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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 18th Jul 2006 11:46 UTC, submitted by Troy Drossi
Microsoft's effort to provide a little privacy for Windows users has instead turned into a very public black eye . There was a near-immediate outcry saying that, without proper safeguards, what was intended as a benefit could turn into a big headache for businesses.
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Moli Wants to be Go-To Site for Small Business
As social networking trickles into the business world, Moli.com is working to become the go-to social media resource for small businesses. The West Palm Beach Web site launched last year as a place to manage multiple profiles.
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Franken-Coleman Race Is Going to the Blogs
No Minnesota candidate this fall can afford to ignore the state?s vast universe of Web sites devoted to local politics.
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My wife is very touched with the support shown and the solidarity demonstrated by friends, bloggers and readers of Malaysia Today. In such a situation words can never really explain how one feels.
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Daly City Woman Admits To Selling Counterfeit Goods
A Daly City woman was sentenced to 34 months in prison for trying to sell counterfeit merchandise on eBay.
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Spanning Sync 2.0 Beta Adds Google Contact Sync
Spanning Sync is entering beta for 2.0 with some pretty big new features, including the ability to sync contacts with Google.
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Microsoft loses a Zune retailer
GameStop has stopped selling Zunes, and while I don't think this is quite the end of the road for Microsoft's MP3 player, it's hard to see a silver lining in the news.
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Microsoft's ODF support points to OOXML challenges
Microsoft's plan to include ODF (OpenDocument Format) support in its Office suite next year reflects continued challenges for the OOXML (Open Office XML) file format as the industry moves ahead with adopting ODF and sorts out OOXML's troubles. Though OOXML was approved by the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) on April 1, it continues to face impediments to ...
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Five survive the cut as doubts grow about Government's ID card scheme
The credibility of the Government's tendering process for its £2 billion biometric identity card scheme was cast into doubt yesterday after all the remaining companies interested in the scheme's IT contracts advanced to a shortlist of qualified bidders.
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U.S. VC withdraws from Canadian wireless auction
M/C Venture cited tough foreign ownership restrictions and a lack of money for pulling out of the auction, which begins Tuesday
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Maine, Hawaii renew contracts for NIC for online services
Kansas-based NIC says Maine and Hawaii have renewed contracts for the company to continue to manage their Web sites.
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Podcast: Harassment and the future of Twitter
U.S. to allow cell phones sent to Cuba; Microsoft looks at PC retrofits; and is the age of the audiophile dead and gone?
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Microsoft loses a Zune retailer
GameStop has stopped selling Zunes, and while I don't think this is quite the end of the road for Microsoft's MP3 player, it's hard to see a silver lining in the news.
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Former Maori Party candidate up on internet sex charges
A former Maori Party general election candidate is facing charges of meeting an underage girl for sex after grooming her on the internet.
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WPP's Sorrell: Google Still Our Frenemy, But We'll Give Them $850M This Year
In a wide ranging interview with Reuters, WPP Group CEO Sir Martin Sorrell held forth on a number of his favorite subjects: Google, the ad economy, acquisitions and the ad holding company's growth margins. He may still regard Google as a "frenemy," but from Google's perspective, Sir Martin feels he should be regarded as a very good friend.
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Social Network Sites: Closed Communities?
Online communities are still limited by privacy, control concerns
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Chengdu Students Discuss Life in China
Eight English-speaking young people in the city of Chengdu, China, talk about how they get around the restrictions on the Internet (The Great Firewall), their hopes for their country, and what they want people to know about China.
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WPP's Sorrell: Google Still Our Frenemy, But We'll Give Them $850M This Year
In a wide ranging interview with Reuters, WPP Group CEO Sir Martin Sorrell held forth on a number of his favorite subjects: Google, the ad economy, acquisitions and the ad holding company's growth margins.
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Apple has updated its line of MacBook computers . "Apple today updated its MacBook consumer notebooks with faster Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB of memory and larger hard drives in every model.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 25th Jan 2006 19:24 UTC
Laptops with fully integrated mobile phone connectivity will soon take off in the UK, a senior Dell executive said on Wednesday. According to Eric Greffier, director of client marketing for Dell in Europe, Dell has ambitious plans for mobile phone-enabled laptops.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 9th Dec 2006 23:44 UTC
"In conclusion? I'm going to stick with it. It really is impressive with a great set of software installed by default (taking away perhaps a lot of my need for massive repos), nice touches like the new menu and use of Gnome control center etc."
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 13th Sep 2006 21:05 UTC
"When I first heard about the LCD used in the OLPC project, I was equally intrigued and sceptical . The claimed specifications put it, on paper, well into the league of the best panels available and, if manufactured using conventional technology, would present a major step forward in LCDs, which you would expect to carry a significant price premium."
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Espy 1.0 adds pictures to contacts
GoGoalSoft Limited today announced the immediate release and availability of Espy, an Address Book application for Mac OS X that provides quick access to contacts' information. Espy emphasizes the ability to browse pictures of contacts, and features a unique iPhoto-like SnapFind interface. Espy is compatible with most software that makes use of Add...
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NeoSmart has just released EasyBCD 1.5
, complete with support for Vista, Windows NT/2k/XP, and Windows 9x/ME. EasyBCD 1.5 adds experimental support for dual-booting any of these along with Linux, Mac OS X, or BSD - straight from the Windows Vista bootloader without any additional configuration needed.
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Of Omar Abdullah’s blog and freedom of expression
Blog, in the world of internet is a platform for self-expression. Even if, blogs have become quiet popular; from celebrities to politicians and sundry use the free space on the internet in a free wheeling manner, still blog is not considered a serious journalism, or a medium for creative and Continued ..... More »
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