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Microsoft Live Search exec to leave
Mar 7 2007 11:59PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The executive who led Microsoft Corp.'s Web search division is leaving the his post with the software maker to start his own business, Microsoft people aware of the situation said Wednesday.
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Sony to launch virtual universe
Mar 7 2007 7:48PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Capitalizing on the popularity of social networks and online worlds, Sony will launch its own virtual universe and another 3-D game built almost entirely by players. "Home" is a real-time, networked world for the PlayStation 3 in which players create human-looking characters called avatars. They can buy clothing, furniture and videos to play on a virtual flat-screen television in their virtual apartments.
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Conn. bill would force MySpace age check
Mar 7 2007 7:41PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut lawmakers unveiled legislation Wednesday that would require MySpace.com and other social-networking sites to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent before minors can post profiles.
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Using the cell phone as a remote
Mar 7 2007 5:36PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - AT&T Inc. is offering subscribers a new kind of TV remote control: their cell phones.
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CBS doubles bandwidth for NCAA streams
Mar 7 2007 5:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - While CBS Corp. is doubling the amount of bandwidth available for viewing NCAA tournament games this year, it will still restrict the number of viewers to keep the system running smoothly.
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CBS doubles bandwidth for NCAA streams
Mar 7 2007 5:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - While CBS Corp. is doubling the amount of bandwidth available for viewing NCAA tournament games this year, it will still restrict the number of viewers to keep the system running smoothly.
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Friendster hooks up with Google for ads
Mar 7 2007 5:10PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hoping to finally become profitable, online social-networking pioneer Friendster Inc. is joining the crowd of Web sites that rely on Internet search leader Google Inc. for a large piece of their advertising.
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Friendster hooks up with Google for ads
Mar 7 2007 5:10PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hoping to finally become profitable, online social-networking pioneer Friendster Inc. is joining the crowd of Web sites that rely on Internet search leader Google Inc. for a large piece of their advertising.
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U.S. online ad revenue rises to $16.8B
Mar 7 2007 4:28PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - U.S. online advertising revenue climbed 34 percent to $16.8 billion during 2006, setting a new record for the third consecutive year, according to estimates released Wednesday by an industry trade group.
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U.S. online ad revenue rises to $16.8B
Mar 7 2007 4:28PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - U.S. online advertising revenue climbed 34 percent to $16.8 billion during 2006, setting a new record for the third consecutive year, according to estimates released Wednesday by an industry trade group.
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Startup to provide Second Life ratings
Mar 7 2007 1:32PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A startup billing itself as the Better Business Bureau for virtual worlds wants to provide a rating system for avatars _ players' online representations _ in "Second Life."
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Microsoft links technology, common tools
Mar 7 2007 11:50AM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Sticky notes. White boards. Videogame consoles. For a Microsoft Corp. event designed to show off cutting-edge software inventions, there are a lot of familiar tools on display. That's intentional, said Rico Malvar, the managing director of Microsoft Research's Redmond lab, at TechFest, the annual gathering of the software maker's international research department Tuesday.
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Microsoft links technology, common tools
Mar 7 2007 11:50AM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Sticky notes. White boards. Videogame consoles. For a Microsoft Corp. event designed to show off cutting-edge software inventions, there are a lot of familiar tools on display. That's intentional, said Rico Malvar, the managing director of Microsoft Research's Redmond lab, at TechFest, the annual gathering of the software maker's international research department Tuesday.
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Warning: Don't spam this Scot
Mar 7 2007 10:06AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Most people just grumble and hit delete, but when Gordon Dick received a spam message advertising Internet services, he fought back.
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Philly cardinal takes message to YouTube
Mar 7 2007 9:21AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Archdiocese of Philadelphia hopes to add salvation to the seemingly endless list of things Internet surfers can find on Google Inc.'s YouTube.
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China cracks down on `virtual money'
Mar 7 2007 9:12AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Regulators have ordered Chinese Web sites to limit the use of "virtual money" after concerns that the online credits might be used for money laundering or illicit trade.
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China cracks down on `virtual money'
Mar 7 2007 9:12AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Regulators have ordered Chinese Web sites to limit the use of "virtual money" after concerns that the online credits might be used for money laundering or illicit trade.
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Turkish court orders YouTube blocked
Mar 7 2007 8:56AM (CT)
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - A Turkish court ordered access to YouTube's Web site blocked on Wednesday, after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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U.S. firms invest in Chinese Web site
Mar 7 2007 6:18AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A group of U.S. venture capital firms, including Disney's investment arm, was set to announce Wednesday that it had invested $23.5 million in UUSee, a major Chinese site for Web video.
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