Fox and NBC have set up their plans in launching the online video site which supports advertisement as a whole. They are also in the intention to host programming from different viewers including Google Inc.’s You tube.

The company officials have planned to launch the test version by Monday and they are putting success steps to launch the original in a few months time. The hosting would probably take place from two networks along with films and TV shows from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc and Sony Corp.

The focus is sure to be laid on shows and films rather than networks as they are going to make things easier. The debut buds out in the middle of entertainment companies and other video sites which are online. They include You Tube which is popular in screening illegal clips often.

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The technical foundation of the internet was laid the foundation stone by Vint Cerf during the early 1970s. He has drawn the entire attention to one of the principal agencies building development with going across various difficult tasks.

After sowing seeds for streamline operations and giving off the international rebellion Cerf is getting down from the post, Chairman of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers which is to take place this week.

He concluded by saying with his humorous attitude that “My sentence is up”. He has struggled a long way in building up the organization as it is today. He also thanked those who lend out a helping hand during the battles to come across with a stable and powerful organization.

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Customer response to the Apple’s iPhone is so strong, there are a lot of predatory re-sellers taking advantage of the opportunity already. The company was quick to note this and they immediately imposed a ban on all purchases using cash. They are relying on using credit cards as a way to screen those who are looking out to re-sell the gadgets for a quick and nice profit. Hopefully it will stem the number of those who are preying on late buyers this coming holiday. The sales projections are seriously strong on this prospect that the company is estimating a major number of those who initially purchased the innovative gadget were actually intending to re-sell the products.

The company is trying to provide everyone an equal opportunity by limiting the amount of phone purchase for every person to about two only as compared to the previous limit of five units per person. The move might be too late though as there are about more than a million units already sold since its launch from June. Only time will tell how much has been accumulated by unscrupulous re-sellers.

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The long time problem that the curators of the world famous “Last Supper” by Leonardo the Vinci faced might be probably reduced significantly thanks to modern technology. The curators noted that they can now significantly reduce the number of visitors to the internationally acclaimed work of art because of the high degree resolution digital form of the painting they have created. To be exact, the range of the pixels used was in the level of 16 billion as compared to the usual high grade 10 million pixel digital cameras. In simple layman’s terms, you can now view the image from any desktop connected to the internet to a degree that it looks like you were there a few inches away from the surface of the painting itself.

As an added convenience, experts can analyze further Leonardo’s work without having to worry about the dust and pollutant they might bring to the artwork’s surface if they are to study it for very long periods of time. Things like the traces of the drawing before the original image was put down can now be viewed like never before.

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In a new, surprising “give and take policy” type of a campaign, fans of the popular horror movie series “Saw” are participating in a blood drive across the USA, where they’re being invited to give blood, in order to get returns from the next sequel in the Saw series.

Less than a week before the Halloween night, Saw IV, the latest sequel of one of the most successful horror movies in Hollywood, opens to public across cinema theatres nationwide this Friday. However, if you thought people were giving blood for no reason, think again. Lionsgate Film Studio, the makers of the movie series, is running a blood drive, and for a good cause, that of blood donations across the country. This also gives them enough opportunity for the promotion of the movie.

This year’s target for blood donation is 60,000 pints, more than twice what was collected last year in the “Give ‘Til it Hurts” drive. The amount of blood collected then was 23,500 pints. Targets are set so high now, as Yahoo! and the American Red Cross have joined hands with Lionsgate to take the drive and the cause to the entire nation.

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Microsoft has recently purchased 1.6 % stake in Facebook for $240 Million. A surprising fact here is that Facebook, about 3 ½ years old, doesn’t have annual revenues of even $200 Million.

This is believed to be Microsoft’s response to Google’s recent major acquisitions of YouTube and DoubleClick Inc. However, it turns out that the other side of the coin has a lot to do with Microsoft internet advertising plans. Also, this investment by Microsoft just goes to say that social networking – dating, friendship, photo sharing, etc. is valuable and is here to stay.

It’s amazing to note that Facebook, which started in a dorm room in Harvard University, has been valued at $15 Billion, thanks to Microsoft. One more important thing to note here is that Facebook is the second largest social networking website, after MySpace, which was acquired by News Corp. a couple of years ago, for $580 Million.

Microsoft is relying on Facebook’s reach and popularity, which it believes can help them sell more ads online, something Google is better than them at. In June 2007, online advertising revenues of Microsoft stood at $1.84 billion, an annual rise of 21 percent. During the same fiscal year, Google’s online advertising revenues rose to $13.3 Billion, a good 64 percent rise.

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Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi has set her eyes on making fiction movie which will be based on the documentary she filmed for HBO by the name “Journeys with George”. Avid HBO viewers will remember that this documentary followed President George W. Bush’s presidential campaign of 2000.

The film, which is not yet titled, centers around a young, very impressionable news story producer, finding herself starting to deal with the huge challenges of professional life and personal love in the middle of covering and reporting on a much publicized presidential campaign.

Oscar-winner screenwriter, Mr.Steven Zaillian is producing the film. Zillian said that the tone of the movie “The Devil Wears Prada” seemed quite apparent in the documentary and he encouraged Alexandra Pelosi to use and film her experiences to give a stunningly beautiful screenplay for the movie. The project is also one which will mark Alexandra Pelosi’s debut as a screenwriter.

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