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The city of Chicago is suing eBay and subsidiary StubHub for failing to collect an 8 percent amusement tax on tickets sold…
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) didn't exactly point fingers and do any name calling, but the results of its broadband penetration study shined like red badge on the US's broadband shortcomings. When compared to the rest of the world, Uncle Sam comes up short.
The development may not be big in a YouTube sense, but News Corp and NBC Universal are bound to be pleased. Hulu, their online video site, has sealed deals with Break.com, BuddyTV.com, Flixster.com, MyYearbook.com, TV.com, TVGuide.com, and Zap2it.com.
Google Earth has always been educational, letting people learn about the landscapes of places and countries they've never seen in person. Thanks to the addition of a Google News layer, Google Earth will now also let its users keep up with current events.
The UK government is considering creating a huge database that would hold all the details of emails, phone calls and text messages of it residents in an effort to guard against crime and terrorismCurrently, records of phone calls and text messages are stored up to 12 months by telecom companies in accordance with a EU anti-terrorism directive.A new Home Office (Interior Ministry) proposal would require…
Earlier this year, several research companies recorded a decrease in traffic to Facebook, and all sorts of people began to characterize the site as a passing fad. Then it turned out Facebook had experienced similar dips before, and the talk subsided. This time, Facebook might not be so lucky.
