Reuters: Internet News

YouTube starts running full-length CBS shows

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:02:48 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - YouTube, the largest video-sharing Website, has started to run full-length TV shows from CBS Corp's archive, in its latest step to boost advertising revenue by adding professional programing.

Kazakh bloggers say can't access popular website

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:15:10 -0400

ALMATY (Reuters) - Internet users in Kazakhstan complained of censorship Friday after being unable to access the popular blogging service Livejournal, but the state-owned telecoms company denied it was blocking it.

Visit China's Forbidden City -- as a virtual eunuch

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:28:24 -0400

BEIJING (Reuters) - Culture fans thousands of miles from Beijing can now visit its famous Forbidden City, through a three dimensional recreation of the vast palace that also allows them to dress up as an imperial eunuch and meet a courtesan.

Google founder Brin visits Russian space cosmodrome

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:27:45 -0400

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Google co-founder Sergey Brin, considering going into space on a private flight, made a surprise visit to Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome on Saturday to wish good luck to a fellow space tourist.

Tennessee man indicted for hacking Palin e-mail

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:02:26 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Tennessee man has been indicted for hacking into Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.

Web TV shows porn, without the sex

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:28:32 -0400

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It started when three brothers joked about making pornography for fans of the genre who happen to be offended by on-screen sex. Out of that joke came an idea for a website, and they called it "PG Porn."

Google extends AdSense to online games

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:01:04 -0400

(Reuters) - Google Inc on Wednesday launched technology to insert advertisements into online video games and boost revenue from the booming gaming sector.

How safe is your city? Put it to the bicycle test

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:45:16 -0400

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - How safe is your city? An Argentine publicist has developed a bicycle test to gauge crime in different neighborhoods.

Web technology cuts mobile calling fees

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:23:19 -0400

BOSTON (Reuters) - The cost of talking on the go is coming down, thanks to an increasing number of options for using Internet calling services on mobile phones as an alternative to traditional cellular service plans.

YouTube to sell music and games

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:39:24 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - YouTube, the world's most popular video-sharing site, will start to sell music and video games and experiment with new advertising formats to grow revenue, executives said on Tuesday.