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Google to tear down networking walls
Google has set out to enable all websites, free of charge, to be imbued with common social networking features as the Internet evolves toward becoming a giant community along the lines of MySpace or Facebook.
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Microsoft has released the 2nd beta of Internet Explorer 7 to the general public. You can read the release notes , or watch a tour of the new features . Microsoft warns you not to use this beta a production environment: "Evaluation of Internet Explorer 7 should start now, but the software should not be used on production systems in mission-critical environments.
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'The biggest threat is internal'
As Google's CEO, one of Eric Schmidt's duties is to represent the company in public. Co-presidents and co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin limit their appearances, presumably because they value their privacy, but also because they seem to prefer it that way. Less time glad-handing means more time thinking big thoughts, working with their fellow Google engineers and, frankly, kitesurfing and ...
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Google joins effort to make more Web sites more sociable
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The effort to make it easier for Web surfers to connect with their friends is attracting a crowd. Following similar moves by the two biggest online hangouts, Internet search leader Google Inc. is introducing tools that are supposed to make any Web site more sociable.
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Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope blasts off
SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday, bringing the free Web-based program for zooming around the universe to a broad audience.
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Canon rolls two small SELPHY photo printers
Canon on Tuesday refreshed its photo printers with two additions to the SELPHY line. Just recently launched in Europe, the CP770 is designed to look accessible with a basket-like shape and a handle for owners to tote the printer around and make prints on vacations. A battery pack is available to run the printer for "hours," Canon says. The print...
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Regent candidates eye tuition
Three men are running for the University of Nebraska Board of Regents seat being vacated by Charles Wilson. Lincoln attorneys Earl Scudder and Tim Clare and University of Nebraska-Lincoln computer and engineering lecturer Don Costello are the candidates in District 1, which covers Lancaster County.
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Microsoft to raise Windows Small Business Server price 80 percent
When Microsoft starts shipping its Windows Small Business Server 2008 product later this year, its price will be substantially higher -- as much as 80 percent -- than the current version of Small Business Server. Surprisingly, some testers and at least one market researcher don't seem fazed...
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Gates gives first hints 'Windows 7' beta cycle could begin soon
If what the Microsoft chairman said last week in Tokyo is to be taken seriously, then the beta cycle for the next version of Windows must begin in a matter of weeks. If no such announcement happens, then the Gates era is truly over.
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Apple hunts for touch-panel, flat-panel engineers
Two new job openings at Apple may point to technological trends at the company. Recruiters are firstly searching for a senior module process engineer, who would be hired full-time in Apple's home city of Cupertino. There they would be responsible for leading engineering efforts on multi-touch displays, from conceptualization to product formation....
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ExtremeZ-IP 5.2 gets print server, Time Machine
Group Logic on Tuesday released ExtremeZ-IP 5.2, which extends support for the latest Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard capabilities, including Time Machine backups. This release also combines the functionality of company's leading ExtremeZ-IP File and Print Servers into a single solution, allowing all customers to leverage the ExtremeZ-IP Zidget that enables...
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Dell To Drop XPS Game Rigs for Alienware?
Reports have Dell shelving its high-end gaming-oriented XPS computers in favor of systems from boutique subsidiary Alienware.
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Virtual telescope brings the cosmos to your desktop
A free Microsoft program called WorldWide Telescope lets users zoom in on cosmic images from the world's best observatories
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Children ignoring safety rules on social networks
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Millions of children who use Internet social networking sites are exposing themselves to unnecessary risk by leaving personal details open for all to see, British communications watchdog Ofcom said on Wednesday.
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Across Generations, Women Rely on a Diverse Network for Financial Advice
Although more than one-third of women surveyed in Prudential Financial's (NYSE:PRU) fifth biennial study on The Financial Experience and Behaviors Among Women named a financial advisor (34%) as their number one source for learning about financial products, friends/family and the Internet tied for second place at 19%, respectively--indicating that a mix of face-to-face contact and 'self-help' ...
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WiMAX promises to transform wireless Internet world
As U.S. technology giants including Google place a multi-billion dollar bet on WiMAX, backers of the wireless data-streaming format say it will radically change mobile Internet use.
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Online Sellers: Beware of Fake Check Scams
If you sell enough stuff online at sites like Craigslist and eBay, eventually you will receive an offer for your wares that far exceeds your asking price. Such offers are often the first stage of a scam in which the fraudster sends a counterfeit check along with some elaborate explanation for offering such a high amount. The scam artist then asks the seller to wire back the difference after the ...
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Microsoft Lands Space Software on The PC
Redmond facilitates exploration of the galaxy with its new app.
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Language Weaver and empolis Integrate Automated Translation Capabilities in Search and Customer Support Applications ...
Language Weaver, a leading software company developing enterprise software for the automated translation of human languages, and empolis, a leading service technology company based in Gütersloh Germany, have entered into a strategic technology agreement that will support multilingual translation of enterprise applications. empolis will integrate Language Weaver's automated translation software ...
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Linspire tightens CNR ties with Mint, Ubuntu
Linspire, the San Diego, Calif.-based Linux distributor, is continuing to build up its CNR (Click-N-Run) software installation system with partnerships with Ubuntu parent Canonical and the Ubuntu-based Linux Mint distribution. Linspire recently announced that its beta CNR service now supports the Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron release and Linux Mint versions 4.0 and 5.
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Overland Park Girl Needs Votes to Win Google Doodle Contest
An Overland Park girl is one of 40 finalists in the Doodle 4 Google contest. The contest is a competition where K-12 students try to reinvent Google's homepage logo. This year Google asked kids to doodle around the theme "What if...?
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Trouble In Paradise + Nuts and Bolts Officially Announced... At Last [News]
Following leaked screenshots and information, Microsoft decides its finally time to unveil its cards...
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EU won't seek new antitrust complaint against Microsoft
The European Commission confirmed it has received a complaint about Microsoft's business practices from a British government agency Tuesday, but isn't following it up as it normally would with an antitrust complaint, according to a press officer. The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) filed the complaint to the Office of Fair Trading. "We are already ...
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Compete.com Surpasses One Million Unique Visitors per Month
BOSTON and CAPE COD, Mass.----Compete, Inc., a leading web analytics company and unit of TNS media, today announced that Compete.com surpassed one million unique visitors in April. The company is celebrating the ranking of its site, which is a rapidly growing source for marketing insights, as one of the top 1,700 most visited websites in the U.S. at its fifth-annual Compete Client Forum.
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AT&T defends 'open' wireless network
A mixed message Innovation '08 Three years ago, Jason Devitt was speaking at an industry conference when he criticized a mobile application just released by a big-name wireless carrier. And the big-name wireless carrier wasn't happy.…
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