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March 2009
- Amateur Photogs Hit the Big Time Online
  
  USA Today | Mar 11, 09 12:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Online image libraries combined with widely available pro-quality photographic equipment are creating a new—and potentially lucrative—outlet for amateur shutterbugs, USA Today reports. Stock photo behemoth Getty Images officially joins forces with Flickr today, but the screening process is tough: From Flickr’s online library of 3 billion images, Getty editors have selected 10,000 commercially viable pics. More »
- Why US Broadband Is So Slow
  
  New York Times | Mar 10, 09 9:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In terms of broadband, the US seems to lag behind the international pack, with slower, more expensive, less available Internet. As President Obama campaigns to improve America’s lot, Saul Hansell compares connection speeds in the New York Times . The US is middle of the pack, with an average speed of 5.2 megabits per second, compared to 3.2-6.4 Mbps for Europe. More »
- Social Networking Now Trumps Email: Nielsen
  
  Adweek | Mar 10, 09 5:47 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Social networking has become more popular than email—but that popularity hasn't translated into profitability, a new Nielsen study finds. Social networking "member communities" such as Facebook are now the most popular Internet activity, according to Nielsen's figures, attracting 67% of global Internet users and still growing fast. Email trails at 65%, Adweek reports. More »
- New Search Engine Won't Delete Google
  
  New York Times | Mar 9, 09 4:53 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A British math whiz plans to roll out a revolutionary search engine this year, but that doesn't mean Google is doomed, Saul Hansell writes in the New York Times . “Google is a company,” while the search engine "is a technology," Hansell writes, responding to a blog that trumpeted the innovation. The new engine would answer specific questions on the Web, rather than find sites that give answers. More »
- New Media Make CBS' $6B NCAA Deal a Slam Dunk
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 9, 09 12:14 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In 1999, CBS’ $6 billion, 11-year pact with the NCAA for rights to the men’s basketball tournament looked drastically overpriced to many analysts. But with Selection Sunday this weekend, the deal doesn’t seem so crazy, thanks to a prescient addition: new-media rights. CBS has nearly sold out its online ad inventory, the Wall Street Journal reports, and expects online revenue to amount to $30 million, up 30% from 2008. More »
- New Safari 4 Frustrates, but Is Blazing Fast
  
  Wall Street Journal | Mar 5, 09 1:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Apple’s new Safari 4 browser is the fastest available by far, Walter Mossberg writes in the Wall Street Journal , but the much-hyped “user-interface changes are a big disappointment.” In most cases, Safari just follows other browsers with helpful improvements to its format. But moving tabs to the very top of the window, a mistake copied from Google’s Chrome, “actually make the browser harder to use.” More »
February 2009
- Twitter Snags $35M in Venture Capital
  
  Bloomberg | Feb 14, 09 8:27 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Venture capital partners have poured another $35 million into Twitter, reports Bloomberg. The microblogging site said it still has money in the bank from its last round of financing, but the offer was too good to turn down. Twitter—which has grown ninefold in the last year but still lacks a revenue model—plans to use the cash to hire more employees and keep expanding, notes the San Francisco Chronicle . More »
- Microsoft Offers $250K to Catch Worm Creators
  
  PC World | Feb 12, 09 6:40 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Microsoft has offered a $250,000 bounty for the creators of the dreaded Conficker worm, which has infected 10 million computers worldwide, PC Magazine reports. The software giant is working with security firms and domain name administrator ICANN to find the culprits, whose virus exploits a vulnerability in Windows. Microsoft helped catch a worm author in 2005 with a reward of the same size. More »
- Website Knows Why You're Fat
  
  Time | Feb 11, 09 1:12 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Subtle hints from the media about America’s growing obesity problem—shots of pudgy citizens, from the head down—just aren’t cutting it, Time reports. Enter “This is why you’re fat,” a website that displays in shocking detail the indulgent worst of American eating. An Oreo with 2 feet of creamy filling, anyone? How about the Turbaconucken—a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey inside…bacon? To check out the dietary carnage, click the link at left. More »
- New Economic Saviors: Marc Cuban and You
  
  New York Daily News | Feb 10, 09 5:51 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Marc Cuban has some ideas about how to get the nation out of this financial mess, and they have a lot to do with—no surprise—Marc Cuban. The billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks says entrepreneurs can lead the way, so he's soliciting business plans at his blog, the Daily News reports. If he likes the plan and it follows all of his 12 rules, he will fund it. And if someone steals the publicly posted plan? Tough. "That is the idea," he says. "Call this an open source funding environment." More »
- 9-Year-Old Writes Popular iPhone App
  
