Nov 27 2006
The YouTube like video-sharing site Break.com has announced that they will pay handsomely for user-generated videos. They said that they would pay $400 for normal user-generated clips and up to $2,000 for animated shorts. However, what will qualify...
Nov 27 2006
The Italian government has floated a new conflict of interest law that may weaken Silvio Berlusconi’s dominance of the Italian television and help rival media baron Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corp in the country. Under the proposed law...
Nov 27 2006
The world’s largest retailers Wal-Mart is poised to enter the retail market in India following an agreement with India’s Bharti Enterprises. The two companies announced that they have entered into a deal to what they termed as – ‘jointly explore...
Nov 25 2006
Google has reached an agreement with the Belgian copyright groups Sofam and Scam who represented about 3700 photographers and journalists respectively. Google lost a copyright case initiated by the group Copiepresse that was representing French and...
Nov 25 2006
Sony has announced that it is recalling eight models of its popular Cyber-shot digital cameras after finding a glitch in its LCD display screen. Sony revealed that due to a glitch in the image sensor, the screen doesn’t display the image correctly. The...
Nov 24 2006
The US dollar has fallen steeply against major world currencies today amid concerns for the US economy. It plunged to its lowest level against the euro in more than one and half year as the euro sold for $1.30 a dollar. Similarly, the Pound Sterling...
Nov 24 2006
The fate of Russia seems to be jinxed forever when it comes to freedom of speech, human rights and political freedom. First there were the Czars, then came the Reds and when the Iron Wall crumbled the world heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed that...
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Nov 24 2006
A study by Pew Internet and American Life Project found that 12 percent of internet users in the US has downloaded a podcast, which is a 5 percent increase from findings earlier this year by the same group. This might seem to be a good trend for the...
Nov 23 2006
Vibely is the latest kid on the block offering niche social networking. This Washington DC-based startup is an attempt to connect venues and events. It has almost everything that you can expect from a social network like profile pages with pictures,...
Nov 23 2006
Web 2.0 is about users’ choice and democracy. Towing the line, a new site A site ArtFaceOff offers artists to compete with each other and win a prize. It works this way – an artist can register and upload the images his work and tag it appropriately....