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Online Video Viewing Doubles
The number of people watching online video through a browser has doubled over the past year, going from 32 percent a year…
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Google Getting More Friendly with the Government?
Google has an office in Washington D.C., and now it is opening another one just a stone's throw away in Reston, Virginia. Why? So the company can try to sell "cloud computing" to government agencies, according to the Washington Post.
New UK Group Aims To Protect Children Online
A new online watchdog group has been created in the UK to help protect children from harmful content on the Web such as bullying and pornography.
YouTube Video Causes Stir By Showing How Democrats Caused Crisis
In another example of the power of the Internet to move public perception, a video that shows how the Democrats caused the current financial crises has nearly 850,000 views just hours after being linked to by The Drudge Report.Updated (092908) to 850,000 views.
Muxtape Coming Back
Popular music site MuxTape was ordered to shut down by the RIAA back in August, but the site is coming back with a new concept, and that is to help bands get exposure. Ok, that was the goal the whole time, according to Founder, Justin Ouellette, but now it's only going to be a service for bands.
No Apologies From National Retail Federation
Yesterday, we covered three bills in Congress championed by the National Retail Federation that would require online marketplaces to keep extensive records on merchants and, on behalf of the government, secretly investigate those suspected of selling stolen goods. Trying to shore up support, a representative for the NRF compared online merchants to drug addicts who could help but steal to support their eBay habit.
