2008 Mar 24
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business 
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A year ago we praised Yahoo! for taking the bold step of offering its email customers unlimited storage space. It was a great conc read more »
TechdirtA year ago we praised Yahoo! for taking the bold step of offering its email customers unlimited storage space. It was a great conc read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 World 
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AP - The Tibetan government in exile says the death toll from the demonstrations in Tibet is about 140. read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The Tibetan government in exile says the death toll from the demonstrations in Tibet is about 140. read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AFP - An elderly Buddhist monk sits in his saffron robes inside a Yangon monastery, one of just a handful of senior monks trying t read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - An elderly Buddhist monk sits in his saffron robes inside a Yangon monastery, one of just a handful of senior monks trying t read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
Reuters - South Koreans may find they can afford to lose their trousers but not their shirts; drink a bit more soju, the cheap nat read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsReuters - South Koreans may find they can afford to lose their trousers but not their shirts; drink a bit more soju, the cheap nat read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Explosions and gunfire resounded in the Indian Ocean nation of Comoros at dawn Tuesday, a day after the president warned of m read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Explosions and gunfire resounded in the Indian Ocean nation of Comoros at dawn Tuesday, a day after the president warned of m read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Ecuador on Monday sought the aid of the Organization of American States in condemning the killing of an Ecuadorean citizen in read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Ecuador on Monday sought the aid of the Organization of American States in condemning the killing of an Ecuadorean citizen in read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
Comcast and Time Warner have complained to the FCC that Verizon is taking unfair advantage in preventing customers from dropping t read more »
TechdirtComcast and Time Warner have complained to the FCC that Verizon is taking unfair advantage in preventing customers from dropping t read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Technology 
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Reuters - Sirius Satellite Radio's $4.59 billion purchase of rival XM Satellite Radio was given antitrust clearance on Monday read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - Sirius Satellite Radio's $4.59 billion purchase of rival XM Satellite Radio was given antitrust clearance on Monday read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - A security lapse made it possible for unwelcome strangers to peruse personal photos posted on Facebook Inc.'s popular online read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - A security lapse made it possible for unwelcome strangers to peruse personal photos posted on Facebook Inc.'s popular online read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
A few months ago, we noted that Google had taken some tentative steps to make Google Maps more wiki-like, and we encouraged them t read more »
TechdirtA few months ago, we noted that Google had taken some tentative steps to make Google Maps more wiki-like, and we encouraged them t read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
Reuters - Australian grape growers reckon they are the canary in the coalmine of global warming, as a long drought forces winema read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsReuters - Australian grape growers reckon they are the canary in the coalmine of global warming, as a long drought forces winema read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - As of Monday, March 24, 2008, at least 4,000 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in Ma read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - As of Monday, March 24, 2008, at least 4,000 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in Ma read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
PC World - The Web site of popular online movie rental company Netflix suffered an outage early Monday morning. read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsPC World - The Web site of popular online movie rental company Netflix suffered an outage early Monday morning. read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
Last week, Apple apparently began distributing its Safari web browser to Windows users using the software update mechanism that co read more »
TechdirtLast week, Apple apparently began distributing its Safari web browser to Windows users using the software update mechanism that co read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Entertainment 
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AP - When Vogue announced its April cover starring LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen, the magazine noted with some fanfare that Jam read more »
Yahoo! News: Entertainment NewsAP - When Vogue announced its April cover starring LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen, the magazine noted with some fanfare that Jam read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
PC World - Microsoft answers the Web-based app suites of Google and Zoho, staying largely anchored to the desktop. read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsPC World - Microsoft answers the Web-based app suites of Google and Zoho, staying largely anchored to the desktop. read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Even before the Olympic flame was lit Monday, a protester of China's human rights policies disrupted the solemn ceremony, for read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Even before the Olympic flame was lit Monday, a protester of China's human rights policies disrupted the solemn ceremony, for read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Long known as a quirky holdout from modernity, the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan ended a century of absolute monarchy Monday by read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Long known as a quirky holdout from modernity, the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan ended a century of absolute monarchy Monday by read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business 
