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Boo.com comes back from the dead

Infamous fashion brand Boo.com has made a return to the web today, but this time as a vertical search engine and social networking site focusing on travel.

The domain – which has already seen the demise of two etailing ventures - is now owned by Dublin-based holiday booking company Web Reservations International.

by Richard Maven 02 May 2007 09:17am 0 comments

Google to fight Viacom's copyright lawsuit

Google plans to fight the $1bn lawsuit brought against it by Viacom over the alleged use of copyrighted content on YouTube.

The lawsuit, filed by Viacom in March this year, accused YouTube/Google of 'massive intentional copyright infringement' due to the number of Viacom's clips which had been uploaded to the video site.

by Graham Charlton 02 May 2007 08:37am 0 comments

Yell.com redesigns homepage

Yell.com has today unveiled a new look for its homepage, and has opted for a cleaner, more streamlined version.

This is how it looks:

by Graham Charlton 01 May 2007 16:01pm 0 comments

iGoogle offers individual homepage, gadget advertising

Google has rebranded its personalised homepage offering "iGoogle" and launched a series of new features.

Along with the renaming, the search site is giving laypeople the ability to create their own "gadget" content quickly and easily.

by Robert Andrews 01 May 2007 09:59am 1 comment

eBay launches widgets for syndicated selling

eBay has launched a Flash widget applet that allows sellers to embed their auctions on sites around the web.

The auction site has billed the move as "a fun and easy way for you to share the interesting things you've discovered on eBay and personalise your blog, social networking page or website".

by Robert Andrews 01 May 2007 08:48am 0 comments

BBC's on-demand plans given the green light

The BBC Trust has approved plans by the corporation to make its programming available for download on an on-demand basis.

The on-demand proposals are the first to be subject to a Public Value Test (PVT), in which 10,500 individuals and organisations were consulted over the BBC's plans.

by Graham Charlton 01 May 2007 07:35am 0 comments

Online sales to hit £78bn by 2010 - IMRG

The IMRG's annual statement says etail is growing faster than ever before, and predicts online sales in the UK will reach £78bn a year by 2010.

The group says £42bn will be spent online by UK shoppers in 2007, up from £30.2bn last year, while worldwide online sales will hit £250bn this year.

by Graham Charlton 30 April 2007 15:45pm 0 comments

Channel 4 on demand service gets 1m viewers

Channel 4's TV on-demand service 4OD has attracted over 1m viewers since its launch in December, in a boost to the hopes of broadband TV providers.

Speaking to the FT, 4's video on demand head Sarah Rose said 20m programmes had been viewed through the service, but wouldn't reveal how much usage was taking place over the net, rather than through Virgin Media or BT Vision set top boxes.

by Graham Charlton 30 April 2007 13:42pm 0 comments

Google inks partnership for better govt. info access

Google is working with US state governments to make online information more easily accessible to citizens.

The search site partnered with Arizona, Utah, California and Virginia so that "information that previously did not appear in a casual Google search will now appear when searching for results on relevant topics ranging from education to health to property records or regulations", Reuters reported and Google announced.

by Robert Andrews 30 April 2007 09:10am 0 comments

Google ads used in spyware phishing scam

Unscrupulous advertisers have used Google AdWords banners in an attempt to obtain internet users' bank account details.

Exploit Prevention Labs, an internet security firm, found ads had been purchased against keyword search results like "betterbusinessbureau" that linked through to a spyware applet that would dupe users into entering account details into fake online banking pages.

by Robert Andrews 30 April 2007 09:06am 0 comments