TechWeb - InformationWeek - An entertainment and technology lawyer says the actors' contract disputes over new media reflect a "civil war" between tech and entertainment interests in California. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The Moto A810 entry-level smartphone features Bluetooth capabilities, handwriting recognition, and a multimedia player. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - While solid-state storage has its advantages, the components are also considerable more expensive than hard disk drives. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Armed with knowledge of DNS transaction IDs, an attacker could reroute requests for certain Web sites to Web sites of his or her choosing or hijack e-mail. -- read full article
PC World - Security researchers are criticizing hacker Dan Kaminsky for keeping quiet about technical details of a critical DNS flaw. -- read full article
PC World - Yahoo is making its search engine available to third parties to build their own search services, in return for a cut of their... -- read full article
Reuters - Yahoo Inc will let customers,
academics and even rivals build customized Web search services
on top of its own technology, introducing a resale model into a
major Internet market where it ranks a distant No. 2 to Google
Inc.
AP - Having fallen so far behind Google Inc. that it became a takeover target, Yahoo Inc. is banking on the creativity of other Web developers to help preserve its independence and regain ground in the lucrative Internet search advertising market.
CNET - A new online baseball game may finally help put to rest an age-old debate: how would Babe Ruth do at the plate facing Nola Ryan's fastball? -- read full article
AP - Executives from major Internet players — Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. — are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Silicon Valley startup called NebuAd Inc. -- read full article
AP - In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more fantasizing on the Web.
Reuters - Microsoft Corp introduced on
Wednesday pricing for its suite of online services targeted at
corporate customers and a revenue-sharing plan to encourage
other companies to sell the software company's products.
Reuters - France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
gave Internet users a free hearing of her new album on
Wednesday ahead of its official launch later this week.
PC World - Google is adding a feature to its AdWords platform that lets advertisers see how frequently people use certain search terms to... -- read full article
Reuters - The University of Pennsylvania's
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is dragging itself into
the 21st century with an ambitious plan to share its treasures
with the world via the internet. -- read full article
