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Business briefing
M - Bond markets are closed for the holiday T - Earnings reports expected from Domino's, Genentech, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, PepsiCo. W - Bureau of Labor Statistics reports on the Producer Price Index for September. - Census Bureau...
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MySpace Expands Self-Serve MyAds Display Ad Service
MySpace's hyping up its expanded self-serve ad service like the second coming of, well, *Google* AdWords. After being in test for almost a year, the company is launching its MySpace MyAds product in open beta tonight.
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Report: Enterprise 2.0 Apps Will Dramatically Fall in Price
A new report by Forrester Research states that the market for collaboration and productivity web apps in the enterprise (a.k.a. enterprise 2.0) is set for a shake-up, with prices to fall in some cases by over half. Price drops will be especially sharp in blog, wikis, social networking and widgets. The only exception is mashups, which will increase in price over the next 5 years. Forrester ...
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Nepal still a monarchy in Indian embassy website
Kathmandu: In an era when people are accessing the Internet to get the latest information, the Indian embassy in Nepal seems left behind. Having not updated their website for at least six years, it still calls the Himalayan republic a "parliamentary democracy with constitutional monarchy".
SiliconIndia |
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Joint Venture to Measure Internet Usage in China
Auckland, 13 October 2008 – Nielsen Online, a service of The Nielsen Company, and Beijing Zhongqian Wangrun Information Technology Co.,
Scoop.co.nz |
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Microsoft exec: Challenging times play to our strengths
Microsoft Business Division President Stephen Elop says the software giant is trying to get the message out that it can help its customers save money in tough times.
ZDNet Asia |
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Dell recycles obsolete IT products in Shanghai
For three days, the vendor paid local residents US$0.15 a kilogram for products including desktops, laptops and printers, for disposal according to environmentally-friendly methods.
ZDNet Asia |
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Laughing at the financial turmoil
Some Chinese have a dry and witty sense of humor at the financial turmoil roiling the world, and China to a lesser extent. This ditty is making the rounds on the internet.
McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News |
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Apple will repair faulty MacBooks
Apple late last week said it would repair at no charge MacBook Pros where the Nvidia GPU has failed, or fails within two years from the purchase date.
cnet.com.au |
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Academics sink teeth into Yahoo search service
Yahoo hopes its Build Your Own Search Service program has piqued the interest of academic researchers.
ZDNet Asia |
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LG Display Earnings to Foreshadow Slump in LCD Industry Profits
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- LG Display Co. may report its first profit drop in six quarters because of a glut of liquid-crystal displays, foreshadowing an earnings slump in the $89 billion industry that may last until the middle of next year.
Bloomberg |
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Microsoft to announce Silverlight 2.0
The software maker plans to announce the completion of Silverlight 2.0 this week, according to a source familiar with the matter.
ZDNet Asia |
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Former 'Barkers' star Travis Barker issues online thank-you to fans
Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker used the Internet to thank his fans for supporting his recovery from injuries suffered in a South Carolina plane crash.
Reality TV World |
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Washington DC latest to drop Microsoft for web apps
Washington D.C. joins an already sizable number of organizations to make the transition from Microsoft Office to web-based office suites. Read More...
Ars Technica |
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Strategic-voting initiatives target vulnerable Conservatives in bid to put environment first
Activists using Internet to get their message out to voters
The Globe and Mail |
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Lowry Computer Products Selected To Deliver Passive RFID Solutions For Government
Lowry Computer Products, one of the nation's leading RFID solution providers, recently announced that they have been selected as one of the vendors to provide Passive Radio Frequency Identification (pRFID) Electronic Product Code hardware, software, and professional services to the U.S.
DataCollectionOnline |
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Campaign Articles From Newsweek Become E-Books for Amazon Kindle
It would seem to be a magazine?s dream: Take something you have already published and sold, repackage it and distribute it without paper or ink expenses.
New York Times |
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Spicebird: Open source e-mail done right - Feature
Washington - Web-based e-mail services may get most of the attention these days, but traditional desktop-based e-mail remains indispensable for most. That's in part because of history - people are still accustomed to downloading their e-mail into a t...
EARTHtimes.org |
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Satyam denies World Bank barred it from offshore work
Hyderabad: Satyam Computer Services, India's fourth largest software exporter, has denied reports that the World Bank has barred it from doing offshore work.
SiliconIndia |
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UK university holds artificial intelligence test
READING, England - Computers argued, cracked jokes and parried trick questions on Sunday as part of an annual test of artificial intelligence carried out at the University of Reading.
The New Zealand Herald |
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HP to expand PC manufacturing in China
Hewlett-Packard Co plans to operate a computer manufacturing plant in China's Chongqing Municipality, expanding its presence in Western China in order to better serve that local market.
China Daily |
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Fewer job ads across Tasman
Advertisements for jobs in Australia have fallen for the fifth straight month, as firms reduce hiring staff in the slowing economy. Job ads in major newspapers and on the internet fell by 1.4 per cent to a weekly average of 245,734 ads per week in September, the latest ANZ job ads survey found.
The New Zealand Herald |
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Share Links and Videos at Internet Is Fun [Weekend Fun]
When keeping a blog is too much work but you want to share goofy internet video clips, pictures, and links with your friends easily, webapp Internet is Fun might be the ticket. Sign up for a free...
Lifehacker |
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DIY Wall-Mounted Charging Station and Laptop Desk [Weekend Project]
A user on website Tilted Forum Project made a few DIY adjustments to a wall-mounted entertainment center kit to build a cordless desk and charging station. The result: a lot of charging capacity, a...
Lifehacker |
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FCC says Seattle tests back smutless, free broadband proposal
FCC Chair Kevin Martin is crowing after the agency's engineers released report suggesting his smut-free broadband plan won't cause "undue" interference in nearby bands. But T-Mobile says it's not convinced yet. Read More...
Ars Technica |
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