Monday, January 21, 2008
Canadian Copyright Lobby Seeking Mandated ISP Filtering
The Canadian copyright lobby, led by the Canadian Recording Industry Association, has acknowledged that it not only wants the Canadian government to introduce a DMCA, but it also wants to require ISPs to filter copyright infringing content.
U.S. Library of Congress uploads thousands of pics to flickr
The Library of Congress is archiving a considerable volume of photos on the photo sharing site Flickr from the annals of American history. Its Flickr account already has ove 3,000 pictures, in both black and white.
eBay CEO Meg Whitman to retire
John Donahoe, president of the company's auction unit, is being groomed to replace her.
THE COMPUTER THAT TRANSLATES WHAT DOGS ARE TRYING TO TELL US
The nuances of a dog barks, howls and growls yaps apparently can now be discerned by a new computer program developed by Hungarian researchers.
Google’s YouTube Leads The Online Video Market
Approximately three in four U.S. Internet users surveyed, by ComScore viewed online video in November, mostly from Google sites like YouTube.
IBM Agrees To Buy Software Company Net Integration
International Business Machines Corp., the world's second-biggest software maker, agreed to buy Net Integration Technologies Inc. to add small-business network programs.
Debating copyright reform: time for compulsory licenses?
The file-sharing problem cannot be solved by building jails. If fair use reform isn't a possibility, then perhaps it's time to consider blanket licenses. Such was the tone of a recent panel on intellectual property that put reformers and music industry players on the same stage.
Yahoo! To Layoff Hundreds of Workers
Sources inside Yahoo! say the company is set to eliminate hundreds of positions in an effort to streamline and reorganize.
Seeds to Save a Species - Popular Science
An article about one man's unflagging efforts to set up the world's first seed bank. This is a mammoth undertaking of tremendous importance, and deserves attention in this age of rapid climate change.
Google, Incredimail Renew Collaboration
Internet content software company IncrediMail Ltd. has resumed its collaboration with Google Inc., after the latter reinstated it as an AdSense online customer.
Confusing .au.com domain threatens Aussie users
A US based anti-spyware company has registered the ".com.au.com" domain name, which experts fear could be used by cyber-criminals to create more believable phishing attacks.
Turkey bans YouTube... Again
YouTube has once again found itself banned from Turkey for having clips available that insult the first president and founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, marking the second time in less than a year that the popular video sharing website has been banned in Turkey for the same reason.
Hundreds of Layoffs Expected at Yahoo
Yahoo is planning to lay off hundreds of employees in an effort to increase its profitability, prop up its deflated stock price and narrow the focus of its sprawling Internet portal to a smaller number of crucial areas, people close to the company said Monday.
Google Blatantly Copies Yahoo!?
I'm not sure if this is stupidity, laziness, or a mix of both, but check this out. Back when IE7 launched, Yahoo! created a customized version and began to market it to our existing IE users. The "splash page" looked like this, now check out what Google did!
Content Promotion Plan with Inbound Link Building (IBL) Stra
What is a Content Promotion Plan, aka Strategic Link Building Plan? The Content Promotion/publicity and Strategic Link Plan is the most complete online awareness building plan for your web content that can be created.
Breaking News: Click To See Signs 5-Year SMG Deal
Absolutely orginal article about a Shanghai IPTV advertising company that just inked a five year deal with the world's largest IPTV provider in the world's most populous country.
The Ignorant Market: Wild Success In An UnMarked Industry
A totally original article about how to sell music in China's rapidly growing online music industry. Did you realize that most Chinese prefer listening to songs from every genre, even if it means they don't know the source of the music?
Nokia And Facebook Working On Mobile Deal; Could Involve Inv
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Facebook are working on porting the social network on to Nokia handsets in a major way, we have learned. The Facebook placement could be as prominent as the YouTube button on the main screen of iPhone, our sources indicate. Also, the deal involves giving Facebook a major slot within Nokia retail products' displays.
Agencies Spending More on Corporate Web Development
David Link, co-founder of The Wonder Factory; Marty Laiks,SVP, Managing Director, G2 Direct and Digital; Doug Jaeger, founder of The Happy Corp.; Al Loehnis,Director, Investis; Gaston Legorburu, Chief Creative Officer, Sapient Technologies
Geek Conventioneers, Gird Thy Loins
Current list of upcoming cons. "Coming up, lots of stuff. Leave a comment if I missed anything cool through March."
5 Tips to Make You a Better Twitter User
Nick Wilsdon gives 5 useful tips to utilize Twitter in an efficient and non-obnoxious manner.
5 Tips to Make You a Better Twitter User
Nick Wilsdon gives 5 useful tips to utilize Twitter in an efficient and non-obnoxious manner.
Speakers Chosen for CarolinaCon
"In case you weren't aware there is a conference called CarolinaCon that is held in the Raleigh area every year. This has been going on since 2005 and this year it's held in nearby Chapel Hill. I attended the first CarolinaCon and thought it was a great small conference..."
Can Blog Reviews Create Buzz?
The ReviewBack service promises to create buzz for bloggers by reciprocal exchange of reviews.
The Pirate Bay Crew arrested for second time
According to Swedish police and Swedish new sites, ten people from the popular Bit Torrent site The Pirate Bay have been arrested & interrogated by detectives,the site will be offline within 1 day detectives say permanently. The ten could be facing up to 5 years jail time and a 1 million dollar fine. The Associated Press
Steve Rosenberg Enters New Era
Former Universal worldwide and domestic television President Steve Rosenberg has acquired AdOn Network and Prime Visibility, merging them to create Prime Visibility Media Group, with the goal of maximizing the business model for the digital industry.
Everyone Can Own A Mini-Facebook, Brought You By Comsenz
Comsenz, the owner of Discuz! BBS platform will release a new product, a Facebook-like social networking platform. It will be free to download which means everyone can own a Facebook SNS.
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itreporter.us needs Information Technology News authors and articles for its forum. Whatever articles get the most feedback will be posted on front page and author gets to put up to 2 links on the website. Thanx, @capp
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