Archive for April, 2009

Disney joins Hulu video site

April 30th, 2009 by admin


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co will buy a 30 percent stake in Hulu.com, bringing popular TV shows such as “Lost” and “Grey’s Anatomy” to the video website founded by NBC Universal and News Corp.

Oracle to expand Web-based software offerings: source

April 30th, 2009 by admin


BOSTON (Reuters) - Oracle Corp, the world’s No. 2 business software maker, plans to expand its small line of programs that companies access via the Web, said a person familiar with the strategy.

Not scared of flu yet? Online exhibit may help

April 30th, 2009 by admin


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Staying inside to avoid the flu? Or perhaps you are not convinced yet that a pandemic would be scary. Either way, the U.S. National Archives has a solution.

Recession is latest focus of games for change

April 30th, 2009 by admin


RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - With the recession impacting college students, MTV’s college network mtvU is turning to one medium it knows will get attention to help teach students to cope with tough financial times — a video game.

Texting delays mar popularity of $50 Boost plan (AP)

April 30th, 2009 by admin


AP - A new $50 unlimited-calling plan sold under the Boost brand has been a badly needed success story for Sprint Nextel Corp., luring hundreds of thousands of new customers, by industry estimates.

More on backing up your Yahoo! Mail account

April 30th, 2009 by admin


Once a week or so, a reader writes in to ask how to back up his or her Yahoo! Mail account.
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Hulu scores ABC shows through Disney deal

April 30th, 2009 by admin


The number-three online video destination just inked an agreement with Disney that’ll bring shows such as “Lost,” “Desperate Housewives,” and “Grey’s Anatomy” to the site, leaving CBS as the sole big-network Hulu holdout.

Boogie birdie: Animals shown to ‘dance’ to music (AP)

April 30th, 2009 by admin


AP - They wouldn’t blow away the competition on “Dancing with the Stars,” but it turns out that some birds got rhythm. After studying a cockatoo that grooves to the Backstreet Boys and about 1,000 YouTube videos, scientists say they’ve documented for the first time that some animals “dance” to a musical beat.

Africans have world’s greatest genetic variation (AP)

April 30th, 2009 by admin


AP - Africans have more genetic variation than anyone else on Earth, according to a new study that helps narrow the location where humans first evolved, probably near the South Africa-Namibia border.

Disney joins NBC and News Corp. with Hulu stake (AP)

April 30th, 2009 by admin


AP - Disney movies and ABC TV shows will be available on Hulu.com now that Walt Disney Co. is taking an equity stake in the popular video streaming site, joining its founders, NBC Universal and News Corp.