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  • No music video needed for YouTube success

    Record producer Chaka Zulu, right, looks through material from his artists to post on YouTube, while I20, second from left, Ludacris, left, and Rocko, film a video on Sept. 2 in Atlanta. Instead of releasing a flashy video for Ludacris’ song “Let’s Stay Together,” producer Chaka Zulu just uploaded the track directly to the site with a just picture of the rapper as accompaniment.




  • Imdb.com allows free film, TV viewing
    Amazon.com said on Monday that its subsidiary, Internet Movie Database, would allow users to watch feature films and TV shows for no charge on its website, imdb.com.

  • Best Buy to acquire music-sharer Napster
    Napster, the online music community that rose from a dorm room project to became the scourge of the recording industry, is being purchased by Best Buy for nearly $127 million.

  • Wall Street Journal launches social network
    The Wall Street Journal is borrowing elements from popular Internet hangouts like Facebook as it seeks to boost usage.

  • Parental software is aid, not answer

    eBlaster spy software ($100), from Spector Soft, can record your child's MySpace activities, as well as capture incoming and outgoing e-mail, chats and instant messages, then immediately forward you a copy, Spector Soft says.Child-safety experts caution that while parental monitoring and filtering software may help keep kids safer online, the biggest thing they provide may be a false sense of security.




  • Virginia court strikes down anti-spam law
    The Virginia Supreme Court declared the state's anti-spam law unconstitutional Friday and reversed the conviction of a man once considered one of the world's most prolific spammers.

  • Yahoo's home page to get makeover
    Yahoo Inc. is preparing to tweak several popular sections of its Web site, including its home page, during the next few months to accommodate more material from rival services as the Internet company tries to polish its tarnished franchise.

  • One in five bosses screens applicants' Web lives
    Written references could become old hat for hiring managers with one in five saying they use social networking sites to research job candidates -- and a third of them dismissing the candidate after what they discover.

  • VideoSurf hopes to ride Internet video wave
    There are plenty of places to watch online video, but still no easy way to find a particular clip without suffering through a lot of trial and error.

  • Facebook gets another facelift

    In this undated image provided by Facebook is shown a page featuring the social networking site's new look.  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is hoping to avoid a backlash as the popular online hangout prepares to impose its new look on its 100 million users, whether they like it or not. (AP Photo/Facebook)Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg thinks he's found a way to ease the journey down a different road so he won't have to issue public apologies like he did in each of the previous two years after springing new products on users. His theory will face a major test Wednesday when Facebook begins forcing its 100 million users to adapt to a redesigned Web site, whether they like the new look or not.




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