- Obama said what? Find it on YouTubeBy Yi-Wyn Yen Last Thursday, Barack Obama mentioned Fortune magazine during his acceptance speech as the Democratic presidential candidate. But how would you find that on the Web? Search engines today aren’t powerful enough to scour through millions of online video clips to help users find exactly what they’re looking for. YouTube (GOOG) is attempting […]
- viacomBy Yi-Wyn Yen In an effort to stick it to the largest Internet search company, big media company Viacom and software giant Microsoft struck a major ad deal Wednesday that to share movies, TV shows, and video games on the web. Wednesday (VIAB) Google certainly can’t be thrilled that it’s still stuck in a holding […]
- Nintendo Wii officially recession-proofThe Wii Fit game is one of Nintendo’s biggest sellers with 697,000 sold in the U.S. in November. Courtesy of Nintendo By Yi-Wyn Yen Nintendo seems to have bucked the recession. The Japanese video game manufacturer has doubled November sales of the Wii in the U.S. from a year ago, according to NPD’s latest release on gaming […]
- Kosmix searches for a new way around GoogleBy Yi-Wyn Yen These days, getting a large handout from venture capitalists is rare. It’s even tougher when your startup needs a lot of cash to compete with Google. Kosmix, however, has defied the odds. In late October, the plucky startup raised $20 million, led by Fortune’s parent company Time Warner , by assuring investors […]
- Report: Former AOL chief wants to buy YahooBy Yi-Wyn Yen Yahoo’s fate is becoming more convoluted every day. Just two days after the Times of London reported that talks between Microsoft and Yahoo were back on, the the Wall Street Journal says former AOL chief executive Jonathan Miller is trying to raise money from private equity and sovereign wealth investors to buy […]
- The Xbox 360’s holiday makeoverXbox 360 gets an image makeover to compete with the Wii. Image: Microsoft By Yi-Wyn Yen The Xbox 360 is getting a major software update designed to transform it into a multimedia machine. Starting Wednesday, all Xbox 360 owners will be required to update their gaming consoles so that they can watch movies in high-definition, […]
- Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang to step downBy Yi-Wyn Yen At the Web 2.0 Summit two weeks ago, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang was asked if he was the right guy to lead the battered Internet portal. Yang dodged the question by defending his passion for the company he co-founded 13 years ago. “I didn’t make the decision of being the CEO lightly,” […]
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