R.E.M. Launching New Album On iLike

When someone suggested that Michael Stipe, the lead singer of R.E.M., release the band’s new album “Accelerate” on the social networking site iLike - he liked the idea. The move will make history and is another sign of the music industry’s loss of power.The entire album will be streamed on the site a week before it is released to the public on April 1st. Hopefully…

Extreme Places On Google Earth

Frank Taylor points out on his Google Earth Blog that a member of the Google Earth Community has put together an interesting collection of extreme places on Earth.

Eyeblaster Ad Firm Files For IPO

While it might be fun to discuss a toy with which kids should never be allowed to play, we're instead going to talk about a company that deals with online advertising.  Eyeblaster, as it's called, has filed for an IPO.

EU Allows Google, DoubleClick Merger

The process took longer than Google would have liked, but ultimately the European Union agreed with Google's position that the DoubleClick deal would merge complementary ad businesses.

Hulu Set To Launch Publicly

Hulu the online joint video venture between News Corp and NBC Universal will make its public debut on Wednesday.The video site will feature free, ad-supported full length TV episodes along with movies from NBC, Fox and more than 50 media companies including Sony Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Some of the TV offerings on Hulu include "The Simpsons", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and 100 films including "The…