  The Electric New Paper | Feb 6, 09 4:54 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A 9-year-old Singapore boy has created a drawing application for the iPhone that is popular around the world, the Electric New Paper reports. Lim Ding Wen reworked one of his existing 20 programs for the touchscreen gadget. “I wrote the program for my younger sisters, who like to draw,” he said of the app, downloaded more than 4,000 times. “But I am happy that people like it.” More »
- Hulu Solves Online Video Puzzle, Cashes In
  
  Economist | Feb 6, 09 2:45 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - YouTube established online video as a phenomenon almost instantly. But its user-generated content and lack of quality control made advertisers reluctant to embrace it. How then, to monetize online video? Do users want to stream or download, view through web browsers or special applications? Hulu, the video site run by NBC and News Corp., has largely answered these questions, the Economist reports. More »
- Craze Adds 25 More Random Things to the Web
  
  New York Times | Feb 5, 09 1:32 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A craze sweeping the web resembles nothing so much as a creative-writing exercise, the New York Times reports. “25 Random Things About Me” propagates through chain-letter style email, or on Facebook as a note, with recipients forwarding their lists to 25 others. “Photos or news stories have spread rapidly and widely,” a Facebook rep said. “This is the first time I’ve noticed a note gain such distribution.” More »
- Streaming Sites Thwart Studios' Piracy Crackdowns
  
  New York Times | Feb 5, 09 6:17 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The rise of video streaming sites has defeated movie studios' toughest anti-piracy efforts, the New York Times reports. Consumers can watch copyrighted material online—often from sites hosted in countries with slack anti-piracy rules—more easily than ever. The industry estimates "digital theft" now accounts for 40% of all its lost revenue. More »
- Boss Fans Cry Foul After Ticketmaster Snub
  
  Associated Press | Feb 4, 09 11:01 AM CST
  
  (AP) - A New Jersey congressman is demanding an investigation after Bruce Springsteen fans were unable to buy tickets from Ticketmaster's website—which promptly offered them more expensive tickets from a subsidiary. When tickets for Springsteen's Meadowlands show went on sale Monday, some fans attempting to buy them got an error message that shut them out. A TicketsNow ad offered tix for hundreds of dollars more than face value. More »
- In Tough Times, Grammar Snobs Get Tougher
  
  MSNBC | Feb 4, 09 7:07 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - America’s self-proclaimed language cops are turning up the heat on spelling and grammar offenders, MSNBC reports, hitting the streets with Sharpies and venting their frustrations online. One psychologist says the flare-up could represent a need for control during hard times. “When people are under stress, they have less tolerance for minor frustrations,” she says. “Spelling is something concrete. It does make you feel temporarily in control.” More »
- Google Earth Adds 'Depth,' Tackling World's Oceans
  
  AFP | Feb 2, 09 3:51 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Google has added a new feature to its Google Earth software, which now enables users to explore the world’s oceans and access information from scientists and explorers, AFP reports. “Google Earth is equipping itself with a new dimension: depth,” an engineer said. Surfers can “dive beneath the water surface, explore 3D underwater terrain, and browse ocean-related content contributed by marine scientists,” Google noted. More »
January 2009
- Computer Virus Targets Gullible Lovebirds
  
  ComputerWeekly.com | Jan 30, 09 4:55 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Valentine-themed spam campaign is underway, with a side dish of coercion and extortion, Computer Weekly reports. Users receive an email, ostensibly from a secret admirer, with a link to a website that downloads a bot called Waledec. Not only does Waledec co-opt the user’s address list and start sending out the same emails—it also installs a “rogue anti-virus program” that issues false alerts. More »
- Time to Give Netflix Its Dot-Com Due
  
  San Jose Mercury News | Jan 28, 09 4:47 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Despite plenty of naysayers, Netflix boasts success like few other dot-coms, Chris O’Brien writes in the San Jose Mercury News . The movie-rental service reported record earnings despite the recession, “a neat trick that eBay and Yahoo could only dream of emulating.” Netflix’s innovative distribution system, inventory management, and prescient web-to-TV video streams have won it a permanent spot on the cutting edge. More »
- Google Brings Gmail Offline
  
  CNET | Jan 28, 09 5:51 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Google has rolled out an offline service for Gmail in a bid to woo business users, CNET reports. The system lets users read, write, and search emails in their browsers even when they’re not connected to the Internet. Messages are sent and retrieved again once network access is restored. A "flaky connection mode" synchronizes mail with the server during intermittent access. More »

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