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Senator Pushes for Net Neutrality Legislation
WASHINGTON - A senior U.S. lawmaker plans to introduce a bill in January that would bar Internet providers like AT&T Inc from blocking Web content, setting up a renewed battle over so-called network neutrality. Sen. Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, believes a law is essential to prevent telephone and cable companies from discriminating against Internet ...
Youtube Adds Sponsored Videos
NEW YORK, Nov 12 (Reuters) - YouTube, the popular online video sharing site owned by Google, said on Wednesday it will roll out a new sponsored videos format, the latest step in its drive to grow revenues through advertising. The sponsored videos program is designed to enable video creators, from everyday users to major advertisers, to ...
Youtube Details Webcasting Show Plans
LOS ANGELES - YouTube will venture into webcasting later this month, in an effort to take the video sharing Web site's popularity to a new level by showcasing the talent behind its most viewed videos. The site, owned by search giant Google Inc., has matured from Web start-up and video fad to a site with loyal ...
Blockbuster Confirms Set-Top Will Launch in Q4
Video rental chain Blockbuster plans to launch a set-top box into the consumer market before the end of the year, Blockbuster executives said late last week. During the company's third-quarter earnings call, Jim Keyes, Blockbuster's chairman and chief executive, said that the company's transformation from a movie-rental brick-and-mortar organization into a “multichannel platform" will include a ...
Google Adds Voice, Video Chat to Gmail, Apps
Fearful that the tone of your instant messages is sometimes lost in translation? Google on Tuesday announced that it is integrating a voice and video plug-in for it Gmail Chat offering that lets you see or hear the friend with which you are chatting. Users will need to download and install a plug-in, and have access ...
MP3 Player Headphones Could Hinder Pacemakers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Headphones used with MP3 digital music players like the iPod may interfere with heart pacemakers and implantable defibrillators, U.S. researchers said on Sunday. The MP3 players themselves posed no threat to pacemakers and defibrillators, used to normalize heart rhythm. But strong little magnets inside the headphones can foul up the devices if placed ...
'It's Possible' That Myspace Could Build MP3 Player
SAN FRANCISCO - MySpace, the popular online social network owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, could develop a digital music player in the future, pitting it against Apple Inc's hot-selling iPod. But there are no immediate plans to make or sell such a device, MySpace co-founder and Chief Executive Chris DeWolfe said at a conference in ...
Linkedin Cuts 10 Percent of Workforce
SAN FRANCISCO - LinkedIn, the career-oriented, social networking website, is laying off 10 percent of its staff in the latest sign that the economic slowdown is impacting in Silicon Valley. The company said it is eliminating 36 positions as part of a restructuring to focus on businesses that are generating revenue. Kay Luo, the company's senior ...
Auto Troubles Hurting Sirius XM Growth
NEW YORK - Sirius XM Radio Inc warned that the dramatic slowdown in car sales would hurt subscriber growth next year, as it issued an updated financial outlook in light of its negotiations with banks to cover debt coming due in 2009. Sirius XM Radio, which is talking to financial institutions about ways to replace 2.5 ...
Firefox Reaches 20 Percent Market Share
November 9 marks Firefox's fourth birthday, and what better way to celebrate than with the news that the open-source browser's market share has reached 20 percent? Firefox now has 19.97 percent of the market, making it the number two browser behind Internet Explorer, according to data published by Net Applications. Firefox came along when Microsoft's Internet ...
