News tagged with micropayments

Tech giants offer ideas on charging readers online

(AP) -- Some of the world's biggest technology companies say they can help publishers successfully charge readers for news online. If only that were the hard part.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 7




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Rivest unlocks cryptography's past, looks toward future

The most widely used cryptographic system today may eventually be vulnerable, said computer science professor Ronald Rivest -- one of the system's primary creators -- but even if it fails, new systems are ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

PayPal unveils micropayments, Facebook integration

PayPal unveiled a new micropayments service on Tuesday that makes it easier to buy digital goods and announced an integration with social networking giant Facebook.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Interview: Wikipedia founder bullish on news

(AP) -- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales believes relief may be in sight for the beleaguered news media industry.

Technology / Business

created Sep 03, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

PayPal hopes to make micropayments easier online

(AP) -- PayPal wants to make it easier to buy low-cost digital goods online, whether it's a single article on a news website or virtual items in a video game.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 13, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Frenchman convicted for hacking Obama's Twitter

(AP) -- A court in central France has convicted a young Frenchman accused of infiltrating Twitter and peeping at the account of President Barack Obama, and given him a five-month suspended prison sentence.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US journalism institute, entrepreneurs in news venture

A US journalism institute and four entrepreneurs announced Wednesday they have joined forces in a Silicon Valley-based venture called CircLabs aimed at financing online news.

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created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Xbox 360 launch finds waiting throngs

In the wee hours of Tuesday morning in College Station, Texas, David Rosenfeld, a 26-year-old software developer and avid video-game player, cruised by his local Best Buy to try and find an Xbox 360 game console. ...

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created Nov 23, 2005 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0


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