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Twitter, Facebook attacked to silence man called Cyxymu
BNET
- 2009-08-12
Twitter, Facebook and LiveJournal say they are continuing to fend off cyber attacks that last week derailed the popular Internet services. "The attacks continued but we got better at dealing with them such that Twitter remains active," Twitter co-founder Biz Stone wrote in an email reply to an AFP inquiry....
Google building Bing-killer search engine
BNET
- 2009-08-11
Google has rolled back the curtain on a secret project codenamed "Caffeine" focused on building a new iteration of its Internet search engine. "For the last several months, a large team of Googlers has been working on a project: a next-generation architecture for Google's web search," Google engineers Sitaram Iyer...
Twitter, Facebook attacked to silence one man
BNET
- 2009-08-10
A Georgian blogger known as "Cyxymu" has blamed Russia for a massive cyber assault that affected millions of internet users worldwide by disrupting popular sites like Google, Twitter and Facebook. Speaking to AFP in the Georgian capital, the blogger said he believed Russia was behind the distributed-denial-of-service DDoS attacks and...
T-Mobile to launch first Google-powered mobile
- 2008-08-18
BERLIN AFP — T-Mobile said Monday it plans to launch a mobile phone powered by Google's Android software, making it the first operator to do so and posing a direct threat to Apple's popular iPhone. A spokesman for Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile's German parent, declined to comment on the launch...
Wikipedia founder aims to break Google stranglehold
- 2008-08-14
SINGAPORE AFP — Watch out Google -- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales hopes that Wikia Search, a project he spearheads, will break Google's domination as the world's most widely used Internet search engine. Google and fellow titans Yahoo and Microsoft dominate the Internet search engine market which Wales said was...
Google lets people create custom virtual realms
- 2008-07-08
SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Google has rolled out a challenge to virtual world giant Second Life with free software that lets people create their own online 3D worlds that can be embedded on websites and melded with other online functions. Lively by Google lets people place virtual "rooms" on...
US officials scrutinizing Google-Yahoo deal
- 2008-07-02
SAN FRANCISCO AFP — The US Department of Justice said Wednesday it is scrutinizing a proposed online advertising deal between Google and Yahoo to make certain it doesn't stifle competition. "We are looking at the competitive effects of the transaction and how it affects consumers," department spokeswoman Gina Talamona...
Google helps advertisers figure out website demographics
- 2008-06-24
SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Google on Tuesday introduced a tool that lets advertisers figure out which websites their ideal customers are inclined to visit. "Google Ad Planner" lets advertisers enter demographics they wish to target and then returns a list of websites likely to appeal to people with those...
Soaring oil prices could boost Internet: Google executive
- 2008-06-18
SEOUL AFP — Soaring oil prices are hitting the world economy but could prove a boon for the Internet, the vice president of Google said Wednesday. "Although I'm not happy with increased oil prices, the Internet industry may actually benefit from that as people turn to it as an...
Google co-founder to become space tourist: NYT
- 2008-06-11
NEW YORK AFP — One of the cofounders of Internet giant Google, Sergey Brin, has booked a flight to space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket for 2011, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Virginia-based Space Adventures, which arranges space flights for ultrawealthy clients, plans to buy a private Soyuz...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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