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eBay’s Kijiji Makes Stealthy Move Into Craigslist Turf

With nary a press release or even an announcement on its Web site, eBay has started offering its Kijiji free online classified ad service to people in the United States. The rollout of Kijiji in the U.S. puts it in direct competition with free online classified ad pioneer -- and leader -- Craigslist...

Yahoo Reaches for Relevancy With New ‘Smart’ Ads

Ever get the feeling that somebody is watching over your shoulder while you browse the Web? Yahoo's new SmartAds program promises to bring to your monitor display ads based on your behavior, location and demographics. The new platform is being touted by Yahoo as a way to give advertisers "the abilit...

Online Ad Spending Ballooned 35 Percent in ’06

Internet advertising grew by about 35 percent in 2006, according to a new study that suggests companies and their advertising agencies are increasingly embracing the Web as a viable place to build brands and sell goods. Online advertising revenue grew to $16.9 billion last year, according to the lat...

Clear Channel Board Decides Buyout Price Is Right

The board of directors for radio and billboard giant Clear Channel Communications unanimously approved a slightly sweetened $19.5 billion buyout offer from private equity groups whose prior attempts it recently rejected. Asked by some major shareholders to rethink that rejection, the board announced...

Yahoo Music Promises the Last Word on Lyrics

Yahoo has teamed with digital entertainment company Gracenote to provide supposedly official lyrics to hundreds of thousands of popular songs. Yahoo said the lyrics, for songs from almost 100 music labels, will be free. The company also stressed that, unlike lyrics widely available at other Web site...

Google Pumps Up the Volume With Clear Channel Ad Deal

In an expected but by no means insignificant move, Google will begin selling 30-second ads to run on hundreds of radio stations operated by Clear Channel Radio. The deal is part of the search engine giant's determined expansion beyond the Internet, and it's one that should bring much-needed revenue ...

CBS Makes Web Play With Grab Bag of Content Deals

Hoping to expand its reach and capture more advertising revenue, CBS has struck deals with ten Internet-related companies that will distribute its content over the Web. With its so-called CBS Interactive Audience Network, the veteran broadcasting company will become "the most widely distributed prof...

Comcast Snags Fandango, Plans Online Video Search Site

Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, is acquiring movie ticket sales portal Fandango and launching a new Web site to help people locate online video content. The new site, to be called "Fancast," will complement Fandango, which will continue to sell movie tickets, said Comcast. Both will be ...

Sirius TV Climbs Into Chrysler Back Seats

Digital television broadcasts targeted for children will soon be available in Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge vehicles, starting with the 2008 Chrysler and Dodge minivans. The service, coming from Sirius Satellite Radio, will be called "Sirius Backseat TV." While the name implies it will be available only ...

Sprint Slashes Music Download Fee to 99 Cents

Over-the-air music downloads just got less expensive, at least for Sprint customers. As part of a number of moves to boost its music download business, Sprint announced it will charge 99 cents for all songs purchased from its Sprint Music Store. The price cut, slated to begin early next month, will ...

Borders Dumps Amazon, Heads for Web

Borders Group is severing its alignment with Amazon.com and will be unveiling its own book-selling Web site as part of a major company restructuring designed to "revitalize, refocus, and ultimately reinvent the company." Borders' arrangement with Amazon, initiated seven years ago as a seemingly good...

CBS Doubles Bandwidth for March Madness

To help meet demand for online streaming video of the upcoming NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Championship, CBS SportsLine is doubling its bandwidth reserves and offering preregistration. The company, part of CBS Interactive, expects "an even greater audience" for the March Madness games than it e...

Cisco Snaps Up Reactivity to Boost Web 2.0 Plans

In a move that demonstrates consolidation among players in the burgeoning world of Web 2.0 development, Cisco Systems paid $135 million to buy Reactivity, an XML specialist that's been selling products for only about five years. Cisco, in announcing the acquisition, said its clients -- as well as ma...

On-Again, Off-Again EMI-Warner Deal On Again

Warner Music Group acknowledged Tuesday it is still interested in purchasing EMI Group, its slumping rival in the troubled music industry, but such a deal is unlikely to solve the long-term problems facing both companies. New York-based Warner Music confirmed it approached EMI on Jan. 24 to discuss ...

Russian Court Tosses Out Microsoft Piracy Case

It was a David versus Goliath case that made international headlines. Russian authorities, determined to fight pirated software, came down hard on a school found to have 12 computers with phony versions of Windows and Microsoft Office. A court on Thursday dismissed the charges, calling the case "tri...

Yahoo Goes Global With Mobile Ad Platform

Yahoo on Monday broadened the nascent world of cell phone advertising by launching a mobile ad platform in 19 countries. The service, which was first offered in the United States in November, allows companies to run interactive advertisements on the Yahoo Mobile Web home page. The company said it si...

EMC to Spin Off Part of VMware as IPO

Information infrastructure giant EMC is selling, through an initial public offering, a sliver of its highly successful VMware subsidiary, a move that should strengthen VMware's position in the growing virtualization software market. EMC said it will retain ownership of about 90 percent of VMware and...

Jobs Advocates DRM-Free Music

The vow Tuesday by Apple CEO Steve Jobs -- that he would willingly remove copyright protection from songs sold at his company's iTunes store -- was cheered by those who've been arguing that digital rights management systems are a failure. Advocates for music-sharing freedom said they expect music la...

Kodak Debuts Printers With Inexpensive Cartridges

Eastman Kodak shoved its way into the tough world of desktop printing Tuesday by tipping a sacred cow of the segment: the overpriced inkjet cartridge. For a decade, other printer makers relied on the model pioneered by Gillette, which gave away its razors but charged customers a premium to buy repla...

Dell to Cut Bonuses as Part of Turnaround Plan

In a wide-ranging, sometimes forceful and frequently upbeat e-mail to employees, Dell founder Michael Dell said he doesn't forget what was involved in creating a company and making it succeed. The e-mail, made public Saturday by a Texas newspaper, was sent on Friday, the same day Dell returned as CE...

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