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Bluebeat to battle EMI over Beatles songs

Technology / Internet

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs.


Microsoft websites were the most visited in September

Microsoft websites top spots in September: comScore

Technology / Internet

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.


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Norway court snubs call to block The Pirate Bay

Technology / Internet

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A court in Norway on Friday rejected calls from the entertainment industry to force communications giant Telenor to block its customers from accessing popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay.


Station Prepares For New Spacecraft, Monitors Debris

Station Prepares For New Spacecraft, Monitors Debris

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

The station crew prepared Friday for the arrival of the Russian Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) which is scheduled for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Nov. 10. The MRM2 will arrive at the ...


Judge orders US music website to drop Beatles songs

Technology / Business

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A judge on Thursday ordered a California online music service to stop delivering Beatles songs to users, according to a copy of the ruling posted online.


EU agrees on new Internet user rights

Technology / Internet

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(AP) -- EU lawmakers and governments agreed on new rights for Internet users Thursday, aiming to protect them from arbitrary crackdowns on those who illegally download music and movies on the Internet.


Online payment firm PayPal has opened its software platform to outside developers

PayPal courts outside developers

Technology / Internet

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

PayPal has opened its software platform to outside developers in a move designed to unleash a flood of creative uses for the online financial transaction service.


Web site help for students applying to college

Technology / Internet

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two of my best friends are named Pete. We went to the same high school and the same university, Cal State Fullerton, which has been described as "the Harvard of north Orange County" -- by me, at least.


Contracts foster trust, but flexibility is needed, research says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

While detailed contracts can foster trust between parties, there needs to be flexibility in negotiating potential changes, according to research recently published in MIS Quarterly.


New Urbanspoon app digs into restaurant reservations

Technology / Software

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Something big is shaking at Urbanspoon, the Seattle company behind a hugely successful iPhone restaurant-finding application.


Facebook on Monday continued phasing Lala.com music service into its online shop

Lala.com gets in tune with Facebook gift shop

Technology / Internet

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook on Monday continued phasing Lala.com music service into its online shop, providing US users a way to buy music at the leading social networking service.


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Yahoo! shuts down GeoCities

Technology / Internet

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Yahoo! on Monday closed GeoCities, a free Web hosting service that it purchased for over three billion dollars at the height of the dot-com boom.


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Six net neutrality principles proposed

Technology / Internet

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 8

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. voted last week to start a process to formulate rules that could force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to uphold six principles that would preserve ...


News Corp. exec sees Hulu charging fees for access

Technology / Internet

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(AP) -- Hulu, the free online video site where television shows and movies can be watched in their entirety, will start charging fees at some point, one of its owners said.


MySpace Music videos to appear on Facebook

Technology / Internet

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Social-networking site MySpace is using its joint venture with recording companies to launch a music video service that will pop into millions of profiles at rival Facebook as well.