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NBC Universal Buys The Weather Channel With Help From Big Money

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:32:24 +0000

Source:Mashable!
The Weather Channel has over the years turned into a peculiarly popular attraction. Whether by viewer habit or by the simple fact that its name describes precisely what it is, it has become the preeminent source for weather readings and forecasts. And NBC Universal evidently likes what it sees in TWC, because it, along with […]

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MySpace Gets Serious About Games

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:33:00 +0000

Source:GigaOM
Coskata, a startup that says it can produce commercial-scale ethanol for under $1 per gallon made from either biomass, municipal solid waste or other recycled materials, has unveiled a partnership with General Motors, along with investments from GM, Khosla Ventures, Advanced Technology Ventures and Great Point Ventures. Earth2Tech editor Katie Fehrenbacher visited the company […]Source:GigaOM
Social networking site MySpace is continuing its push into the gaming space with plans to launch a game portal. Casual gaming is a popular activity, with tons of competition. There are independents with their own web sites, those creating games such as Scrabulous for social networks, while large portals such as Yahoo have the basics, […]

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MySpace Creating a Game Portal

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:30:41 +0000

Source:GigaOM
Social networking site MySpace says it’s planing to launch a game portal. Casual gaming is a popular activity, with tons of competition. There are independents with their own web sites, those creating games such as Scrabulous for social networks, while large portals such as Yahoo have the basics, among them poker and sudoku. The games […]

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AT&T May Censor Copyrighted Materials At The ISP Level

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:30:05 +0000

Source:Techcrunch
I’m often reminded of the Monty Python line “Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition” as being the perfect analogy for the unexpected, so its apt that I use it here because it looks like what you download online in the United States could soon be monitored and blocked (presuming it breaches copyright) if new plans by […]

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Forget the SanDisk Deal, NBC Direct Will Soon Have Free Downloads in HD

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:30:11 +0000

Source:Techcrunch
The assets of classified listing service Edgeio, a company co-founded by TechCrunch Editor Michael Arrington that joined the Deadpool last week, are on the market.
Interested parties can register to bid at Domain-Tools here. Bidding starts at $250,000 and bidders must pre-register to bid. The auction finishes Friday 21 December with payment to be paid via […]Source:Techcrunch
While NBC Universal is making deals left and right to try to make up for the fact that it is no longer distributing its digital TV shows through iTunes, don’t get distracted by all the small-fry announcements. For instance, today it announced that it would make NBC shows available to SanDisk for its new […]

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