International Business News - Web http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Harwinton residents hoping to learn about recycling policies and library hours online are out of luck. The town's Web site, which also includes a listing of municipal services, parks and recreation information and key town phone numbers, is gone. It's been replaced by a simple message that the site is "currently unavailable." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/connecticut-towns-grapple-with-new-web-law.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:20:41 EDT The owners of ground zero have started a Web site to publicize the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, a day after saying many projects under way would be delayed and cost more. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/new-web-site-launched-on-rebuilding-ground-zero.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:09:52 EDT The 468-page French indictment makes seamy reading: secret arms deals feeding bloodshed in an oil-rich African country. Envelopes of cash changing hands in a Paris mansion. A cast of defendants ranging from a debt-ridden tycoon to a Chinese opera singer. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/144786-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/guns-dirty-money-and-french-elite-trial.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/guns-dirty-money-and-french-elite-trial.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:54:26 EDT A Washington state man who wrote on a newspaper Web site that he was going to shoot up a shopping mall says he was just making a point after a mentally disturbed man went on a shooting spree. But prosecutors say he was making a threat. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/138637-shooting-web-posting.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/web-post-inflames-post-shooting-emotions-in-wash.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/web-post-inflames-post-shooting-emotions-in-wash.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:51:11 EDT Legendary performances at the Metropolitan Opera of "La Boheme" with Luciano Pavarotti and "Otello" with Placido Domingo will soon be available over the Internet for the first time. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/met-to-offer-online-service-for-opera-lovers.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:14:06 EDT The Washington Post is launching a new Web section linking readers to the best of political coverage--even scoops by rival newspapers. The idea behind the Political Browser, expected to start Monday, is to brief political junkies on the top "must reads" of the day, from an article on a scandal to a humorous video making the rounds on Google Inc.'s YouTube. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/new-post-web-section-to-send-readers-elsewhere.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:35:52 EDT The Washington Post is launching a new Web section linking readers to the best of political coverage--even scoops by rival newspapers. The idea behind the Political Browser, expected to start Monday, is to brief political junkies on the top "must reads" of the day, from an article on a scandal to a humorous video making the rounds on Google Inc.'s YouTube. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080921/new-post-web-section-to-send-readers-elsewhere.htm Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:54:43 EDT A 29-year-old MBA student is countersuing the Chicago Olympic committee for rights to Chicago2016.com. Northwestern University student Stephen Frayne Jr. bought the Chicago2016.com site from a Japanese company in 2004. Chicago kicked off its bid to host the 2016 Olympics two years later. The city's Olympic committee has trademarked "Chicago 2016," and uses Chicago2016.org as its official web site. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/student-city-fight-for-olympic-web-site.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:18:17 EDT Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, is helping start a new foundation with the aim of supporting the Web as a tool that's open and accessible to everyone. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/web-inventor-backs-group-to-improve-his-creation.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:22:08 EDT The Wall Street Journal is borrowing elements from popular Internet hangouts like Facebook as it seeks to boost usage. WSJ.com, one of the few news sites to restrict many of its stories to paying subscribers, is changing its layout to help nonpaying visitors navigate and identify free, ad-supported content. Those visitors will see a different home page from users who sign in as subscribers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080915/social-networking-coming-to-revamped-journal-site.htm Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:05:12 EDT The Wall Street Journal is borrowing elements from popular Internet hangouts like Facebook as it seeks to boost usage. WSJ.com, one of the few news sites to restrict many of its stories to paying subscribers, is changing its layout to help nonpaying visitors navigate and identify free, ad-supported content. Those visitors will see a different home page from users who sign in as subscribers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080915/social-networking-coming-to-revamped-journal-site.htm Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:52:11 EDT Comcast Corp. has reached agreements with several major content providers to offer their shows on its entertainment Web site, Fancast.com. The Philadelphia-based cable operator has inked deals with ABC, CW, Showtime, HBO and The Food Network to offer free ad-supported TV episodes and clips. The shows will start rolling out this weekend, except those from ABC, which went live last week. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/comcast-to-beef-up-its-fancast-entertainment-site.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:55:02 EDT Tim Berners-Lee, the British-born inventor of the World Wide Web, says he doesn't like to express preferences among Web browsers. But he does have an issue with one of them: Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/creator-of-web-spots-a-flaw-in-internet-explorer.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:17:14 EDT All SEC football games on CBS this season will also be available to watch online for free. Seventeen games, including the conference championship, will be shown on CBSSports.com, the network announced Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/sec-football-games-on-cbs-to-also-be-shown-online.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:47:04 EDT It sounded like a winning proposition--free money--for Internet access providers. By tracking their subscribers' personal Web surfing habits, they could help deliver ads targeted to the consumers' interests, and claim a share of the burgeoning online advertising market dominated by Internet search companies. But those efforts to sniff out consumers' interests are running into the ditch. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/120935-ad-targeting.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080901/targeting-based-isp-tracking-now-doubt.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080901/targeting-based-isp-tracking-now-doubt.htm Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:07:48 EDT The nation's largest Internet service providers all say they haven't partnered with Silicon Valley startup NebuAd Inc. to monitor Web surfing and deliver targeted advertising to their subscribers. Here is a look at six smaller service providers, however, that have conducted trials. The companies say all the tests have ended, often to review privacy and related issues. No provider is known to be currently using NebuAd. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080831/6-internet-providers-disclose-web-tracking-for-ads.htm Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:35:07 EDT It sounded like a winning proposition--free money--for Internet access providers. By tracking their subscribers' personal Web surfing habits, they could help deliver ads targeted to the consumers' interests, and claim a share of the burgeoning online advertising market dominated by Internet search companies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080831/ad-targeting-based-on-isp-tracking-now-in-doubt.htm Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:16:19 EDT The owner of an independent Web site critical of authorities was shot and killed Sunday by police in a volatile province in southern Russia, his colleague said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080831/deputy-says-russian-police-kill-web-site-owner.htm Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:23:32 EDT Malaysia has blocked access to a popular news Web site that often runs afoul of authorities for its sensational political reporting, sparking complaints Thursday that the government has reneged on its pledge to keep cyberspace uncensored. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/malaysia-blocks-anti-government-news-web-site.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:14:38 EDT U.S. consumer magazine Web sites attracted more visitors in the second quarter, an industry group said, and the visitors spent more time on the sites. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/magazine-web-sites-draw-8-5-percent-more-visitors.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:58:33 EDT