 Google to serve up ads for NBC's online Olympics coverage August 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Google on Tuesday announced that freshly-acquired DoubleClick will be used to weave video ads into NBC's online coverage of the Olympics in Beijing. | |
 Pound slams IOC over handling of Internet censorship August 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 3
Former IOC vice-president Dick Pound slammed the IOC on Tuesday for the way censorship of Internet sites by Chinese authorities had been handled ahead of the Olympic Games, claiming it had done considerable ... | |
300 dates in 24 hours? No sweat August 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Francesca Salcido went on 300 dates in 24 hours without breaking a sweat. Her encounters with aspiring beaus happened online at SpeedDate.com, a US start-up built on a belief that it doesn't take more than 90 seconds to find ... | |
 China drops some Internet curbs ahead of Games August 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
China on Friday rolled back a few high-profile planks of its Internet censorship system in an apparent effort to defuse an embarrassing dispute over media freedom just days ahead of the Olympics. | |
 Defiant China hits out at US, stands firm on Internet July 31, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A defiant China stood firm on controversies swirling around the Olympics on Thursday, hitting back at the United States over human rights criticism and insisting Internet censorship would remain. | |
 British computer hacker loses appeal over US extradition July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A British man accused of hacking into the computer systems of the US military and NASA on Wednesday lost his appeal against extradition to face trial. | |
 China to censor Internet during Games: organisers July 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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The Beijing Olympics were plunged into another controversy on Wednesday as China announced a backflip on Internet freedoms for the thousands of foreign reporters covering the Games. | |
 Yahoo in 'cloud computing' research with HP-Intel July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Yahoo and technology giants Intel and Hewlett Packard on Tuesday announced an alliance to advance "cloud computing," backing a trend that would reduce reliance on packaged software. | |
 MySpace seeks karaoke 'Elvis' to go to Graceland July 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
MySpace Karaoke on Monday invited wannabe kings of rock-and-roll to upload videos of their best Elvis Presley imitations for a shot to perform at Graceland in his memory. | |
 Hackers get hold of critical Internet flaw (Update) July 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Internet security researchers on Thursday warned that hackers have caught on to a "critical" flaw that lets them control traffic on the Internet. | |
 Microsoft shakes up online division and deepens Facebook ties (Update) July 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Microsoft is shaking up management of its online division and strengthening its tie to Facebook in the aftermath of a failed bid to buy Yahoo to bolster its lagging Internet business. | |
 Crackdown launched on illegal downloads July 24, 2008 | User rating: 2 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Britain's six biggest internet providers have backed a government plan to clamp down on rampant music and film piracy, it was reported Thursday . | |
 Internet television service Joost enters China July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Internet television service provider Joost said it launched a Chinese service Wednesday with local portal TOM Online to tap the world's largest online market. | |
 Facebook asks US court to unplug German website StudiVZ July 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Facebook is asking a US court to shut down German website StudiVZ on the grounds it is an illegal "knockoff" of the online social networking superstar. | |
 Australia unveils online code of conduct July 16, 2008 | User rating: 2.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Australia on Wednesday unveiled a new code of conduct to regulate online and mobile phone content which will call for classifications similar to those for films, a government spokesman said. | |
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