Archive for December 29th, 2008

Music industry looks to internet for revival (Financial Times)

A generation after the launch of MTV, major record labels are hoping to revive the music video business online by creating a single digital destination for their artists’ output.

Monday, December 29th, 2008

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-12-29 15:55 REFILE-US STOCKS SNAPSOT-Wall St falls as Dow Chemical weighs (Interactive Investor)

NEW YORK, Dec 29 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Monday as the collapse of a joint venture between Kuwait and Dow Chemical overshadowed energy shares that gained alongside oil prices as violence flared in the Middle East. * The drop in the Nasdaq outpaced the other major indexes, dragged by large-cap tech companies including Research In Motion and Google.

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Tagging company Dmatek agrees £53m bid from private equity (Daily Telegraph)

Dmatek a company that specialises in creating technology that monitors people for law enforcement agencies and governments has agreed to a £52.9m takeover by a group headed by private equity fund Francisco Partners.

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Malware threat to Iphones and Google handsets grows (The Inquirer)

Tony Dennis the inquirer Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:09:02 +0000 ESET highlights latest hacker attacks

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Google ’set to launch Street View service in the UK in spring’ (Daily Mail: World News)

A new internet service that allows people to virtually wander around cities in the UK will be launched by Google in the spring.

Monday, December 29th, 2008