Yahoo settles lawsuit with jailed Chinese journalists  —  UPDATE: Includes statement from Yahoo and information from World Organization for Human Rights USA.  —  Yahoo listened.  —  A week after being excoriated by lawmakers over supplying information to the Chinese government that landed …

Source:   CNET News.com
Author:   Elinor Mills
Link:   http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9815950-7.html

Murdoch: WSJ.com expected to be free  —  ADELAIDE, Australia - News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said Tuesday he intends to make access to The Wall Street Journal’s Web site free, trading subscription fees for anticipated ad revenue.  —  “We are studying it and we expect to make that free …

Source:   Associated Press
Link:   http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071113/ap_on_hi_te…

Mergers: Commission opens in-depth investigation into Google’s proposed take over of DoubleClick  —  HTML:  —  EN  —  FR  —  DE  —  PDF:  —  EN  —  FR  —  DE  —  DOC:  —  EN  —  FR  —  DE  —  IP/07/1688  —  Mergers: Commission opens in-depth investigation into Google’s proposed take over of DoubleClick

Source:   europa.eu
Link:   http://www.europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do…

The Daily Show  —  IN many towns and cities, the newspaper is an endangered species.  At least 300 daily papers have stopped publishing over the past 30 years.  Those newspapers that have survived are struggling financially.  Newspaper circulation has declined steadily for more than 10 years.

Source:   New York Times
Author:   Kevin J. Martin
Link:   […]

DivX support coming to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 support in the works  —  DivX has announced that the Sony PlayStation 3 will soon support the DivX video codec.  We suspected as much when the PS3 2.0 firmware was released, as it includes the ability to detect both DivX and Xvid files.

Source:   Ars Technica
Author:   […]

“Citron” colored 4/8GB Zune discovered  —  The Zune software hasn’t been released for very long but I’ve already thrown my usual arsenal of weapons at it in the hope something undisclosed in the source will waive the white flag.  Fortunately, I won’t go to sleep empty handed as I’ve discovered …

Source:   istartedsomething
Author:   Long […]

November’s coolest gadgets  —  The hundreds of thousands of people entering the Tokyo Motor Show are getting a chance to see more than just the latest cars — there’s a whole section of the mammoth exhibition devoted to the gadgets and gizmos that are increasingly becoming part of motoring in the 21st century.

Source:   InfoWorld
Link: […]

Bebo Launches ‘Open Media’ A New Vision for Social Media and Entertainment  —  Bebo, the global social network, opens its doors to media brands, deepening user engagement with popular entertainment.  Launch partners include global media brands CBS, MTV Networks, BBC, Turner, ESPN, Yahoo!, Next New Networks, Crackle and more.

Source:   PRWeb
Link:   http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/11/prweb569071.htm

Virtual Palm OS on your Nokia N-Series tablet — hoozah!  —  You read that headline right, now you can run a Palm OS Garnet VM on your Nokia N-series N770, N800, or N810 tablet.  Access just released a beta copy of their Garnet Virtual Machine software.  Yes, Snappermail, DateBk5, Pocket Tunes …

Source:   Engadget
Author:   […]

Samsung Rolls Out Next-Gen WiMax Toys While We Wait and Wait [See The WiMax Future]  —  So is Korea actually a country from the future, or what?  We’re asking because Samsung is now rolling out its second generation of phones, mobile devices and USB modems that support WiMax.

Source:   Gizmodo
Author:   Charlie White
Link:   http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/see-the-wimax-future…