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Research casts doubt on viral marketing, Long Tail
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Saturday 9 August 2008 at 00:49:00 People don’t talk to as many people as they think Research by HP Labs into the social actions of internet users has revealed some surprising results that cast doubt on the effectiveness of viral marketing....
vnunet.com |
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Research casts doubt on viral marketing, Long Tail
Research by HP Labs into the social actions of internet users has revealed some surprising results that cast doubt on the effectiveness of viral marketing.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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The Yahoo-Google Agreement (Filed-and Mightily Redacted)
After the markets closed today, Yahoo filed an extremely redacted version of its version of the agreement it made with Google for outsourcing some of its search ads. Here's the top of the agreement with a link below to the rest.
AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance |
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MySpace Founder and Internet Entrepreneur Brad Greenspan Reports BroadWebAsia's Hupo.tv Selected by CCTV To Be Partner ...
LOS ANGELES, BUSINESS WIRE -- Shanghai-based online entertainment and video site Hupo.tv with over 40 million unique monthly visitors and part of BroadWebAsia's network of entertainment and video sites that reach over 70 million unique visitors per month (OTC: BWBA), announced that BroadWebAsia's Hupo.tv selected by CCTV to be a partner in Olympic broadcasting alliance to broadcast videos of the ...
Broadcast Newsroom |
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Top 10: A week full of security news
Well, we knew that the Black Hat and Defcon 08 conferences in Las Vegas would bring in plenty of security news this week, and sure enough the hacker extravaganzas gave us headlines aplenty. But the U.S. Department of Justice added to the mix, announcing it has indicted 11 people in a global ID theft ring that the DOJ says was responsible for a massive ID theft scheme that involved security ...
InfoWorld |
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McCain gives punters points for plugs
WASHINGTON: Spread John McCain's message online and you could win valuable prizes. That's the essence of his campaign pitch for supporters to join an internet effort with "reward points" akin to those offered by airlines and other businesses.
Barossa & Light Herald |
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Public auction being held in Great Falls
Do you need a computer before the kids head back to school? Or maybe.. you actually need a bullet proof vest?
KPAX Missoula |
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DIY IKEA Gadget Docking and Charging Station [DIY]
Weblog IKEA Hacker details how to turn a $15 IKEA Estetisk storage compartment into a streamlined gadget docking and charging station. All it takes is a drill and a little light plywood, and when...
Lifehacker |
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Flump Exports Flickr Photos to Your Desktop [Featured Download]
Windows/Mac/Linux (Adobe AIR): Free Adobe AIR application Flump downloads all the photos from a user-specified Flickr account to your hard drive. It's a simple one-use application: You provide it...
Lifehacker |
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Personal Information at Risk
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- First Coast News has learned some stores don't have encrypted computer networks, meaning personal information of shoppers could be at risk.
First Coast News |
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The Herald-Zeitung Mobile Edition
The Herald-Zeitung provides a text-only version of its daily web edition for readers using cellular telephones or handheld computers. Registered users of AvantGo can create their own custom channel to download regular updates.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung |
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Yahoo Will Soon Let Visitors Opt Out of Ads
Yahoo will let its Web visitors decline ads targeted to their browsing habits, becoming the latest internet company to break from a common industry practice as Congress steps up scrutiny of customized advertising and consumer privacy.
Wired News |
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Let computer decide
I have a revolutionary idea for Canada’s political parties, which I want to bring to your notice.
Mississauga News |
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DG FastChannel Touts HD Growth, Web Prospects
Advertising, syndicated-content distributor urges shareholders to support Enliven Marketing Technologies merger.
Broadcasting and Cable |
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County Sheriff's Report
Two men who tried to buy a computer at a shop on Landmark Drive with a declined credit card grabbed the card and ran from the store July 30 at 2 p.
Park Record |
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Edison gives you detailed control over PC power savings
Computer power management: Good. Power management with a detailed description of how much energy, money, and CO2 you'll save based on each change: Even better. Edison is a free tool from Verdiem, and it replaces the power management software built into Windows. Unlike the brutish Windows power manager, Edison lets you split the day into Work Time and Non-Work Time, with different power ...
Yahoo! Tech Advisors |
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Satellite Players Direct Olympic Traffic
Intelsat, GlobeCast manage myriad feeds at 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games.
Broadcasting and Cable |
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How to Get More From Google Reader
Google Reader is a slick web app you can use to aggregate RSS feeds. If you're new to RSS, our guide will plug you in to the ins and outs of feeding your brain with the venerable news reader. By the time we're through with you, you'll be able to slice, dice, read and feed news like a demon.
Wired News |
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Online classes in demand
Local universities are easing the financial burden of students as gas prices continue to rise. Both Angelina College and SFA have been offering more online classes and students have jumped on board with the idea.
KTRE Lufkin and Nacogdoches |
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Time Difference Has Fans Logging On for Olympic Results
Lots of sports fans have their eye on the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, but a 12-hour time difference means people in the U.S. will have to wait for hours after they actually happen to see the games for themselves on TV. That has many Americans turning to the internet to get results in real time, and FOX 5's Karen Gray Houston discovered that's something many local fans are planning on doing.
FOX 5 Washington D.C. |
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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Economic Case for Auctions in New gTLDs Paper Released -- During the ICANN meeting in Paris, France, ICANN staff made a commitment to release a paper describing the economic case for auctions as a tiebreaking mechanism for resolving contention among identical or confusingly similar applications for new gTLDs.
ICANN |
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W.Va. accommodates 'mark of the beast' fears
West Virginia is keeping driver's license photos out of a computer database for members of a small religious group who believe digital storage is a "mark of the beast" that evokes biblical prophecy.
MSNBC |
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Internet: Watchdog continues to sniff around ITV's Project Kangaroo
ITV suffered a further blow yesterday when the Competition Commission yesterday extended the deadline for its investigation into its broadband video joint venture, Project Kangaroo
Guardian Unlimited |
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Internet meeting of minds
A US-based portal is determined to change ‘misconceptions’ among Westerners about China and its people.
The Star |
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Hayward Man Accused Of Child Prostitution Scheme
A convicted felon from Hayward has been charged with running a child prostitution scheme that advertised on Craigslist and other Web sites.
CBS 5 Bay Area |
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