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Gmail users have a couple of new, useful features to play with now. One in particular can prove very effective. Canned Responses allows users to respond to mails with a pre-written auto response. Simply save it with the Canned Responses button and import it when necessary. The Gmail Filters option also allows the responses to be sent automatically. In a blog post, Gmail engineer Chad Parry wrote: "If you are sick of typing out the… Read More

If PSPs decked out with graphics from Star Wars, Spiderman, and God of War haven’t tickled your sports-loving fancy, perhaps Sony’s latest attempt, a Madden-themed system, will be just the ticket. Sony announced on Wednesday that the August release of Madden 09 on PSP will bring with it its own PSP bundle with a metallic-blue PSP and other goodies. The package will include the special-edition PSP system, a copy of… Read More

Under a new agreement between Google, which owns video site YouTube, and the MCPS-PRS, which collects royalties, British artists will now be paid when their content is used for backing tracks on videos posted tothe site.   MCPS-PRS said it has licensed 10 million pieces of music for use on YouTube. Although the agreement doesn’t address the copyright issue, it does mean performers will be paid.This mirrors a similar agreement… Read More

It’s that time of the year again, and last night saw the 11th annual Webby Awards in New York, as the Internetcelebrated itself   Each category had a Webby winner and a People’s Voice winner, and in several instances they were the same. BBC News snagged bothNews awards, while NPR won in the Podcasts. Last FM grabbed both Music Awards.   Pan’s Labyrinth was the unanimous choice for Movie of the Year, How Stuff Works… Read More

At this point, most technologically-savvy individuals are used to the idea of satellites in orbit around the earth, enabling everything from international phone calls and Internet connectivity to GPS systems and the hundreds of channels of television we seem to think are part of our everyday live. Now, in a first for a human rights organization, Amnesty International is using satellite imagery technology for a purely humanitarian purpose:… Read More

YouTube might have experienced a few hiccups along the way, but lately it’s been speeding ahead. The video giant has announced a deal with EMI that will let YouTube users legally access video by EMI artists, which includes such iconic acts as the Rolling Stones.   Under the agreement, userswill even eventually be able to use EMI recordings in their own projects, which stands as a major step forward in usage.   Given that YouTube… Read More

Online payment service—and eBay subsidiary—PayPal has announced it has expanded its reach to 87 new national markets, and had finally made its primary site available in three new languages. The new additions make PayPal available in 190 markets around the world. As of today, users will also be able to access the main PayPal site—and all online transaction processes—in Spanish, French, or simplified Chinese.… Read More

The World Economic Forum has published its Global Information Technology Report 2006–2007 “Network Readiness Index” (PDF), an assessment of 122 countries' ability to take advantage of information and communication technologies, both in terms of their adoption and deployment but also taking into consideration the nations' overal business climates, government policies and regulation, and the preparedness and… Read More

Just after its acquisition by Internet titan Google, popular video sharing Web site YouTube pulled down nearly 30,000 Japanese video files from its service in response to complaints from JASRAC, the Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers. However, Japanese publishers are far from happy with YouTube's efforts to remove copyright violations from its service, characterizing the company's response as… Read More

Last week's speculation is this week's fact: Google has just announced it plans to purchase the popular online video site YouTube for $1.65 billion. According to Google, YouTube will continue to operate independently under its own brand to preserve its identity and maintain the loyalty of its user community, while the two companies aim to provide a “better, more comprehensive” way for users to find, watch, and share… Read More

The words “MySpace” and “genocide” don't often appear in the same sentence—usually it's just “stalking” or “school bomb threat”—but today social networking giant MySpace announced a partnership with humanitarian organization Oxfam and nearly two dozen bands to raise awareness of—and funds for—the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan's Darfur region. The… Read More

Microsoft has announced launch details for its forthcoming line of Zune personal media devices: the device will go on sale to consumer November 14, 2006, at an estimated retail price of $249.99. “On Nov. 14 we're delivering not only a device, but a shared, social experience that will be shaped by the collective imagination of consumers,” said Chris Stephenson, Zune's general manager of global marketing.… Read More

Online video darling YouTube has signed its first commercial partnership with Warner Music Group which will enable YouTube to distribute music videos from Warner Music's enormous artist roster (which includes stalwarts like Madonna and the Red Hot Chili Peppers and newcomers like Sean Paul) as well as artist interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, special content, and original Warner Music Group programming. And, in what might be the… Read More

NBC has announced a strategic partnership with video-sharing site YouTube to highlight clips and promos from upcoming and classic NBC shows on the YouTube site. Selections might include clips from shows like The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Saturday Night Live, behind-the-scenes footage, Internet-exclusive material, as well as a contest (running June 26 to July 21) for fans of NBC show The Office to create their own 20-second promotional… Read More

Gateway yesterday announced an update to their popular M250 business focused laptop computer. The new Gateway M255-E is priced at starting at $1,399 (for home office and small business users this model is known as the NX260X). The Gateway M255-E, said the computer company, utilizes Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology and an Intel Core Duo processor and sports a 14.1