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 A new study conducted by an organization called Open Net Initiative concluded that Web censorship is growing, confirming previous online studies of more renowned freedom watchdogs like Reporters without Frontiers.Many countries around the world block or filter Internet content, denying access to information- often about politics, but...
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 Spectacular information coming under the form of an Apple internal e-mail was posted on the popular electronics blog Engadget, causing a rapid and massive hysteria among investors.The information that Apple’s craved iPhone and the next-gen OS Leopard will be delayed for several months was published by Engadget on Wednesday morning and...
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 Following the beta-testing issues reported by Crackdown owners yesterday, Bungie recently reported that the public beta-testing will be prolonged with no less than 4 days.When Halo 3 public-testing sessions debuted on May 16, a lot of fans who had purchased the $60 Crackdown game (which ensured them a place among Halo 3 multiplayer...
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 Google has decided to take distance from its “keep it simply” policy concerning Internet searches and to integrate most of the previously separated search results into a single, richer Web-page.Marissa Mayer, VP Search Products & User Experience at Google, said that this new approach was the result of an internal mock-up test from...
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 Yahoo recently updated its Maps Search service, with the most obvious changes noticeable in the user interface area and in the overall speed of the service.Yahoo said it has moved its map indexing from the platform used for at least five years (with the technology provided by deCarta Inc.) to its own proprietary, in-house platform at...
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 Amazon is threatening Apple’s iTunes with a new music download service due later this year, that will apparently sell DRM-free tracks.Amazon’s decision should seriously shake up Apple’s dominance since the Cupertino-based giant is currently imposing songs to be sold for only $0.99- a thing Amazon’s service will not do, thus allowing more...
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 MySpace has been the favorite target for online sexual predators, and scandals that have had the popular social networking as an emerging platform are a solid proof that the danger is not to be trifled with.Sexual scandals have plagued the prominent site since its inception on the Web, and there have been numerous complaints from...
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 News Corp.-owned social networking site MySpace is taking serious steps towards fending off illegal video postings from its fans, in an attempt to dampen criticism from content-owners who have already sued YouTube for the same matter.MySpace recently added a new feature to its site (now ranked 4th in the world) which basically forbids...
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 Yahoo Photos goes down the drain as Flickr keeps on shining.Web giant Yahoo Inc. decided to pull the plug on its online photo storing service Yahoo Photos, as it competes with the company’s similar service Flickr. Flickr, which is now ranked 42nd in the world, has become the most popular photography-oriented site on the Web, clearly...
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 NBC Universal joined the mounting choir of anti-YouTube protesters, by joining forces with Los Angeles News Service operator Robert Tur.[more]Robert Tur, winner of three Television News Emmy Awards and credited with the first coverage of OJ Simpson’s slow-speed chase in 1994, sued YouTube last year, on July 14 for hundreds of copyright...
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