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China Has More Internet Users Than U.S.
Chinese consulting firm BDA also says that China has the world's largest number of mobile phone users, with about 560 million subscribers.
InformationWeek |
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Microsoft mashes up multiple natural-user-interface inputs
Publicly and privately, Microsoft officials have been making much of the company's myriad multi-touch input projects (especially with Windows 7 and Windows Mobile 7). But Microsoft's view of what the user interface of the future will look like is more complex than that. Instead of allowing users...
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Maryland Developer Should Not Receive Identities of Anonymous Internet Speakers, Public Citizen Argues
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A real estate developer should not be allowed to obtain the names of people who criticized him anonymously on a community Internet forum because he has provided no factual proof that the speakers made false statements about him, Public Citizen told the Maryland Court of Special Appeals in a brief filed today.
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Zurich North America Commercial expands capabilities of its ezumbrella.com commercial umbrella liability Web site
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.----Zurich today announced enhancements to its online platform for small to mid-sized monoline commercial umbrella policies - www.ezumbrella.com. The underwriting guidelines on the site - which offers retail insurance professionals the ability to quote, bind and issue commercial umbrella policies in less than 15 minutes - were substantially expanded, thus broadening the ...
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Verizon Quarterly Profit Gains, Led By Wireless
Verizon Communications Monday said quarterly profit rose on strong wireless sales, shrugging off the impact of a weaker economy and offsetting a fall in landline users.
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Former Googleers Unveil Search Engine Called Cuil
A startup led by former star Google engineers on Sunday unveiled a new Web search service that aims to outdo the Internet search leader in size, but faces an uphill battle changing Web surfing habits.
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China Claims World's Largest Internet User Base
According to the China Internet Network Information Center, more than 253 million people in China are now online. By contrast, Nielsen Online reports more than 220 million Americans have Internet access at home and/or work, and 73 percent of those were active in May.
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Microsoft's Answer To Google's PageRank Algorithm: Less Privacy?
BrowseRank, Microsoft claims, can deliver better search results by measuring user behavior, including where users go and the amount of time they remain at those pages.
InformationWeek |
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Apple Fixes Access to MobileMe E-mail -- Sort Of
It says 10% of messages sent over a two-day span are gone for good.
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Yahoo To Reimburse Customers Of DRM-Protected Music
The company said its digital rights management servers would be taken down, severely limiting the use of the files.
InformationWeek |
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Researchers Help Define Next-generation Social Networking
Academics who gathered at an annual event at Microsoft discussed shortcomings to current social-networking platforms.
PC World |
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Microsoft Becomes Official Apache Sponsor
Microsoft said it's putting a wide range of protocols that were formerly in the Communications Protocol Program under the Open Specification Promise.
InformationWeek |
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Senators Threaten Ban On 'Net Data Disclosures To Foreign Governments
Sens. Dick Durbin and Tom Coburn ask Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, and Google chief Eric Schmidt not to help censor or repress Internet users.
InformationWeek |
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Yahoo to make service more "Pinoy-centric"
MANILA, Philippines - Global Internet giant Yahoo is planning to make its products more specific to Filipinos as it takes advantage of developing countries with the slowdown in more mature markets.
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Microsoft 'Done' With Yahoo, Ballmer Says
The Microsoft CEO dismissed Yahoo as a major player in the Internet business, despite previously offering more than $40 billion for the company.
InformationWeek |
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Best Apple Mac OS X Software: Part One
Our Apple expert John C. Welch picks 22 lesser-known applications that can make your Mac experience more productive and more fun.
InformationWeek |
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Google Wants You To Be Your Own ISP
Vint Cerf slams the telecoms, which aren't happy that bits have been commoditized and would like to shape industry regulations to help them to get back in the services game.
InformationWeek |
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Microsoft Says Chances Of Yahoo Takeover Negligible
The company's CFO described its rival as "a declining asset" and all but ruled out a complete takeover of the Internet company.
InformationWeek |
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Digital Revolution Could Be Olympics' Salvation
The Olympic Games will be played out on Facebook, YouTube, and Flickr, one Web-based video marketing executive asserts.
InformationWeek |
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iPhone NDA: Doing more harm than good
iPhone development is still hampered by a nondisclosure agreement that Apple has yet to lift. The NDA is hampering developers, putting stress on Apple, and leading to buggy code. So why is it still in force? Ars talked with several developers about the problems they face and the NDA's effect on the extended development community. Read More...
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CPUs: Renesas SoC targets In-Vehicle Image-Recognition applications
San Jose, Ca. - Renesas Technology America, Inc. today introduced the SH77650, a single-chip SoC product optimized for image-recognition processing applications in next generation vehicle information systems.
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NJ Lawmaker Resigns Amid Child Porn Investigation
Veteran Democratic state Assemblyman Neil Cohen has resigned amid the recent investigation against him for child pornography possession on his legislative office computer, CBS 2 HD has learned. The clerk of the Assembly received a one-sentence letter from Cohen just before 9:30 a.m. Monday. Cohen says his resignation is effective immediately, but does not offer any explanation.
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NJ Lawmaker Resigns Amid Child Porn Investigation
Veteran Democratic state Assemblyman Neil Cohen has resigned amid the recent investigation against him for child pornography possession on his legislative office computer, CBS 2 HD has learned. The clerk of the Assembly received a one-sentence letter from Cohen just before 9:30 a.m. Monday. Cohen says his resignation is effective immediately, but does not offer any explanation.
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Pa. requires licensing for Internet payday lenders
(AP:HARRISBURG, Pa.) Internet and out-of-state companies that market payday loans to Pennsylvanians will need to be licensed by the state by early next year, the Banking Department announced Monday.
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Hotel computer crash resulted in free lodging
One of Scandinavia's largest hotel chains couldn't charge its guests late last week because of a computer crash. "This can be expensive," said Choice Hotels owner Petter Stordalen.
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