AFP - Facebook, the fast-growing social network, offered to purchase micro-blogging service Twitter for 500 million dollars in stock but the talks broke down over price, AllThingsD.com reported Monday.
AP - Paul McCartney said Monday negotiations on a long-awaited deal to make the Beatles' catalog available on the online music service iTunes have stalled. -- read full article
Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:11:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
AFP - The US State Department announced plans on Monday to promote online youth groups as a new and powerful way to fight crime, political oppression and terrorism.
Reuters - In the fast-paced world of celebrity news, stars are increasingly turning to their own Web sites and blog postings to talk about themselves in a do-it-yourself approach to managing their public images.
Reuters - The suicide of a Missouri teen could have been avoided had she not been tormented online by a mom who lived a few houses away, prosecutors said on Monday, describing the girl's death as a tragedy. -- read full article
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:47:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
AP - A marketing research firm is dimming its Internet advertising outlook for the next four years, the latest sign of the more austere times looming for the high-tech sector. -- read full article
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:10:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
Reuters - Blockbuster Inc on Monday said it would roll out a new digital media player that brings fewer, but more recent titles from the Internet to consumers' televisions than a six-month old offering from rival Netflix Inc. -- read full article
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:22:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
CNET - A Gmail security vulnerability may allow an attacker to set up filters on users' e-mail accounts without their knowledge, according to a proof of concept posted Sunday at the blog Geek Condition. -- read full article
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:10:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
AP - Internet criminals have been getting more "professional" for years, trying to run their businesses like Big Business to get better and more profitable at selling stolen data online. Now the bad guys of the cyber-underworld are exhibiting other unexpected traits: remarkable patience and restraint in stalking their victims. -- read full article
Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:16:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
AP - The chief of online community development for Allstate Financial will oversee social planning at the White House after Barack Obama takes office. -- read full article
Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:05:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
NewsFactor - While there is plenty of buzz around Google's new SearchWiki, another Google experiment is quietly disappearing: SearchMash. Once located at SearchMash.com, the service was Google's experimental search interface, a non-branded search engine that Google used to test new technology. -- read full article
Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:24:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
AFP - Barack Obama tapped the power of the Web to win the US presidential election and now that he's heading to the White House powerful online actors are mobilizing to help define his agenda and ensure the public retains a voice.
CNET - A Sony-owned online video entertainment site is expected to unveil its latest season of Internet programs on Monday, as the media giant moves to beef up its online entertainment content. -- read full article
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:40:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
