NBC, Viacom join in copyright battle with YouTube

US television giant NBC Universal sided with Viacom in a legal campaign to force YouTube to vigilantly filter copyrighted material from its popular video-sharing website.

Military posts Iraq combat video on YouTube

The US military is now posting video clips on YouTube showing US troops in combat and insurgents being bombed in a "boots on the ground" perspective of the Iraq war, officials said Monday.

Microsoft's New Hotmail Goes Live

The latest version of Microsoft Corp.'s free Web-based e-mail is now widely available to the public in 36 languages.

Craigslist Founder: Be More Like Colbert

Craig Newmark might not be the most obvious choice for a speaker at a conference of newspaper publishers, considering that his website Craigslist is often seen as a rival to newspapers by siphoning away lucrative classified advertising.

AP Freezes Rates, Proposes Fee Changes

The Associated Press will freeze its basic rates for newspaper and broadcast members for a second year in a row in 2008 and is proposing changes that would allow them to customize the news services they receive, the CEO of the news cooperative said Monday.

Blair Uses YouTube to Praise Sarkozy

British Prime Minister Tony Blair took to the Internet on Monday to congratulate Nicolas Sarkozy on winning France's presidential election.

Germany confident EU will take over Galileo project

The European Union's German presidency expressed confidence Monday that the EU will take over the Galileo satellite project, faced with demands for more time and money from private builders.

Principal Guilty in Software Piracy Case

A court Monday found the principal of a village school guilty of using bootleg Microsoft software and ordered him to pay a fine of about $195 in a case that was cast by Russian media as a battle between a humble educator and an international corporation.

Nokia Siemens Networks to Cut 9,000 Jobs

Nokia Siemens Networks, the telecom equipment maker that began operations last month, said Friday it will lay off up to 9,000 people worldwide _ some 15 percent of its work force _ in line with previous plans.

AT&T, Iowa Phone Companies Go Toe-To-Toe

The website for Wayland, Iowa, boasts of "clean, well-kept homes," but the telephone lines running through town pulse with sultry talk on adult chat lines and a strange number of conference calls.

Belgian Newspapers Return to Google

Belgian French-language newspapers were back on Google on Thursday after agreeing that the search engine can link to their websites, the first signs of a thaw in a bitter copyright dispute. But neither has so far settled on a key part of the dispute: the use of newspaper story links used on Google News.

IBM Bores Tiny Holes in Computer Chips

Chips with minuscule holes in them can run faster or use less energy, IBM Corp. said in announcing Thursday a novel way to create them _ potentially one of the most significant advances in chip manufacturing in years.

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Thai king to sue YouTube

Thailand's army-backed government plans to sue YouTube over clips it deemed insulting to King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

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Microsoft goes Live with Hotmail upgrade

Windows Live Hotmail sports a new look and features similar to Microsoft's desktop-based Outlook e-mail program.

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blip.tv makes it on to the video radar

From high school drop-out to CEO of an internet TV network station in New York, Mike Hudack lived the classic start-up dream.

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