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Webby award winners announced
The winners of the 12th annual Webby Awards, the online equivalent of the Oscars, have been announced after a record turnout of sites and voters. Comedian Stephen Colbert won the coveted 'Person of the Year' award, and the BBC won three awards. BBC Worldservice.com won 'Best Radio Website', Radio One picked up 'Best Music Website' and BBC... more
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MySpace unveils new karaoke feature
NEW YORK - You're sitting at home online and suddenly you get an irresistible urge. You absolutely have to belt out R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly" and share it with the world. You now have that ability, thanks to the new MySpace Karaoke, to be launched Tuesday by the social networking site. MySpace Karaoke (ksolo.myspace.com) debuts... more
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Television on the Internet
CANNES, France - It's been a long time coming but television on the Internet appears finally to be taking off, opening up a new viewing experience for free and helping to fight online piracy. One of the newest services, Hulu, which was launched a month ago in the United States, is backed by media giant NBC Universal and Rupert Murdoch's News... more
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Yahoo launches Shine website for women
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo on Monday began wooing women with a Shine website focusing on subjects such as love, money, beauty, home and parenting. A website launched at http://shine.yahoo.com features nine categories the California Internet pioneer believes appeal to the approximately 40 million women ages 25 through 54 that use Yahoo monthly. ... more
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Yahoo joins Google's OpenSocial platform
NEW YORK - Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday that it was joining rival Google Inc.'s initiative for creating photo-sharing and other social tools that work across the Web. News Corp.'s MySpace earlier pledged support, and the three companies announced Tuesday that they were forming a nonprofit organization, the OpenSocial Foundation, to ensure that the... more
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Man auctions his life in Australia
SYDNEY - A man in Australia is auctioning his life -- his house, his job, his clothes and his friends -- on eBay, after his marriage broke up, saying he wants to start a new life. "It's time to move. A completely fresh start. I want to see where life takes me," Ian Usher, 44, told Australian television on Tuesday from Perth in Western... more
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Yes, You Too Can YouTube
When YouTube launched in 2005, success on the Web was measured largely by the number of users who visited a site. Now YouTube is trying a different strategy: letting users avoid visiting its site altogether. On Wednesday, YouTube announced the next step in its transformation from destination to application, releasing a set of free software... more
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Yahoo buys time with Microsoft by board move
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc extended a deadline to nominate board directors, buying the company time to pursue alternatives to Microsoft Corp's $41.7 billion (20.9 billion pounds) offer, while also giving Yahoo room to negotiate a friendly deal with Microsoft. The original March 14 deadline could have catapulted Microsoft and Yahoo... more
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Google, SingTel and others to build submarine cable
SINGAPORE - Web search company Google Inc has agreed to build an undersea cable with five telecoms operators that will link the United States to Japan, and provide the capacity to sustain a surge in Internet traffic between the continents. Google and the five telecoms companies said in joint statement that the 10,000 km (6,200 mile) undersea... more
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Google to store patients' health records
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. will begin storing the medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service that's likely to raise more concerns about the volume of sensitive information entrusted to the Internet search leader. The pilot project to be announced Thursday will involve 1,500 to 10,000 patients at the... more
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