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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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HPIntelYahoo! fluffs cloud for every boffin and his brother
Three countries, six data centers, and one stuffed elephant HP, Intel, and Yahoo! have teamed up to build an enormous cloud for grounded boffins across the globe.…
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Satlogic Networks Partners with TodoCast(TM) Live Video Streaming Services and Webcasting System
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.----TodoCast™, the innovator of the world's first affordable, portable, live satellite-to-web video streaming system, today announced their partnership with Satlogic Networks, LLC , a provider of broadband satellite services.
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A-B: No evidence of employee data compromise with laptop theft
A recent burglary at a St. Louis area-office building involved the theft of several laptops, including one that contained password-protected, encrypted data about a number of current and former employees of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Laptops were stolen from an Anheuser-Busch office in the building, as well as from other business tenants, according to the St. Louis-based brewer.
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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.
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Now, a 2.0 platform for Indian mobile phone users!
BANGALORE, INDIA: July Systems, a pioneer in mobile Internet products, has developed Mi SMS, the industry's first mobile 2.0 platform for Indian mobile users, that delivers live, personalized multimedia channels on mobile devices.
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New York says more ISPs to block child-porn access
(AP:WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.) New York's attorney general says several more Internet service providers have agreed to block access to child pornography.
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Olympics: Chinese officials still blocking Internet sites
BEIJING -- Olympic organizers are backtracking on another promise about coverage of the Beijing Games, keeping in place blocks on Internet sites in the Main Press Center and venues where reporters will work.
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Retirees jump on board to surf the web
THE web may be thought of as a young person's game, but older people are leading the charge in internet take-up, embracing a technology that has only become pervasive in the years since many of them retired.
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Solutia Saves Big Bucks With WAN Optimization
Rapidly expanding chemical manufacturer Solutia has shaved more than $130,000 off its annual IT costs by throwing its weight behind WAN optimization.
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Senator says hotels in China being pressured to install Internet spying equipment
WASHINGTON - Foreign-owned hotels in China face the prospect of "severe retaliation" if they refuse to install government software that can spy on Internet use by hotel guests coming to watch the summer Olympic games, a U.S. lawmaker said Tuesday.
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Province wants feedback on aging boomers’ needs Website set up for Albertans to offer suggestions
The Alberta government has created and online survey to give Albertans a chance to share their thoughts regarding what they will need once they become seniors.
Fort Saskatchewan Record |
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Norton answers McAfee's SiteAdvisor with Safe Web beta
Symantec is beta testing a new product called Safe Web, built on top Norton Internet Security 2009, which performs many of the same functions as competitor McAffee's SiteAdvisor.
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Overstock.com Featured in Experian QAS Webinar on Business Benefits of Customer Data Quality Software
BOSTON, MA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/29/08 -- Experian QAS, a leading provider of customer data quality software and services, today announced that it will host a webinar with Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK), an online retailer offering brand-name merchandise at discount prices.
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Senator says hotels in China being pressured to install Internet spying equipment
WASHINGTON - Foreign-owned hotels in China face the prospect of "severe retaliation" if they refuse to install government software that can spy on Internet use by hotel guests coming to watch the summer Olympic games, a U.S. lawmaker said Tuesday.
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FTC: Kids target of $1.6 billion in food ads
(AP:WASHINGTON) Marketing food and drinks to children these days occurs with more than just a few television ads. It involves promotional displays at grocery stores and packaging that directs them to Web sites where they can play games, win prizes or send e-cards to a friend.
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Scrabulous disappears from Facebook
Canadians and Americans won't be able to play the popular Scrabble knockoff on the social network Facebook now that the creators of the game have pulled the application.
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Apollo Group renews ACS contract for $120 million
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. said Tuesday it has won a $120 million contract renewal to handle student financial aid processing for the University of Phoenix and Western International University.
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Breakfast HP TouchSmart PC competition Terms and Conditions
2. The closing date for entries is 12 noon on 1 August 2008. Each Competition entrant ("Competitor") must provide their name, address (for the delivery of the Prize), email address and phone number.
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Win an HP TouchSmart computer
You could soon be one of the first people in New Zealand to get your hands on Hewlett Packard's new HP TouchSmart worth more than $2999!
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Newspaper Web Sites Gaining More Readers
The Newspaper Association of America (NAA) published numbers today that reveal more people are increasingly going online to get their news. The NAA says Newspaper Web sites brought in close to 66.4 million unique visitors on average (40.2% of all Internet users) in the second quarter of 2008. This is a 12.2 percent increase over the same period a year ago. Newspaper Web site visitors ...
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Business of Life: Night lights, too bright
Twinkle, twinkle, little Internet router. And cell phone. And digital video recorder. And cable modem. And game console. And power strip. And TV -- even though it's turned off.
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MPAA Seeks Internet Removal of Two "Infringing" Sites
The Motion Picture Association of America is suing two websites accused of doling out free Hollywood movies. The lawsuits, filed in Los Angeles federal court, accuse movierumor.com and fombd.com of being a "one-stop-shop" for the latest flicks, including Batman. The suit seeks their removal from the internet and unspecified damages.
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HP, Intel, Yahoo Join Government, Academia In Cloud Computing Research
Each of the founding members will host a cloud-computing infrastructure largely based on HP computers and Intel processors in six data centers.
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