MSN College & University Program

1. MSN College & University Program

Connect your campus with free1 hosted e-mail from MSN®. Provide all of your students and alumni with free e-mail accounts that potentially never expire1, featuring a custom domain name selected by your institution.

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- read full story from imagine-msn.com


2. Web ad sales hit another record high

Sales of Internet advertising have continued their long rally, reaching a quarterly all-time high of $3.1 billion in September, according to a new study.

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- read full story from CNET News.com, Nov 21 2005


3. Google Gift to Digital Library

The Library of Congress will announce today a $3 million gift from Google to help the library begin building a World Digital Library, a project that aims to digitize and place on the Web significant primary materials from national libraries and other institutions worldwide.

For more on this:
- read full story from The New York Times, Nov 22 2005


4. AOL Joins Start-Up Company to Offer Web Video Distribution

America Online reached an unusual arrangement yesterday with a start-up company that will allow almost any producer of video content to distribute programming on its service, splitting revenue from advertising or fees.

For more on this:
- read full story from The New York Times, Nov 22 2005


5. Hong Kong Internet providers vow privacy protection but respect local law

Hong Kong Internet service providers say they will respect their users' privacy but were bound by local laws, a week after a group of record companies asked them to hand over information about clients accused of illegal music downloads.
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- read full story from Yahoo! News, Nov 22 2005


6. Net TV startup lands $16.2 mln from AOL, IAC

Brightcove, an Internet television startup that helps programmers syndicate shows across the Web and collect money from it, plans to announce on Tuesday it has attracted new high profile investors including AOL and IAC/InterActiveCorp, and a distribution pact with AOL.

For more on this:
- read full story from reuters.com, Nov 21 2005


7. Hungry for net freedom in Tunisia

Last week's UN-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society put the spotlight on the host country Tunisia. Human rights groups both inside and outside the country intensified their criticism of the Tunisian government's record regarding internet freedom.

For more on this:
- read full story from BBC News, Nov 21 2005


8. Microsoft Launches Free Hosted E-Mail

Internet domain owners can now outsource their e-mail and instant messaging to Microsoft. The new service, Windows Live Custom Domains, lets domain name owners access MSN services without the need for a Passport, Microsoft's star-crossed authentication system.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Nov 21 2005