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Streaming YouTube
Sep 2nd
It has been reported that Google is in talks with Hollywood studios to launch an international pay-per-view video service at the beginning of 2011. If it happens, YouTube will transform into a serious contender in streaming rental movies. Look out Netflix!
People close to the talks say that Google is pitching to the movie industry that “the global appeal of a streaming on-demand movie service” tied to the world’s most popular search engine and YouTube, will attract a “gigantic number” of people. To put it in a nut shell, Google believes that YouTube and Hollywood would be pretty amazing together. Prices per rental aren’t set yet but it’s expected to be around $5 dollars a rental.
Negotiations between Google and the movie industry have been going on for a while now but have picked up the pace in recent weeks . If the reports are correct, combined with the future Google TV, this deal could turn Google into a real contender in digital media sales, and a major competitor to Apple in another market.
Apple tops the IBM security list with the most vulnerabilities.
Aug 31st
For years many people thought that if you had a Mac or a Linux based PC, that you were safe from most, if not all malicious activity on the internet. Now we are learning that isn’t quite true anymore. Here is what IBM’s report had to say:
McAfee: Cameron Diaz is Most Dangerous Celeb
Aug 25th
We know by now that it’s not uncommon for cybercriminals to target star-struck fans looking for pictures, videos andscreensavers of their favourite athletes, film starts and musicians. But who’s the biggest risk when looking to Google for celebs to oogle? McAfee has released its annual list of the most dangerous celebrities to search for if you’re hoping to avoid malware, and top of the list is Cameron Diaz.
Diaz bumped last year’s most dangerous celebrity, A-Team leading lady Jessica Biel, off of the top spot, as McAfee discovered that one in ten results for ‘Cameron Diaz’ leads web users to a risky website. Combine Cameron Diaz with one of McAfee’s ‘most dangerous search terms’ such as “screensaver,” and the chance of encountering malicious websites rises by 19 percent.
Check out the top ten below:
10. Anna Paquin
09. Heidi Klum/Penelope Cruz
08. Tom Cruise
07. Jennifer Love Hewitt / Nicole Kidman
06. Adriana Lima
05. Brad Pitt
04. Gisele Bündchen
03. Jessica Biel
02. Julia Roberts
01. Cameron Diaz