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AP - Sales of existing homes increased unexpectedly in February after six months of decline, but private economists said it was to read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Sales of existing homes increased unexpectedly in February after six months of decline, but private economists said it was to read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - Motorola Inc. on Monday dismissed as an "unnecessary distraction" billionaire investor Carl Icahn's legal efforts to force it read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Motorola Inc. on Monday dismissed as an "unnecessary distraction" billionaire investor Carl Icahn's legal efforts to force it read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Activist investor Carl Icahn said on Monday he is suing Motorola Inc to force it to hand over documents related to its read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Activist investor Carl Icahn said on Monday he is suing Motorola Inc to force it to hand over documents related to its read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - U.S. stocks jumped on Monday after a raised buyout offer for Bear Stearns Cos Inc suggested that financial stocks may read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - U.S. stocks jumped on Monday after a raised buyout offer for Bear Stearns Cos Inc suggested that financial stocks may read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - Online DVD rental leader Netflix Inc. is suffering a technology breakdown that's knocked out its Web site, inconveniencing it read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Online DVD rental leader Netflix Inc. is suffering a technology breakdown that's knocked out its Web site, inconveniencing it read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Rallying financial issues helped pull the Toronto Stock Exchange's main index strongly higher on Monday, amid increase read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Rallying financial issues helped pull the Toronto Stock Exchange's main index strongly higher on Monday, amid increase read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
It only took over a year of ridiculous protests from traditional radio stations, but the Justice Department has finally decided th read more »
TechdirtIt only took over a year of ridiculous protests from traditional radio stations, but the Justice Department has finally decided th read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - Rocket attacks on the U.S.-protected Green Zone may carry a message with implications across Iraq: rising anger within the Ma read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Rocket attacks on the U.S.-protected Green Zone may carry a message with implications across Iraq: rising anger within the Ma read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday that Canada's Biovail Corp will pay $10 million to settle read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday that Canada's Biovail Corp will pay $10 million to settle read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Sirius Satellite Radio's $4.59 billion purchase of rival XM Satellite Radio was given antitrust clearance on Monday as read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Sirius Satellite Radio's $4.59 billion purchase of rival XM Satellite Radio was given antitrust clearance on Monday as read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - JPMorgan Chase & Co on Monday raised its takeover offer for Bear Stearns Cos to about five times its original bid an read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - JPMorgan Chase & Co on Monday raised its takeover offer for Bear Stearns Cos to about five times its original bid an read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - Less than a week after losing in the latest U.S. spectrum auction, Google Inc. has started pitching its plan to use TV "white read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Less than a week after losing in the latest U.S. spectrum auction, Google Inc. has started pitching its plan to use TV "white read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
AP - Tiffany & Co. on Monday said its fourth-quarter earnings fell almost 16 percent, hurt by one-time charges, but its adjusted r read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Tiffany & Co. on Monday said its fourth-quarter earnings fell almost 16 percent, hurt by one-time charges, but its adjusted r read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - This one-stoplight farming hamlet had big dreams in 2005 when it was christened BioTown USA. read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - This one-stoplight farming hamlet had big dreams in 2005 when it was christened BioTown USA. read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
Michael Geist points us to the news that telemarketing firms are coming up with bogus reasons why a Canadian Do Not Call List is d read more »
TechdirtMichael Geist points us to the news that telemarketing firms are coming up with bogus reasons why a Canadian Do Not Call List is d read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 World Yahoo! News: World News
AP - The deposed chief justice emerged from house arrest Monday after Pakistan's new prime minister ordered police to pull back ra read more »
Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The deposed chief justice emerged from house arrest Monday after Pakistan's new prime minister ordered police to pull back ra read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
Last week, Mike noted the controversy over whether printing racy photos of Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the prostitute at the center of read more »
TechdirtLast week, Mike noted the controversy over whether printing racy photos of Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the prostitute at the center of read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
NewsFactor - Apple is under attack -- from a competing browser maker. Mozilla CEO John Lilly on Friday blasted Apple for includin read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsNewsFactor - Apple is under attack -- from a competing browser maker. Mozilla CEO John Lilly on Friday blasted Apple for includin read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Regional U.S. banks will be allowed to temporarily boost holdings of mortgage-backed securities by some $150 billion i read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Regional U.S. banks will be allowed to temporarily boost holdings of mortgage-backed securities by some $150 billion i read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - In her spare time, away from her duties as a chemicals specialist in the Army, Angie Papple fires up her computer and writes read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - In her spare time, away from her duties as a chemicals specialist in the Army, Angie Papple fires up her computer and writes read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
