“Family Guy” creator and Google team up
June 30, 2008
It’s unknown what kind of money was involved in the deal, but Google has teamed up with the creator of Family Guy to create two minute episodes of a new cartoon called “Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy”. MacFarlane will take a percentage of the profit made by advertising that accompanies the 50 two […]
Man auctions off his life, sale price disappoints
June 29, 2008
Reuters - A man who put his life up for auction on
eBay found it wasn’t worth quite as much as he thought when he
settled for around A$100,000 ($96,000) less than his target
price.
Ballmer becomes lone voice at Microsoft’s helm
June 29, 2008
Reuters - Steve Ballmer has been CEO at Microsoft
Corp for eight years, but he will finally get to move into the
corner office vacated by Bill Gates, the college friend who
brought him to the company nearly three decades ago.
U.S. escalating covert operations against Iran: report
June 28, 2008
Reuters - U.S. congressional leaders agreed late
last year to President George W. Bush’s funding request for a
major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at
destabilizing its leadership, according to a report in The New
Yorker magazine published online on Sunday.
US-EU private data sharing agreement at hand: report
June 28, 2008
AFP - The United States and European Union are close to an agreement to share private data of their citizens, including credit card information, travel history and internet browsing information, The New York Times said Saturday.
Bill Gates signs off at Microsoft
June 28, 2008
AFP - Bill Gates spent his last day at Microsoft Friday, bidding a teary goodbye to the company he built into a global software colossus.
NBC offers wide online access for Beijing Olympics
June 28, 2008
AP - NBC is making more than 2,200 hours of live competition from Beijing available online, giving Olympic junkies more action than they could ever devour in a day.
Movies For Mobiles: Top Sites For Movie Downloads
June 28, 2008
TechWeb - InformationWeek - We take a front-row look at sites that offer movie downloads onto mobile devices: Amazon Unbox, BitTorrent, CinemaNow, iTunes, Movielink, Vongo, and ZML.
300 Internet death threats since Tokyo killing spree
June 28, 2008
AFP - As many as 300 Internet warnings of mass murder and other death threats have been posted online in Japan after a knifing rampage in Tokyo left seven people dead, media said Saturday.
Google Media Server brings Google to your TV
June 28, 2008
A new gadget for Google Desktop called Google Media Server allows you to take content found on your computer or online Google services like YouTube and Picasa Web Albums, and shares it with UPnP compatible devices like the PS3. Unfortunately, as explained in the discussion group, Google Media Server does not work with Xbox […]
