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Paris, Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Dot-com fever stirs sense of déjà vu Internet companies with little revenue and few customers are commanding high price while investors are displaying symptoms of the disorder known as irrational exuberance. After years of resistance, Led Zeppelin agrees to put its music online One of the last major music groups to hold out will make its music catalogue available digitally starting next month. Apple chooses Orange as iPhone operator in France In a variation of its global strategy, Apple will sell both locked and unlocked versions of the iPhone, allowing some consumers to choose a network. Facebook reaches deal with New York state on enforcing safeguards New York state's top lawyer on Tuesday announced an agreement with social networking Web site Facebook to enforce safeguards against obscene content and sexual predators using the site. Dow Jones Web sites ditch CNBC ads in favor of competitor Fox Though CNBC had concluded a deal with Dow Jones more than a month earlier, the slots were filled instead by ads for Fox Business Network. Apple's new operating system, Leopard, to go on sale Oct. 26 Apple Inc. said Tuesday its next-generation operating system, Mac OS X "Leopard," will go on sale Oct. 26 for $129. Google unveils system that could help prevent online video pirating While it is not yet clear how effective the system might be, Google has been testing it with several other media partners in the hopes that it will help keep copyrighted content off such sites as YouTube. Verizon letter to customers on sharing information stirs debate The company said it was seeking to share information only among Verizon divisions, so it could better sell new products to existing customers. Procter & Gamble looks to online episodes to attract younger audience Companies like Procter & Gamble and American Eagle Outfitters have had success with online sitcoms that integrate their products with a story line to advertise, in a nonadvertising way, to younger consumers. From YouTube stardom, a path to an entertainment career A parody of "Star Wars," made far from Hollywood, has been viewed more than 19 million times since its YouTube debut in July 2006. U.S. Supreme Court rejects Microsoft appeal in fraud case The software giant and a unit of electronics retailer Best Buy had asked the justices to overturn a May ruling by an appeals court in San Francisco that a lawsuit alleging they fraudulently sign up customers for Microsoft's online service could proceed.



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IHT Tech Alert for October 17, 2007