Around the Web : Microsoft buys non-Yahoo firm


In honor of the YouTube item below, we offer you as a ukulelelicious gift one of our favorite recent videos. Without further ado, here's what's happening around the Web: -- YouTube is going long: the dominant video repository on the Net says chosen partners can upload clips far longer than the old 10-minute limit.

Silicon Alley Insider -- Microsoft is buying Navic Systems, which uses cable-box data to help companies place targeted ads on television. IPTV is coming, whether you want it or not. WSJ -- Meet Center'd, the brand-spanking-new startup from ex-Yahoo and ex-Microsoft execs.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/ technology/ 2008/ 06/ around-the-w-12.html