News tagged with news service

News aggregator Ongo to shut down

Online news service Ongo, which launched last year as a paid "aggregator" for various newspapers, said Tuesday it would close down by the end of the month.

Technology / Internet

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Exclusive species found at higher altitudes

Researchers have long postulated that animal and vegetation species living in mountainous areas of high altitude are isolated, and thus much more exclusive. A new Spanish-German study substantiates this long-held ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wikipedia, Google protest US antipiracy proposals

(AP) -- January 18 is a date that will live in ignorance, as Wikipedia started a 24-hour blackout of its English-language articles, joining other sites in a protest of pending U.S. legislation aimed at shutting ...

Technology / Internet

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Websites downed in Russia poll 'hack attack'

Websites which revealed violations in Russia's legislative polls were inaccessible Sunday after a hacking attack their operators said was aimed at preventing the exposure of mass election fraud.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Gossip Girl,' other CW shows coming to Hulu

(AP) -- Current-season shows on The CW including "The Vampire Diaries" and "Gossip Girl" are coming to Hulu.

Technology / Business

created Oct 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Hola, Hulu! Univision telenovelas come online

(AP) -- Univision, the nation's No. 1 Spanish-language broadcaster, is bringing its popular telenovelas and other prime-time TV programming to online video service Hulu.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Like a TV network, Yahoo launches fall programming

(AP) -- With TV network style, Yahoo is launching a fall slate of shows in a bid to strengthen its original programming.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hulu launches in Japan in first foray outside US

US online video service Hulu.com has begun streaming movies and television shows in Japan in its first expansion outside the United States.

Technology / Business

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hulu to launch subscription video service in Japan

(AP) -- Online streaming site Hulu.com plans to launch a subscription video service in Japan this year.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Art project draws US Secret Service interest

A New York electronic artist who took pictures of shoppers using computers in Apple stores as part of a project has drawn the attention of the US Secret Service.

Technology / Software

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Hulu sees 1M paying subscribers by end of summer

(AP) -- Online video service Hulu expects to have more than a million paying subscribers by the end of summer, several months earlier than forecast, its chief executive said in a blog post Wednesday.

Technology / Business

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Secret Service to probe hack on Fox News Twitter

(AP) -- The Secret Service said Monday it will investigate the hacking of Fox's political Twitter account over updates claiming that President Barack Obama had been assassinated. ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hulu mulls putting itself up for sale

(AP) -- Online video service Hulu is exploring putting itself up for sale after receiving an unsolicited takeover offer, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.

Technology / Business

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hulu booms, but its owners aren't wholly pleased

Pioneering Internet television service Hulu recently celebrated its third anniversary in a fitting locale: under the roller coaster at the Santa Monica Pier.

Technology / Business

created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Daily Show,' 'Colbert' to return to Hulu

(AP) -- "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report," which have been absent from online video service Hulu for almost a year, are back on the free service.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0