Google Adds 'Mediafire' to Piracy-Related Search Filter
Mountain View, Calif. - Google has added cyberlocker service Mediafire to a list of "piracy-related" keywords that it filters from its Instant and Autocomplete...
Hackers Launch New Attacks Against Sony
Los Angeles - A hacker group has launched another series of attacks against Sony, this time claiming to have stolen source code and data...
Chinese Twitter Clone Weibo to Launch in U.S.
Beijing - Chinese Internet portal Sina is planning to launch its Twitter-like microblogging service Weibo in the U.S., Reuters reported, citing the Chinese blog...
Hackers Hit Sony Again; Data on 50,000 Consumers Stolen
Los Angeles - A hacker group that targeted the PBS website over the weekend and said it would next attack Sony has apparently made...
Jill Abramson Replaces Bill Keller as N.Y. Times Executive Editor
New York - Bill Keller on Thursday announced he will step down as executive editor of The New York Times, to be replaced by...
China Denies Hacking Gmail Accounts; FBI Investigating
Beijing - After Google revealed yesterday that it had discovered hundreds of Gmail accounts belonging to senior government officials, journalists, activists and others had...
Publisher Sites Add Google +1 Content Recommendation Buttons
Mountain View, Calif. - Google has expanded its "+1" content recommendation button and service to publisher websites, which will allow users to click a...
Hacker Group That Hit PBS Says It Will Now Target Sony
San Francisco - A hacker group that claimed responsibility for an attack on PBS websites over the weekend, in retaliation for what it says...
World Heath Organization: Cell Phones 'Possibly' Carcinogenic
Lyon, France - The World Health Organization's (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced on Tuesday that it has classified the radiation...
Consumer Electronics Assn. to Induct 11 Into Hall of Fame
San Diego - The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) said it will induct 11 new members into its Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame, which honors...
New Editorial Team Joins AOL Daily Finance Site
New York - AOL on Thursday announced a new editorial team for its AOL Daily Finance site, which features financial news, personal...
Peter Thiel Announces Inaugural Class of "20 Under 20" Fellows
San Francisco -- Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal who currently serves as president of Clarium Capital and managing partner of The...
LivingSocial CEO Sees Innovation as Key to Winning Daily Deals Space
Washington, DC -- With the concept of online daily deals still in its relative infancy, companies like DC-based LivingSocial and Groupon will...
Scalable Display Technologies Raises $450,000 in Equity
Cambridge, Mass. -- Scalable Display Technologies, a Cambridge-based developer of software that automatically calibrates and “edge-blends” multiple projectors into seamless digital displays, has...
InStream Media Raises $1.4 Million
Newton, Mass. – InStream Media, a Newton-based provider of point of purchasing advertising and targeted mobile messaging, has raised about $1.4 million in...
Internet Ads Increase 23 Percent Q1 to a Record $7.3 Billion
New York - Internet advertising revenues in the U.S. hit $7.3 billion for the first quarter of 2011, a 23 percent increase over the...
Google Demos New Mobile Payment System
New York - Google, along with Citi, MasterCard, First Data and Sprint, today gave a demo of Google Wallet, an app that will make...
Hackers Attack Sony Music Japan, Sony Ericsson Sites
Los Angeles - Following hacker attacks last month on its PlayStation Network and other services, and another attack this week on a Sony Music...
Report: Google, Sprint to Unveil New Mobile Payments Service
New York - Google (NASD: GOOG) plans to introduce a new mobile payments service this week, which will initially be available on Android phones offered...
Barnes & Noble Introduces Smaller, Cheaper Nook eReader
New York - Bookseller Barnes & Noble on Tuesday introduced a new Nook e-book reader device model that is smaller and cheaper than its...
