Visitors Crash French First Lady's Site, Last.fm Hits the Airwaves

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
- Former supermodel, current celebrity and French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has amassed a fervent following that is apparently so hungry for information that "a vast number of visitors" crashed her Web site almost immediately after it launched yesterday. But, the visitors were probably just trying to find the nude photos that those dang, randy Brits have been shamelessly peddling. [From: The Guardian]
- Last.fm is leaving its comfortable Web nest and embarking on a big city radio journey. The music service's 'Discovers' channel debuted on CBS Radio HD New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco today so that even more bandwagon music fans can listen to whatever everybody else thinks is popular. [From: Mashable]
- AVG, a long-time provider of free anti-virus software, will release its 9th version of virus protection later this month. Microsoft just had to steal the spotlight, though; it recently released its own protection services, Microsoft Security Essentials. AVG should be safe from the Microsoft affront for a little while, though, since the AVG software will provide extra benefits like identity theft protection. [From: Venture Beat]
- Smuggled cell phones have become a significant problem in prisons, but the Senate has reportedly passed an Act which would allow jail authorities to "jam," or block the transmissions of, the contraband phones. Now, they just need to develop a missile defense system for those pesky pigeons and RC helicopters. [From: Textually]
- Google forked out $1.65 billion for YouTube (almost $1 billion more than the site's appraisal), and CNET has been investigating if the high-priced acquisition will ever actually be profitable. Before it can fully focus on turning a profit, though, Google has to navigate a $1 billion copyright suit filed against YouTube by Viacom. Talk about buyer's remorse. [From: CNET]





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