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Current News for June 23, 2008

CBS finally acquires CNET Networks

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:55:43 PDT
Media conglomerate CBS Corporation just today that it has successfully completed the initial offering period of its tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of CNET Networks, Inc., publisher of the popular News.com tech news site.

Hillary Clinton finally ready to concede defeat

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:05:56 PDT
Gay youth to picnic in Soho Square London's largest gathering of LGBT youth will take place in the centre of the city later this month. They will gather in Soho Square on Friday 20th June for the 'OutZone Summer Picnic'. Michelle Obama "whitey" tape fails to materialise There is little proof behind the widely reported story that a major news network is in possession of video featuring Michelle Obama, wife of presidential hopeful Barack Obama, railing against white people. New Yo

iPhone is the New Fashion (or Buh-bye Moto)

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:55:27 PDT
The iMac case went from white plastic to aluminum and glass, and the iPhone went from aluminum and glass to black plastic. Or white plastic to show off you got a premium 16GB version, just like the high-end MacBook is only in black. None of that is coincidence. As technical advances slow and feature creep becomes more of a crawl, electronics is shifting from being all about the speeds and feeds and becoming more about the fashions and faux-pas. Apple knows this and a new study shows consume

Google's view: Three trends in social networking | Webware :

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:43:40 PDT
"Social is the new black," Joe Kraus, Google's director of product management, said at a talk on the company's social-computing efforts at the Supernova conference here.

Global community long way from meeting HIV targets says UN chief

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:25:37 PDT
Global community long way from meeting HIV targets says UN chief The United Nations Secretary General has warned the number of people being diagnosed with HIV is outpacing those who are currently receiving treatment for the disease. No date set for Irish civil partnerships legislation Despite delays in bringing forward a bill to legalise civil unions in the Republic of Ireland, a draft version has been circulated to government departments. Fancy a trip to New York? Go to Barcelona

Modeling The Real Market Value Of Social Networks

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:06:20 PDT
Is MySpace worth $3 billion, or $20 billion? It depends on how you value a user. It’s time to start comparing the big global social networks on something other than unique visitors and page views. I believe an effective way to value a particular user is based on the average Internet advertising spend per person in the country they live in. The higher the spend, the more value the social network can get out of the user by serving them advertising and other products. That means that, for now, us

CNN & the price of gas - Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:14:27 PDT
Jump to the full entry & travel map Boston, Massachusetts, United States I'm developing a semi-obsession with CNN. It's just so much louder than the BBC. The anchors are all buddy-buddy with each other, making cracks about melons (the obvious ones) and joking around like they are all having SO MUCH FUN. But at the same time they are talking serious news AND looking like fashion models (in that really super-groomed American news-woman way). For some reason all the men have grey hair except

In the news: Coldplay on The Hour

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:04:29 PDT
From Bill Harris of the Toronto Sun: Coldplay under Strombo’s hot gaze “Chris Martin of Coldplay isn’t afraid of some cold self-analysis. Martin and his world-famous British band get the full hour-long treatment tonight on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos (CBC, CBC Newsworld). Coldplay granted unprecedented access to Stroumboulopoulos, who visited the band in England.” Read more.

Chocolate Boy Luring Bollywood Bombshell?

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:23:11 PDT
We are referring to our very own Telugu lad Tarun who is better known as the 'Chocolate Boy' of Tollywood. It is known news that Tarun has come out with some of the finest hits with Aarti Agarwal and though things went haywire on their personal front, they were touted as a successful pair on screen. Currently, not much is happening in Tarun's


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