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)
Reuters - An al Qaeda video to mark the anniversary of the September 11 attacks has appeared on the Internet more than a week late, after Islamist websites it uses went down and a technical glitch further delayed its distribution. Full text
Reuters - Comcast Corp has provided U.S. regulators details of how it plans to change the way it manages Web traffic over its high speed Internet network without blocking any applications or content. Full text
AP - Comcast Corp. on Friday said its new method of managing Internet traffic may sometimes result in slower Web surfing for subscribers who use their cable modem the most, yet the company has not received a single customer complaint in trial runs in five areas. Full text
CNET - Online pharmacies will face stricter regulations under new legislation Congress is considering. Full text
CNET - Google came out swinging this week in defense of its controversial search advertising agreement with Yahoo. Full text
AP - A volatile week on Wall Street drew heavy traffic to financial Web sites, as investors hastened to check their portfolios or move money around in what was dubbed the worst financial meltdown since the Great Depression. Full text
Reuters - Lionsgate has set up shop on YouTube. The studio quietly introduced a new branded channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/LionsgateShop) on the popular video site this week, with dozens of clips from its library linked to DVD and download-to-own film opportunities. The site is an outgrowth of an ad revenue deal signed by Lionsgate and YouTube's Google parent in July. Full text
CNET - The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Bush administration on behalf of AT&T customers to halt what it called the "massively illegal" warrantless surveillance of Americans' Internet and telephone communications. Full text
Reuters - Amid the week's financial-sector chaos in the United States and wildly gyrating stock prices, a Canadian chartered bank has started an Internet version to gather new deposits outside its traditional business area. Full text
PC Magazine - Adding to an ever growing list of free online courseware is Stanford University's "Stanford Engineering Everywhere." Full text