Roundup: YouTube HD links, Del Biaggio charges, Korean game support, and more
YouTube gets links to high-definition videos – It already offered HD videos, you just had to use a simple hack to access them. In other YouTube news, the company is offering a new service for adding sound to videos you upload.
Valley investor Del Biaggio nailed with fraud charges — William Del Biaggio, a high-flying investor who forged his way to tens of millions, has been permanently banned from being an investment advisor; now he faces fines and imprisonment.
“Second Life’s second wind” (of press coverage?) — Forbes takes a look at the once-hyped virtual world’s latest efforts to stay relevant.
Korean government plans to invest $200 million in video game industry — It hopes to accelerate the already strong industry’s growth to compete with Japan and the U.S.
Digital media software maker RealNetworks lays off 130 — More on the company blog, here.
EDS chief to retire — Hewlett-Packard bought tech services giant Electronic Data Systems, Inc. for $13.25 billion earlier this year. Now, EDS chief executive Ronald Rittenmeyer plans to retire.
Supply-chain company acquisition called off – I2 Technologies was planning to acquire JDA Software Group in a $346 million deal, but now it’s not going to happen due to lack of financing.
Google putting more ads on pages — According to a report by search marketing agency AdGooroo.
Bad guys winning internet security battle — Software written to extract information like credit card numbers is becoming more prevalent; efforts to stop it are failing, as this in-depth New York Times article examines.
A closer look at why some social networks have failed — They didn’t offer things people wanted, or they were copycats who missed the market opportunity, basically.
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About the Author, Eric Eldon
Eric currently covers digital media technology and business news, especially what's happening on social networks and their platforms. He also writes and edits stories about venture capital, and lots of other stuff, too. He started at VentureBeat in the spring of 2007, half a year or so after Matt Marshall left his reporting job at the San Jose Mercury News to found the site. Eric previously cofounded a startup called Writewith, that was building editorial software for newspapers and other groups of writers. The startup didn't work out, but he learned a lot.