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Netbooks Dominate Cyber Monday on Amazon (PC World)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:17:00 GMT
PC World - Netbooks dominated the Computers & PC hardware bestsellers list on Amazon.com on Cyber Monday in the U.S., the biggest online shopping day of the year.
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New OS Reaches for the Clouds (PC World)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:16:48 GMT
PC World - Good OS has introduced a new operating system for the Internet era called "Cloud," which is the successor to company's Linux-based gOS that Wal-Mart introduced in a line of Everex desktops last fall. The Everex computers were pulled from the shelves only months later after Wal-Mart cited a "tepid customer response."
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Internet Needs Multilingual Support for Next Billion People (PC World)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:16:35 GMT
PC World - The Internet must support the large number of languages in the world at all levels, including content, hardware, software, and internationalized domain names if it is to reach the next billion people, according to speakers at an Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Hyderabad, India.
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Chinese City Requires Net Cafes to Use Legitimate Software (PC World)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:16:27 GMT
PC World - Nanchang, the capital of China's eastern Jiangxi province, has required Internet cafe operators to replace pirated server software with licensed versions. Cafes that don't will lose their license to operate, but some are grumbling about the cost of installing legitimate software.
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Microsoft Releases Next Wave of Windows Live Services (PC World)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:16:18 GMT
PC World - Microsoft has released a new wave of Windows Live services that adds more social-networking qualities to its set of online services.
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Cyber Monday spending rises 15 percent: comScore (Reuters)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:14:46 GMT
Reuters - Online retail spending rose 15 percent on the all-important Monday after Thanksgiving from a year earlier, sounding a positive note in an otherwise bleak holiday season.
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EA Buys J2MSoft in Another Move Into Online Games in Asia (PC World)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:11:23 GMT
PC World - Digital game developer Electronic Arts (EA) announced its second move into Asia's online game market on Tuesday, by buying South Korean online game developer J2MSoft Inc.
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Report: Former AOL CEO Miller Trying to Buy Yahoo (PC World)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:11:05 GMT
PC World - Jonathan Miller, the well-respected former AOL CEO, has been talking for months to potential investors interested in buying all or part of Yahoo, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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Britney Spears: More Interesting than Barack Obama? (PC World)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:05:53 GMT
PC World - Just when you thought she had disappeared into relative obscurity, Britney Spears is back. On Yahoo's recently-released list of the top 10 searches of 2008, Britney Spears takes the cake. In this election year, Spears managed to beat out president-elect Barack Obama, who came in at number 3, as the most sought-after search topic of the past year.
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Croatian PM orders probe into Facebook-linked detentions (AFP)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:26:05 GMT

Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, seen here in June 2008, launched an inquiry Wednesday into the detention and questioning of people from Internet groups who criticised his government.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)

AFP - Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader launched an inquiry Wednesday into the detention and questioning of people from Internet groups who criticised his government.
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Apple may be chilling iTunes competition: critics (Reuters)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:21:24 GMT

Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs discusses his company's 'iTunes' product at Apple's 'Let's Rock' media event in San Francisco, California September 9, 2008. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)

Reuters - Apple might be unfairly blocking rival software makers who want to sell music for its iPhone, according to some rivals and a technology rights group.
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Cyber Monday boosts gloomy online retail sales (AFP)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:06:22 GMT

Shoppers are reflected on a shop window announcing a sale a shopping mall in Los Angeles, California. Online retail spending fell an unprecedented two percent in November, but rose 15 percent on the online shopping day known as Cyber Monday, Internet researcher comScore reported on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)

AFP - Online retail spending fell an unprecedented two percent in November, but rose 15 percent on the online shopping day known as Cyber Monday, Internet researcher comScore reported on Wednesday.
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FCC to consider free Internet, cable carriage (Reuters)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:01:49 GMT

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin listens to a question during an Industry Insider session with CEA President and CEO Gary Shapiro during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 8, 2008. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. communications regulators will consider a controversial spectrum auction plan for free Internet and new rules governing disputes between cable operators and programmers at their December meeting, the agency's chairman said on Wednesday.
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Rising royalties send Yahoo's Launchcast to CBS (AP)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:00:19 GMT
AP - Yahoo Inc. is plugging its Internet radio service into CBS Corp.'s webcasting network in a move driven by dramatically higher fees for airing music online.
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Google tightening its belt: WSJ (AFP)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:45:22 GMT

The reception area at Google's offices on December 2, 2008 in Washington, DC. Internet search king Google Inc. plans to tighten its belt amid slowing revenue growth, cutting back on spending and new projects, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Brendan Hoffman)

AFP - Internet search king Google Inc. plans to tighten its belt amid slowing revenue growth, cutting back on spending and new projects, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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CBS to power Yahoo's online radio service (AFP)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:16:45 GMT

A taxicab drives by a Yahoo billboard in October 2008, in San Francisco, California. Yahoo on Wednesday announced a deal to let US radio giant CBS run its LAUNCHcast service that streams broadcasts online.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)

AFP - Yahoo on Wednesday announced a deal to let US radio giant CBS run its LAUNCHcast service that streams broadcasts online.
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Shoppers Opened Their Wallets on Cyber Monday (PC World)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:25:23 GMT
PC World - Cyber Monday, the day after the Thanksgiving weekend in the U.S., lived up to its reputation for big online retail sales, triggering disproportionately high spending during this so far modest holiday shopping season.
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Amazon.com Feeds Impulse Shopping Frenzy with iPhone App (PC World)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:21:20 GMT
PC World - Just in time for the busy holiday shopping season, Amazon.com has released an iPhone App that gives users a direct portal to the Website without the Safari middleman. After you sign into your account, the Amazon App lets you search, buy items with a single click, access your wish list and account information, and basically do everything the regular website offers.
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Pirate Bay Still Blocked in Denmark (PC World)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:10:52 GMT
PC World - The Danish Eastern High Court ruled last week that it is up to Internet service providers to ensure that their customers do not use the Swedish torrent-tracking site The Pirate Bay to download illegal content.
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Memo to Microsoft: Enough With The Bribery (PC World)

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:25:58 GMT
PC World - Microsoft is trying to sweeten the deal in its bribery -- er, sorry, promotion -- to get you to use its Live.com search engine. The company has just announced plans to make its Cashback program even more instant. Am I the only one getting tired of this?
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