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Headlines for April 30th, 2009

[modern media mom] — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:07:53 +0000

Disney signs onto Hulu – This means that TV shows from Disney-owned channels like ABC, SoapNet, and ABC Family will be coming to Hulu. Among them are "Lost," "Grey's Anatomy," "Ugly Betty," and "Scrubs." There will also be Disney movies available on the ad-supported streaming video site, but a press release did not name any of them. Content will be available "soon," the press release explained.
New Phishing Attack Spreading On Facebook. This Time From FBstarter – "It comes in the form of a message from a friend telling you to “Look at this!” When you click on the link, you are taken to what appears to be a Facebook sign-in page. If you go ahead and sign in, the phishers have access to your account and can then send messages to all of your friends."
Time Warner Expects to Spin Off AOL – "In a regulatory filing Wednesday, Time Warner said it was nearing a decision to spin off America Online, and put an end to the travails that began with the merger in 2000 of the two companies, a deal that has resulted in the evaporation of more than $100 billion of shareholder value."
Swine Flu Frenzy Demonstrates Twitter’s Achilles’ Heel – Another reminder. Twitter is not a reliable source of information in a Crisis.
Scam swine flu emails steal data – Just a reminder – please be careful. Scammers will prey on our fears.

[modern media mom] — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:00:12 +0000

The Future of Touch – Apple's iPhone wasn't the first touch-screen computing and it won't be the last.
Facebook users targeted by rogue application – Another malware hits Facebook
Tasks More Likely to Get Done with Clear Fonts – please please please spare your readers from Comic Sans.
¨ Stormy Monday ¨ on Flickr –
Reunion.com and Wink tie the knot as MyLife – Now you will be able to search over 60 social-networking sites (over 750 million profiles, the company says) and other information resources on the Web.
Google clears up Atlantis debris – Google was swamped with emails and inquiries about something caught by GoogleEarth. Turns out it was "ship tracks".
High-speed video captures the nuts and bolts of lightning – Amazing shots of lightning
Google apologizes for Gmail outage – An outage took place early morning Tuesday.
Microsoft: Laid-off can keep extra pay after all – … after first asking for the extra to be returned.
AOL’s social strategy: Merge Bebo, AIM, all else – What is AOL's strategy?

[modern media mom] — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:03:52 +0000

How Much Is Your Favorite Blog Worth? Less Than It Was a Year Ago (Maybe). – Some blogs have increased in value. Others have taken a blow. (check out the amazing Sugar, Inc. sites)
Oscar’s YouTube No-Show – You won't find Oscar clips on YouTube.
AOL Socializes Even More With New Lifestream – Hoping to expand it social networking potential, AOL releases Lifestream.
Ludicrously priced laptops: Apple, HP, Sony – In honor of my current laptop woes.
Dell battles over ‘Netbook’ trademark – A Canadian company holds the trademark for this name and Dell wants to make it available for all computer companies.