Netflix 2Q profit up 4 pct, beats analyst views (AP)
25 Jul 2008 2:58pm GMT AP - Netflix Inc.'s second-quarter profit crept up 4 percent, beating analyst expectations as the online DVD rental leader signed up 168,000 new customers while spending less money to attract them to the service.
China's Web users top 250m on back of disasters, Olympics (AFP)
25 Jul 2008 8:36am GMT AFP - China's online population, already the world's largest, has swelled to 253 million, an official report said, driven by news events such as natural disasters and the Beijing Olympics.
China says has more people surfing the Web than US (AP)
25 Jul 2008 6:43am GMT AP - China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday.
Broadband Innovations, Part 3: The Film Editor's Dream (PC World)
25 Jul 2008 5:00am GMT PC World - A 10-gbps fiber-optics connection enables a Swedish film editor to do his job in real time from his dream home in a beautiful rural village.
Jon Heder to star in online series (Reuters)
25 Jul 2008 4:55am GMT Reuters - Jon Heder, who starred in "Napoleon Dynamite" and skated opposite Will Ferrell in "Blades of Glory," is venturing into digital entertainment as the star of the zombie comedy "Woke Up Dead."