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)
AFP - US lawmakers have posted on the Internet their hastily-crafted draft legislation to rescue the country's troubled financial sector, saying the unusual step was taken in the spirit of openness. Full text
AFP - Friday's first-ever online streaming of a US presidential debate provided a platform for hordes of amateur political pundits to exchange real-time critiques of Barack Obama and John McCain. Full text
CNET - Amid an economic crisis, Congress found some time this week to address online threats to children. Full text
AP - Most teens listen to their music on digital players, but Cory Cadlik, who is blind, had to ask for help when he wanted to buy songs for his iPod from the online music store iTunes. Full text
AFP - MySpace announced Friday that the US presidential debates will be streamed online in Spanish as well as English to reach a key Hispanic voting bloc via the Internet. Full text
Reuters - DirecTV Group , the largest U.S. satellite television provider, said on Friday it has reached an agreement with AT&T Inc to offer customers a co-branded package of video, home phone, wireless phone and Internet service from Feb 1 2009. Full text
AFP - The number of Americans watching video on their computers has doubled over the past year and growing numbers of younger viewers are enjoying movies and TV shows online, according to a study released Friday by ABI Research. Full text
NewsFactor - Google has launched a free Web-based service to help organizations streamline question-and-answer sessions during large meetings. Dubbed Moderator, the tool lets group members submit questions to the meeting leaders, then vote for or against the questions they like or don't like. The Moderator can then choose the most popular questions. Full text
Reuters - A security hole in Adobe Systems Inc software, used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com Inc's video streaming service. Full text
PC Magazine - Check out our NextFest 2008 Photo Blog slideshow to see familiar NextFest faces and new arrivals, and check back throughout the weekend for more photos of the event. Full text