Murdoch wants to lead interactive TV market
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has teamed up with his daughter Elizabeth in a bid to make his online social network MySpace the leader in the hot new interactive TV space.
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Micro-blogging
Mobile Internet devices and online communities are merging to a new kind of web diary: “micro-blogging,” where people fire off terse missives about what they are doing or thinking at any given moment.
Hackers attack Tibetan government website
Unknown hackers on Friday blocked access to the official website of the Tibetan government-in-exile in India, Tibetan officials said.
Most popular online products
Hardware, Gaming, DVDs and iPods remain very popular amoung local online shoppers.
Young racists in cyberspace
Social networking sites carry hate speech and Afrikaner heritage debates.
Internet search reveals ‘how to’ advice
People searching the Internet for information about suicide methods are more likely to find sites encouraging suicide than those offering help or support, according to a study released on Friday.
Google gains from Yahoo-Microsoft drama
Microsoft’s unwanted courtship of Yahoo is spinning into a dramatic soap opera that analysts say is playing into the hands of Internet search king Google.
Google must identify paedophiles
A Brazilian Senate panel ordered Google on Wednesday to give it access to 3,261 profiles containing suspected paedophile material on a highly popular social-networking website.
Yahoo AOL in talks
Yahoo is nearing a deal with America Online to combine the two struggling companies’ Internet operations, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
24.com buys Blueworld
24.com has acquired a controlling stake in Blueworld Communities – a local social networking group.
blinkx signs comedy partners
blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, today announced new partnerships with some of the world’s funniest online comedy video sites, including DailyComedy.com, Comedy Time, Comedy.com and National Banana.
Bloggers prepare strike
Galvanised by their call for a general strike on Sunday, Egypt’s cyber dissidents have set a new date for anti-regime action on May 4 as an 80th birthday present for President Hosni Mubarak.