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Turkey orders YouTube blocked over clips

A Turkish court has ordered the country's telecommunications company to block access to the popular video-sharing site YouTube because of clips the court deems insulting to leading political figures.

 

NBC to offer free episode downloads

NBC will start offering limited free downloads of shows such as "Heroes" and "The Office" as part of its bid to expand the digital distribution of its programs and compete with Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store, the network announced Wednesday.

 

IBM and Google take aim at Microsoft's Office dominance

San Francisco (dpa) - More bad news for Microsoft. A day after it was slapped with a damaging anti-trust ruling in the European Union, the software giant is facing increased competition for its Office suite cash cash.

 

MySpace launches targeted ad program

News Corp.'s MySpace social networking site is using personal details contained on users' profile pages and blogs to sell highly targeted advertising, the company said Tuesday.

 

Free phone calls with startup's $399 box

A Silicon Valley startup will begin selling $399 gadgets Wednesday that consumers with broadband Internet service can use to make unlimited free domestic phone calls.

 

'iCarly' combines the Internet with TV

What if, just like Andy Warhol said we would, we gave everyone their 15 minutes of fame?

 

Google expands mobile ad network

Online search leader Google Inc. is expanding the volume of advertising that it delivers to mobile devices, hoping to make more money from the expanding audience of consumers surfing the Web when they're away from home or the office.

 

Online anti-piracy firm's e-mails leaked

Hackers who intercepted e-mail from MediaDefender Inc., a firm that tries to stymie unauthorized downloading of songs and movies on behalf of record companies and Hollywood film studios, have released hundreds of megabytes of data on the Internet.

 

Search startup ready to challenge Google

The dozens of entrepreneurs gathered for an exclusive high-tech conference here Monday all hope to dazzle the crowd with their ingenuity.

 

Newspapers are going 'widget'-happy

If you're not plugged into the Internet, you still have to buy the whole newspaper even if you only want to do the crossword puzzle. But online, that and other stand-alone features are increasingly popping up all over the Web.

 

SpiralFrog music site launches Monday

SpiralFrog.com, an ad-supported Web site that allows visitors to download music and videos free of charge, was scheduled to launch Monday in the U.S. and Canada after months of "beta" testing.

 

Typeface designers mix art, engineering

In Making Typeface, Designers Blend Art, Engineering, Just Right Amount of Personality

 

Obama Uses LinkedIn To Plug Into Entrepreneurs

The 2008 presidential candidates have tapped YouTube, MySpace and Facebook to get their messages out to Internet users. On Wednesday, business-oriented site Linked-In received its presidential race initiation.