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TV commentator Andy Rooney dead
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Washington: Andy Rooney, the renowned CBS television commentator, died a month after his last TV appearance, the network said Saturday. He was 92.
Rooney, icon of the popular political analysis show "60 Minutes", died Friday at a New York hospital from "complications following minor surgery" last month, CBS said in an...
BBC to open online radio archives
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London: The BBC will soon introduce a new radio website, preliminarily named "Audiopedia", that would contain the broadcaster's almost entire archives of radio programmes since the 1940s.
The service will be launched "within the next 12 months", Tim Davie, director of BBC Audio and Music, was quoted as saying by the...
Russia to become Europe’s largest internet market
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Moscow: Russia will soon become the largest internet market in Europe, the country's communications minister has said.
"Today we are Europe's second largest market. At current growth rates, we are set to become the number one European market," Igor Shchegolev said Friday during a conference in Paris.
Russia boasts of the...
New Facebook features not so appealing, says poll
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London: While social networking site Facebook has been a fascination for a lot of people at offices and homes for quite some time, its changed features have not found many takers.
According to a poll, 86 percent of Facebook users hate the new changes to the website, the Daily Mail reported.
Assuming the same figure across Facebook's...
Venezuelan TV network fined $2 mn
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Caracas: Venezuelan broadcasting regulators Tuesday fined Globovision television 9.3 million bolivares ($2.1 million) for the network's coverage of a prison siege.
The fine is equivalent to 7.5 percent of Globovision's gross revenues in 2010, the head of the regulator, Pedro Maldonado, told a press conference.
He said they concluded...
Google announces death penalty to its code search engine Buzz
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San Francisco: Google Friday announced to shut down the highly-controversial social networking product Google Buzz, along with several other services in the coming weeks, Xinhua reported.
Google on its official blog, Google announced the death penalty to its code search engine, Buzz, Jaiku which let users send updates to friends, the Google...
Microsoft acquires Skype for $8.5 bn
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Moscow: Software giant Microsoft has bought Internet communications company Skype for $8.5 billion in its largest ever acquisition deal, Microsoft said Friday.
"Skype is a phenomenal product and brand that is loved by hundreds of millions of people around the world. We look forward to working with the Skype team to create new ways for...
Oprah Winfrey is Hollywood’s highest earning woman
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Los Angeles: Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has been named Hollywood's highest earning woman by Forbes magazine.
Winfrey topped the list with estimated earnings of $290 million. Singer Lady Gaga came second with $90 million, reports Contactmusic.com.
The third position went to reality TV star Bethenny Frankel with $55 million. The fourth...
Microsoft to bring cable TV content to Xbox game console
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San Francisco: Microsoft announced Wednesday that it will bring cable television content to its Xbox video game console over the upcoming holiday season, expanding the console into an entertainment hub.
According to a company press release, nearly 40 world-leading TV and entertainment providers such as HBO, GO and BBC will stream their...
Twitter now has 100 mn users worldwide
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London: Micro-blogging website Twitter has announced it has reached a major landmark of 100 million users across the world.
Dick Costolo, the social networking website's chief executive, said at Twitter's headquarters in San Francisco that more than half of the 100 million users log in each day.
Around 40 percent simply read the...