AP - Japanese cable broadcaster Usen Corp. said Thursday its president will personally buy Fuji TV's stake in disgraced Internet portal Livedoor Co.

Reuters - Yahoo China's music search engine has turned up bad news for the music industry and possible legal action against the global Web portal.

Matthew Borghese - All Headline News Staff Writer \@New York\@, \@New York\@ (AHN) - NBC Universal buys woman's internet portal, iVillage, for an estimated $600 million. According to NBC, a unit of General Electric (GE), the move helps the entertainment company attract "a key demographic of the NBC...

AP - More than six million books, films and photographs will be made available on the Internet through a single Web portal by 2010, the European Commission said Thursday.

Reuters - Troubled Japanese Internet company Livedoor Co. is not in any specific talks about potential partnerships and aims to keep operating with the focus on media, finance and business services, its new president said on Friday.

NewsFactor - Wireless newcomer Helio has hooked up with the popular social-networking portal MySpace to introduce a pair of multimedia handsets as it prepares to launch a new mobile brand that targets young, tech-savvy consumers.

NewsFactor - Wireless newcomer Helio has hooked up with the popular social-networking portal MySpace to introduce a pair of multimedia handsets as it prepares to launch a new mobile brand that targets young, tech-savvy consumers.

AFP - US Internet search portal Google is testing a service that allows people to customize e-mail accounts with their names or other personal touches.

AP - Microsoft Corp.'s plans to rebrand its free e-mail, instant messenger and Web search products under the name "Live" could be interpreted as a sign that MSN — the unit that previously housed those products — is a sinking ship.

allCUnews.com makes free blogging account available to professionals involved in shaping the credit union movement as part of interactive news and discussion portal. [PRWEB Feb 8, 2006]