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TV Guide to offer Web video search tool
Mar 23 2007 5:35PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - TV Guide, which has helped viewers navigate through thousands of TV shows for 53 years, now wants to do the same for Internet video. Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. will launch a test version next month of an online video search tool that allows viewers to find clips and full episodes of TV shows now being posted on the Web. A formal launch is planned for September.
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European Web sites go for long addresses
Mar 23 2007 5:34PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - What's in an Internet domain name? Sixty-three characters max. The group managing the European .eu domain said Friday that six people last year registered the longest Internet addresses allowed, ranging from the tongue-twisting name of a Welsh village to the first 63 numbers that make up the mathematical constant pi. One German user was firmly tongue in cheek when registering thisisthelongesteuropeandomainnameallovertheworldandnowitismine.eu _ which doesn't live up to co
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Questions on `.xxx' bid and domain names
Mar 23 2007 5:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the Internet's key oversight agency, is nearing a vote on creating a voluntary ".xxx" domain name for pornography sites.
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Vote on '.xxx' Internet address nears
Mar 23 2007 5:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Online pornographers and religious groups are in a rare alliance as a key Internet oversight agency nears a decision on creating a virtual red-light district through a ".xxx" Internet address. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which has already rejected similar proposals twice since 2000, planned to vote as early as next week on whether to approve the domain name for voluntary use by porn sites.
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Vote on '.xxx' Internet address nears
Mar 23 2007 5:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Online pornographers and religious groups are in a rare alliance as a key Internet oversight agency nears a decision on creating a virtual red-light district through a ".xxx" Internet address. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which has already rejected similar proposals twice since 2000, planned to vote as early as next week on whether to approve the domain name for voluntary use by porn sites.
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Neiman Marcus sues domain name companies
Mar 23 2007 4:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Neiman Marcus Group Inc. is suing a pair of domain name companies, accusing them of improperly registering more than 40 Internet addresses that resemble the department store chain's trademarks.
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Audible Magic on copyright patrol
Mar 23 2007 12:56PM (CT)
LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) - Vance Ikezoye didn't set out to become one of the digital revolution's top copyright cops when he first began tinkering with the technology that launched Audible Magic Corp.
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Judge rules against Vonage on patents
Mar 23 2007 12:48PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A federal judge on Friday issued a permanent injunction against Internet phone carrier Vonage for use of rival Verizon Communications Inc.'s patents.
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Music publishers sue XM radio
Mar 23 2007 12:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A group representing music publishers is suing XM Satellite Radio, saying that XM violates copyright laws by giving users the ability to store and replay songs on certain devices.
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Cablevision loses suit on network DVRs
Mar 23 2007 9:32AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge has ruled against Cablevision Systems Corp.'s experiment with network digital video recorders, siding with Hollywood studios who said the devices would have violated copyright law.
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Swimming stars dive into the blogosphere
Mar 23 2007 4:46AM (CT)
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - American swimming star Ian Crocker rarely has much to say. That all changes when he sits down at his computer.
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Internet startup Livedoor fined $2.4M
Mar 23 2007 3:33AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Internet startup Livedoor Co. was hit with the largest fine ever in corporate Japanese history for violating securities laws Friday, the latest blow in a scandal that has led to seven convictions for former executives and accountants.
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