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General news, Security, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Amazon Enters Content Delivery Business

Online retailer continues to sell services based on its internal network of servers and data centers. This time it plans to undercut existing content delivery players.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

YouTube, Facebook Catch March Madness

CBSSports.com opens college basketball tournament to other web sites as event continues to attract young, college educated males and big-name advertisers.
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Media, Communications, Internet

ThePlatform Directs Video Consortium

Company hopes to change the competitive landscape in the online video market by blending offerings from heap of companies.
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Communications, Internet

Akamai Tackles Business Apps

Content delivery network launches a new service aimed at software-as-a-service providers, putting in play technology it acquired when it bought Netli.
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Media, Internet

High Def Delivery

Q&A with Akamai: In the midst of a ferocious content delivery network war, Akamai tries to distinguish itself with high definition video delivery.
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General news, Internet, Finance

Akamai’s ‘Net Gain

Richer media fuels higher profits for content accelerator
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Media

March Madness Streams Online

With a beefier network, CBS hopes to dunk on its own records for live, streaming events online.
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Internet

Akamai Grabs Netli for $177.8M

Market leader acquires its toughest application acceleration challenger and regains some of its customers.
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Media

Startup Streams Movies

GridNetworks claims it delivers a DVD-quality picture for half the price of small-screen video.
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General news

SEC Awards $54M EDGAR Contracts

Commission plans to overhaul antiquated financial filing system with three contracts.
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Internet

Limelight Raises $130M

Goldman Sachs leads investment in company that delivers content for Disney, Dreamworks, MySpace, and YouTube.
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Media, Finance

IVT Gets $5M Fund Commitment

Monitor Ventures will provide up to $5 million in funding to Interactive Video Technologies.
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Media, Internet

Must Stream TV? Bosses Worry

Advertisers and the public love live web broadcasts, but corporations could take a productivity hit.
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Media

Basketball Sets Sports Record

March Madness smashes the old online sports scores for capacity and stability.
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Media, Communications

Clear Channel Podcasts Video

Radio station owner plants its stake in video casting with Rush Limbaugh, as traditional radio faces a sustained turf challenge.
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Internet

Cyber Monday Traffic Jumps

Online holiday shopping spiked web traffic 35 percent Monday, according to Akamai.
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Media, Finance

$260M for Digital Media Fund

VC firm Spark Capital, stacked with former entertainment execs, launches fund with new media focus.
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Media, Internet

Paris’ Burger Site Melts Down

Burger chain’s promotional web site crashes as curious carnivores sneak a peek at Paris Hilton.
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Communications, Finance

Akamai buys Speedera

Make love, not war: Akamai will drop its legal claim and acquire rival Speedera in a stock deal.
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General news

Better than You: Muscle man

MIT research engineer Kailas Narendran co-created a device that gives movement to the lifeless limbs of some quadriplegics – and won $30,000 doing it.
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