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Big media seek 21st century business models

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:43:37 +0100

SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) - Media moguls at this week's Sun Valley conference have spent as much time discussing how to reconfigure business models disrupted by the Web as they have worrying about the weak economy.

North Korea army behind South web attack: report

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:03:36 +0100

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's military is behind a series of cyber attacks against South Korean and U.S. websites that slowed or disabled access by saturating them with traffic this week, a South Korean news report said on Saturday.

Power.com countersues Facebook over user data

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:54:03 +0100

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Power.com, a San Francisco based aggregator of social networking sites, on Friday sued Facebook in a California court to try to resolve who owns data on social networking websites -- users or the sites.

Google CEO to discuss his role on Apple's board

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:37:57 +0100

SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) - Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said he will talk to Apple Inc about how his role on its board might change after Google's move to launch a new operating system.

Apps a nail in coffin of broadcast mobile TV

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:32:58 +0100

HELSINKI (Reuters) - For years it was the talk of the wireless industry: beaming television to the world's four billion cellphones would be the icon of the digital age. Now, just three letters are hastening the demise of that vision.

AOL reviewing assets, but will likely keep Bebo

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:27:40 +0100

SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) - AOL, which is in the process of being spun off from Time Warner Inc, is reviewing assets it could sell or divest, but will likely keep its social networking site Bebo, CEO Tim Armstrong said.

AT&T takes issue with antitrust criticism

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:14:59 +0100

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Telecommunications giant AT&T struck back on Wednesday at Sen. Herb Kohl, chair of a congressional antitrust panel, saying the lawmaker's concerns about a lack of competition in the wireless industry were unfounded.

Bloggers test boundaries in Saudi Arabia

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:45:54 +0100

JEDDAH (Reuters) - Armed with a computer, an internet connection and his own intellect Ahmed Al-Omran is one of a few Saudi bloggers trying to push for change and make themselves heard in the conservative Gulf Arab monarchy.

News Corp won't buy Twitter, won't sell MySpace

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:44:05 +0100

SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) - News Corp is not interested in buying popular microblogging site Twitter and will not sell its struggling social network MySpace, said the media conglomerate's chief executive, Rupert Murdoch.

Ericsson to manage Sprint network in $4.5-$5billion deal

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:02:57 +0100

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp said it would pay Ericsson $4.5 billion to $5 billion to manage its network under a 7-year deal in which 6,000 Sprint workers will move to Ericsson. Sprint shares rose 4 percent.