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E-Books Spur Interest, but Sales?
FRANKFURT - Electronic reading devices are gaining converts but are unlikely to replace the printed book and will have to compete hard with other ways of consuming digital media, exhibitors at the Frankfurt Book Fair said. Sales of electronic readers such as Amazon's Kindle and Sony's Reader have been growing fast, prompting smaller companies to introduce ...
Survey: Slowdown Not as Bad as Dot-Com Bust
SAN FRANCISCO - Despite turmoil in global markets, two-thirds of senior technology industry executives polled in a new survey say the economic slowdown will not hurt them as badly as the bursting of the tech bubble in 2000. However, more than three-quarters of respondents say their business has been impacted by the financial crisis, according to ...
Report: Facebook Eyes Digital Music Business
(Reuters) - Social networking site Facebook's founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg plans to enter the digital-music business in the wake of the launch of News Corp's MySpace Music last month, the New York Post said. Zuckerberg is talking to a number of song-streaming services and music community sites, including Rhapsody.com, iMeem.com, iLike.com and Lala.com about ...
Why joetheplumber.com Loves 'Joe the Plumber'
The day after the third and final presidential debate, “Joe the Plumber" might be the most popular man in America. No, not Joe Wurzelbacher, the Toledo, Ohio-based man who reportedly complained to Sen. Barack Obama about his tax policies and who was name-checked in the debate more than 20 times. No, I mean Joe Francis, a ...
Playboy Yanks DVDs; Will Focus Exclusively on Web
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Playboy Enterprises Inc, which publishes the world's most widely read adult entertainment magazine, will stop making DVDs to save about $12 million a year, and focus on distributing its content online, the company said in a regulatory filing. Shutting its DVD operations will cost 80 jobs and $2 million in restructuring charges, ...
Over Half of 2009's New Cars Will Connect to iPods
According to a recent iSuppli Corp study, more than half of all cars sold in the United States during 2009 will offer some type of iPod connectivity. In 2008, 39 percent of models already sport this feature, but that number is expected to jump to 58 percent next year, which will mark the first time that ...
FTC Busts Major Spam Operation
A U.S. district court this week ordered the owners of a major spam operation to shut down their operations immediately. Lance Atkinson, a New Zealand citizen living in Australia, and Jody Smith of Texas, are accused of false advertising and selling non-FDA approved medications. The duo operated the largest “spam gang" in the world, according to ...
Youtube Adds CBS Shows, Including 'Star Trek'
NEW YORK (Reuters) - YouTube, the largest video-sharing Website, has started to run full-length TV shows from CBS Corp's archive, in its latest step to boost advertising revenue by adding professional programing. The site, owned by Google Inc, said on Friday it was talking to other TV networks to sign similar deals to CBS. Many TV ...
Senuti Recovers Music from Your iPod
If you've ever been stuck with a non-functioning computer and a functioning iPod that has all your music on it, you are not alone. What's worse is if you have to format or replace your hard drive or reinstall your operating system. Now you're left with a clean hard drive, but the only backup of your ...
Youtube Adding Amazon, iTunes Download Links
Not sure you have enough places to buy music online? YouTube jumped into the retail space by adding links to select content that will let users purchase music, games, and more via Amazon's MP3 store and iTunes. Google started rolling out the YouTube eCommerce Platform in the United States Wednesday. It will expand internationally in the ...
