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Weekly internet update

The North East Regional Portal’s head of e-business, Pascal Fintoni, shares his take on the latest in the world of internet marketing…

In the news: In an apparent attempt to end Apple’s domination of online music, MySpace are in talks with four major record labels to create a rival music download site which, as well as competing with iTunes, will help distinguish MySpace from rivals Facebook.

Staying with iTunes, the BBC will soon offer a series of high profile programmes to viewers via the download site. The list of shows includes ‘Little Britain’ and ‘Robin Hood’, and marks the broadcaster’s first attempt at getting viewers to pay directly for content.

Microsoft has begun testing Internet Explorer 8 according to a report by Webuser. The new browser is expected to be demoed at the MIX Conference in Las Vegas next month.

The BBC reports that despite over two thirds of the UK regularly accessing the internet, the digital divide is still growing, with the elderly, less well educated and poorer people losing out. Do you agree with this statement?

Blogging is all the rage at the moment and Marketing Vox has published their top ten tips for organisations looking to blog. The tips look at the contentious issues of control and converting web traffic, along with 8 other helpful topics for investigation.

Plug of the week: Online ebusiness learning community Webetopia has some great new content helping to explain the value of ebusiness and its many applications in a straightforward way. Register now to learn something new, share ideas and ask questions.

Story of the week: Shareholders in Yahoo are set to take the search engine to court over what they describe as a breach of duty by board members who rejected a bid from Microsoft despite the offer coming in at 50% over the trading share price. More PR spin? Or is Microsoft getting closer to what they want?

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .