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US broadband growth and speeds disappointing
Two pieces of research have painted a grim picture of the US broadband industry. Firstly Leichtman Research Group has produced a report showing that broadband take-up halved in the second quarter of 2008 compared to the same period last year, the lowest level of growth in seven years.
Infomatics |
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Yahoo lets users knock back ads
NEW YORK - 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 customised advertising and consumer privacy.
The New Zealand Herald |
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Kiwis lead the world online
New Zealanders may complain about high rates and slow connections but recent studies show we are world leaders in internet use.
The New Zealand Herald |
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Caught on camera
Google’s Street View service clicked into gear last week, but not everyone in the Blue Mountains is impressed. Some Wentworth Falls residents claim the on-line feature is an invasion of people's privacy, describing it as “global Big Brother”.
Blue Mountains Gazette |
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Girls who blog: Innocent fun or potential danger?
NEW YORK - On her blog, 12-year-old Tavi Gevinson posts photos of herself wielding a toilet plunger, posing in a room covered with newsprint and wearing a paint-splattered tutu inspired by Dolce & Gabbana's spring 2008 collection.
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Nebraska wrestlers dismissed, accused of posing nude
By ERIC OLSON LINCOLN, Neb. — Two Nebraska wrestlers, including one who won an NCAA championship in 2007, have been dismissed from the team after posing naked for videos and photographs on an Internet pornography site. Paul Donahoe and Kenny Jordan were let go Tuesday, three days after a blog posted images of them taken from Fratmentv.com, a Web site featuring naked or partially clothed male ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Nebraska wrestlers dismissed, accused of posing nude
The university took the action three days after a blog posted images of the athletes taken from a Web site, Fratmentv.com.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Ex-Cop Gets 440 Years for Rapes
Prosecutors: He used police computer to research rape victims before attacks.
ABC News |
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News (1612)
The nation's number two airline Virgin Blue has revealed it will shortly outsource the management of its key Oracle E-Business applications following a major upgrade of the systems.
ZDNet Australia |
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John McCain, Internet dunce
Why the Arizona senator, who can barely Google, is not the chief that an increasingly technological world requires.
Salon.com |
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Innovation agency goes Vista
The federal Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research has flagged plans to replace a desktop computer supply contract held until recently by Dell, as part of a broader move to Windows Vista and Office 2007.
ZDNet Australia |
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NBC: Olympics TV Ratings Are Olympic-Sized
"The network estimated 157 million people, or more than half the U.S. population, caught some Olympic action on at least one of its outlets, including USA, MSNBC and Oxygen, during the first four days of the games.
Arts Journal |
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Glitch Let Hundreds Get Free Transit Rail Tickets
Three people have been arrested and charged with knowingly exploiting a software glitch that allowed vending machines on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad to dispense free tickets.
New York Times |
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Miles Kimball parent company acquires womens product company
Miles Kimball Co.s parent, Blyth Inc., has acquired the assets, intellectual property and customer files of Internet and catalog retailer As We Change and has started to transition its operations to Miles Kimballs Oshkosh operations.
The Oshkosh Northwestern |
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Valley start-ups Meebo, TokBox offer new ways to link people online
Meebo and TokBox are two allied Silicon Valley communications start-ups bidding to become household names of the 21st century. Three-year-old Meebo pioneered Web-based instant-messaging and boldly bills itself as ''the Web's live communications platform.'' TokBox, just a year old, has grand visions of its own.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Greenpeace report details e-waste in Ghana
At the recent Campus Technology conference in Boston Google and Microsoft went head to head with their products for education. Both of them offer hosted email and online collaboration tools with much similarity.
Ghanaweb.com |
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Valley start-ups Meebo, TokBox offer new ways to link people online
Meebo and TokBox are two allied Silicon Valley communications start-ups bidding to become household names of the 21st century. Three-year-old Meebo pioneered Web-based instant-messaging and boldly bills itself as ''the Web's live communications platform.'' TokBox, just a year old, has grand visions of its own.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Digital nomad drives laptop sales
The world's second largest PC vendor says a new class of worker signals "freedom from business as usual".
BBC News |
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Crumm calls for online checkbook
Database would allow citizens to monitor, track government spending
Portsmouth Daily Times |
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Clay Aiken Returns To "Monty Python's Spamalot"
Proud poppa Clay Aiken can't get enough of Broadway.
WITN 7 North Carolina |
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Adam Gifford: Free.nz is the domain name of the game
Internet New Zealand held its annual meeting recently. You probably didn't hear about it. Just a bunch of people from across the political spectrum sitting in a room talking about stuff most of us now take for granted.
The New Zealand Herald |
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Patch Tuesday brings 26 fixes
Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Wednesday 13 August 2008 at 01:26:00 Six critical patches highlight largest update in years Microsoft has issued a hefty eleven bulletins addressing 26 vulnerabilities in its August security release. The monthly security update includes six bulletins which address issues rated "critical," the highest of...
vnunet.com |
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Getting animated
Cartoon characters masturbating and having sex might shock those raised on a wholesome diet of Disney animation and The Flintstones . Yet cartoon porn is a flourishing sub-genre of the animation industry; a Google search elicits more than nine million matches.
The New Zealand Herald |
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Fake Fireworks, Lip-Syncher Used in Olympic Opening Ceremony
Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The broadcast of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony used computer-generated fireworks, including a fake shake to simulate helicopter filming, because of the city's hazy skies, Chinese officials said.
Bloomberg.com |
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South Philippines vote a 'success' despite Muslim attacks: official
Manila, August 12, 2008 (AFP) - Computerised elections in the Muslim autonomous region of the southern Philippines were proclaimed a success Tuesday despite efforts by Muslim rebels to disrupt the polling, officials said.
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