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  • August 2007

    • And Now, a Word From YouTube's Sponsor(s)

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 22, 07 8:15 AM CDT

      And Now, a Word From YouTube's Sponsor(s)

      (Newser) - As it struggles to turn a profit, YouTube will begin to show ads overlaid on some videos, the Times of London reports. The spots will consist of a semitransparent strip covering 20% of the screen appearing 20 seconds into the video.They'll appear only on content from 1,000 "partners," ranging from established organizations such as Warner Music to popular amateur producers. More »

    • Obama Girl's Crush Is Unrequited

      Associated Press  |  Aug 21, 07 5:19 AM CDT

      Obama Girl's Crush Is Unrequited

      (Newser) - Barack Obama has no love for sexy fan "Obama Girl." The hot YouTube video featuring the aspiring model crushing on the candidate is confusing his 6-year-old daughter and he says he finds it hard to take. She said, "Daddy, already has a wife," he told the AP. "You wish people would think about what impact their actions have on kids and families." More »

    • 25 Essential Websites

      Time  |  Aug 20, 07 9:01 AM CDT

      25 Essential Websites

      (Newser) - You find a restaurant on Citysearch, buy movie tickets on Fandango, and then go home and Google the guy you shared a cab with. Was there a time before the Internet? Here are the first 10 of Time' s 25 can't-live-without websites: Amazon.com BBC.co.uk Citysearch.com More »

    • Navy Squelches YouTube Vid

      Associated Press  |  Aug 19, 07 11:49 AM CDT

      Navy Squelches YouTube Vid

      (Newser) - The Navy removed an airman's video from YouTube because it showed a "lack of propriety" in the use of safety equipment  aboard the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan , the AP reports. The video, set to Shania Twain's "That Don't Impress Me Much," showed a sailor dancing in a full-body radiation suit. More »

    • American Airlines Sues Google for Linking to Rivals

      Associated Press  |  Aug 18, 07 9:50 PM CDT

      American Airlines Sues Google for Linking to Rivals

      (Newser) - Googlers who type in trademarked keywords like “Aadvantage” will get links to American Airlines – but also to the company’s rivals, and that’s prompted AA to file a linking lawsuit. The airline tried to settle but Google is confident that legal precedent is on their side. "When done right, search is a great tool," said an AA spokesman. "But we have a problem with this part of their business." More »

    • Google Wants You To Map Businesses

      Infocommerce  |  Aug 17, 07 3:56 PM CDT

      Google Wants You To Map Businesses

      (Newser) - Google is hiring—and you don't even need to know html. The search giant wants locals to visit pizza joints, ice cream parlors, drugstores, and other businesses as part of a Herculean effort to build a commerce database. An army of freelancers will collect the data, snap a digital photo, and then send it to Google for $10 a pop, reports InfoCommerce. More »

    • Blog Leaks Facebook Source Code

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 13, 07 5:30 PM CDT

      Blog Leaks Facebook Source Code

      (Newser) - A blog called "Facebook Secrets" posted a restricted section of the site's source code on Saturday, revealing a major security flaw in the popular social networking site. While the leak didn't  reveal any sensitive information, it does raise concerns as to whether the site's 52M users' personal data is secure and protected. More »

    • Microsoft Renews FCC Fight Over TV 'White Space'

      Washington Post  |  Aug 13, 07 9:28 AM CDT

      Microsoft Renews FCC Fight Over TV 'White Space'

      (Newser) - Regulators won't OK Microsoft's plan to give consumers access to the Internet through unused TV airwaves, but the firm isn't taking no for an answer. The FCC has already nixed a protoype that caused static on existing broadcasts, but Microsoft says it now has a version that works, and a filing today will ask regulators to reconsider the initial ruling. More »

    • GOP YouTube Debate On Again Despite Holdout Mitt

      Washington Post  |  Aug 13, 07 3:38 AM CDT

      GOP YouTube Debate On Again Despite Holdout Mitt

      (Newser) - The Republican YouTube debate—on hold after candidates witnessed how wacky the format could be in the Democratic debate—is on again, the Washington Post r eports. The lone holdout is Mitt Romney, fresh from his victory in the Iowa straw poll. Romney, ironically, has posted more videos on his YouTube site than any other candidate. More »

    • Pro-Anorexia Vids Draw Ire

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 11, 07 6:42 AM CDT

      Pro-Anorexia Vids Draw Ire

      (Newser) - Advocates for people with eating disorders are calling on social networking sites like MySpace and FaceBook to bar "thinspiration" videos—movies of anorexics showing off their alarmingly underweight bodies to encourage others to emulate them. One MySpace pro-anorexia group with over 1,000 members boasts that it wants "no people trying to recover—it ruins our motivation." More »

