Seeking User-Generated Romance By The Associated Press (Multichannel News) _ Want to give your honey a very special Valentine's Day gift? Hallmark Channel will animate the best viewer-submitted stories of romance and love, and screen them on the network and its online platform in February as part of a new interactive programming initiative. ...Read More »

Chinese city to fine Web surfers in online satire crackdown By The Associated Press The price of Internet satire in China is going up. ...Read More »

The IAB Releases an Industry Guide to Email Deliverability By BusinessWire NEW YORK, BUSINESS WIRE -- The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) in conjunction with its Email Committee today released the Marketer & Agency Guide to Email Deliverability. This document reviews the definition of email deliverability, provides a perspective on how it has changed, and discusses the impact it has on marketers. This landmark guide addresses the critical issues of how to measure, monitor and resolve deli..... ...Read More »

Toppan Printing Company America Wins 'Best of Show' in Xerox's Printing Innovation Awards By BusinessWire CHICAGO, BUSINESS WIRE -- Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) has presented Toppan Printing Company America Inc. and graphic design student Monica Eun-Kyung Yoon with the "Best of Show" honor in the annual Printing Innovation with Xerox Imaging Awards. The multinational competition recognizes innovation and excellence in digital printing applications. Toppan Printing Company America, a commercial printing company, and Yoon..... ...Read More »

mDOC H3 Embedded Flash Drive from msystems(TM) is Symbian Approved By BusinessWire SUNNYVALE, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- msystems (NASDAQ:FLSH), a leader in smart personal storage, today announced that the mDOC H3 embedded flash drive (EFD) has been accredited the "Symbian Approved" mark by Symbian Ltd, the software licensing company that develops and licenses Symbian OS(TM), the market-leading open operating system for smartphones. After completing pre-qualifications in Symbian labs, Symbian has approved the ..... ...Read More »

Taiwan government to offer mobile, Internet bill reminders By The Associated Press The age-old argument that the tax bill or traffic fine got lost in the mail is about to become obsolete in Taiwan, where the government plans to send bills and payment reminders by e-mail and mobile phone, an official said on Monday. ...Read More »

Is YouTube, Not U Tube By The Associated Press (Multichannel News) _ Google's announcement earlier this week that it will buy YouTube (www.youtube.com http://www.youtube.com) for $1.65 billion claimed its first casualty. ...Read More »

YouTube surfers overwhelm Toledo tube company's `utube' Web site, forcing shutdown By The Associated Press YouTube's enormous popularity has created a big headache for another "utube" _ a company that sells used machines that make tubes. ...Read More »

Hitachi Software Announces StarBoard Software LE Version 2.0 for Mac Hitachi Software Engineering America, Ltd. today launched the new StarBoard Software LE Version 2.0 for Mac® users. Expanding Hitachi Software’s StarBoard technology applications to a previously untapped user-base, the first U.S. release of StarBoard Software LE Version 2.0 features updated annotation capability, rendering functions and a new pointer-pen tool for lines, arrows and other various shapes. LE Version 2.0 supports an Intel-based Macintosh. ...Read More »

Yelp Enters the Fashion Scene With Launch of Lifestyle Apparel Line By PR Newswire SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Yelp, Inc. (yelp.com ) a leading urban city guide and popular local review site, today announced the launch of their highly anticipated Yelp Apparel line. The new line will be available online (yelp.com/store ) and is also available in select retail boutiques in Boston, Chicago ...Read More »

Lyra PMP Records From Many Sources By The Associated Press (TWICE) _ Indianapolis Thomson has begun shipping the RCA LYRA X3030 30GB portable media player (PMP), a $399-suggested device that plays audio and video transferred from a variety of sources, including authorized movie-download sites. ...Read More »

Lifetime Launches Multimedia Breast-Cancer Campaign By The Associated Press (Multichannel News) _ Lifetime Television launched a multimedia breast-cancer-awareness campaign. ...Read More »

Fox Teams Up with Big Ten By The Associated Press (Multichannel News) _ The Big Ten Network will launch in August, and the Big Ten Conference and Fox Cable Networks officially announced its name and debuted its logo Thursday. ...Read More »

Record Traffic To ESPN Website By The Associated Press (Broadcasting & Cable) _ Fueled by the start of pro and college football seasons, ESPN says it got record traffic to its Web site in September. ...Read More »

Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) Introduces TransSend(TM) By PR Newswire NEW YORK, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- From the Digital Life consumer electronics tradeshow in New York this week, the Bluetooth SIG introduced its TransSend client/server application that allows Internet content such as maps, addresses, phone numbers and other text and images to be wirelessly transferred from a Bluetooth enabled PC to another mobile Bluetooth device such as a p..... ...Read More »

PNY To Offer U3 Flash Drives By The Associated Press (TWICE) _ New York Flash memory manufacturer PNY announced today at the Digital Life show, here, that it will offer a pair of USB drives that incorporate the U3 software platform. ...Read More »

DBS Pirate to Fork Over $500K By The Associated Press (Multichannel News) _ A manufacturer of piracy devices agreed to pay $500,000 in damages to EchoStar Communications, DirecTV and two other companies to settle a civil lawsuit, officials said Thursday. ...Read More »

iOpus Software Releases iPig BETA To Secure Portable Device Wi-Fi Connections During Digital Life October 12, 2006 By BusinessWire NEW YORK, BUSINESS WIRE -- iOpus, a provider of cost effective, cutting edge technology utilities that are both powerful and easy to use, announced this week that the iOpus Private Internet Gateway (iPig) will be available as a free beta product to consumers or end users worldwide, beginning today at Digital Life 2006. iPig is downloadable from the company's website at http://www.iopus.com/ipig/download. The new offe..... ...Read More »

Costco Reports Q4 Higher Sales, Flat Income By The Associated Press (TWICE) _ Issaquah, Wash. Costco reported a 19 percent gain in sales and relatively flat net income for its fiscal fourth quarter ended Sept. 3. ...Read More »

Officials investigating mummified remains advertised on eBay By The Associated Press Authorities confiscated mummified human remains from a woman who was auctioning them on eBay, after a browser on the Internet auction site called police in her town. ...Read More »