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IMDB "Jane Doe" case gets a court date (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:35:08 +0000

Reuters - Junie Hoang, the actress suing the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) for revealing her age, will see her day -- and perhaps two days -- in court next year.

Star Wars, Ferris Bueller drive Super Bowl ad buzz (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:30:39 +0000

Reuters - The Super Bowl is still two days away but some advertisers already are looking like winners as their yet-to-be-aired commercials score millions of hits online and rack up pre-game buzz.

Madonna launching video on billboards, online (AP)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:49:48 +0000

AP - Clear Channel is giving Madonna all its luvin'.

NY Times profit falls as ad revenue shrinks (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:55:15 +0000

Reuters - The New York Times Co's fourth-quarter profit fell but surpassed Wall Street expectations, as the newspaper's online edition added subscribers, and the company forecast advertising revenue to remain flat.

Televisa, Iusacell say Mexico rejects planned deal (AP)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:44:36 +0000

AP - A move by the world's largest Spanish-language media company into Mexico's mobile-phone market has been rejected by the country's anti-monopoly regulator, the two companies involved in the deal said.

Three Demand Media executives leave (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:21:09 +0000

Reuters - Demand Media Inc said on Monday that three executives left the online media and advertising company to pursue other business opportunities.

Neeson’s ‘The Grey’ tops box office with $20M (AP)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:58:55 +0000

AP - Beware the Liam in Winter. Liam Neeson's "The Grey" topped the weekend box office with $20 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, continuing the actor's success as an action star in the winter months.

Twitter’s new censorship rules face opposition (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:06:43 +0000

Reuters - It was only two weeks ago that Twitter was protesting online censorship in the form of anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA. Now the social networking site faces a surge of opposition to its own censorship practices.

CNN behind on TV ratings, ahead of rivals online (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:14:23 +0000

Reuters - CNN may lag behind most of its competitors in the television ratings department, but digital is another story.

French brand Courreges takes retro fashion online (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:26:16 +0000

Reuters - Courreges, the futuristic fashion brand of the 1960s, is poised to bring its vinyl boots and A-line mini-dresses back into vogue, relaunching the French name online.

Mecom to charge for news online in new strategy (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:28:44 +0000

Reuters - Loss-making European publisher Mecom is to slash costs, review assets and charge customers to access content online as it fights to revive a business hit by falling advertising sales and changing readership trends.

News Corp hacking tabloid misled UK police (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:12:39 +0000

Reuters - Journalists from the News of the World tabloid misled police after hacking the mobile phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, action which sparked a scandal engulfing News Corp, a letter from police published on Monday said.

Epic clash: Silicon Valley blindsides Hollywood on piracy (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:54:28 +0000

Reuters - The massive online protest last Wednesday, in which Wikipedia and thousands of other websites closed down or otherwise protested and helped to kill controversial online piracy legislation, was widely heralded as an unprecedented case of a grassroots uprising overcoming backroom lobbying.

Firm stops file sharing after Megaupload case (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:37:23 +0000

Reuters - FileSonic, a website providing online data storage, has disabled its file sharing services following a U.S.-led crackdown on a rival website and amid heated debate over Washington's attempts to clamp down on online piracy.

Epic clash: Silicon Valley blindsides Hollywood on piracy (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:13:16 +0000