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StarHub Q2 profit falls 21% on marketing costs
STARHUB Ltd., Singapore's second- largest phone company, said second-quarter profit fell 21 per cent after increasing spending on promotions to retain mobile-phone and high-speed Internet customers.
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Proposed deal lets state hold onto $2 million
Under a proposed settlement, Arkansas would keep $2 million it withheld from a German software company from which former Gov. Mike Huckabee’s administration purchased a computerized accounting system. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)
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At Doggyspace Web site, social networking goes to the dogs
NEW 7:10 a.m. RICHMOND, Va. -- Cici confesses on her Web page that she likes to greet everyone by licking their feet. Dolce admits to being a mamma's boy. And Jake and Tycho posted a video that chronicles their adventures of rolling around on their backs. How to get a time-share dog Woman gets five clones of her beloved late pitbull
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GG-One Software Announces iFastrack to Help Avoid Insurance Disasters
GG-One Software, Inc. today announced the worldwide launch of iFastrack, the highly anticipated Internet version of the successful Fastrack software for reducing business risk by tracking insurance certificates and documents.
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Sprint Posts Quarterly Loss as Mobile Customers Leave (Update1)
Aug. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. , the third-biggest U.S. wireless carrier, posted a second-quarter loss and forecast more subscriber defections as customers switch to Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc.
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Friendster gets new chief executive
Clement James, vnunet.com , Wednesday 6 August 2008 at 13:02:00 Kimber leaves Google for social network Social networking site Friendster, which is the most popular of its type in Asia, has announced that Richard Kimber will be its new chief executive officer and a member of...
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First Bytes: Yahoo, Cablevision, Apple, Daily Candy more...
-- In the case of the missing 200 million votes, it turns out Yahoo's Jerry Yang and Roy Bostock are not as popular as they thought they were. [Portfolio.com ]-- Cablevision shares rose nearly 9 percent on news that the company is considering spinning off assets such its cable business or its Madison Square Garden unit, which includes the Knicks and Rangers. [Bloomberg ]-- After its disastrous ...
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Time Warner 2Q Net Drops 26 Percent
Time Warner Inc.'s second-quarter earnings fell 26 percent on declining subscriber fees at its AOL online unit and lower ad revenue at the Time publishing business, the media conglomerate said Wednesday.
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Delta to launch in-flight Internet service
NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. airlines are scrambling to make Internet service available to passengers and Delta Air Lines will break the ice in October, the carrier said.
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Peladeau looking ahead to wireless expansion
Quebecor Media CEO Pierre Karl Peladeau says his company is well placed to take advantage of its recent winning bid for licences to operate in the burgeoning wireless world.
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Time Warner 2Q net drops 26%; AOL Drags, Film and TV Boosts
Time Warner's Q2 falls 26% on declining subscriber fees from AOL lower ad revenue in its publishing division. Revenue rose at its film, cable and networks segments. The company also took legal and tax steps that make it possible to split AOL and sell it in parts.
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Who Is Batman's Next Foe?
As the Internet rumor mill heats up about a possible foe for the next Batman film, writer David S. Goyer (who got a story credit for The Dark Knight ) told SCI FI Wire that it's possible the villain may not even be one you've ever heard of.
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Nigeria: Presidency Ready for Cybersecurity As Imperative for Vision 2020
Vision 2020 may be imperilled if Cybersecurity is not put in place to contain cyber crimes that have become prevalent in Nigeria, and the rest of the world even as the presidency has indicated its willingness to combat the phenomenon that has eaten deep into the socio-economic fabrics of the nation.
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AOL Weighs on Time Warner; Earnings Fall 26%
Declining subscriber fees at the AOL online unit and lower ad revenue at the Time publishing business pushed down second-quarter earnings.
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Google offers free music downloads in China
Google has launched a music search engine in China that will give users access to free downloads of licensed songs. By Oliver Luft
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The Online Social 'Shop Till You Drop' Party
It's no fun shopping alone. That's the theory behind social shopping, a trend that combines social networking with e-commerce. It's a trend that's coming into its own as increasing numbers of online shoppers turn to the sites for fun, companionship, and camaraderie with other shoppers.
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Veveo Extends Partnership with Verizon to Provide Renowned Video Search Technology for Commercial Use on Television
ANDOVER, Mass., BUSINESS WIRE -- Veveo(TM), a driving force behind the video-anywhere revolution and the vtap (TM) mobile web video service, today announced it has extended its partnership with Verizon to power search functionality for Verizon's more than 1.2 million FiOS TV customers.
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Using Search Engines To Reach Business Executives
Many B2B marketers are frustrated by their inability to reach executive-level decision makers. Recent research indicates they needn't look further than the internet. Let's explore how marketers can utilize search engines to easily and cost-effectively reach executives online. Click to continue reading...
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Revinetix announces de-duplication capabilities to RevOS appliance
Revinetix Inc. announced Monday the release of RevOS 3.0 with a suite of new features, including data de-duplication, Active Directory support and a Web 2.0 tab menu user interface to simplify data backup, archive and recovery management for small and medium-sized businesses and enterprises (SMB/SMEs).
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Understanding Business Bookmarking Concept To Benefit Your Online Venture
Information is very important in business, especially on the Internet. We spend hours and hours digging into different sites for info that we need and tagging them to improve our venture. In most cases, we are often found saving the address of these sites onto our browser for later use.
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WebPosition Ranking Software Being Blocked by Google?
The historically popular search engine ranking software, WebPosition , has reportedly been blocked by Google from checking rankings automatically. A WebmasterWorld thread reports that WebPosition is no longer able to process one's search rankings as of August 5, 2008. Old time WebmasterWorld member, Barbara 'WebMama' Coll, who has been a member of WebmasterWorld since 2002, said: Has ...
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High School & College Coaches: You've Been Rated
Students can already rate their teachers and professors on the Internet.
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Mercent Adds Google Checkout Support to Mercent Retail
Mercent(TM), a provider of online marketing technology and services for retail merchants, today announced the launch and immediate availability of Mercent Retail(TM) with expanded conversion tracking and advertising optimization tools for Google Checkout(TM).
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Cloud Computing Continues to Gather Supporters, Companies
Cloud computing continues to explode in popularity, as PC users enter the cloud...
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Huge Internet Security Hole Slowly Being Fixed
Weakness allows hackers to take charge of very guts of Internet to rip off unsuspecting users.
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