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Google turns to X Factor's Fuller for push into TV
Internet giant Google is in secret talks with Simon Fuller, the British entrepreneur behind the Spice Girls, about a joint venture that could change the way TV is watched over the internet. News of the collaboration will prompt speculation that Google's plans for the TV market include generating original content and competing with major broadcasters. Executives from the £229bn internet giant have been in discussions with Fuller, who invented Pop Idol, the world's most successful TV franchise, for about a year. Although details of the deal are a closely guarded secret, sources close to Fuller say it could revolutionise the way entertainment and music are distributed. 'It's a big idea on a global scale,' he said. 'It will change television in much the way iTunes changed the way music is disseminated.' Last year saw the launch of Google Video, which offers full-length TV programmes and films on a pay-per-view basis over the internet.
Failure Was an Option!
First off, there was what he referred to as the "Rovian School of thought," which says that passing this bill would capture the Hispanic vote for the GOP for decades to come. But wait--I thought the Senators were doing it because it was viewed as vital within policy circles! Don't disillusion me. P.S.: RWN's source also explains why all those conservative amendments--the official sticking point in the deliberations--aren't insignificant: .
Dion hints Liberals willing to let budget stand
Care to try and make your point without attacking his english (which is as good or better than Harper's french, IMO), his heritage, his physique, or other superficial and irrelevant things?
Can you do it?
Didn't think so.
Don't feel too bad....neither can the CPC. Their attack ads are all sizzle and no steak. And pathetic, to boot.
That's why your hero's party is basically in a tie with Dion's in the polls.
That's why Harper will never get his majority.
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The venerable history of protectionism
Free trade has long been popular with liberals, and it remains so with liberal elites today. The editorial pages of major newspapers consistently support free trade. Ted Kennedy supported the advance of free trade. President Bill Clinton fought hard to win approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Despite some of his campaign rhetoric, Barack Obama is careful to express qualified support for free trade, even when stumping in the industrial Midwest. Moreover, many American conservatives have opposed free trade. Jesse Helms, the most outspoken conservative in the Senate for three decades, was no free trader. Neither was Alexander Hamilton, who could be considered the founder of American conservatism. For almost 100 years after the Civil War, the Republican Party (led by men like Lincoln and McKinley) was overtly protectionist.
Cyber Operations Delivers Digital Media Network to Reel Games Inc.
PELHAM, Ala. --(Business Wire)-- Cyber Operations, Inc. (Pink Sheets: CYPJ) has teamed with Reel Games, Inc of Fort Lauderdale, Florida to develop and market integrated digital media network solutions to the Travel and Resort Industry. Cyber Operations' technology CyberDAN is being integrated into Reel Games gaming devices for sale to resort and travel customers around the world. This teaming combines Reel Games' track record in the resort technology sector with Cyber Operations' software and digital media technology.
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Bernanke Dismisses 'Stagflation'
The economy is not close to a 1970s-style mix of stagnant growth and high inflation, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said yesterday, but he painted a generally dour outlook and cautioned that the downturn is likely to cause some small banks to go under. .
Travel Deals of the Week
The inn has a 1,200-square-foot meeting space, leather chairs, audio-visual equipment, two direct-dial phone lines, and a fax machine and copy machine. The retreat starts at $575 per person per night. www.mayflowerinn.com. POLYNESIAN PARADISE Take the whole family to French Polynesia and save. Two children 11 or under fly free on Air Tahiti Nui from JFK with the purchase of two adult tickets. Fares start at $1,423 per person. Valid on flights booked by May 1. Available through May 31. You can also book a six-day Family Getaway package through Swain Tahiti Tours, including four round-trip tickets for two adults and two children 11 and under, five nights at Moorea's Hotel Les Tipaniers and a tour of the island. Package starts at $4,985. www.airtahitinui-usa.com. GOLF GETAWAY The Traverse City Convention and Visitors Bureau in Michigan is sponsoring a 2008 Create Your Own Golf Package.
'Juno' wins Indie Spirit top honor
Cody won the award for best first screenplay and is up for original screenplay at the Oscars. "This is the coolest award in the coolest category. There is nothing like writing a first screenplay," Cody said. Reitman missed out on the directing award, which went to Julian Schnabel for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," based on the memoir of French Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who suffered a paralyzing stroke. The film also won the cinematography prize for Janusz Kaminski. Both Reitman and Schnabel are nominated for best director at the Oscars. Most key Spirit Award recipients had Oscar nominations. "Juno" producer Russell Smith said he felt Cody was the Oscar front-runner for original screenplay. As for the film's other nominees: "The rest of us are just happy to be in the big house," Smith said.
Menaker to host new online series
Daniel Menaker, a longtime Gotham lit figure who decamped from Random House as editor-in-chief last spring, is hosting a new online interview series. Touted as a Web first, "Titlepage" will feature roundtable interviews with a group of writers, taking its inspiration from "The Charlie Rose Show," IFC's "Dinner for Five" and the French staple "Apostrophes." The six-episode first season begins March 3 on www.titlepage.tv. "Titlepage" is the "perfect way to share my enthusiasm for books and their authors -- in an instantly and permanently accessible format -- with as many readers as possible," said Menaker. "I've always sought out literary conversations, and I think we can make them surprising and entertaining for anyone who might want to stop by." Though it will have the production values of a TV show, "Titlepage" will seek to exploit its Web trappings by offering forums for discussion and links to online booksellers.
Wikia Search to offer first peek next week
Wikia Search, a community-driven search engine, will get its first public preview on Monday, according to co-founder Jimmy Wales. In an e-mail sent to the Wikia Search mailing list on December 24, Wales wrote that he aims to make the initial version of the search tool available in alpha form. "We want to run over the system with help from people to complain about what is broken," he wrote. Wikia Search, which aims to allow people to contribute to how pages are ranked and to edit search results, will have open-source search algorithms and application program interfaces. The search platform includes the Grub search project, acquired by Wikia in July, which employs user-donated distributed processing power to crawl the Web. Wales, who also co-founded user-generated online encyclopedia Wikipedia, hopes Wikia Search will eventually rival other search companies by making the way in which search results are arrived at more "transparent." "The desire to collaborate and support a transparent and open platform for search is clearly deeply exciting to both open source and businesses," Wales said in a statement in July.
Office Live Small Business gets a revamp and loses price tag
Now, Microsoft is releasing a new version of Microsoft Office Live Small Business that not only merges all three versions, but also expands and improves the whole service. With only one product now, the name has been "simplified" to just "Microsoft Office Live Small Business." The new offering is completely free. In other words, current and new customers are getting more and paying less. Great move Microsoft! Microsoft hopes to take advantage of the fact that many small businesses do not yet have a high-quality web site—a huge mistake according to the software giant. "Today, having a professional Web site is as essential to running a small business as having business cards," said Baris Cetinok, director of product management and marketing for Microsoft Office Live Small Business.
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