    • Wal-Mart Hits Facebook

      Reuters  |  Aug 9, 07 6:57 PM CDT

      Wal-Mart Hits Facebook

      (Newser) - Wal-Mart is launching a back-to-school marketing campaign using Facebook, Reuters reports. The megachain has created a "Roommate Style Match" Facebook group to give college students a chance to coordinate decorating before moving in—and then browse an array of "recommended" Wal-Mart goods, including many the retailer promotes as "earth-friendly." More »

    • Search Engines Improve Privacy Policies

      PC World  |  Aug 9, 07 5:06 PM CDT

      Search Engines Improve Privacy Policies

      (Newser) - Search engines are beginning to take user privacy more seriously, but stronger federal privacy legislation is still necessary, a new study says. In the online marketplace, privacy policies have become competitive factors, with sites one-upping each other to make surfers feel that they're safe and have control over their personal info, says the report by a prominent advocacy group. More »

    • Webcaster Mutes Band's Anti-Bush Lyrics

      Chicago Tribune  |  Aug 9, 07 2:26 PM CDT

      Webcaster Mutes Band's Anti-Bush Lyrics

      (Newser) - Pearl Jam is slamming AT&T after the telecom company censored its Webcast of the band's performance at Lollapalooza Sunday. Lyrics telling George Bush to "leave this world alone" and "find another home" during the Chicago show vanished from the streaming version of the gig; AT&T blames an "overzealous" editor for excising the lines, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

    • Google Lets News Figures Fire Back

      Ars Technica  |  Aug 8, 07 9:54 PM CDT

      Google Lets News Figures Fire Back

      (Newser) - People who want to talk back to the press received a major invitation from Google News yesterday when it announced a plan to post user comments alongside links to news articles, ars technica reports. But only people and groups specifically mentioned in the articles will be allowed into Google’s new peanut gallery, which will open its doors later in this week. More »

    • Google Maps Turns Cameras on Hollywood

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 8, 07 12:11 PM CDT

      Google Maps Turns Cameras on Hollywood

      (Newser) - Google has added street-level views of Los Angeles and other cities to its popular mapping service, the Los Angeles Times reports, raising a chorus of privacy concerns that echoes objections to the feature elsewhere. Though a useful navigation tool, Street View "is a visual reminder of how our private spaces are really shrinking," one privacy advocate says. More »

    • Music Publishers Add Vocals to YouTube Suit

      Ars Technica  |  Aug 7, 07 9:38 PM CDT

      Music Publishers Add Vocals to YouTube Suit

      (Newser) - Apparently YouTube forgot to make a deal for the music and lyrics played on its website, or so claims a music publishers’ association that has joined a growing copyright lawsuit aimed at Google, the site's owner, ars technica reports. YouTube, which did agree to share ad revenue with four major music labels, continues to remove copyright-violating videos when asked and plans to install a new filtering system by fall. More »

    • And He's Not Going to Take It Anymore

      Gawker  |  Aug 7, 07 10:45 AM CDT

      And He's Not Going to Take It Anymore

      (Newser) - In YouTube's most watched video today, CNBC's Jim Cramer blasts Fed chairman Ben Bernanke for signaling that he won't cut interest rates, calling the present stay-the-course market situation "Armageddon." As his dumbfounded interlocutor looks on, the "Mad Money" host pounds the table and thunders that the "Fed is asleep!" More »

    • She's Giuliani's Kid, but She's in Obama's Camp

      Slate  |  Aug 6, 07 3:42 PM CDT

      She's Giuliani's Kid, but She's in Obama's Camp

      (Newser) - He may be America's mayor, but to Caroline Giuliani he's just dad—and she's not having anything to do with the idea of him as president. In her Facebook profile, the soon-to-be Harvard freshman lists herself as politically liberal, and says she's is backing Barack Obama. At least she was until Slate got a look at her page and spread the news. More »

    • Iranian Shakes Woman's Hand, Drops Prez Bid

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 3, 07 5:56 AM CDT

      Iranian Shakes Woman's Hand, Drops Prez Bid

      (Newser) - Iran's opposition leader has dropped out of the race to unseat Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president after the circulation of a Youtube video that appears to show him shaking hands with a woman, says the Guardian . The video and several photographs of Mohammad Khatami also show the reform-minded former Iranian president speaking to several women without head coverings while leaving a speech in Italy in May. More »

    • Get Ready for the Googlephone

      Independent (UK)  |  Aug 3, 07 3:17 AM CDT

      Get Ready for the Googlephone

      (Newser) - Google is spending hundreds of millions of dollars secretly developing a cell phone which offers Google search technology and other services, reports the London Independent. Prototype phones have been shown to several wireless carriers. The company is poised to bid on wireless spectrum licenses in the upcoming federal auction, which could be used to  become a mobile phone operator. More »

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