links for 2007-12-21

BBC NEWS | Technology | UK gamers spend £1.5bn on titles
UK gamers have spent a record-breaking £1.52bn on titles in 2007, up 25% on last year and with two weeks of sales yet to be counted.
(tags: Gaming)

FTC Clears Google to Buy DoubleClick – WSJ.com
Google’s $3.1 billion deal to buy DoubleClick was cleared by the Federal [...]

links for 2007-12-20

BBC NEWS | Business | Web giants settle gambling claims
Microsoft, Google and Yahoo have agreed to pay a total of $31.5m (£15.7m) to settle claims that they accepted online ads promoting illegal gambling.
(tags: Microsoft Google)

Pace Micro joins forces with Philips to make set-top box | Business | The Guardian
British-based Pace Micro Technology is to become [...]

links for 2007-12-19

BBC NEWS | Technology | Action urged on broadband speeds
Action should be taken over consumers’ concerns about broadband connection speeds, a watchdog has said. The Ofcom Consumer Panel said speeds advertised as “up to” a certain level end up being much slower in reality. The panel said there needed to be a cod
(tags: Broadband)

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links for 2007-12-18

BBC NEWS | Technology | Censors battle for Manhunt 2 ban
British censors are seeking a judicial review to block the sale of controversial video game Manhunt 2.
(tags: Gaming)

Shatner boldly goes into online gaming – Telegraph
Blizzard has launched a series of new television adverts featuring retro cultural icons William Shatner and the A-Team’s Mr T for [...]

links for 2007-12-17

BBC NEWS | Technology | Google debuts knowledge project
Google has kicked off a project to create an authoritative store of information about any and every topic. The search giant has already started inviting people to write about the subject on which they are known to be an expert. Google said it would not ac
(tags: Wikipedia [...]

links for 2007-12-14

BBC NEWS | Business | Computer knowledge ‘undervalued’
Computer skills are still undervalued in the UK board room, according to Microsoft.
(tags: Microsoft)

It’s love at first sight as Bebo and Facebook team up on technology – Times Online
Bebo has announced a link-up with Facebook that allows software developed for one site to work on the other.
(tags: MySpace [...]

links for 2007-12-13

BBC NEWS | Technology | Europe can ‘lead web technology’
Europe remains a vibrant centre for web technology development, a conference in Paris heard.
(tags: web2.0)

BBC NEWS | Technology | Greenpeace takes on gaming giants
Greenpeace has called on gamers to persuade Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to make their consoles greener. The article also reports on a survey [...]

links for 2007-12-12

BBC NEWS | Technology | Ask rolls out search privacy tool
Search engine Ask has launched a feature that it hopes will prove a selling point for consumers concerned about their online privacy. AskEraser allows users to immediately delete search queries stored on Ask’s servers, in contrast to rivals such as Google
(tags: Google Privacy ask)

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links for 2007-12-11

Social Site Imeem Signs Music Deal With Universal – WSJ.com
In the latest development to highlight the shifting economics of the music industry, social-networking service Imeem Inc. announced today a licensing agreement allowing its users to listen free to the music of Vivendi SA’s Universal Music Group.
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(tags: SocialNetworking musicindustry Imeem)

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links for 2007-12-07

BBC NEWS | Technology | Students ’should use Wikipedia’
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has said teachers who refuse students access to the site are “bad educators”.