Back in 2005, we pointed out that Seagate's CEO, Bill Watkins, should be worried about the future of flash solid state drives (SSD read more »
TechdirtBack in 2005, we pointed out that Seagate's CEO, Bill Watkins, should be worried about the future of flash solid state drives (SSD read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - The Digital Media Association spent almost $1.1 million in 2007 lobbying on royalties paid by Internet radio stations, accord read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - The Digital Media Association spent almost $1.1 million in 2007 lobbying on royalties paid by Internet radio stations, accord read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
Reuters - Technology company InterDigital Inc said on Monday that it was in settlement talks with leading cell-phone maker Noki read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsReuters - Technology company InterDigital Inc said on Monday that it was in settlement talks with leading cell-phone maker Noki read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
USATODAY.com - NEW YORK - Lithium batteries, common in cellphones and laptop computers, are significantly more powerful for their read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsUSATODAY.com - NEW YORK - Lithium batteries, common in cellphones and laptop computers, are significantly more powerful for their read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - Warren Jenson, the chief financial officer of Electronic Arts Inc. since 2002, is leaving the video game publisher in the mid read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Warren Jenson, the chief financial officer of Electronic Arts Inc. since 2002, is leaving the video game publisher in the mid read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
InfoWorld - Free. It's the magic word for an ever-expanding wealth of downloadable software and online services. Free doesn't nece read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsInfoWorld - Free. It's the magic word for an ever-expanding wealth of downloadable software and online services. Free doesn't nece read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
Well, the buzz of the weekend seems to be around a New York Times op-ed by musician Billy Bragg upset about the sale of Bebo to AO read more »
TechdirtWell, the buzz of the weekend seems to be around a New York Times op-ed by musician Billy Bragg upset about the sale of Bebo to AO read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - MARTHA STEWART LIVING OMNIMEDIA INC. Martha's Circle launched in November with about a dozen food and lifestyles sites, in read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - MARTHA STEWART LIVING OMNIMEDIA INC. Martha's Circle launched in November with about a dozen food and lifestyles sites, in read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
Paul Alan Levy writes "In a new decision, a federal judge in Atlanta has rejected a claim by Wal-Mart that parody t-shirts an read more »
TechdirtPaul Alan Levy writes "In a new decision, a federal judge in Atlanta has rejected a claim by Wal-Mart that parody t-shirts an read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
InfoWorld - IBM announced last week that it would integrate a virtual worlds platform into Lotus Sametime , Big Blue's collabora read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsInfoWorld - IBM announced last week that it would integrate a virtual worlds platform into Lotus Sametime , Big Blue's collabora read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Tiffany & Co posted higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Monday as increased sales overseas and at new stores hel read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Tiffany & Co posted higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Monday as increased sales overseas and at new stores hel read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Walgreen Co , one of the largest U.S. drugstore chains, posted higher quarterly profit on Monday, helped by cost-cutti read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Walgreen Co , one of the largest U.S. drugstore chains, posted higher quarterly profit on Monday, helped by cost-cutti read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - JPMorgan Chase & Co is in talks to raise its takeover offer for Bear Stearns Cos to about $10 a share in an effort t read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - JPMorgan Chase & Co is in talks to raise its takeover offer for Bear Stearns Cos to about $10 a share in an effort t read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
Reuters - Stock futures pointed to a higher opening on Monday following news that JPMorgan Chase & Co was in talks to quintuple read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Stock futures pointed to a higher opening on Monday following news that JPMorgan Chase & Co was in talks to quintuple read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
That didn't take long. On Friday morning, PC World reported that that it would offer a "Fresh Start" option on certain of its lapt read more »
TechdirtThat didn't take long. On Friday morning, PC World reported that that it would offer a "Fresh Start" option on certain of its lapt read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
AP - Chinese authorities said Monday they are investigating complaints that millions of cell phone users were spammed with unwante read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsAP - Chinese authorities said Monday they are investigating complaints that millions of cell phone users were spammed with unwante read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Technology Yahoo! News: Technology News
InfoWorld - As Open Source Business Conference content chair and vice president of business development at open source enterprise read more »
Yahoo! News: Technology NewsInfoWorld - As Open Source Business Conference content chair and vice president of business development at open source enterprise read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Techdirt
Over the last year or so, we've seen two disturbing trends in enforcing patents. The first, is seeing patent holders suing a bunc read more »
TechdirtOver the last year or so, we've seen two disturbing trends in enforcing patents. The first, is seeing patent holders suing a bunc read more »
Date : 24 Mar 2008 Business Yahoo! News: Business
AFP - China's securities regulator has unveiled draft rules for a long awaited Nasdaq-style secondary board for start-up companies read more »
Yahoo! News: BusinessAFP - China's securities regulator has unveiled draft rules for a long awaited Nasdaq-style secondary board for start-up companies read more »