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Blockbuster tries new online rental incentive
Date: 11/01/06
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"Total Access" program, which lets online renters exchange DVDs in-store, is latest attempt to compete with Netflix.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6131447.html
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U.N. delegates: English isn't good enough
Date: 11/01/06
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Participants at Athens summit demand more internationalization, saying English language enjoys an unfair Net monopoly.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6131394.html
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Time Warner earnings perk up
Date: 11/01/06
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Third-quarter profit nearly triples from a year ago, boosted by a gain from the purchase of cable operator Adelphia.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6131377.html
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Google buys JotSpot, dips into wiki world
Date: 10/31/06
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Search giant expands its hosted application portfolio with purchase of JotSpot, provider of a hosted wiki platform.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6131024.html
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U.N. blasts Cisco, others on China cooperation
Date: 10/31/06
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At summit, delegates target tech companies abiding by Chinese censorship policies, call for global free-speech regulations.
China: We don't censor the Internet. Really
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6131010.html
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Travel site SideStep buys hotel blog start-up
Date: 10/31/06
Keywords: blogging
With the acquisition, SideStep plans to extend TravelPost.com's blogging platform into other areas, such as restaurants.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6130985.html
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China: We don't censor the Internet. Really
Date: 10/31/06
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Chinese government official draws incredulous stares at U.N. summit when denying that the Great Firewall of China exists.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6130970.html
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Searching on Zotspot could earn users a 10 spot
Date: 10/31/06
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Small search site is the latest to use incentives, like paying people for referrals, to draw traffic from the big guys.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6130915.html
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TV ad start-up Spot Runner lands $40 million
Date: 10/30/06
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Company, which identifies unsold spots on national networks and then sells them to local businesses, attracts the interest of CBS.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6130711.html
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Marketers demanding better count of the clicks
Date: 10/30/06
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To combat click fraud, companies demand that online publishers hire auditors to check ad and viewer counts.
The New York Times
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6130558.html
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U.N. proposes changes to Net's operation
Date: 10/30/06
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Official takes aim at "self-serving justifications" for permitting the U.S. to preserve its unique influence and authority online.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6130549.html
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Brightcove aims to create video marketplace
Date: 10/30/06
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Are microchannels the answer to finding the right online video? At least one start-up believes they are.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6130433.html
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Few check sources on Web health information
Date: 10/30/06
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Only one-fourth of Americans check the source and date of the information they find to assess its quality, a new study finds.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6130501.html
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Police blotter: Web cookies become defendant's alibi
Date: 10/27/06
Keywords: browser, web
Texas man says Web browser's cookies prove he was at home online, not at his ex-wife's residence.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6129993.html
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U.N. summit revives concerns about Net control
Date: 10/27/06
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Diplomats head to Athens for a summit that will resume a long-simmering debate about the United States' role on the Internet.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6130087.html
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Warner Music Group partners with Internet video service
Date: 10/26/06
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Music company cuts deal with Brightcove as part of plan to create its own embedded video players to beat YouTube.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6129780.html
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On Web standards, Libertarian candidates win
Date: 10/26/06
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In News.com survey of which 2006 campaign sites followed standards most closely, Libertarians topped the charts.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6129672.html
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Amazon files objection to Google subpoena
Date: 10/25/06
Keywords: google
Internet retailer says it won't provide information on book search tools to aid Google in copyright suit.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6129470.html
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Video sites should try everything, Hollywood execs say
Date: 10/25/06
Keywords: web
Digital Hollywood conference-goers are told to throw just about anything at the Web and see if it sticks.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6129357.html
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U.S. students make politics a fantasy game
Date: 10/25/06
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A takeoff on fantasy football, "Fantasy Congress" lets players rate real-life politicians' ability to make laws.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6129291.html