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- 'Halo 3' midnight launch in NY
- Completing the "Halo" trilogy, "Halo 3" launches at midnight Tuesday.
- Tags: Halo 3, halo, midnight, Microsoft, game, video game, launch, master chief, caroline mccathy, new york, nyc
- Videos 2007-09-25
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- EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube (and its users)
- On this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk about all the search happenings this week--Google and Adobe, Microsoft and Powerset and the never-ending Microhoo saga--as well as the Viacom vs. Google lawsuit. It was a busy week on the search front. Adobe kicked off the...
- Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Microsoft Corp., Viacom Inc., Podcasts, Games, Internet, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users lose
- Updated: The latest battle in Google's ongoing court battle with Viacom over YouTube copyright infringement is a glass half full or half empty situation. In the half full department, Google scored a legal victory as a judge shot down Viacom requests for the search giant's search code and other critical...
- Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., IP, Video, Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- AOL to offer "guaranteed" ad rates for Bebo and Facebook application developers
- In an attempt to attract developers to its own ad platform, AOL announced today that it will "guarantee CPM revenues to developers on Facebook and Bebo's platforms if they opt to use its Platform-A ad technology", reports CNET's Caroline McCarthy. If the offer sounds to good to...
- Tags: Bebo, Facebook, Advertisement, America Online Inc., Application Developer, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Lessig: Don't fall into the four-year trap
- CNET News.com's Caroline McCarthy interviews Lawrence Lessig, Stanford law professor and co-founder of the new Change Congress project, about government corruption then and now.
- Tags: News, caroline mccarthy, laurence lessig, government, corruption, creative commons, but no tags matched
- Videos 2008-06-24
- Facebook overtakes MySpace globally
- The latest comScore figures show Mark Zuckerberg's social network has overtaken its News Corp rival for worldwide unique visitors. New figures from metrics firm comScore show that, in May, the battle of the social-networking sites may have gained a new front-runner: Facebook appears to have surpassed long-time rival MySpace...
- Tags: Facebook, ComScore Networks Inc., Site, MySpace, Hi5, Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Caroline McCarthy, ComeScore, ratings, social network
- News items 2008-06-23
- House approves telecom immunity in 'compromise'
- Congressional leaders reached a compromise on a telecom immunity bill and the House passed it handily 293-129, AP reports. Compromise hardly seems like the word it, though. Listen to Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.), the lead Republican negotiator, quoted in the Wall Street Journal: ...
- Tags: Immunity, Telephony, Government, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- Social networking on the 'New York Times'
- CNET News.com reporter Caroline McCarthy talks with Derek Gottfrid and Nick Thuesen, who developed TimesPeople, a new feed that lets people recommend stories to other readers on 'The New York Times' Web site.
- Tags: Network, New York Times Co., Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, News, caroline mccarthy, New York Times, TimesPeople, social networking, news
- Videos 2008-06-18
- 'Last.fm in a Box', ad-supported music service expands its "offsite community" strategy
- CBS continues to show signs that it understands the distributed nature of the net -- and no, I'm not saying that because it's in the process of buying ZDNet's parent company CNET. Today, Last.fm (which CBS purchased in May 2007) announced a major expansion to its "offsite...
- Tags: Strategy, Advertisement, CBS Broadcasting Inc., Last.fm, Box, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Dems ready to cave on telecom immunity
- Democratic leaders are preparing to cave to intense pressure to give telecom companies immunity from spying-related lawsuits, News.com's Anne Broache reports. Pitched as a "compromise" by Republicans, the new version essentially gives the Bush Administration "what it wants," Caroline Fredrickson, director of the ACLU's Washington office, says....
- Tags: Court, Immunity, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Quality, Telecommunications, Networking, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- Facebook reaches safety plan with states
- Facebook has joined MySpace and inked a deal with 49 state attorneys general on a safety plan. Texas was the lone holdout. News.com's Caroline McCarthy reports: "We've agreed with 49 states and the District of Columbia to set up principles around Internet safety," Facebook...
- Tags: Facebook, Agreement, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Harassment, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Is the Web 2.0 economy in limbo?
- CNET News.com Editor in Chief Dan Farber and reporter Caroline McCarthy wrap up the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco and discuss the current Web 2.0 boom and how long it will be sustained.
- Tags: News, dan farber, caroline mccarthy, web 2.0, san francisco, mark andreesen, social networking
- Videos 2008-04-25
- Are we headed for a nuclear winter?
- Caroline McCarthy's post on News.com describing the juxtaposition between the party atmosphere underpinning Web 2.0 and the views of certain veterans poses awkward questions: Amid the drunken revelry and pulsing electronic music, one prominent tech-industry veteran at the party was asked exactly what Chi.mp is. "I'll tell you what...
- Tags: Bank, Information Technology, Investment, Forrester Research Inc., Web 2.0, Social Networking, Strategy, Financial Services, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- News to know: Microsoft Mesh; Microhoo; OLPC; Patents; Linked data
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Ten things to know about Microsoft's Live Mesh Ryan Stewart: Silverlight and the future core of Microsoft Screen shots: Microsoft's Live Mesh right Images: Hands-on with Live Mesh Techmeme ...
- Tags: Patent, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Linux, Open Source, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- News to know: Yahoo; ToorCon; Microsoft Surface, XP; Apple; Psystar
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microhoo: A frenetic week ahead; Yahoo could turn the tables on Microsoft Nathan McFeters: ToorCon Seattle 2008: Nuke plants, non-existent sub domain attacks, muffin diving, and Guitar Hero ToorCon gallery. Mary Jo Foley:...
- Tags: Google Inc., Hard Drive, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Veterans Administration, Help Desk, Open Source, It Operations
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Facebook rolls out chat...slowly
- Facebook quietly launched its chat feature over the weekend, but the company plans a slow rollout. In a blog post, Facebook noted: This week marks the launch of Facebook Chat—a new way for you to communicate with your friends in real-time. The Wall and Inbox have...
- Tags: Facebook, Facebook Chat, Construction, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- An April Fool's Day Tour de Farce
- It's April Fool's Day and the technology industry is going nuts trying to top the next farce. It's pretty bad when you don't trust information from legit sources and you almost think one of your favorite Wall Street prognosticators has changed his bear stripes. Here's the tour of...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web, Facebook, April Fool, Virgle, Arrington, Channel Management, Branding, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- Facebook privacy controls, IM on the way
- Facebook will roll out new privacy features and instant messaging the company said in a press briefing Tuesday. According to News.com's Dan Farber and Caroline McCarthy Facebook will roll out these features tonight or Wednesday morning. Among the two features: Facebook...
- Tags: Facebook, IM, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
- Facebook's new face: What does it need to accomplish?
- Facebook has previewed a new profile page that cleans up a good amount of clutter on the page by creating tabs for users to put their wall items, personal information and photos. These improvements are a no brainer. Facebook's profile pages--with apps, news feeds, personal info and...
- Tags: Facebook, Construction, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-27
- Netscape+eulogy%3A+Use+Flock+and+Firefox
- Netscape+eulogy%3A+Use+Flock+and+FirefoxAOL is like Caroline Kennedy's Boeing777...with everything you would expectFairwell Netscape we can only believe you will find a new home in some preprietary search as part of many midline and large corporations handling a multitude of employees. have fun at your New! job.RE: Netscape eulogy: Use Flock and FirefoxWhat's...
- Tags: Web browsers, E-mail clients, Microsoft Windows Vista, Netscape Communications Corp., Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, America Online Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-22
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