Google receives a visit from the Queen (CNET)CNET - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II joined the Web 2.0 generation today when she uploaded a clip to YouTube for the first time. Full text |
Hands On with VideoSurf's Video Search Engine (PC Magazine)
Tom Cruise death report is "erroneous garbage" (Reuters)
Queen visit marked by royal Google doodle (AFP)
Obama buys first video game campaign ads (Reuters)
Playboy shedding DVDs in favor of online (Reuters)
New York Times widget tracks campaign donations (CNET)
EBay posts 3Q profit, reversing year-ago loss (AP)
U.S. newspaper stocks dive, analyst cuts estimates (Reuters)
Coelho praises Web book versions at Frankfurt fair (Reuters)
CNET - SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said his company may be the only one with a chance to rival Google in search over the long term, but acknowledged that it will take several more years and a whole lot of money. Full text
NewsFactor - For its birthday, what do you give the company that has everything? In Google's case, the Internet giant is asking for only five presents, but each has the same qualification: Each one must help to change the world. Full text
AFP - A US judge has ordered a new trial for a woman convicted of pirating music on the Internet and denounced the awarding of 222,000 dollars in damages to record companies as "wholly disproportionate" and "oppressive." Full text
PC Magazine - Three top Internet service providers on Thursday denied using online behavioral advertising and called on all Internet companies to adhere to standards that require customers to opt in to the tracking of their online activities. Full text
PC Magazine - Just in time for the upcoming first presidential debate Fairness, a non-partisan public interest organization, has released the latest version of its online discussion tool for post-event analysis. Full text
AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ed McMahon has an unexpected new job title: rapper. The 85-year-old former "Tonight Show" sidekick will star in two viral rap videos for FreeCreditReport.com, a financial Web site owned by credit bureau Experian. Full text
AP - EBay Inc. said Thursday it received preliminary conditional approval from South Korean regulators for its potential purchase of a stake in Gmarket Inc., operator of an online marketplace in that country. Full text
NewsFactor - Now that analysts are getting their hands on the T-Mobile G1, talk is beginning about what the first Android-powered phone doesn't offer. T-Mobile launched the HTC-made device Tuesday, complete with full touchscreen functionality and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for a mobile Web experience largely driven by Google products, including Search, Google Street View, Gmail and YouTube. Full text
CNET - Start-up NebuAd had hoped to build a business on monitoring broadband customers' Web browsing and delivering relevant ads. Then its partners began dropping out, its chief executive resigned, and earlier this month the company suspended its business plan. Full text
Reuters - Worldwide subscriptions to Internet-based television platforms are on track to reach 19.6 million subscribers in 2008, a 64 percent increase, according to analysts at Gartner. Full text