Privacy groups challenge Google-DoubleClick deal
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:37:42 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Consumer privacy groups on Friday sought to derail Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion deal to buy online ad supplier DoubleClick Inc., filing a complaint with U.S. regulators to block the merger on privacy grounds.

Music blogs traffic in mainstream MP4 videos
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:17:00 GMT

NEW YORK (Billboard) - By now the practice has become old hat: an eagerly anticipated album gets distributed and devoured by MP3 bloggers before it ever hits stores. But when Columbia Records released Beyonce's "B'Day Anthology Video Album" on April 3, it marked a rare instance of a similar phenomenon happening with a music DVD.

Internet user ratings draw fire from trade group
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:14:09 GMT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Interactive Advertising Bureau, a trade group, raised fresh concerns about the measurement of Internet users' behaviour and called on Friday for two leading market research companies to submit to audits.

Circuit City, Napster to offer joint music service
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:40:12 GMT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retail chain Circuit City and Web music service Napster said on Friday they would jointly offer a subscription service with access to millions of songs, the latest effort to compete with Apple Inc.'s popular iTunes music store.

Apple seen having upper hand in music negotiations
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:37:30 GMT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Apple Inc. sits for contract negotiations with the major record companies over the next month, it will probably seek further concessions from them on selling music without copy-protection software.

Google profit beats forecasts
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:11:57 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc. reported on Thursday a 69 percent rise in quarterly net profit, easily beating expectations as the Web search leader gained market share, sending its stock up 2 percent after-hours.

Rights group urges Egypt to free Islamist blogger
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:30:24 GMT

CAIRO (Reuters) - A U.S.-based human rights group pressed Egypt on Friday to release a prominent Muslim Brotherhood activist, blogger and journalist, calling his detention a blow to free speech.

MySpace to test news service to boost ad revenue
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:06:57 GMT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp.'s MySpace social network plans to test a service on Thursday that scours the Web for news stories and lets users rate them, aiming to attract more advertisers to the Rupert Murdoch-controlled company.

U.S. House panel approves anti-spyware bill
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:56:33 GMT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation that would help protect consumers from harmful spyware that can harvest personal data from a user's computer was approved on Thursday by a U.S. House Energy and Commerce subcommittee.

China official blames Internet for youth crime
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:16:54 GMT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Most youth crime in China can be blamed on negative influences from violent or pornographic Web sites, a police spokesman said on Thursday, justifying the country's latest crackdown on the Internet.


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