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SearchDay: Obama, McCain Victories Tied to Adwords Spend?
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Google's Greenberger Ties Obama, McCain Victories to Adwords Spend; Carl Icahn Can't Save Yahoo; Uncovering Site Problems for Landing Page Optimization; and more.
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Internet Providers Agree To Block Child Pornography
It's seen as a major step forward in the fight against online child pornography. Several major Internet service providers have agreed to block access to child porn and get rid of the stuff from their servers.
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Two lawmakers say computers hacked by Chinese
WASHINGTON - Two House members said today their Capitol Hill computers, containing information about political dissidents from around the world, have been hacked by sources apparently working out of China.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 24th Aug 2005 20:42 UTC
Intel, happy with its success launching the Centrino brand, on Wednesday introduced a new brand called VIIV for entertainment PCs . One feature of VIIV will be automatic transcoding--ensuring that audio or video encoded in one format can be translated into one the user's computer can actually handle without user intervention.
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Google tops Web audience rankings
Nielsen Online has reported May 2008 data for the Top Sites by Parent Company and Top Brands. Google tops the list with 127 million unique visitors. Microsoft is close behind with 123 million, while Yahoo! comes in third at 115 million. Time Warner pulled 107 million visitors, News Corp. Online 79 million, eBay 66 million and InterActiveCorp 64 mil...
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Nature builds diamond-like crystals for future optical computers
Researchers are seeking photonic crystals as they aim to develop optical computers that run on light (photons) instead of electricity (electrons). Now, University of Utah chemists have discovered that nature already has designed photonic ...
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Vista may weigh on Microsoft stock
There are signs that companies' reluctance to install Vista is starting to weigh on Wall Street's outlook for the company's stock.
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Plustek introduces USB 2.0, A3 large-format scanner with a scan speed of 2.4 seconds at 300 dpi
Plustek Technology introduced a new large-format scanner to their product line: the Plustek OpticPro A360. The A360 is designed to offer professional results, including seven one-touch scan buttons to simplify and automate the most common scanning functions (i.e. scan, OCR, copy, fax and email) and a hyper-fast scanning speed of 2.4 seconds.
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Google Co-founder Brin Books Space Flight
Google, or at least one if its founders, wants to fly in space. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google co-founder Sergey Brin wants to go to space and has made a $5 million down payment to book a seat on a future orbital space flight with Space Adventures, the space tourism company said on Wednesday.
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10 top tweaks for Windows Vista
The best ways to enhance performance and productivity with Windows are usually fairly simple. They don't require registry edits or custom code; instead, they involve learning how the basic building blocks of Windows work, and then rearranging those components to cut steps out of the tasks you perform most often....
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Apple iPhone Heat May Melt Price on Sprint Phone
But iPhone not as cheap as it looks after factoring in an increase in data subscription fee.
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Google founder pays $5m for space station flight
Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google , has put down a $5m deposit for a flight aboard a Russian Soyuz space station.
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Google co-founder buying a spot on a space flight
Associated Press - June 11, 2008 3:33 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Sergey Brin is planning a spaceflight. Space Adventures, the Virginia-based company that arranges for paying passengers to go...
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Google co-founder buying a spot on a space flight
NEW YORK (AP) - Sergey Brin is planning a spaceflight. Space Adventures, the Virginia-based company that arranges for paying passengers to go into space, announced today that the Google co-founder has put down a $5 million deposit on a future trip.
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Microsoft Trying Out Social Network Technology
A new social network would, at this point, need to be extremely special. The appearance of something Microsoft's working on has been described as "strikingly similar to Facebook's." But TownSquare does have a few unique points, and it's going to get some spotlight time at an upcoming conference. read more
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Russia's president calls for Cyrillic Internet domain
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called for Russia to be assigned an Internet domain name in the Cyrillic script on Wednesday as part of a Kremlin drive to promote Russian as a global language.
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2 lawmakers say computers hacked by Chinese
Two House members said Wednesday their Capitol Hill computers, containing information about political dissidents from around the world, have been hacked by sources apparently working out of China.
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Try Googling 'Sergey Brin Space'
Google co-founder makes deposit on charter flight to orbit.
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Trout Admits Computer Spying, Says It's Legal
The day after FBI agents came to his house and seized computers, Greenville County Councilman Tony Trout admitted that he has been accessing information from the computer of county administrator Joe Kernell.
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Guilty Gear, Legend of Spyro Coming To Xbox Originals
Microsoft has announced that June 16th will see the release of the two latest titles coming in its Xbox Originals downloadable series with Sega/Sammy's fighter Guilty Gear XX Reload and Vivendi Universal's adventure The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning. First released for the Xbox in 2004, 2D fighter Guilty Gear will bring its collection of 20 different selectable and hidden characters and ...
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GT Security Debuts SecuriKey(R) Version 3.0, Featuring Cross Platform Data Security for Windows Vista, XP & Mac OS X
GT Security, the leader in cross platform data security, announces the launch of SecuriKey v3.0, providing full support for Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS X Leopard and Mac OS X Tiger.
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Google CEO details delicate iPhone relationship
Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt details sensitive nature of his membership on the board of Apple Inc., as both companies seek to expand Internet use on mobile devices like Apple's iPhone.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-06-11 20:32 Video game makers spent $714K to lobby in 1Q
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Entertainment Software Association, whose members include Microsoft Corp., Electronic Arts Inc. and Atari Inc., spent more than $714,000 in the first quarter to lobby the federal government, according to a recent disclosure form.
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We've gotten smart: Movie's spy gadgets do exist
LOS ANGELES — The shoe phone on TV’s “Get Smart” wasn’t just a sneaky spy gadget, it was a technological marvel: a wireless, portable telephone that could be used anywhere — though it did require a dime to make a call.
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WSO2 Endeavor Extends Interoperability Across Web Services Platforms
WSO2 demonstrated technical collaboration initiatives to extend interoperability across Microsoft NET Framework, Java, and other Web services platforms. Through these initiatives, the company will link .NET with WSO2s service-oriented architecture ...
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