Andy Murray claims the fourth title of his career with an absorbing 6-4 4-6 6-2 win over Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka in the Qatar Open final. Read more..
For an inside view of life in Iraq, we cherry-pick recent postings from Iraqi bloggers - those who left - and some who were trying to leave. Read more..
So much for a 72-hour hold.
After a little more than 24 hours at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, E! News has confirmed that Britney Spears has been released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,... Read more..
Looks like Jack Black's personal school of rock can count on at least one more enrollee.
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1/4/08, "No Winners," as Court Strips Spears Custody»»
With Britney Spears locked down in a hospital following her bizarre late-night standoff, a Los Angeles court commissioner has granted Kevin Federline sole custody of the ex-couple's two young sons.
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Even the most versatile actors out there have no interest in taking on the role of scab.
The Screen Actors Guild announced Friday that, to maintain solidarity with striking Hollywood writers,... Read more..
1/5/08, Hannah Montana Suit Something to Talk About»»
Hannah Montana fans are getting the best of both worlds, leaving the less entertaining aspects to the show's lawyers and publicists.
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If 2007 was any indication, Indiana Jones and Speed Racer are going to enjoy 2008.
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Poppy Montgomery spent her Christmas decking the halls of the maternity ward.
The "Without a Trace" star and longtime boyfriend Adam Kaufman welcomed their first child together Dec.... Read more..
Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston may no longer be coupled, but they were in unison on one thing Friday: skipping court.
The former lovebirds were both no-shows for a scheduled proceeding Friday... Read more..
1/4/08, Fairplay Heads Up Survivor's New All-Stars»»
Good news for fans of antagonistic television. Bad news for Johnny Fairplay's grandmother.
The "Survivor: Pearl Islands" sympathy-seeking grandma-killing reality show hate figure... Read more..
It's more like catch her if you can.
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Google has announced a closed beta test of Adsense for Video.
According to the post on Inside Adsense, Adsense for Video consists of “in-stream” advertisements. Publishers define at what point the advertisements will appear for each video.
It’s a change in the right direction for Google. The previously announced advertising trials for YouTube consisted entirely of text advertising overlays that lead to video-on-video click to play advertisements; a form of advertising that can easily be ignored by the viewer. Whilst many may find in-video style advertising annoying, it at least comes with a guarantee that viewers are going to see the advertisement.
Adsense for Video, as it is currently explained lacks contextual delivery. Allowing publishers to select where a video is played may empower content creators, but it does nothing in terms of automatically optimizing advertising for the viewer.
Google appears to be lagging in this market; the technology to contextually serve advertising within video is already available, ScanScout providing such a service. Given the massive market share Google holds in the online video hosting marketplace through YouTube, it would normally be expected that Google would be leading development in this field. For reasons unknown, they are not doing so.
Crunch Network: CrunchGeardrool over the sexiest new gadgets and hardware.
Looks like Jack Black's personal school of rock can count on at least one more enrollee.
The big-screen funnyman and wife Tanya Haden are expecting their second child together, the actor...
Social media network Buzznet today announced the closure of a $6 million round of financing led by Redpoint Ventures and Anthem Venture Partners.
Buzznet is the largest social network site you’ve possibly never heard of. The Sunset Boulevard based company was established in 2003 and was last covered by TechCrunch in June 2005.
Buzznet has an extraordinary presence given it only returns a page and a half of results in Google News (at the time of writing). Buzznet ranks in the Top 1000 sites online according to Alexa and the Top 500 according to Compete. The company boasts of having over 6 million users and is the fastest growing social networking site according to data from Hitwise.
To put that into perspective (Buzznet is the blue line):
The site launched with an initial focus on music and has evolved into something like Flickr meets MySpace. BuzzNet is primarily a photo-sharing community with a much stronger pop-culture focus than similar services. Users share news, participate in community groups, vote on polls, keep journals…and yet it’s not like MySpace, it’s hard to describe.
The pop culture/ music focus is working well for Buzznet. Fall Out Boy, AFI, Cartel, up-and-coming indie artists and “internet celebrities” such as Jeffree Star now call Buzznet home.
Obscurity though seems to be working for Buzznet and the traffic and ranking figures speak volumes for the service. Hitwise ranked Buzznet at No. 17 on its list of Top 20 social network sites in March, Buzznet having the same market share as Windows Live Spaces and not far away from Friendster and Google’s Orkut. With $6 million in the bank it’s a company that is not only going places, it’s unlikely to ever return to relative obscurity again in the future.
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Ex-Justice Aide Says Deputy Attorney General Misled Congress on Firings
By James Rowley and Robert Schmidt May 23 (Bloomberg) -- A former top Justice Department aide said Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty was ''not fully candid'' with Congress about the involvement of presidential aides in the firing of eight U.S.
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U.S. Supreme Court: Parents Don't Need Lawyers In Special-Education Cases
Most federal courts had concluded that parents who are not lawyers and who want to challenge decisions have to hire an attorney to represent them. Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the court, said parents have legal rights under the Individuals With
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So much for a 72-hour hold.
After a little more than 24 hours at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, E! News has confirmed that Britney Spears has been released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,...
Looks like Jack Black's personal school of rock can count on at least one more enrollee.
The big-screen funnyman and wife Tanya Haden are expecting their second child together, the actor...
With Britney Spears locked down in a hospital following her bizarre late-night standoff, a Los Angeles court commissioner has granted Kevin Federline sole custody of the ex-couple's two young sons.
"I'm...
Even the most versatile actors out there have no interest in taking on the role of scab.
The Screen Actors Guild announced Friday that, to maintain solidarity with striking Hollywood writers,...
Hannah Montana fans are getting the best of both worlds, leaving the less entertaining aspects to the show's lawyers and publicists.
A lawsuit brought against the Disney Channel by an...
If 2007 was any indication, Indiana Jones and Speed Racer are going to enjoy 2008.
Brand was king at last year's office, as 7 of the 10 top-grossing movies were extensions of long-standing...
Poppy Montgomery spent her Christmas decking the halls of the maternity ward.
The "Without a Trace" star and longtime boyfriend Adam Kaufman welcomed their first child together Dec....
Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston may no longer be coupled, but they were in unison on one thing Friday: skipping court.
The former lovebirds were both no-shows for a scheduled proceeding Friday...
Good news for fans of antagonistic television. Bad news for Johnny Fairplay's grandmother.
The "Survivor: Pearl Islands" sympathy-seeking grandma-killing reality show hate figure...
It's more like catch her if you can.
A woman who went on the lam in 2005 after allegedly bashing Leonardo DiCaprio with a broken beer bottle is now in police custody in Toronto following...
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