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FCC Chief Open to More Terms on XM-Sirius Deal
WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said on Friday he would consider imposing further conditions on Sirius Satellite Radio Inc's acquisition of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc if it were needed to win support of other FCC commissioners. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said some of the FCC's other four commissioners had expressed concerns ...
BMW to Build Electric Mini Cooper
BMW is planning to build 500 all-electric Mini Coopers, and they're coming to California to help the automaker meet the new zero-emissions mandate, according to Autopia. The mandate requires car manufacturers to build 7,500 non-polluting cars by 2014. The report quotes unnamed BMW sources as saying that 490 of the cars will be leased to selected ...
Can Internet Activity Ever Be Truly Anonymous?
How much information should Internet companies be able to collect about your Web activity in order to serve you more relevant and targeted advertising? An IP address? Search queries? Your system settings and browser of choice? For most companies like Google and Microsoft, the collection of that type of data is de rigeuer. Though it is ...
ask.com Search Boxes to Pop up on Photobucket
On the heels of a matchup between Getty Images and Yahoo-owned Flickr, Ask.com on Thursday announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement with photo Web site Photobucket. The Ask.com search box will now be featured throughout Photobucket.com, allowing Photobucket users to do searches within the Web site. Display ads and sponsored listings will also be ...
Pandora Brings Free Streaming Music to iPhone 3g
An app from online radio station Pandora will be among the hundreds of offerings available Friday when Apple officially unveils its long-awaited Apps Store alongside the iPhone 3G. There's a decent chance that Pandora will be overlooked, at least initially, among the deluge of third-party apps being released (500 to be exact!), but based on the ...
FCC White Spaces Tour Hits the Road
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is going on tour. The agency's lineup might not be as exciting as any of the summer concert tours to which you may have procured tickets, but for Internet companies like Google and Microsoft, the FCC's upcoming white spaces field tests could have a major impact on their ability to provide ...
Getty Images Will Troll Flickr for Usable Shots
You know all those “artsy" photos of your cat or the MySpace-esque bathroom self-portraits littering your Flickr account? They might actually be worth something. Getty Images will be trolling the online photo site in order to find shots worthy of a commercial licensing deal. In the next few months, Getty will extend invites to Flickr members, ...
Penn Museum to Share Cultural Treasures Online
PHILADELPHIA - The Richard Hodges, is to open up its dazzling collection of artifacts to scholars, researchers, and the general public around the world who have been unable to access it either because they are not in Philadelphia or because 95 percent of the objects are in storage. The creation of an internet catalogue will provide ...
Google Tackles Virtual Reality With 'Lively'
Virtual reality is a little 2006, but Google is looking to give it a new spin with Lively, a new 3D 'world' that can be integrated with a number of online applications. The Lively download is available now on Lively.com. Users can create “rooms" that can be embedded on blogs or Web sites and explored via ...
Pioneer Plans Blu-Ray Players
Japanese consumer electronics maker Pioneer Corp said on Tuesday it plans to launch Blu-ray DVD recorders by the end of the year, taking aim at a rapidly growing market after the end of a bitter format battle. Pioneer is developing Blu-ray recorders with help from Sharp Corp, Pioneer's top shareholder with a 14 percent stake. Sharp ...
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