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Bringing back Mickey Mouse's dark side
Insight newsmaker Well-known video game designer will get chance to show the world mischievous side of cartoon icon in Disney's Epic Mickey, a game for the Wii to be released next fall.
Tags: Digital media, Games, Character, Mickey Mouse, Spector, Video Game, CBS Interactive Inc., Animation, EPIC, 3D
US$5m needed to revive Infoseek
News The group behind search engine Infoseek’s relaunch told Malaysian investors it needed just US$5 million (RM19 million) to kickstart the effort and begin generating revenues quickly.
Apple to reinvent Apple TV...for the rest of us
News Apple is trying to persuade programmers to make their TV shows available as part of a subscription via iTunes.
Tags: Video, TVs, Apple Inc., Satellite, TV, Apple iTunes, Apple TV, billing, Apple iPhone, PC
Yahoo makes push for Net-enabled TVs
News The Internet giant hopes to spur new options for TV watching and advertising, and it is joining Intel to try to gain a foothold in the consumer electronics market.
Tags: Web services, Web 2.0, Web sites, Internet advertising, Intel Corp., TV, Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, software, processor
More speculation on Yahoo's CEO choices
News Ex-Yahoo employees have thrown in names including former COO Dan Rosensweig, Disney's Bob Iger and former Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin as their best bet for the new candidate.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Web browsers, Hardware, Blogger, COO, Yahoo! Inc., News Corp., Blogger Kara Swisher, CEO
Report: Microsoft to cut Razorfish loose
News The tech titan is reportedly looking for a buyer for its Internet ad agency, which it acquired in 2007 as part of its US$6 billion Aquantive takeover.
Tags: Advertising, Advertisement, Financial Times, agency, aQuantive Inc., Advertising, Disney Corp.
US ad-trade group opposes Yahoo-Google search deal
News The U.S. Association of National Advertisers has written to the Department of Justice, issuing antitrust objections to the Yahoo-Google search-ad partnership.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Advertiser, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Advertisement, antitrust, marketing, Yahoo Search
Verizon tests sending RIAA copyright notices
News U.S.'s No. 2 phone company, known for its reluctance to intervene in antipiracy cases, strikes an agreement to forward copyright notices on behalf of the music industry.
Tags: Piracy, Verizon Communications Inc., CBS Interactive Inc., Entertainment Company, Cox Communications Inc., RIAA, entertainment, antipiracy, Internet Service Provider, agreement
Mobile barcodes going to Disneyland Paris
News So-called Flashcodes will push visitors to a mobile portal containing a range of Disney info such as discount coupons, show times, videos and games.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile, Portal, Japan, business service, SMS, 2D, Mobile/Wireless, mobile operator, game
