Archive for the ‘Goongee’ Category

Google And YouTube Gets DMCA Subpoena From Magnolia Pictures

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

Video Sharing has become a hot topic as of late and Google and YouTube are once again under fire for user generated video content. This time Magnolia Pictures hit them with a subpoena to reveal the identity of a user that uploaded 3 videos. One at Youtube.com and two on Google ...

Prepare Your Computer For The Early Time Change

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

This year spring comes a little earlier or at least the time change does. In order to prepare for the upcoming time change this Saturday, you might want to scoot over to Microsoft's website to download the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Time Zone Data Updates (KB 925874) and Microsoft Dynamics CRM ...

Police Departments Turn To YouTube To Nab Suspects

Monday, March 5th, 2007

Being a criminal isn't as easy as it used to be. The internet is so vast that it can reach out to millions of people for very little money and some police departments have turned to the popular video sharing website owned by Google to help find wanted criminals and ...

BBC Strikes Up A Deal With Youtube

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

Today the BBC announced that they inked a deal with Youtube to feature clips of BBC content. The Agreement is non exclusive and set to run for several years. Here are the specifics: One of the BBC's two entertainment channels will be a "public service" proposition, featuring no advertising. It will ...

Cisco Buys XML Company For $135 Million

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Cisco has really been on the move lately. Earlier this month they purchased 5 Across, a social networking software company and today they announced plans to buy Reactivity, a small company that makes equipment to route XML internet traffic. The company is based in Redwood, California and employs 56. The ...

Viacom Chooses Joost To License Content

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

Today Viacom announced that they had reached a licensing agreement with Joost to distribute video content. This agreement was reached just weeks after having Youtube and Google pull 100,000 video clips that were in copyright voilations. Joost will host content from Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and Paramount studios. No financial ...

Yahoo Co-Founder Donates 75 Million Dollars To Stanford

Monday, February 19th, 2007

Yahoo Co-founder Jerry Yang and his wife just announced that they are donating 75 million dollars to Stanford University. Associated Press reported that Stanford plans to use $50 million of the donation for a new environmental studies center it hopes to finish by December, and $5 million for a 120,000-square-foot center ...

Google Adds Shopping Cart Graphic To Listings That Offer Google Checkout

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

Have you recently noticed a new graphic that looks like a shopping cart in a Google ad? Google has just added this feature to their advertising program so that vendors can clearly identify that they accept payments using Google Checkout. The ad pictured below gives you an idea of how companies ...

Warner Signs On With Two Companies To Distribute Mobile Content

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

Warner recently announced that they have signed agreements with Egypt's Orascom Telecom and Norwegian telecom group Telenor. The deal with Orascom will give Warner the right to provide mobile products such as ringtones and full track downloads in countries including Algeria, Bangladesh, Italy, Pakistan, Tunisia and Egypt. The agreeement with Telenor ...

MTV To Make Videos Available For All Internet Users

Monday, February 12th, 2007

Recently Viacom requested that online video content website Youtube.com remove 100,000 video clips after they failed to come to a distribution agreement for copyrighted content. Today Viacom announced that they are going to make MTV's content available to all users online, eliminating the need for people to visit Youtube. "We ...