Yahoo! posts financial results and warns of future growth

Yahoo! has posted its quarterly results, and they met the expectations of Wall Street analysts, but it has sounded warnings about future growth. For Yahoo!'s last quarterly results, although the figures were healthy and met expectations, general gloom about the future of online advertising meant the value of its stock fell. Mixed reactions are again likely, with Yahoo! itself now expressing concern about the "realignment" of its client base, ie dot-coms going under and traditional companies cutting back their online spending. ...more

China shoots down computer game for blackening its image

China chucks out 'I'm Going' In computer game Reports in China's People's Daily say that the country's State Press and Publication Administration (SPPA) 'issued an order Wednesday to investigate and recover all copies' of Project IGI2 because it intentionally blackened the image of both China and its army. Published over here by Codemasters, Project IGI2 (I'm Going In): Covert Strike is a first person shooter in which the protagonist must complete a series of undercover missions in the former Soviet Union, Libya and China, involving sabotage and the latter of which includes shooting at Chinese soldiers. The game has been pronounced illegal and SPPA has said it will use the law to punish the publishers, makers and sellers of Project IGI2. ...more

RIAA claims victory over file sharers

The Recording Industry of America Association is claiming victory in the war against the file sharers and says the problem has now been 'contained'. 'The problem has not been eliminated,' the RIAA CEO Mitch Bainwol told USA Today 'But we believe digital downloads have emerged into a growing, thriving business, and file-trading is flat.' Over the past few years, the RIAA has sued thousands of music fans in the United States for file sharing, which has left a bad taste even with the ex-CEO of the organisation. ...more

Safe computing for kids

Today sees the launch of 'Kidsmart', a Government-approved Internet safety education programme. Check out www.kidsmart. ...more

Allofmp3 denies link to arrested London man

The Russian owners of Allofmp3.com deny that a man arrested in London for alleged copyright violations was the European agent for the controversial music downloads site. In a statement, they say that the unnamed Londoner 'was hastily declared an employee of the European office of Allofmp3' and denied that their business operates outside its home country. ...more