Judge Orders YouTube to Give All User Histories to Viacom
Google will have to turn over every record of every video watched by YouTube users, including users' names and IP addresses, to Viacom, which is suing Google for allowing clips of its copyright videos...
Google Talk for the iPhone
We've just released in the US a new version of Google Talk designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod Touch browsers. In addition to sending your friends Gmail messages from your iPhone, you can ...
Yahoo Might Offer Carl Icahn Two Seats-But, Uh-Oh, He Wants Four
Yahoo leadership, trying to stave off a major clash at its annual meeting on Aug. 1 with activist investor Carl Icahn (pictured here), is contemplating offering him two board seats to assuage him, sai...
Nvidia whacked over defective notebook chips; Offers driver to keep processors cool
Updated: Nvidia said its fiscal second quarter revenue will fall well short of targets because of weak demand, pricing pressure from AMD's ATI and a faulty graphics processors on older notebook system...
Virgin defends file-sharing campaign
Virgin Media has told Newsbeat there is “absolutely no possibility” of taking legal action or banning internet users as part of a campaign against illegal file-sharing on its broadband network. — Th...
State of U.S. Broadband: Demand Hits Speed Bumps
A new report from Pew Internet shows that broadband growth in the U.S. has slowed down to a crawl, a sign that U.S. broadband carriers would have to work hard to find ways to grow their overall busine...
Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHA broken by spammers
Breaking Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHAs, has been an urban legend for over two years now, with do-it-yourself CAPTCHA breaking services, and proprietary underground tools assisting spammers, phis...
GAWKER CUTS STAFF PAY RATE FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE QUARTER
Who ever said the future of media was going to feel great? With the current traffic success of Gawker—70+ posts a day, amazing SEO results, and relentlessly hammered-home top stories to maximize numb...
Microsoft's Facebook stake influenced ConnectU case
SAN JOSE, Calif.—What is Facebook really worth? — One of the burning questions in the technology business during the past year also played a major role in the dispute between social networks Connect...
Firefox Browser Share Tops 19 Percent as Record Set
The Mozilla Foundation has set a world record and achieved new heights in its battle for browser market share. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Mozilla's Firefox 3.0 Web browser set a...
Linspire Chairman Frustrated By Futility Of Desktop Linux, Rebuts Carmony
Michael Robertson says Microsoft's imposing lead in the desktop market means Linux should look to next-gen devices for growth. — Michael Robertson, chairman of Linspire, said the assets of his compa...
Can A Company Ban Retailers From Selling Its Products On eBay?
Right on the heels of the awful court decision in France saying that eBay can be barred from selling even legitimate products, it appears some companies in England are shooting for a similar ruling.