Viacom's MTV buys Neopets for $160m, boston.com, 21 June 2005

“Viacom, the third-biggest US media company, is adding Web content as it plans to split into two next year, allowing its faster-growing cable operations to trade separately from the CBS broadcast network. Neopets.com lets people create ''virtual pets. Neopets already has spurred plans for a movie with Warner Bros. and Sony Corp. computer games. The purchase will help Viacom expand its merchandising business."

Full Story at http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/06/21/viacoms_mtv_buys_neopets_for_160m/



Viacom's MTV buys virtual pet site NeoPets, 20 June 2005

“More than 25 million members now log on to NeoPets.com to share stories and artwork, meet other users through internal e-mail and chat rooms, play games, and feed various species of cartoon "pets". Viacom executives said the deal will help in the effort to build MTV into a multi-platform entertainment company and noted that its ownership of NeoPets could spawn business opportunities in consumer products and animated feature films.”

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Hollywood wins Internet piracy battle, CNN Money, 27 June 2005

“In MGM v. Grokster, the high court overturned a ruling that had barred Hollywood and the music industry from suing Internet services used by consumers to swap songs and movies for free. In Grokster, the court did not address the question of whether the technology at issue in the case -- known as file-sharing, or "peer-to-peer" -- is illegal. Rather, the justices focused on the actions of the peer-to-peer software companies named in the case, Grokster Ltd. and StreamCast Networks Inc., the maker of file-sharing software known as Morpheus, and whether they encouraged the illegal use of their technology.”

Full Story at http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/27/technology/grokster/index.htm




Key US file-sharing ruling looms, BBC News, 27 June 2005

“The US Supreme Court is deciding if the software firms can be blamed when their creations are used to break the law. The case was brought by 28 media makers who claim the main use of file-sharing networks is to help people illegally swap copyrighted material. Technology experts fear that if the Supreme Court justices decide in favour of the movie and music makers it could stifle innovation as all new technologies will have to have potential infringing uses designed out.”

Full Story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4625961.stm




Postini and Imlogic Announce Strategov Partnersjip to Address Convergence of Email and Instant Messaging Threats, Postini.com, 27 June 2005

“Postini will integrate IMlogic technology in Postini’s patented, award winning email processing infrastructure to provide a comprehensive perimeter management service covering threats and policy enforcement for all forms of electronic messaging. As part of the agreement, Postini and IMlogic will exchange real-time threat and messaging activity data, providing the world’s largest and most sophisticated electronic messaging threat monitoring system. The relationship is designed to address both the growth of IM threats, as well as the convergence of email and instant messaging blended threats.”

Full Story at http://www.postini.com/news_events/pr/pr062705.php



Spam buster Postini to add IM filtering, CnetNews.com, 27 June 2005

“In the third quarter, the Redwood City, Calif.-based company plans to introduce a hosted spam- and virus-filtering service for instant messaging. Postini has licensed technology from IMlogic, a specialist in instant-messaging security and compliance, for the service. As with e-mail, organizations will be able to route their IM traffic through Postini's servers. The messages will be scanned for viruses, worms and spam. Additionally, customers will be able to enforce content policies on the service--blocking the transmission of sensitive information.”

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New Weapons Forged to Fight Spam, eWeek.com, 27 June 2005

“Managed e-mail service provider The Electric Mail Company Inc. announced in June a new version of its PerimeterProtect messaging protection service, while Proofpoint Inc. announced a new series of its Messaging Security Gateway appliances designed for small and midsize businesses. In addition, e-mail appliance vendor OmniTI Computer Consulting Inc. announced it will include Cloudmark Inc.'s anti-spam and anti-phishing software in its Ecelerity products.”

Full Story at http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1831233,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594



Commtouch Meets NASDAQ Listing Requirements and Drops ''C'' from Ticker Symbol; Ticker Symbol Reverts to "CTCH", Commtouch.com, 26 June 2005

“This change is highlighted by the determination of The NASDAQ SmallCap Market that Commtouch has satisfied all of the conditions of the exception to listing announced by the company on June 28, 2004, and the company meets all listing requirements. The company's stock had been trading under the CTCHC symbol since June 30, 2004 pursuant to an exception to the requirement to maintain shareholders' equity of at least $2.5 million.”

Full Story at http://www.commtouch.com//Site/News_Events/pr_content.asp?news_id=399&cat_id=1