Rumors of Google and News Corp Bid for blinkx
	The self-claimed world’s largest and most advanced video search engine, blinkx, has recorded a serious increase of traffic over the last period. The increasing number of visitors is mainly due to the rumors about a possible Google or News Corp bid for the video search engine website. It appears that the company currently owning the blinkx site has seen its shares up to 36.75 pence, the highest recorded level since September. b ... [read more >>]
	13 May 2008, 05:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

News Corp. Manager Admits to Have Known about Hacking Claims
	As an update to the evolution of the lawsuit between News Corp. and DISH Network Corp., we bring you news about shocking statements of a Senior Manager at News Corp. The legal process between the two companies is a result of the testimony of a computer hacker who revea ... [read more >>]
	08 May 2008, 08:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

News Corp Hired Hacker to Attack Rivals
	The evolution of a lawsuit between News Corp. and DISH Network Corp. reveals shocking details which took place in the past, although nobody would ever expect such a thing from a large corporation like News Corp. To be more specific, a computer hacker who testified a few days ago revealed that he was hired by News Corp. to build pirating software, ... [read more >>]
	24 April 2008, 09:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

News Corp Outs Talks, Yahoo! Looking Scared
	The seemingly never-ending story of the bid over Yahoo! that Microsoft so generously made has seen another chapter come to a close, and by the looks of it, it’s among the last chapters in the book. After exploring different alternatives that would benefit shareholders more than the MS alternative, which Jerry Yang is completely poised on refusing, given a lifeline, one of the two possible saviors has announced that it is leaving ... [read more >>]
	11 March 2008, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Yahoo! Alliance Foreshadowed
	It’s still under complete hush-hush, so any details are not yet available, but talks have been reported to have been held between Internet giant with clay feet Yahoo! and Media Empire News Corp. The two companies had nothing to comment on the supposed conjoining but a person familiar with the situation, quoted by the Associated Press, said that all aspects of the alliance were still being discussed on Wednesday. Yahoo! might f ... [read more >>]
	14 February 2008, 12:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google to Yahoo!’s Rescue in Microsoft Deal
	Yahoo!’s in the tight spot right now and it is stalling in many people’s opinion, waiting for a significant other bidder, to form an alliance of its own choice. A source close to Yahoo’s strategy was quoted by Reuters as saying that the Sunnyvale-based company would consider a business alliance with Google, just to thwart the takeover. Not only that, but the red phones have been ringing between the two companies, with Google’ ... [read more >>]
	04 February 2008, 13:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

MySpace Moving Against Sexual Predators
	This is momentarily not confirmed, but a familiar source with the agreement between News Corp’s MySpace and 45 US states said that, according to it, the social network would include several online protections and also participate in a working group to develop age-verification and other technologies. Some of the things mentioned are not going to make the users of MySpace happy, such as its accepting of independent monitoring, a ... [read more >>]
	14 January 2008, 13:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New YouTube Threat Targets YOU!
	Some time ago, NBC and News Corporation announced their plans to build a very powerful video sharing platform that would compete with YouTube and target the same category of users. After so many battles won by Google's video platform, nobody thought that it would ever be possible to steal YouTube's first place but the two allies are now prepared to join the battle. NBC and News Corp introduced Hulu, a new video website ... [read more >>]
	30 August 2007, 15:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Powerful Rival to Challenge YouTube
	Nowadays, YouTube is the leader of the online video sharing services because it is powered by Google and owns the most impressive community on the Internet. In fact, YouTube is the only video sharing solution that really matters because there are no other powerful products able to challenge Google’s solution. It seems like the things are going to change soon as News Corp. and NBC Universal are now planning to develop their own YouTube, aim ... [read more >>]
	22 March 2007, 10:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia