Sunday, September 28, 2008

Robert Hernreich - Baidu has stake in China Internet TV platform UiTV (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)

NEW YORK, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Baidu.com Inc , the largest online search engine in China, on Sunday said it will take an 8.3 percent stake in UiTV, which operates the largest Internet television platform in the world's most populous country. Robert Hernreich

MANILA, Philippines -- Software maker Amadeus is expecting to do a relaunch of its Internet Booking Engine (IBE) as part of its strategy to encourage more travelers to book online instead of the traditional method. Robert Hernreich

Washington- The Federal Communications Commission has spent nearly a year testing devices designed to use empty television channels, known as white spaces, for high-speed Internet service. Robert Hernreich

Oprah Winfrey called it "the most exciting thing I have ever done" as she opened the first of 10 Internet broadcasts of her book club to discuss A New Earth. Robert Hernreich

Augustana coach Brad Salem is concerned that someday soon he will be notified of compromising photos of one of his players on the Internet. Salem's fears are becoming more common as college coaches and administrators consider the possible ill effects of social networking sites, of which Facebook and MySpace are the most popular. Robert Hernreich

katrina writes "Covering the infamous MafiaBoy bank hack, the launch of the first ever online newspaper — MIT's 'The Tech' — and Brewster Kahle developing the Internet Archive back in 1996, five decades of the most significant Internet developments, hacks, legal battles and innovations have been documented in a massive historical article on Cnet UK." Read more of this story at Slashdot. ... Robert Hernreich

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