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Even in Web age, travel agents can be useful
"While most travelers were trying to get through to their airlines, I was sitting at my computer rescheduling and rerouting our clients." That's what a travel agent I know told me last week about coping with the disruptions of Hurricane Ike. And it raises...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Help line in the works for cyberbullying victims
A volunteer group has started a regional pilot project with teens that could one day go national to help deal with difficulty with peers and other online safety issues.
CNET |
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AP Taps thePlatform for Web Syndication
Switches from Microsoft to Comcast unit to support Online Video Network.
Broadcasting and Cable |
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Former Community Services Director sues bank over fall
Former Knox County Community Services Director Cynthia Finch said she tripped over some ill-placed computer cords and injured herself while doing business at the bank. She's suing for $25,000.
WBIR-TV Knoxville |
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Review: Lifestreaming sites can organize Web lives
(AP:NEW YORK) Slowly but surely, my online life has spiraled out of control. Between posting photos on Flickr, updating my status on Facebook, blogging and commenting on and perusing various other sites, I'm having trouble keeping all my activities straight.
INO News |
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Yahoo launches major upgrade to display ad system
(AP:NEW YORK) Yahoo Inc. launched a much-anticipated upgrade to its online advertising system Wednesday as it tries to bring to graphical display ads some of the innovations that powered Google Inc.'s rapid rise in search marketing.
INO News |
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Google offers cash for world-changing ideas
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google is marking its 10th anniversary by offering 10 million dollars to back world changing ideas.
Yahoo! Asia News |
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Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacking Grand Jury Returns No Indictment
A Tennessee Democratic state representative's son was linked last week to involvement in the breach of the Republican Vice Presidential candidate's Yahoo Mail account.
InformationWeek |
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Yahoo launches major upgrade to display ad system
(AP:NEW YORK) Yahoo Inc. launched a much-anticipated upgrade to its online advertising system Wednesday as it tries to bring to graphical display ads some of the innovations that powered Google Inc.'s rapid rise in search marketing.
INO News |
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Ad Spending Posts Largest Quarterly Decline Since 2001
Cable advertising was one of the few gainers, along with Internet and syndicated TV advertising sales, according to the analysis.
MultiChannel News |
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Turner's GameTap Merges With French Gaming Firm
Turner Broadcasting System will merge its GameTap online video games unit with that of Paris-based Metaboli S.A. to create a global online gaming service under the GameTap brand in the U.S. and Metaboli brand in Europe, the companies announced Wednesday.
MultiChannel News |
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Review: Lifestreaming sites can organize Web lives
Wed, Sep 24, 2008 (2:18 p.m.) Slowly but surely, my online life has spiraled out of control. Between posting photos on Flickr, updating my status on Facebook, blogging and commenting on and perusing various other sites, I'm having trouble keeping all my activities straight.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Review: Lifestreaming sites can organize Web lives
However, I liked that Profilactic was smart about mining the lists of friends I have on some other sites. For example, I added Flickr to my profile, and Profilactic then imported my Flickr friends' photo uploads - even though these friends weren't registered as my buddies on Profilactic proper.
Bradenton Herald |
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England cricket coach on child porn charge
A former fitness coach with the England cricket team will be sentenced this week after admitting to downloading child pornography. The UK's Daily Mail reports Marques Church, 31, worked with cricketers including former England skipper Michael Vaughan and current captain Kevin Pietersen.
Bunbury Mail |
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Dell to use greener LED displays for all laptops
Wed, Sep 24, 2008 (2:18 p.m.) Dell Inc. is switching to mercury-free light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, to illuminate laptop screens starting in mid-December, a move aimed making the computers softer on the environment and easier to recycle.
Las Vegas Sun |
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iPO Editorial - Apple's Treatment of Some iPhone Developers is Unwise
At first, Apple rejected an iPhone application because it competed with them. Next, Apple rejected an app because it duplicated functionality. Yesterday, it was revealed that the contents of Apple's rejection letter falls under the NDA so that iPhone developers can't publicly complain about...
The Mac Observer |
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Help line in the works for cyberbullying victims
A volunteer group has started a regional pilot project with teens that could one day go national to help deal with difficulty with peers and other online safety issues.
CNET |
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Cookie Magazine/AOL Health Poll Reveals 32% of Dads Have Had an Affair Since Having Children
A new poll of dads, conducted jointly by Cookie, the lifestyle magazine for the modern mom, and AOL Health, http://www.aolhealth.com, reveals that 32 percent of dads report having had an affair since having children.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Heavyweights team up on photo data standard
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Wednesday 24 September 2008 at 22:16:00 Apple, Microsoft, Sony found metadata project Some of the largest names in photography hardware and software are teaming up on a new project to create a standard image metadata system....
vnunet.com |
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N.C. A&T hosts opening of financial trading room Thursday
GREENSBORO - N.C. A&T will hold a grand opening ceremony for its School of Business and Economics' new financial trading room from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Craig Hall, corner of Sullivan Street and Benbow Road. The financial trading room - a classroom and lab equipped with computers, software, display boards and two-line electronic stock ticker - gives students hands-on experience in ...
Greensboro News & Record |
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Review: Lifestreaming sites can organize Web lives
Slowly but surely, my online life has spiraled out of control.
Miami Herald |
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Review: Lifestreaming sites can organize Web lives
Slowly but surely, my online life has spiraled out of control.
Centre Daily Times |
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Red Hat Reports Second Quarter Results
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced financial results for its fiscal year 2009 second quarter ended August 31, 2008.
Centre Daily Times |
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MySpace tries to strike new chord in digital music
Make room, iTunes. MySpace is hoping to shake up the digital music scene. In a bid to spruce up its popular online hangout, MySpace plans to flip the switch Thursday on a much-anticipated service that will give its roughly 120 million users free access to hundreds of thousands of songs from the world's largest recording labels.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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China running out of IP addresses
Chinese officials are calling for a mass migration to IPv6 after disclosing that they have only 830 days of IPv4 resources left.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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