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'My Yahoo' Hits the Home Stretch
The world's most popular personalized start page has entered the final step of its upgrade. After over a year in beta, Yahoo has finally fully taken the wraps off of its My Yahoo! personal portal redesign. The option to switch back to the “original My Yahoo!" will disappear, as will the “beta" designation. All My Yahoo! ...
Firefox 3 Share Shoots Up
Thanks in part to the Guinness Book-making Download Day debut of Firefox 3, Mozilla's popular browser has managed to secure an overall marketshare of 19 percent. According to numbers released by Web survey company, Net Applications, the third major revamp of the open-source browser has scored a four percent global share since its mid-June release. That ...
Leaf Develops Peer-to-Peer App for Facebook
Leaf Networks has developed what it calls the first peer-to-peer application for Facebook. LeafWeb is a Facebook application that allows users to invite others from their Facebook profile to play games on their own PC, via the virtual LAN service that Leaf's peer-to-peer services offers, which were first launched last year. Leaf also plans a second ...
Viacom Will Know What You've Watched on Youtube
Should Viacom be privy to the fact that you've watched “Cat Playing Piano" 57 times on YouTube since March? Yes, according to the U.S. District Court for Southern New York. Judge Louis Stanton on Wednesday ruled that Google must provide Viacom with YouTube user histories in Viacom's ongoing $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against the video ...
Senators Argue Against XM-Sirius Merger
Though the merger of XM and Sirius appears to be on track, several senators last week made one last push for stricter guidelines, calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require that the two satellite companies turn over up to 50 percent of their holdings to independent companies and integrate HD radio into all satellite ...
Update: Rhapsody DRM-Free Music Targets iTunes
Online music store Rhapsody is going up against iTunes with the Monday launch of a $50 million initiative that will provide DRM-free downloads, and the availability of Rhapsody content on Verizon V Cast phones and Web sites like Yahoo Music, MTV.com, and iLike. Rhapsody, owned by RealNetworks, launched the offering, dubbed Music Without Limits, in conjunction ...
Vodafone, Myspace Agree on Content Deal
LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in Vodafone rose after the UK mobile operator announced a deal with News Corp's MySpace under which footage from Vodafone-sponsored music events will be made available to users of the social networking website. The new service, Vodafone Music Reporter, will be offered in Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, and will also ...
(Red) Becomes a Music Store
After tackling cell phones, iPods, laptops, and desktops, the (RED) organization on Monday announced plans to launch an online music service that will feature original songs from participating artists. The offering will launch in September for $5 per month. Each week subscribers will receive an exclusive (RED) song from an established musician, a new song from ...
eBay Fined $61 Million in Counterfeit Case
PARIS - A French court ordered eBay Inc to pay 38.6 million euros ($61 million) to luxury goods group LVMH for allowing the sale of fake merchandise, in a ruling immediately appealed by the online auction website. Monday's decision, a month after eBay was ordered by another French court to pay handbag maker Hermes 20,000 euros ...
Netflix to Keep 'Profiles' Feature After Protests
So much for putting its foot down. After announcing a mere two weeks ago that it would do away with its beloved Profiles feature, Netflix on Monday reversed course and nixed plans to cancel the service. “You spoke, and we listened. We are keeping Profiles," Netflix said in an e-mail to customers. “We were persuaded by ...
