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Charter won't track Web use of Internet subscribers
ST. LOUIS — Charter Communications is dropping plans to track the Web usage of some high-speed Internet subscribers, citing concerns raised by customers, the company said Tuesday. In May, Charter announced a pilot program in four markets aimed at producing enough information for advertisers to target online ads for individual customers based on their viewing habits. But the St. Louis-based ...
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Rollout of Google mobile phone faces delay-report
Mobile phones under development by Google and its partners face slipping delivery schedules, with the first phones not likely to arrive until late 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Nokia buys Symbian, seeks to 'open' smartphone
Nokia will pay $410 million for the remaining shares in UK-based smartphone software maker Symbian and make its software royalty-free to boost phone sales and respond to new rivals such as Google, a Reuters report said.
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Nokia to buy Symbian
HELSINKI - Nokia will buy all remaining shares it doesn't already own in British software firm Symbian Ltd. and establish a joint, open Symbian platform for mobile phones together with other handset makers.
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Microsoft releases critical update for Office 2008 for Mac
Microsoft just pushed out a 153.3MB update for Office 2008 for Mac that's labeled "critical." You will get notified of the updated via Microsoft AutoUpdate the next time it phones home or you can download the patch directly from the MS support knowledgebase. by Jason D. O'Grady
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Brain training software goes nuts
NEW YORK - Chester Santos has been training his brain for seven years. At 32, he's not worried about losing his memory. He's taking advantage of a growing market in "brain fitness" spurred by aging baby boomers.
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Blockbuster strikes deal with PayPal
Video rental chain Blockbuster has struck a deal with online payment service PayPal. The new partnership will allow users to purchase subscriptions for Blockbuster's online movie rental service.
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Yahoo stock bounces with rumors of new Microsoft talks
SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo's stock price bounced on Tuesday as investors flirted with rumors that Microsoft is once again courting the floundering Internet pioneer.
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Google helps advertisers figure out website demographics
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google on Tuesday introduced a tool that lets advertisers figure out which websites their ideal customers are inclined to visit.
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Google starts user mapping program
Google is asking its users to map out some of the most remote parts of the world. The company has launched a new application known as Google Map Maker. The new service will allow users to mark out their own points of interest as well as updated information on roads, cities and parks.
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Breakthrough in Trend Micro/Barracuda showdown
A search through the open source community has provided a breakthrough that could settle the ongoing patent dispute between Trend Micro and Barracuda Networks.
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Ranging from the departure from Cisco of a high-flying exec to a wireless LAN data flooding to some major problems with Cisco VoIP equipment. Even the best of us has bad days, but when Cisco has them for whatever reason, they get reported widely.
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Charter Won?t Track Customers? Web Use
The pilot information-gathering program, meant to offer advertisers the ability to tailor ad placement based on individual viewing habits, is being dropped on customer concerns.
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Virtual systems management vendor Veeam Software Tuesday announced it had acquired for an undisclosed amount a company called Nworks that makes software enabling HP and Microsoft products to separately manage VMware virtual servers.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 12th Apr 2007 21:03 UTC, submitted by anonymous
Apple conceded that it will be unable to release its next generation operating system in June as previously planned and now says it anticipates launching the software in October.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 23rd Oct 2005 20:01 UTC
Tiger is the latest and greatest version of the Mac OS X operating system. But even though it's the latest and greatest, it's still Mac OS X. In this chapter , you'll become familiar with Mac basics as author Robin Williams shows you how to use the Finder, Dock, contextual menus, and keyboard shortcuts.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 25th May 2007 22:13 UTC
"Even while at the top of its game, Apple Inc. can seemingly find faults with just about anything, including a bit of itself. The Mac maker is constantly evaluating the market segments in which it wishes to participate and those which it does not.
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Spread the Word: New Media Rocks!
On a flight home to San Francisco from Austin last week, the woman sitting next to me asked if I thought a computer would be an appropriate gift for her nine-year-old nephew. I was an easy target for the question.
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Nokia enters the mobile open source battle
Tuesday's big announcement, that several major mobile platforms — Symbian, UIQ, Series 60 and MOAP — are to be pooled into one open-sourced über-platform, came out of the blue.
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Delman named chief Microsoft marketer
Publisher promotes former head of global advertising to role formerly held by Jeff Bell.
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Customised Software Panacea Against Piracy
Bandar Seri Begawan - The purchasing culture of the people in Brunei in terms of pirated software should present an avenue for local investors to explore the needs for the availability of repackaged, customised software that can suit the financial as well as the intellectual capability of a consumer.
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Bill Gates' greatest hits and misses
June 30 marks Gates' last official day of work at Microsoft. While the software giantÂ’s founder will continue on as chairman, he will no longer be a full-time employee.
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Remote Access to Home Media Extends to Phones
SingleClick Remote Access software now allows access to users' personal multimedia files from home via the mobile network.
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Not necessarily what you expect from the top managers: Halamka judged three operating systems according to a variety of criteria including their performance, user interfaces and enterprise management capabilities, such as the ability to configure applications, easily organize file systems, and establish granular security control.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 9th Feb 2006 18:07 UTC, submitted by Peter Parker
"Microsoft may not make flawless software, but its proprietary strategy is hard to fault. In particular, Microsoft has mastered desktop lock-in, undermining users' confidence in any alternatives and creating a slew of minor difficulties that irritate those who do switch.
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