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  • Financial Times allegedly hacked by Syrians Financial Times allegedly hacked by Syrians

    Britain's Financial Times was hacked last week by a mysterious group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army. The newspaper's technology blog was hacked to display a slogan saying: "Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army." Several Twitter feeds run by the Financial Times were also plastered with similar slogans. The FT later said its blogs and social media accounts had been compromised ...

  • Wordpress CEO says 72000 blogs left Tumblr after Yahoo deal

    (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) Wordpress CEO Matt Mullenweg said that his company saw a major uptick in Tumblr defections after news of the $1.1 billion acquisition was reported on. Writing on ...

  • Cannes Atlas Takes on Colm Meaney-starrer A Belfast Story

    German sales group Atlas International, one of the true Cannes' survivors, has boarded a pack of high-profile genre titles for its Cannes slate, including Irish ...

  • LG to demo bendable and unbreakable smartphone screen

    (Credit: James Martin/CNET) LG Display is prepping to demonstrate a new flexible smartphone panel that promises to be unbreakable. The new screen is set to pop up at this ...

  • Yahoo confirms $1.1 billion Tumblr acquisition

    announced the news early Monday, saying that it "promises not to screw [Tumblr] up." The Internet pioneer is paying $1.1 billion for Tumblr, "substantially all of which is payable in cash," Yahoo said. The news had been expected. The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that ...

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Kung Fu Panda [Blu-Ray]

Kung Fu Panda [Blu-Ray]

Ive never been particularly impressed with celebrity actors lending their voices to animated films. It just seems so unnecessary. After all, the art of animation survived for decades relying on mostly unknown actors whose forte was their vocal abilities, and their lack of star p ... ...

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  • Purple Haze Tumblr faithful blast Yahoo deal

    the posts tagged "Yahoo." I tried to let my eyes waft at random in the hope of finding fair balance or at least something more than purple haze. The first thing I saw was a post from someone called "world-peace-not-war." I felt that here would be sanguine calm. Instead he wrote: "BooHoo! Yahoo Done Wrong. Yahoo Must Pay." This didn't seem terribly ...

  • Yahoo-Tumblr 7 ways to evaluate the union

    More profit Tumblr may add a few percentage points in quarterly revenue in the next year, and potentially a few drops of profit, but not enough to move the needle unless the service continues its user growth rate and increasing rate of revenue growth. The real profit will come as Tumblr scales and improves its ad targeting, which Yahoo's technology can help nurture. In addition, Tumblr ...

  • Can ATT Use Its Ad Spend Data to Help Clients Target Consumers

    AT&T is the country's fifth largest ad spender -- and now its using data gleaned from its own digital advertising to to help other marketers that buy inventory through AT&T's AdWorks business. ...

  • Yahoos board approves $1.1bn Tumblr acquisition

    Yahoo reportedly is in talks to buy blogging service Tumblr for a cool $1.1bn, and is said to have been given approval by its board. Tumblr, a place for posting cat memes and duck faces, is apparently in Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's ...

  • Cannes Germanys Studio 100 Launches Film Division

    German children's television production/distribution company Studio 100 Media has launched a new film division, Studio 100 Film, which will focus on feature ...

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