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Finns urged to check Web, curb guns after rampages

Finnish authorities should monitor the Internet more effectively and tighten licensing of firearms to prevent more gun massacres in schools, a government commission said on Thursday. The inquiry was set up after 18-year-old Pekka-Eric Auvinen shot 8 people and himself in November 2007 in Jokela high school near Helsinki. Less than a year later, Matti Saari, 22, killed 10 people and himself at a vo...

Hollywood struggles to find wealth on the Web

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After more than a decade of hype about the Internet being the next great stage for mass entertainment, it remains dominated by amateurs with most Hollywood stars watching from the wings.

Intel sees Atom sales up 50 percent

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Intel, the world's biggest chipmaker, expects to sell at least 50 percent more of its Atom chips for netbooks and other mobile Internet devices this year than it did last year, the head of that unit said.
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Hong Kong woman's airport hysterics an online hit

HONG KONG - A Chinese woman who freaked out at Hong Kong's international airport after missing her flight has hit the big time on YouTube after her hysterics were filmed and uploaded to the video sharing website. The middle-aged woman was seen charging at a security guard at the departure gate, before screaming aieyyahhhhh, at the top of her lungs in a rant that lasts about three minutes. ...
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High Tech World; High Tech Pope

On Friday, Pope Benedict XVI marked 43rdWorld Communications Day by launching the Vatican YouTube channel with a theme New Technologies, New Relationships: Promoting a Culture of Respect, Dialogue and Friendship.
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Microsoft MessengerTV Launches in 20 Countries

Software giant Microsoft Corp launched a new online service in 20 countries on Tuesday that allow users to watch video clips at the same time as a network of friends while chatting via Windows Live Messenger.
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YouTube Blocked in China

Access to YouTube in China was cut on Sunday after footages of the bloody protests in Tibet appeared on the site.
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Pakistan Unblocks YouTube

Pakistan lifted a ban on the YouTube video-sharing Web site on Tuesday saying that the video that was offensive to Islam had been removed.
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'Quarterlife' Moves from Online to Prime Time

Quarterlife began at ABC, moved to the Internet, and now will air on NBC with its first episode to premier tonight, making it the first prime-time drama pulled from the Web to TV.
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MySpaceTV Buddies Up With BBC

The online community MySpace sealed a deal BBC to display some of its programs on MySpaceTV in move to increase completion with major online video rival, YouTube.
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Fox: There is no such thing as television

Online streaming video is continuing to grow with viewers moving from 2 minute clips, to full length shows as media distributors place content in multiple platforms, media executives said on Wednesday.
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Obama Girl, Britney boy top YouTube videos

Videos by a self-styled Obama Girl, a fan's tearful defense of Britney Spears and an attack by a herd of buffaloes on a pride of lions, were among the most popular clips on YouTube.com in 2007.
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Snowglobe Boy Web Sensation Creates World Record

An idea to put a young ad agency worker in a Snow Globe and film it live as an eco-friendly digital holiday card has quickly turned into a buzz-worthy Internet phenomenon and set a world record.
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YouTube Now Interactive on Helio Ocean Mobile

Helio, South Korean mobile communications firm, launched on Wednesday the first interactive YouTube application for cell phones on its Helio Ocean phone in spite of low volume of mobile video viewers.
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Yo! Singapore censor rap hits YouTube

Singapore's Media Development Authority, which regulates and censors media and the arts, has scored an unexpected hit on YouTube with a rap video about the city-state's media ambitions.

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