links for 2008-01-31

BBC NEWS | Technology | YouTubers given share of ad cash
YouTube users in the UK will be given the chance to make money from the videos they post on the site.
(tags: YouTube)

FT.com / Companies / Media & internet – Cautious outlook hits Amazon
Amazon on Wednesday revealed that its profit margins were expanding far more slowly [...]

links for 2008-01-30

BBC NEWS | Technology | Aboriginal archive offers new DRM
A new method of digital rights management which relies on a user’s profile has been pioneered by Aboriginal Australians.
(tags: DRM)

BBC NEWS | Business | Quarter of US iPhones ‘unlocked’
More than a quarter of iPhones sold in the US have been “unlocked” to work on network providers [...]

links for 2008-01-29

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Labels deny deals on file sharing
Three major record labels have denied signing deals allowing their music to feature on a new file-sharing service offering unlimited free downloads. The service, Qtrax, boasted it would carry up to 30 million tracks from “all the major labels”. But Warner
(tags: drm music)

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links for 2008-01-25

BBC NEWS | Technology | Net body issues plea for liberty
The overseer of the net’s addressing system has asked the US government to be freed from official control.
(tags: internet)

BBC NEWS | Business | PC sales lift Microsoft’s profits
Microsoft’s profits for the key Christmas trading quarter have soared 79%, driven by strong computer sales and the [...]

links for 2008-01-23

BBC NEWS | Technology | UK homes to get super-fast fibre
The UK’s first “fibre town” could go online in the autumn, delivering speeds of about 100Mbps (megabits per second) to consumers’ homes. Fibre firm H20 offers super-fast broadband via the sewers and either Bournemouth, Northampton or Dundee will be offere
(tags: Fibre)

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links for 2008-01-22

FT.com / Companies / IT – IBM to vie with Microsoft for business market
IBM is to take another stab at breaking into one of Microsoft’s core markets, with the announcement on Monday of new software initiatives aimed at small businesses.
(tags: IBM Microsoft)

EBay Chief Whitman, Web Pioneer, Plans to Retire – WSJ.com
EBAY CEO MEG Whitman is [...]

links for 2008-01-21

BBC NEWS | Technology | Facebook faces privacy questions
Facebook is to be quizzed about its data protection policies by the Information Commissioner’s Office. The investigation follows a complaint by a user of the social network who was unable to fully delete their profile even after terminating their account.
(tags: facebook)

BBC NEWS | Technology | Nasa investigates [...]

links for 2008-01-18

BBC NEWS | Business | Christmas online sales ‘rise 50%’
UK online sales rose by more than 50% in the three months to Christmas, according to an industry survey. Internet sales between 1 October and 31 December hit £15.2bn, up from £9.61bn a year earlier, with electronics and clothing doing well, Capgemini sa
(tags: Internet)

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links for 2008-01-17

BBC NEWS | Technology | Facebook asked to pull Scrabulous
Facebook has been asked to remove the Scrabulous game from its website by the makers of Scrabble.
(tags: Facebook)

FT.com / Companies / Media & internet – Samwers join Facebook
German internet entrepreneurs Marc, Oliver and Alexander Samwer said they had taken a stake in Facebook and would help [...]

links for 2008-01-15

BBC NEWS | Business | EU launches new Microsoft probes
The European Commission is launching two new anti-competition investigations against US computer giant Microsoft. The first will look at whether Microsoft unfairly ties its Explorer internet browser to its Windows operating system. In a parallel probe, th
(tags: Microsoft)

BBC NEWS | Technology | Blu-ray future limited for [...]