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  • Financial Times allegedly hacked by Syrians Financial Times allegedly hacked by Syrians

    Britain's Financial Times was hacked last week by a mysterious group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army. The newspaper's technology blog was hacked to display a slogan saying: "Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army." Several Twitter feeds run by the Financial Times were also plastered with similar slogans. The FT later said its blogs and social media accounts had been compromised ...

  • Purple Haze Tumblr faithful blast Yahoo deal

    the posts tagged "Yahoo." I tried to let my eyes waft at random in the hope of finding fair balance or at least something more than purple haze. The first thing I saw was a post from someone called "world-peace-not-war." I felt that here would be sanguine calm. Instead he wrote: "BooHoo! Yahoo Done Wrong. Yahoo Must Pay." This didn't seem terribly ...

  • Yahoo-Tumblr 7 ways to evaluate the union

    More profit Tumblr may add a few percentage points in quarterly revenue in the next year, and potentially a few drops of profit, but not enough to move the needle unless the service continues its user growth rate and increasing rate of revenue growth. The real profit will come as Tumblr scales and improves its ad targeting, which Yahoo's technology can help nurture. In addition, Tumblr ...

  • Can ATT Use Its Ad Spend Data to Help Clients Target Consumers

    AT&T is the country's fifth largest ad spender -- and now its using data gleaned from its own digital advertising to to help other marketers that buy inventory through AT&T's AdWorks business. ...

  • Yahoos board approves $1.1bn Tumblr acquisition

    Yahoo reportedly is in talks to buy blogging service Tumblr for a cool $1.1bn, and is said to have been given approval by its board. Tumblr, a place for posting cat memes and duck faces, is apparently in Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's ...

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Jackie Brown [Blu-Ray]

Jackie Brown [Blu-Ray]

The beauty and brilliance of Quentin Tarantinos Jackie Brown is that it isnt Pulp Fiction Redux. While so many other young filmmakers were already busy trying to ape the style, attitude, and bravura of Tarantinos sophomore film, he was quietly taking a different route and ... ...

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  • Cannes Germanys Studio 100 Launches Film Division

    German children's television production/distribution company Studio 100 Media has launched a new film division, Studio 100 Film, which will focus on feature ...

  • Cannes Kurt Russell Peter Sarsgaard to Star in Bone Tomahawk

    PHOTOS: Radiant 'X-Men' Star Fan Bingbing Honored at Glittery Cannes Fest The movie follows an outlaw who unknowingly leads a band of cannibalistic Troglodytes into the peaceful western town of Bright Hope. When the monsters kidnap several settlers a small rescue party journey into hell to try and rescue them. 2929 Entertainment has come on board to fully finance the project. ...

  • Cannes Catching Fire Star Sam Claflin Joins Lone Sherfigs Posh

    Cannes Film Festival 2013 The story is set amongst the privileged elite of Oxford University and follows two first year students determined to join the infamous Riot Club where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single ...

  • The 5 Time Slot Showdowns Will Look Like This

    Now that the Tetris tiles of the 2013–14 TV schedule have dropped into place, a number of intriguing programming showdowns await. With 51 new scripted series slated to premiere in the coming season, the newcomers will be fighting for their lives against established hits and fellow freshman shows. Here are the five time slots that are likely to kick up the most ...

  • USA Today Takes Its Ad Meter Beyond the Super Bowl

    uper Bowl ad-rating platform to other categories of sports media. Ad Meter: The Year in Sports will invite sports fans to vote in categories like Best Sports Marketing Campaign and Best Athlete Endorsement Ad. Online voting will take place on Ad Meter’s digital hub in November, with the winners to be announced Dec. 9 at an event in New ...

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