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Yahoo to Make Targeted Ads Optional
Internet giant Yahoo is set to announce today that it will allow users to shut off targeted advertising on its Web sites, a move that comes as a congressional committee continues to air concerns about consumer privacy.
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Google's billion-dollar AOL bet takes a dive [Earnings]
In a statement filed with the SEC late today, Google stated that its 2005 purchase of 5 percent of AOL "may be impaired." Analyst guesstimates of AOL's value peg it at about $10 million, or half the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Terrorists issue new Olympic threat, US analysts say
Beijing - A little-known Islamic group has issued a new terrorist threat against the Beijing Olympics, US intelligence analysts said Friday. The Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) issued the threat Wednesday in a video posted on the internet, urging Musli...
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Man charged with kidnap
A 21-year-old man is accused of taking a 12-year-old Sanford boy he met on the Internet to his Cary apartment and molesting him. The man, Dakota Melton of 324 Brook Arbor Drive, met the boy through the MySpace Web site, said Cary Police Capt. Mike Williams.
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Australia complains about Olympic issues
Australia's Olympic chief criticized Beijing organizers on Friday over their "wishy-washy" assurances on Internet access and says bus transportation and pollution remain problem issues.
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Reporters booted from conference for hacking
With thousands of hackers milling around the Black Hat convention here, and widespread snooping on the public WiFi network, one place was supposed to be off limits: the press room. But in a case of reporters spying on other reporters, three journalists working for the French publication Global Security Magazine were booted Thursday from the hackers' conference after they were allegedly caught ...
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Rehab created for Internet addicts
An Illinois hospital has created an in-patient facility to treat Internet addicts.The Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery in Peoria, Ill., said it is the only in-patient facility in the United States that offers treatment for Internet addiction, ABC News reported Thursday.Therapist Tonya Camacho said someone who is addicted to the computer will get the same high as a drug addict headed to ...
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Security pros fall for Web ruse
LAS VEGAS - Computer security professionals tend to be a highly paranoid bunch, seeing potential threats everywhere. It turns out that some aren't cautious enough, though.
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Phishing - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog
Cellphones, Cameras, Computers and more. A reader wrote in to say he had heard that Microsoft was not letting people choose usernames with the word “Tibet” in them when signing up for its online services. This turns out to be true, technically speaking.
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China - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog
Cellphones, Cameras, Computers and more. Ken Carroll, who runs the popular Chinese-lesson podcast ChinesePod , is taking advantage of the world’s sudden need to know how to say “gold medal,” “100-meter backstroke” or “Where is the basketball arena?” in Mandarin, the official language of China.
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Taking A Few Simple Precautions Can Help Ward Off Identity Theft
It is the largest case of identity theft in the country. More than 41 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen by an international ring that hacked into the computer networks of nine national retail chains, including Barnes & Noble, BJ's Wholesale Club, OfficeMax and TJX Cos.
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Winners: Web 2.0 Expo NY Competition
Earlier this week we ran a competition for 2 full tickets to the New York Web 2.0 Expo conference 16-19 Sept. The tickets are valued at over $1000 each and we also have a consolation prize of a free Expo hall pass (value $100). To be in to win one of the 3 prizes, we asked: for the 'Web Meets World' charity auction at the Web 2.0 Summit later this year (5-7 Nov), what would YOU bid on ...
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Favre in NYC for one reason: 'Help the Jets win'
GREEN BAY -- Gotham is ready for Brett Favre. But is Favre ready for it? After 16 years of playing in professional sports' smallest market with the Green Bay Packers, the iconic quarterback is headed for the Big Apple, having officially joined the New York Jets Thursday as the team's highest-wattage star since Broadway Joe Namath led the J-E-T-S to the Super Bowl III title in 1969. "To a certain ...
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Gear Gallery: Shrinking Computers, DVR Expander and iPhone Competitors
: Most of the new mini-laptops look like toys, educational tools or lab experiments in miniaturization, but the MSI Wind is an actual PC. Packing the latest 1.6-GHz Atom processor and a roomy 80-GB drive, the Wind boasts some legit PC cred. Yes, your iPod probably has more drive space, but 80 gigs was plenty not so long ago, and it's not like you're going to be producing HD video on this ...
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Clone Wars Gets Stylized
Dave Filoni, director of the upcoming computer-animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie, told reporters that he and executive producer George Lucas made a creative choice against photorealism and toward a more stylized look for the movie.
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IPhone 3G called 'acceptable' for business use
Apple's iPhone 3G is ready to serve business customers as an alternative to the BlackBerry e-mail phone, so long as users are willing to compromise on security and battery life, the research firm Gartner said.
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VIDEO GAMES
System: Sony PlayStation 3 Also available for: Microsoft Xbox 360
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Hackers target Google Gadgets
LAS VEGAS - One of the biggest problems with the so-called Web 2.0 movement has been its encouragement of oversharing - which often means underestimating security risks.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Georgia Tech, Bryn Mawr College, Microsoft Fund New Curriculum Using Personal Robots
Aug. 8, 2008 -- Through the Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE) -- a partnership between Georgia Tech College of Computing, Bryn Mawr College and Microsoft Research -- 28 high schools and universities are being provided the opportunity to enhance their introductory Computer Science curriculum using personal robots as a context for teaching foundational computing skills.
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Sam Sacksen Living the dream, eating like a king, and enjoying the ride
I’m a little whacked out from the time change so please bear with me if things are a little jumbled or I start to ramble on.I woke up the morning after arriving at the village at about 3 a.m. because I was convinced it was actually 3 in the afternoon, but I was off by a little. I was able to force myself back to sleep until about 5, but finally gave up.
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Doggyspace.com has its day as social sites get more focused
RICHMOND, Va. - Cici confesses on her Web page that she likes to greet everyone by licking their feet.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Simple steps to protect yourself from ID theft
NEW YORK - It is the largest case of identity theft in the country. More than 41 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen by an international ring that hacked into the computer networks of nine national retail chains, including Barnes & Noble, BJ's Wholesale Club, OfficeMax and TJX Cos.
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VeriSign reports $68 million loss
VeriSign, the biggest operator of computers that direct Internet traffic, reported a $68 million loss and projected sales that missed some estimates as growth in the number of Web sites slowed.
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