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Internet body cracking down on shady Web sites
By SHAUN WATERMAN UPI Homeland and National Security Editor WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The non-profit association that oversees Internet addresses says it will effectively close down two major domain registrars unless they fix flaws in their system for investigating shady Web sites.
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Analysis: Bringing law to the Internet
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The non-profit association that oversees Internet addresses says it will effectively close down two major domain registrars unless they fix flaws in their system for investigating shady Web sites.
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House.gov Still Plagued by E-mail Deluge
A glut of e-mail from constituents and special interest groups continued to pose problems for the Web sites for members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, as millions of Americans attempt to voice their opinions on the financial bailout package the day before an expected vote on the measure. Jeff Ventura, a spokesperson for the House's chief administrative officer, called the ...
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Apple defeats music rate hike
It looks like Apple won't be closing the iTunes store because of a dispute with music publishers over royalties on downloaded songs.
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Bullying of teenagers online is common
Of those bullied onine, 85 percent also have been bullied at school, UCLA psychologists report.
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Ballmer: Zune coming to Windows Mobile
Microsoft chief tells CIO magazine Zune software will be important on more than just Zune devices, saying it will find its way to Windows Mobile and elsewhere.
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Integrated Parking Solutions, Inc. in Cooperation with NYCDOT, Parking Carma and Econolite will provide a Real-time ...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.----Integrated Parking Solutions, Inc. , the leader in the design, development and implementation of wireless parking technology, announced today that in cooperation with the New York City Department of Transportation , Parking Carma , Flint, Michigan and Econolite , Anaheim, California, will provide a Smart Parking Application demonstration at the 15th Intelligent ...
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California Governor Urges Silicon Valley Companies to go to Germany for Cebit
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was in Silicon Valley Thursday morning at Intel's HQ to make an announcement about California's partnership with the giant Cebit trade show in Hannover, Germany. California is offering its high tech companies money to attend the show in early March 2009. Here is a quick video of that announcement: Click To Play YouTube, Google and Blip.tv
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Google: Beyond Thunderdome
Velcroed together, stacked in racks, and lined up in back-to-back rows, the servers require a half-watt in cooling for every watt they use in processing, and Google leads the field in squeezing more servers into less space.
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YouTube adds ad format Google derided [Online Video]
So-called "postroll" ads — commercial clips which play automatically at the end of a video — are coming to YouTube, NewTeeVee reports. It's an embarrassment for Google CEO Eric Schmidt,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Local man writes children's book on computers
Much to his surprise, Craig Feigh found it difficult to find a children's book about computers. His son used computers every day and enjoyed them, so Feigh kept looking for a book to which his son could relate. That was nearly 10 years ago.
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Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 2 Done and Priced
Hothead Games has announced that Episode 2 of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness has officially gone gold for Windows, Mac, and Linux. In addition to that, they have also announced that the game will be priced at $14.95 (or 1,200 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live Arcade). That's five bucks less than the previous episode -- guess the Penny Arcade folks took ...
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Scott Adams: The unexpected economist
Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Scott Adams: The unexpected economist --Dilbert cartoonist is making significant personal contributions to discourse on the economy, but he needs to learn how to distinguish good arguments from bad ones. Ubuntu misses the memo on Stallman's cloud computing rant --When choosing an IT system, you don't choose what will be most profitable for your ...
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US financial crisis causes spike in online anti-Semitism: monitor
The US financial crisis has provoked an outpouring of anti-Semitism on the Internet, with Jews being blamed for the debacle on Wall Street, a monitoring group said on Thursday.
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Yahoo quells layoff talk as 'rumor and speculation'
Yahoo is responding dismissively to recent reports that the Internet company, grappling with a faltering online-advertising market, may trim jobs.
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Nokia takes on Apple in music, phones
LONDON — Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, launched its free music package on Thursday, issuing a challenge to Apple Inc.'s dominance of the digital music market.
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Ballmer: Zune coming to Windows Mobile
Microsoft has indicated for some time that it sees a Zune future in the cell phone arena, but the company has been hard to pin down on just what its plans there are.
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Less than half in poll have good firewalls
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Less than half of all Americans have adequate firewall protections on their computers, according to a study released by the National Cyber Security Alliance.
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Ballmer: Zune coming to Windows Mobile
Updated 3:45 p.m., with additional Microsoft comment.
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Wells Fargo debuts online personal safe nationally
Wells Fargo introduced its Vsafe service nationwide to provide a safe place online to store documents, photos and other important electronic materials. (WFC)
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Kohl: Google-Yahoo Deal a Possible Antitrust Threat
Google and Yahoo might be singing the praises of their ad deal on a newly created Web site, but the chairman of a Senate antitrust subcommittee said Thursday that the arrangement could pose a threat to competition.
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SSS enrollment via the Internet
This is in reference to Michael Tan’s column titled “SSS.” (Philippine Daily Inquirer, 9/5/08) We appreciate Tan’s personal efforts to encourage friends and colleagues to take advantage of SSS membership.
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"#3: Scribus
"This is desktop publishing at its open source finest. Scribus can do almost anything Adobe Acrobat can do — minus draining your wallet. Scribus does layering, opacity, ICC color management, CMYK color separations, and versatile PDF creation.
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All the news that's fit to exploit--Google Trends
Security firm sees trend in cybercriminals looking to Google Trends to find ways to lure victims to malicious Web sites.
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Left holding the phone for 10 days
AN Orange woman, whose family has been left without telephone and internet access for 10 days, says she feels insulted by the treatment she’s received from Telstra management and the member for Calare John Cobb.
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