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Google Maps: #1 In Features, Market Share Rising
As Google Maps continues to roll out new features that competing map services don’t have, web users are rewarding it with big gains in traffic. A recent analyst report says Google is the number one maps site in terms of features and usability, and new Hitwise.com traffic data just shared this week with Search Engine [...]
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'Freecyclers' Trade Stuff, Everybody Gets a Deal
A new trash-recycling movement has sprung up in Utah County towns, keeping tons of stuff from going in landfills. It saves people money, too. Thousands of so-called Freecycling members are offering things they don't want -- even goats -- or asking for services online.
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Apple Rebounds, Denies Report of Jobs Heart Attack (Update1)
Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. rebounded in Nasdaq trading after the computer maker said an unconfirmed report this morning that Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs had a heart attack and was hospitalized is false.
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IBM and Business Partners Collaborate to Further Mainframe Education
IBM today announced that it is collaborating with Business Partners and universities to launch a jointly developed scholarship program for students focused on furthering mainframe education.
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Group: China censoring Internet activities
The Chinese government has been censoring messages on the Skype Internet service, a research group in Canada alleges.Officials with the Citizen Lab research group have accused China of keeping a database full of politically sensitive words in order to have those controversial words blocked on the online messaging service, the BBC said Friday.The researchers, who operate out of the University of ...
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Vodafone, RIM introduce the BlackBerry Solution in Malta
Vodafone Malta Limited and Research In Motion announced on Friday the launch of the BlackBerry solution in Malta. The BlackBerry solution brings together industry leading smartphones, software and services to allow easy wireless access to email, phone, calendar, web, multimedia and other business and lifestyle applications. Vodafone customers in Malta will now be able to [...]
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First Comes an ACL Tear, Then Comes Marriage?
Various internet websites are claiming that Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen may skip the " alter " altogether and elope. We can't quite see Brazilian beauty Gisele slumming it in a Vegas chapel like some girls , but maybe they can do something simple and sweet on the Vineyard (or, perhaps more likely, in L.A. The rumors are based on an anonymous quote from a supposed friend of Gisele. ...
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Haddadi finishes second in Memphis Grizzlies’ fan poll
TEHRAN, Oct. 3 (MNA) -- Iranian basketballer Hamed Haddadi has finished in second in a Memphis Grizzlies’ fan internet poll asking which new player will make the biggest difference for the team this season.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-10-03 16:52 UPDATE 1-Apple denies report of Steve Jobs heart attack
NEW YORK, Oct 3 (Reuters) - An Internet report claiming that Apple Inc chief executive Steve Jobs has had a heart attack is not true, the company said on Friday. Responding to a report in "iReport", a citizen journalist web site owned and operated by Time Warner Inc's CNN, Apple spokesman Steve Dowling told Reuters by email: "It is not true." The report claimed Jobs was rushed to the emergency ...
Interactive Investor |
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When it comes to China, is Skype the new Yahoo?
Any major Western company doing business in China is collaborating with the government to some degree. We know this. Chinese citizens know this. The best case scenario is probably Microsoft or Google's operations where access to certain information is limited. The worst case, until now, has been Yahoo's explicit cooperation with authorities, resulting in the imprisonment of several journalists ...
ZDNet |
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Microsoft Unveils Plan for 3 Labs in Europe
Microsoft described the move as a vote of confidence in the European economy and in the companys ability to close the gap with Google.
The Hendersonville Times-News |
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Parade, ag exhibits, food and fun set for Manheim
Like people who wonder how they lived all those years without air-conditioning or a microwave, Manheim's Tracy Zimmerman doesn't know how she'd exist without a computer.Only she's not talking about keeping up on work e-mails — she's chair of the annual townwide extravanga k...
Lancaster Online |
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Sling Pro HD Review [Streaming Media]
The Gadget: Sling Pro HD is the top of the line Slingbox that streams your cable to any computer that can connect to the internet. The Sling Pro HD is a big step forward for Sling, now centered...
Gizmodo |
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Magistrate moves ahead case against SC councilman
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - A magistrate says there's enough evidence to proceed with the case against Greenville County Councilman Tony Trout on a computer access charge.
WBTV Charlotte |
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Apple rebounds after saying reports of Steve Jobs heart attack are false
Apple rebounds After Saying Reports of Jobs Heart Attack False
New York Daily News |
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Microsoft Wooing Users with SearchPerks
As Microsoft watches is small share of the Intern search market shrink even further, it's hoping to woo new search users with...prizes.
Digital Trends |
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TeleCable Initiates Deployment of Eutelsat's Tooway(TM) Consumer Satellite Broadband Service in Spain's Asturias Region
PARIS , October 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Following a contract signed on July 27 between TeleCable and Skylogic (Eutelsat's broadband affiliate), Telecable is now initiating widespread deployment of the Tooway(TM) satellite broadband service in Asturias (a northern region of Spain ).
Broadcast Newsroom |
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Windows enters the cloud with new Microsoft, Amazon services
Steve Ballmer has talked about Microsoft's forthcoming cloud computing platform. Meanwhile, Amazon has its own Windows cloud offering in the pipeline, leaving customers with a dilemma: trust Amazon's well-known EC2 solution or Microsoft's version 1.0 platform. Read More...
Ars Technica |
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Are bitter bytes blogging down Richmond town clerk’s race?
Race between Helena M. Bowen and Tracy Nelson Hay heats up, amid accusations of unprofessional conduct and mudslinging. A race between co-workers for the town clerk’s job is heating up, amid accusations of unprofessional conduct and political mudslinging.
Westerly Sun |
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Chinese snoop on Skype. Do other countries?
NEW YORK - A Canadian researcher has discovered that a Chinese version of eBay Inc.'s Skype communications software snoops on text chats that contain certain keywords, including "democracy."
Dallas Morning News |
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There Can Be More Than One
Despite what's said in arguments that flare up from time to time, no operating system is going to come to dominate smartphones the way Microsoft Windows does PCs. Ed Hardy uses his latest editorial to explain why.
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New Sony Reader has light, note-taking stylus
NEW YORK - Sony Corp. unveiled a new e-book reader Thursday with a built-in light and a touch-sensitive display, features that set it apart from Amazon.com Inc.'s competing Kindle reader.
Dallas Morning News |
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China Spying On Skype
NEW YORK (AP) -- Has China hacked the Internet communications application Skype to snoop on users? Could be.
WLBZ Bangor |
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Ballmer on Apple, Google and cloud computing
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivered the keynote speech at his company's London conference "Technologies to Change Your Business: How Customers Are Implementing Tomorrow's Strategies Today".
Macworld UK |
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GOP office on Noland Road broken into
Sometime between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 6 a.m. Wednesday, someone used a rock to bust into the Republican Party's campaign office in Independence. A laptop computer with campaign information on it was stolen, party officials say.
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