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Digital library challenges FBI's 'national security letters'
A non-profit digital library has successfully fought an FBI attempt to seize information about one of its users, and is now calling on other groups to challenge government agencies from obtaining online customer information without a judge's order.
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Bissinger's Blog Bashing: Over the Top, But On Target
Bully for Buzz Bissinger. The veteran journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of the best-selling nonfiction masterpiece "Friday Night Lights," has been taking a worldwide web beating over the last week, ever since his combative appearance on a 90-minute HBO special hosted by Bob Cos...
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TOTVS Releases Its 1Q08 Results: Acceleration of Growth and New Records Set
TOTVS S.A. , the leader in developing and marketing integrated enterprise management software and related services to small and medium-size enterprises in Brazil and Latin America, today announces its results for the first quarter of 2008 .
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Comcast mulling cap on Internet usage to discourage bandwidth hogs, but consumers might balk
PHILADELPHIA - Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, is considering setting an official limit on the amount of data that subscribers can download per month and charging a fee for those who go over.
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BroadRamp Licenses vPopcorn(TM) to Power QMoviesNow(TM)
HOLLYWOOD, BUSINESS WIRE -- BroadRamp, creator of the Managed Content Delivery Services(TM) (MCDS(TM)), announced today that it is licensing its vPopcorn(TM) technology and content for the movie portal, QMoviesNow(TM). By utilizing BroadRamp's patent pending MCDS(TM) and vPopcorn technologies and licensed content, QMoviesNow(TM) is able to provide its users with the highest quality experience ...
Broadcast Newsroom |
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Fool Video: Taking Stock in "Iron Man," One Hot Coffee Investment, the Deal with Yahoo!, and Finding the Next Disney
Is Marvel the next Disney?
The Motley Fool |
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AAPD Urges U.S. Senate to Consider 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Legislation for People with ...
WASHINGTON , May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), the largest cross-disability membership organization in the U.S., was pleased with the outcomes of the May 1st hearing held on Capitol Hill by the U.S. House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet chaired by Representative Edward Markey (MA), and the strong testimony provided ...
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HL:Wireless technology company DragonWave Inc. shares soar 63 per cent after WiMax deal in U.S.@
OTTAWA _ Shares of Ottawa-based DragonWave Inc. (TSX:DWI), a builder of wireless networks using so-called WiMax technology, soared more than 64 per cent Wednesday after U.S. companies Clearwire and Sprint Nextel said they will combine their wireless broadband units to create a US$14.55-billion communications company that will use a mobile network based on WiMax.
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Tivoli weeks away from shipping NetWorks
Tivoli on Wednesday announced that the NetWorks ñ the company's mono digital music player ñ will ship within a few weeks. The unit is capable of streaming internet radio over WiFi or Ethernet, and also includes a USB port and audio input port for connecting to a number of different portable music devices. The player is expandable, with options for ...
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Comcast mulling Net usage cap to discourage 'excessive' use
Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, is considering setting an official limit on the amount of data that subscribers can download per month and charging a fee for those who go over.
Belleville News-Democrat |
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Washington DC
PHILADELPHIA ( Map , News ) - Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, is considering setting an official limit on the amount of data that subscribers can download per month and charging a fee for those who go over.
The San Francisco Examiner |
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TouchStone Software Announces Preliminary Proxy Statement Relating to Merger with Phoenix Technologies Ltd. Will Not ...
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.----TouchStone Software Corporation , a leading provider of PC Optimization Tools, today announced that it had received confirmation from the Securities and Exchange Commission that the Company's preliminary proxy statement filed on April 23, 2008 in connection with its proposed merger with Phoenix Technologies Ltd., will not be reviewed by the staff of the SEC.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Correct duties on Korean chip imports by September: WTO
GENEVA (Kyodo) A World Trade Organization arbitrator has announced that Japan must correct its countervailing duties on imports of computer chips from South Korea by Sept. 1. Read more ...
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Ashlee Simpson - Simpson Wentz To Wed Next Week
Pop pair ASHLEE SIMPSON and PETE WENTZ are rushing up the aisle and will wed next week (beg12May08) in California, according to Internet reports. The couple has sent ...
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No more hostile takeover bids for Yahoo in works, Gates says
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Wednesday the world's biggest software company has no plan to launch a fresh bid for search engine operator Yahoo Inc. after abandoning its $47.5 billion... Read more ...
The Japan Times |
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Getting the Most Benefit From Google Adwords Is All in the Web Site Design, Says MauroNewMedia
Since Google launched Adwords in 2000, its advertising customers have sought the elusive keywords whose special properties can drive the most traffic to their Web sites. But according to Charles L.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 8th Dec 2006 21:24 UTC
OS X is more appealing to enterprises as a desktop operating system than ever before and although it is unlikely to take market share away from Windows, the Mac could reduce the number of Linux-based desktops , according to research group Gartner.
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The Top 500 web retailers crank the industry’s growth engine in 2007
America’s 500 largest online retailers accounted for 61% of all e-commerce sales in 2007 and once more generated the business that keeps the Internet as the retailing industry`s fastest growing channel, according to Internet Retailer`s just released 2008 Top 500 Guide.
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New Word add-in helps convert documents into 'talking books'
Last year, Microsoft reaffirmed its support for DAISY , the "talking book" standard developed for the visually impaired. Today, the ability for Word to save files in that enabling format has been unveiled.
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Student Arrested for Hacking Computers at New Trier High School
A north suburban high school student was arrested Wednesday for a February security breach involving student records.
FOX News Chicago |
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Reuters Technology Summary
Microsoft sends out feelers to Facebook: report
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Yahoo shareholders eye board ouster after failed Microsoft bid
Summer fireworks displays traditionally take place July 4 in the U.S., but this year Yahoo 's board of directors could be treated to some fireworks of their own at the company's annual shareholders meeting on July 3. Eric Jackson, president of Ironfire Capital in Naples, Fla., said some shareholders are still in disbelief that Yahoo turned down Microsoft 's acquisition bid , and ...
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Grand Theft Auto IV On Xbox 360 Outsells PS3 Version Since UK Release
20% More Sales For Xbox 360 Version; Seamless Multiplayer and Exclusive Downloadable Content Make Xbox 360 The Best Way To Experience Liberty City
GameInfoWire |
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Sprint, cable form $14.5 billion Clearwire venture
Sprint Nextel Corp and top U.S. cable companies are investing in Clearwire Corp to introduce high-speed wireless Web services and get a head start on AT&T and Verizon, but analysts said the seven-way partnership may be too complex to succeed.
Reuters via Yahoo! News |
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Internap swings to 1Q profit with sales growth, lower costs
Internap Network Services Corp., which manages data centers and routes Internet traffic, said Wednesday that it swung to a first-quarter profit with rising data-center service revenue and lower operating costs and expenses.
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