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Gaming group spent $800,000 to lobby in 1Q
The American Gaming Association, a trade group that represents the casino industry, spent $800,000 in the first quarter to lobby on Internet gambling legislation and other issues.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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Corporate reform top issue at media conference
(AP:MINNEAPOLIS) Protecting Internet news sources from being controlled by a small number of powerful corporations is one of the "most profound fights of our lives," the head of a media reform group said Friday.
INO News |
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Freewire secures £9.5m investment
UK IP TV operator Inuk Networks has secured a £9.5m second round of funding led by broadcaster S4C and venture capital firm Wesley Clover.
Digital Media Europe |
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Internet deals can be too good to be true
Online advertising Web sites like Craig's List can offer good deals on many things, but it can be easy to scam the uninformed.
WIS News 10 Columbia |
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Nvidia, AMD vie with Intel over USB 3.0
Spec should be 10 times faster than current connections. AMD and Nvidia say Intel's grip on it could make them late to the game.
CNET |
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Tug of war in 60-GHz band
The first volleys will fly later this month in a battle over 60-GHz wireless networking when members of a next-generation Wi-Fi group meet with counterparts working on a personal area networking standard.
EETimes |
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Amazon.com spent $360K lobbying government in 1Q
Online retailer Amazon.com spent $360,000 in the first quarter to lobby on online sales tax proposals and other issues, according to a recent disclosure form.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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Fallout 3 Survival Edition
This exclusive to Amazon version of Fallout 3 features all the goodies from the Collector's...
Voodoo Extreme |
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Protection from a Web of harm
The Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito, the Democratic Party of Japan and the Japan Communist Party have worked out a bill aimed at shielding children from harmful Web sites. The Education Resuscitation Council had called for restricting the use of mobile phones by schoolchildren to direct calls and GPS notification (so that parents can locate them). Under the bill, the government would not ...
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On the Watch: New iPhone unveiling expected
Chief Executive Steve Jobs is widely expected to announce the next-generation iPhone, which will likely have faster Internet surfing speeds, during the computer and gadget maker's five-day annual Worldwide Developers conference, which kicks off Monday.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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Was Telco TV a Huge Mistake?
Recently, several industry executives have questioned the wisdom of deploying pay TV. The question stems from the success of Internet video: comScore Inc.
Light Reading |
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DMClinic(TM) Offers Effective New Tool to Manage Diabetic Therapy
Standing Stone, Inc., a leader in disease state management solutions, announces the launch of its DMClinic(TM) software application. DMClinic will help hospitals, clinics and other healthcare facilities manage their inpatient and outpatient diabetic patients. DMClinic is the latest in a series of clinical support disease management applications that includes CoagClinic and CholesterolClinic.
Centre Daily Times |
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Black watermelon fetches record ¥650,000 in Hokkaido
A black jumbo watermelon auctioned in Toma, Hokkaido, fetched a record ¥650,000 Friday, making it the most expensive watermelon ever sold in Japan — and possibly the world. The 8-kg premium Densuke watermelon, grown only in Hokkaido, was purchased by a marine products dealer who said he wanted to support local agriculture. The dealer said he plans to resell the fruit in an Internet auction. ...
The Japan Times |
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Corporate reform top issue at media conference
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Protecting Internet news sources from being controlled by a small number of powerful corporations is one of the "most profound fights of our lives," the head of a media reform group said Friday.
Sharewatch |
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The 'Watch Video' link in Google Search is conspicuously missing
A feature that enabled Google users watch videos hosted on either YouTube or Google Video without leaving the search results page, has been quietly removed from the search site.
BetaNews |
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Hurricane McCain: Fla. Dems target GOP nominee
Dems have started a website called "Hurricane McCain" that features a 90-second Internet ad slamming John McCain on the issue of creating a national catastrophe fund.
WTSP - Tampa Bay's 10 News |
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Ambrosia bringing Aki Mahjong to iPhone
Ambrosia is currently adapting its first iPhone game, Aki Mobile Mahjong, and is running a closed beta test as it works to release the game. Little is revealed on Ambrosia's development page, but it has already said that it is making use of Core Animation to select between levels, as well as EDGE and WiFi to download new levels. Aki Mobile Mahjong ...
MacNN |
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Microsoft Plans Seven Security Fixes Next Week
The "important" flaws affect Windows Internet Name Service (WINS), Active Directory, and Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM).
InformationWeek |
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by Arawn (1.6) on Fri 11th Aug 2006 20:34 UTC
I believe that we should have changed architectures already, both processor and chipset. More efficient architectures can be built, with reasonably good emulation to run legacy software (pun intended), and then re-compile to native mode. Apple proved it can be done.
New Mobile Computing |
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Corporate reform top issue at media conference
Protecting Internet news sources from being controlled by a small number of powerful corporations is one of the "most profound fights of our lives," the head of a media reform group said Friday.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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Big Brother 9 - The Blog
Michelle Obama Video: The Non Denial Denial - MORE on rumours of a Michelle Obama video of her saying things that must not be said. See the video here. And: The ...
Anorak |
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Microprocessors, WiMAX, to usher new mobile Internet era
COMPUTEX, TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Intel Corp. executive Sean Maloney said that more powerful microprocessors and high-speed WiMAX wireless networks will usher in a new era of the full Internet on mobile devices.
CIOL |
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Shuttle's Surveillance Box Helps You Spy On Criminals, Unruly Relatives
Taipei (Taiwan) - Shuttle, the makers of small form factor computers, is showing off an interesting new box that integrates a seven-inch touch panel screen into the front panel of the chassis.
Tom's Hardware |
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Memory Market Shows Signs Of A Rebound
Demand in the memory market is showing signs of a rebound, with IC substrate supplier Kinsus Interconnect Technology and PCB maker Tripod Technology saying June-orders from the flash and DRAM segments, respectively, are increasing.
Tom's Hardware |
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Free Wi-Fi Plan Stalls
Kevin Martin, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said he would delay an expected vote on his proposal
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