Reuters - A French court ordered eBay Inc to pay
38.6 million euros ($61 million) to luxury goods group LVMH for
allowing the sale of fake merchandise, in a ruling immediately
appealed by the online auction website.
AP - Internet conglomerate IAC/InterActiveCorp. spent $156,374 lobbying in the first quarter on copyright and patent reform and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report. -- read full article
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:12:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
NewsFactor - Having staked out a position on your PC and many mobile devices, Google now has its sights on your living room. Late last week, the search giant announced the release of a free beta version of Google Media Server, a Windows application that seeks to bridge the gap between a PC and a TV. -- read full article
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:14:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
AFP - A wealthy Chinese investment manager has won a high-stakes online charity auction to have lunch with US billionaire Warren Buffett with a 2.1-million dollar bid, organizers said Monday.
AP - Yahoo Inc. began pressing a case to major shareholders Monday that its board and management deserve a chance to prove they made the right move when they rejected a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft Corp.
AP - A French commercial court Monday ordered eBay Inc. to pay more than $61 million to a high-end fashion company because counterfeit goods were sold on the auction site.
AFP - Russia will be able to create its first Internet addresses using the Cyrillic alphabet next year, communications ministry official Vladimir Vassiliev told Interfax news agency on Sunday.
Reuters - Digital music seller Rhapsody is
launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes,
offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and
Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday.
Reuters - U.S. congressional leaders agreed
late last year to President George W. Bush's funding request
for a major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed
at destabilizing its leadership, according to a report in The
New Yorker magazine published online on Sunday.
AFP - The United States and European Union are close to an agreement to share private data of their citizens, including credit card information, travel history and internet browsing information, The New York Times said Saturday.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - We take a front-row look at sites that offer movie downloads onto mobile devices: Amazon Unbox, BitTorrent, CinemaNow, iTunes, Movielink, Vongo, and ZML. -- read full article
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
AFP - The United States and European Union are close to an agreement to share private data of their citizens, including credit card information, travel history and internet browsing information, The New York Times said Saturday.
Reuters - U.S. congressional leaders agreed late
last year to President George W. Bush's funding request for a
major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at
destabilizing its leadership, according to a report in The New
Yorker magazine published online on Sunday.
Reuters - A man who put his life up for auction on
eBay found it wasn't worth quite as much as he thought when he
settled for around A$100,000 ($96,000) less than his target
price. -- read full article
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:41:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
AFP - As many as 300 Internet warnings of mass murder and other death threats have been posted online in Japan after a knifing rampage in Tokyo left seven people dead, media said Saturday.
