm said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Feb 09, 2010 07:35:37 GMT
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| Reuters - China plans to crack down on the online gambling industry, including the banks and websites that support it, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement posted on its website. |
Feb 09, 2010 02:34:29 GMT
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| AP - Hoping to boost revenue, MySpace Music has begun experimenting with audio advertisements that users must hear if they want to listen to music for free online. |
Feb 08, 2010 23:46:53 GMT
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| NewsFactor - The Chinese government has arrested three hackers who were running an online hacker-training business. The trio of hackers operated Black Hawk Safety Net, a company that collected nearly $1 million from more than 120,000 members. |
Feb 08, 2010 21:57:57 GMT
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| NewsFactor - Barnes & Noble said Monday that its popular nook e-book reader is back in stock online and will be rolling out in the majority of the bookseller's U.S. stores this week. Customers also will be able to enjoy exclusive Valentine's Day-themed online content this month, the company said. |
Feb 08, 2010 21:55:35 GMT
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| PC World - Google plans to tweak Gmail to make it easier for its users to post and share status updates, in an attempt to inject the Web mail service with social-networking capabilities popularized by Twitter and Facebook, according to The Wall Street Journal. |
Feb 08, 2010 20:10:12 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_en_mu/us_people_miley_cyrus_haiti"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.0aa1d056cd544ba39a4bca4187499b7c.people_miley_cyrus_nyet751.jpg?x=75&y=130&q=85&sig=WRFVXKCOYVIUAXbuKeC8mg--" align="left" height="130" width="75" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo, Miley Cyrus wears a dress by Herve Leger as she arrives at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Miley Cyrus has organized an online auction to benefit the relief effort in Haiti, and Britney Spears, Hugh Jackman, Ellen DeGeneres, Julianne Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Demi Lovato and others will donate items and experiences.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Feb 08, 2010 20:05:56 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/pl_afp/ushispanicscrimerights"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265654331212-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=VFsJNhellF9KSKgLedEjuA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A man who went by the Internet pseudonym "Devilfish579" has been charged with threatening Hispanic groups in the United States in a series of hostile emails, the Justice Department(DoJ) said Monday.(DoJ)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A man who went by the Internet pseudonym "Devilfish579" has been charged with threatening Hispanic groups in the United States in a series of hostile emails, the Justice Department said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Feb 08, 2010 18:39:53 GMT
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| AP - Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica says it is considering charging Internet search companies like Google and Yahoo for network use. |
Feb 08, 2010 18:33:23 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/tc_afp/franceitbooksgoogleinternetcopyright"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265652273135-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=p4Ct0sfhI_AQFd_zckjLIQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A sign is posted outside of the Google headquarters January 2010 in Mountain View, California. Google will report fouth quarter earnings today. Google has filed an appeal of a court decision that ordered the US Internet giant to stop digitising French books without publishers' approval, its lawyers said Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google has filed an appeal of a court decision that ordered the US Internet giant to stop digitising French books without publishers' approval, its lawyers said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Feb 08, 2010 18:05:14 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/tc_afp/chinainternetpornographycrime"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265555436983-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=kge8UbtXDloqsKwEXukeDA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A man surfs the internet in Beijing, June 2009. China has sentenced a man who operated a porn website to 13 years in jail and fined him 100,000 yuan (15,000 dollars), state media said, amid an ongoing campaign to crack down on online sexual content.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China has sentenced a man who operated a porn website to 13 years in jail and fined him 100,000 yuan (15,000 dollars), state media said, amid an ongoing campaign to crack down on online sexual content.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Feb 08, 2010 17:32:43 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/tc_afp/amfootnflsuperusitinternetgoogleadvertising"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265643998156-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=daadHmJ15HBNOxEE356JQg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="This picture taken on January 2010 in Paris shows the internet homepage of the english version of the search engine website Google. In a rare foray into television advertising, Internet giant Google ran an ad during the Super Bowl.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)" border="0" /></a>AFP - In a rare foray into television advertising, Internet giant Google ran an ad during the Super Bowl.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Feb 08, 2010 17:30:55 GMT
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