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BusinessWeek
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It sticks ads all over. But to maintain growth, it may need to own the places it puts them
The eternal story line in media is "Google (GOOG) is moving into [fill in the blank]." In recent weeks, Google announced its Android operating system for mobile..
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Ars Technica
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Facebook falsely advertises the safety of its social network and fails to respond to complaints about obscene content and sexual predators in a timely manner, says the New York Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo's office has launched an investigation i..
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Ars Technica
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Torrentspy, already on the ropes in its legal battle against copyright owners, is at least trying to look proactive in the fight against piracy. According to CNet, the company has now rolled out a content filtering tool called FileRights.
The tool filt..
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BBC News
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The popular YouTube video website will soon be available directly through Apple's TV set-top box.
Apple says that starting from mid-June, Apple TV users will be able to automatically stream YouTube content onto their televisions.
At present, Apple T..
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BusinessWeek
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Twenty-five out of 41 governments studied block or filter Net content, says a survey by the university-backed OpenNet Initiative (ONI)
Government censorship of internet content is widespread and on the rise.
Twenty-five out of 41 governments studied..
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BusinessWeek
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The popular social network is showing third-party widget makers—and its users—who really decides what content gets added to pages
Late on Apr. 10, photo-sharing site Photobucket began receiving complaints from users that slide shows and videos they..
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BBC News
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The BBC has struck a content deal with YouTube, the web's most popular video sharing website, owned by Google.
Three YouTube channels - one for news and two for entertainment - will showcase short clips of BBC content.
The BBC hopes that the deal wi..
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CNN
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Are your Web surfing fingers getting tired? There may be a reason. Netcraft, an Internet monitoring company that has tracked Web growth since 1995, says a mammoth milestone was reached during the month of October...
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BusinessWeek
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Traditionalists and techies at Web portals clash over the core focus of online media
There is an inherent tension between the tech and traditional companies when it comes to media. With some oversimplification, it can be summed up in one question: Is c..
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BusinessWeek
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The Internet giant hopes to attract more women with a new content site that will incorporate user home pages and blogs
Given how the media world has changed in recent years, it's fitting that what's essentially the next major women's magazine will come..
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BusinessWeek
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Sony's chairman hints he'll let other content providers and gadget makers piggyback on the PlayStation Network if they use Sony's DRM technology
Sony's (SNE) plan to take on the likes of Microsoft (MSFT) and Apple (AAPL) with a video-downloading servic..
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BBC News
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More than 75% of parents are concerned about the content of video games played by their children, a survey suggests.
Almost half of the 4,000 parents surveyed in the UK, France, Italy and Germany said that one hour of gaming each day should be the limi..
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BusinessWeek
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As more professionally produced content finds a home online, user-generated video becomes less alluring to viewers—and advertisers
Amateur filmmakers hoping to win fame for amusing moments captured on camcorder ought to stick to TV's long-running Ame..
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BusinessWeek
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CEO Steve Jobs announced snazzy new iPods and a price cut for the iPhone, but the frustrations of content owners such as NBC are coming to the fore
Anyone who has been to one of Steve Jobs' media events knows well the thrall cast by the Apple (AAPL) ch..
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Yahoo News
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eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY - News) today announced it has acquired StumbleUpon, an early-stage company that helps people discover and share content online, for an aggregate transaction value of approximately $75 million. This acquisition will provide eBay wit..
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BBC News
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Steam, an online distribution platform for videogame content, has signed up more than 13 million users, the system's owners Valve has said.
More than 150 PC games can be downloaded via Steam and the system has also been used to automate more than 2,500..
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MSNBC
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Joost, the Internet TV platform being developed by the influential creators of Skype and Kazaa, said Tuesday it had signed several new content distribution agreements, including one to show CNN programs.
The company also planned to expand availability..
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tech.monstersandcritics.com
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Adobe Systems Inc. has today officially uncovered its new Adobe Media Player and has duly unleashed an application across the tech world that will allow its users to enjoy playback on video content when either online or offline.
In an unveiling at the..
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BBC News
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Readers should be warned when they are reading blogs that may contain "crude language", a draft blogging code of conduct has suggested.
The code was drawn up by web pioneer Tim O'Reilly following published threats and perceived harassment to US develop..
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BBC News
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Technology giant, IBM, is soon to launch a multimedia browser to make audio and video content accessible to people with vision impairments.
Codenamed the Accessibility Browser - or A-Browser - the software was created by a blind employee in Japan.
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