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Beware, pirates: McAfee plans to detect and block infringing content in the browser

Andy Weir — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 08:49:23 +0100

McAfee has patented technology to detect and block pirated content within a web browser, impeding access to sites that infringe copyrights and redirecting users to approved content sources instead. Read more...

Code in YouTube app on Android suggests paid channels coming

Paul Ferson — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:06:07 +0000

An update to Google's YouTube app for Android added some interesting code, indicating you could be paying to subscribe to channels in the near future, though the company has been tight-lipped. Read more...

Dropbox to bring document preview options in coming months

Paul Ferson — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:01:12 +0000

Dropbox is to bring some big changes in coming months, with a greater emphasis on image sharing and file previews. Gone are the days of structured folders; the future seems to be document previews! Read more...

Simple Android Backup brings backups to non-rooted phones

Paul Ferson — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:12:42 +0000

Preserving a backup from your Android handset can be a wise idea, though it has been one that has long required root access. While not the first to avoid this, SAB claims to be able to avoid rooting. Read more...

Bing testing expanded content view on homepage

Brad Sams — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:50:46 +0100

It appears, thanks to a screenshot from a tipster, that Microsoft is testing an expanded content view for Bing. The idea seems to be to provide more content on the home page with an an expanding pane. Read more...

Google takes action against SEO spamming politician

Paul Ferson — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:47:35 +0100

Grant Shapps, a Conservative housing minister in the UK, was found to have abused Google's Adsense. Now, the search engine has responded in turn, blacklisting 19 sites operated by the family. Read more...

TechSpot: How to Access Region-Locked Online Content From Anywhere

Julio Franco — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:53:45 +0100

Online services like Netflix, Hulu, Pandora, Spotify, Steam and many others have changed the way millions of people access media. They've brought upon an era of instant, on-demand digital media... Read more...

Google explains how new search results will impact YouTube

John Callaham — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:21:07 +0100

Google offered Neowin some new information about their upcoming search result changes, including how that information will impact results from its own YouTube service. Read more...

Could YouTube avoid Google's crackdown on pirates?

John Callaham — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 19:15:13 +0100

Google's recently announced efforts to cut down the search results for websites that have pirated content have raised questions on how searches for YouTube videos will be affected. Read more...

GEMA could have crippled YouTube due to copyright

Paul Ferson — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:29:53 +0100

GEMA, a German group responsible for royalty collection, has managed to take Google to court over YouTube's copyrighted videos, winning the case and potentially unleashing havoc on the site. Read more...

3DTV still failing to excite buyers

Andy Weir — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:38:07 +0000

3D may be making big bucks in cinemas across the globe, but sales of 3DTVs to home users remain sluggish, to say the least. A new survey suggest that this isn't likely to change any time soon. Read more...

Facebook buys content sharing service drop.io

Tzvi Friedman — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:29:46 +0000

It looks like Facebook has plans to continue branching into areas of the social networking world that the company has yet to penetrate. Over the weekend, drop.io, a popular private content sharing platform, announced via... Read more...

Hulu coming to Xbox Live?

Tzvi Friedman — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:45:16 +0100

While Microsoft's E3 2010 offering will undoubtedly focus on Project Natal and expanding the life span of its flagship gaming console, it seems like Hulu might grab some time in the limelight. Gearlive, citing a... Read more...

Google vs. Hulu: can it be avoided?

Tzvi Friedman — Wed, 26 May 2010 00:19:21 +0100

Google and Hulu may be two totally separate and different companies, but they do share one important trait: they don't mind picking a fight. Starting with search, Google pushed and shoved its way into many... Read more...

Hulu won't be coming to the UK, talks abandoned

Brad Sams — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:08:01 +0100

If you live in the UK and have been waiting to get in on some Hulu action, you can forget about it. Hulu has reportedly abandoned its plan to bring the popular US based... Read more...

YouTube: Just Think of Ads as Bonus Content

chuggyhandbags — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:37:22 +0000

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The top MySpace user complaint about advertising is that the ads are irrelevant, according to Michael Barrett, executive vice president and chief revenue officer for Fox Interactive Media and MySpace: "Why can't I see more... Read more...

Apple expands educational content on iTunes

Slimy — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:21:17 +0100

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Apple Incorporated is expanding the free educational content available on its online iTunes Store in a new category called "Beyond Campus" within iTunes U, a free service which Apple has offered to universities since 2006... Read more...

Technology for Legally Burning Copy-Protected Content

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:21:33 +0100

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It's ironic: The copy protection created to stop the illegal copying of DVDs is the same technology that has prevented users from legally downloading paid-for content and then burning it to a DVD for playback... Read more...

Google Hosts Content From Four News Services

Sagittarius — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 01:11:55 +0100

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Internet search leader Google Inc. has started hosting stories and photographs distributed each day by the AP, Agence France-Presse, The Press Association in the United Kingdom, and The Canadian Press on its own servers. Google... Read more...

Neowin News Feed for: Content

Beware, pirates: McAfee plans to detect and block infringing content in the browser

Code in YouTube app on Android suggests paid channels coming

Dropbox to bring document preview options in coming months

Simple Android Backup brings backups to non-rooted phones

Bing testing expanded content view on homepage

Google takes action against SEO spamming politician

TechSpot: How to Access Region-Locked Online Content From Anywhere

Google explains how new search results will impact YouTube

Could YouTube avoid Google's crackdown on pirates?

GEMA could have crippled YouTube due to copyright

3DTV still failing to excite buyers

Facebook buys content sharing service drop.io

Hulu coming to Xbox Live?

Google vs. Hulu: can it be avoided?

Hulu won't be coming to the UK, talks abandoned

More 360 GTA IV Content Planned

YouTube: Just Think of Ads as Bonus Content

Apple expands educational content on iTunes

Technology for Legally Burning Copy-Protected Content

Google Hosts Content From Four News Services