BEIJING, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — Baidu, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU), the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, today announced that Baidu and Providence Equity Partners (“Providence”) have signed an agreement pursuant to which Providence will invest$50 million in Baidu’s new online video company to develop an advertising supported online video business providing premium licensed content in China. Baidu will continue to maintain majority [...]

Google, the world’s biggest online search engine, wants to turbocharge your Internet connection.

The company said Wednesday it is getting into the broadband service business with trials for fiber networks that will deliver Internet access speeds that are 100 times faster than what most Americans are getting today.
With its announcement, the Internet juggernaut added to a [...]

Akamai announced last night a return to double digit revenue growth of 12% and a 1% uptick to earnings. The numbers significantly beating street estimates and managements guidance.
Despite a challenging economy Akamai continues to show strong growth in all segments of its market including Media and Entertainment which skeptics had predicted severe discounting from competitors [...]

SenditCertified.com, a secure communications and collaboration platform, today issued the following statement regarding the Google-China standoff, warning corporate IT leaders to tighten their Internet security and privacy protocols. According to Stephen Errico, CTO of SenditCertified, enterprises are more vulnerable today to acts of cyberterrorism and malicious hacking than ever before.
“Google operates on a cloud computing [...]

WASHINGTON — Today, the Federal Communications Commission launched an initiative on the future of media and the information needs of communities in the digital age. This initiative will examine the changes underway in the media marketplace, analyze the full range of future technologies and services that will provide communities with news and information in the [...]

Washington, D.C.: The Federal Communications Commission today took an important step toward promoting competition and innovation in the video distribution market by establishing a process for considering, on a case-by-case basis, complaints about the availability of terrestrially delivered, cable- affiliated programming, addressing what is commonly referred to as the “terrestrial loophole.” These new rules allow DBS [...]

In May of 2005 Google launched with much fanfare it’s Web Accelerator tool. This software was a browser add-on that made web pages load more quickly. Three years later the company quietly discontinued the project.
The software/service initially ran into some problems with demand, with Google needing to take steps to stop the downloading of the [...]

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RSA® Conference (www.rsaconference.com), the world’s leading information security conferences and expositions, today announced that Robert Mueller, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, will deliver a keynote address at RSA Conference 2010.
Mueller’s presentation will take place on Thursday, March 4, 2010.
Mueller’s keynote will detail cyber threats through the years – from criminal threats [...]