Tag archive: Cyrus

The news won't come as a surprise to many parents or others tasked with keeping on eye on childrens' online behavior, but Symantec's OnlineFamily.Norton Internet filtering service has identified the top services conducted by children. Some of the results are unsurprising: kids are searching for "YouTube," "Google," "Miley Cyrus," "Taylor Swift," "Fred" (for Fred Figglehorn),… Read More

It's become an annual tradition: toward the end of every year, the major Internet search engines crunch their numbers, compile their statistics, and (it sometimes seems) just make stuff up in an effort to present an overview of Internet users' search habits for the year. Yahoo and AOL are first out of the gate this year, respectively announcing their 2008 Year in Review and 2008 Year End Hot Searches, respectively. And what… Read More

Major ticket broker TicketMaster has announced a definitive agreement to acquire popular online ticket reseller TicketsNow for an undisclosed amount. TicketMaster, a subsidiary of of Barry Diller's IAC media empire—which also runs search engine Ask.com and online dating service Match.com—will use the acquisition to give it a leg-up in the increasingly competitive ticket resale market. TicketMaster also plans to leverage its… Read More

Disney music label Hollywood Records is looking to offset the industry-wide decline in traditional music CD sales by offering up a new CD format which packs discs with exclusive digital extras. Dubbed CDVU+ (CD View Plus), the discs will feature traditional music tracks, but replace the standard CD booklet and jewel case packaging with recyclable packaging on on-disc exclusive content, including images, song lyrics, video clips, and other… Read More

Just when you thought video game violence had already pushed the limits of acceptability and good taste…now Rockstar Games is taking it retro. Rockstar Games announced today it is adapting the 1979 cult film The Warriors as a game for Sony's Playstation Portable (PSP) system. Never mind that many PSP owners weren't even born when the movie hit theaters. Originally adapted from the 1965 novel by Sol Yurick, Walter… Read More