Tech Update: YouTube Ads Turn Videos Into Revenue

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September 03, 2010 Tech Update

YouTube Ads Turn Videos Into Revenue By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER YouTube is expected to turn a profit this year, on revenue of about $450 million, with help from its onetime critics. Video Game Maker Take-Two Reports an Unexpected Profit By BLOOMBERG NEWS The publisher of the Grand Theft Auto video games raised its outlook on the strength of its newest release, Red Dead Redemption. ADVERTISEMENT Bits Blog Why I.B.M. Took a Different Path in Storage By STEVE LOHR I.B.M.'s strategy in the storage business has been guided by its research labs spotting future trends. H.P. Outbids Dell for Data Storage Company By BLOOMBERG NEWS Hewlett-Packard offered about $2.3 billion, ending an 18-day bidding war. The price reflects a growing urgency to use acquisitions to fuel growth. Bits Blog Consumer Watchdog Group Goes After Google By NICK BILTON A consumer watchdog group began an advertising campaign aimed at Google and its chief executive. It hopes to create a "Do Not Track Me" list for Web users. Technology Most E-Mailed State of the Art: Your Own Hot Spot, and Cheap Of Two Minds About Books In Search of a Case to Protect the iPad YouTube Ads Turn Videos Into Revenue Gadgetwise: Ten Photo-Editing Tips From a Pro App Smart: How to Get Loyalty Card Prices Without Loyalty Cards From Apple, a Step Into Social Media for Music Gadgetwise: The GoPro Camera Goes Anywhere Your Brain on Computers: Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime Pogue's Posts: Laptops Look Like Racecars - and Not in a Good Way ADVERTISEMENT Get home delivery of The New York Times for as low as $3.15 a week.

Personal Tech Gadgetwise Blog How to Pep Up a Cheap PC By RIK FAIRLIE What performance gains can you expect when you add a discrete graphics card to a cheap PC? Technology Headlines From Around the Web What's This? Gizmodo Rumor: Google Music Hasn't Signed Any Labels Yet BoomTown Facebook Blocked API Access to Ping After Failure to Strike Agreement, So Apple Removed Feature After Launch All Facebook HUGE: Facebook Testing New "Subscribe To" User Feature Twitter Blog The Evolving Ecosystem Skype Blogs Make group video calls with up to 10 people with the new beta version of Skype for Windows More at Blogrunner » Why I.B.M. Took a Different Path in Storage September 03, 2010, 7:26 AM Apple-Facebook Friction Erupts Over Ping September 02, 2010, 7:57 PM What It Means When YouTube Gets Small, and Big September 02, 2010, 7:39 PM Consumer Watchdog Group Goes After Google September 02, 2010, 4:24 PM Go to the Bits Blog » ADVERTISEMENT

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