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Interpol issues warrant for WikiLeaks founder
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Lyon/Stockholm :International police agency Interpol issued an order Tuesday for the arrest of WikiLeaks website founder Julian Assange in connection with a Swedish investigation of sexual assault allegations.
In a notice posted its website, Interpol listed Assange on its "red" list, or highest-priority fugitives to be held for...
Hacker attack crashes WikiLeaks website
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Berlin: An apparent hacker attack crashed the WikiLeaks website Sunday, just as 250,000 leaked US diplomatic despatches were being made public, but news media sites carrying edited versions of the cables remained operational.
The www.wikileaks.org domain was brought down by a method known as distributed denial of service (DDoS), in which...
US relations unharmed by Wikileaks disclosures: Germany
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Berlin : The publication of confidential and critical US diplomatic cables has not harmed the relationship between Germany and the US, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Monday.
"We cooperate closely and amicably with the US government. And that will remain the case," Westerwelle said, echoing earlier comments by a...
De Niro to get Golden Globes’ DeMille award
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Los Angeles: Robert De Niro is to be honoured with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2011 Golden Globes ceremony for "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field".
The award will be the second Golden Globe for the 67-year-old Hollywood legend, who previously won the Golden Globe for best actor for "Raging Bull"...
Chad Hurley steps down as YouTube CEO
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San Francisco: The co-founder of video website YouTube is stepping down as CEO. The move leaves the Google-owned property in the hands of a veteran manager as it attempts to increase its mainstream offerings and boost its profitability.
Chad Hurley, 33, founded the video-sharing site with Steve Chen in 2005 and sold it to Google some 20 months...
MySpace moves from user profiles to entertainment content
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San Francisco: MySpace, the former ruler of social networking that was superseded by Facebook, has announced a redesign that moves the website away from user profiles to entertainment content.
"Previously MySpace was people-focused, now the focus is content," the News Corp-owned site said Wednesday in announcing the changes, which...
Morocco bans al-Jazeera TV channel
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Rabat (Morocco): Morocco has withdrawn accreditation from correspondents of the Arab television channel al-Jazeera because of their "irresponsible" coverage of the North African kingdom, the communication ministry announced Friday.
Al-Jazeera had violated the journalistic rules of "honesty, precision and objectivity" several...
US government drops Google privacy probe
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San Francisco: The US government has closed its investigation into Google's Street View privacy violations after the web search giants announced a string of strict privacy reforms last week, the Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday.
"Google has made assurances to the FTC that the company has not used and will not use any...
Yahoo’s earnings rise in third quarter
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San Francisco : Yahoo posted a 113-percent rise in third quarter earnings Tuesday, but investors were still disappointed by the struggling web pioneer's failure to meet its sales forecast.
The web portal, which again has been subject to speculation about a sale in recent days, said its income more than doubled to $396 million from $186...
Al Pacino to play notorious producer on TV
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London: Hollywood legend Al Pacino is reportedly set to star as notorious record producer Phil Spector in a TV film to be written and directed by David Mamet.
Spector, who is famously obsessed with guns, is serving a prison sentence of 19 years to life for the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson. He was found guilty of second degree murder...