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Andrew Brown: The discussion of religious differences online is not a game
Andrew Brown: The strange, weightless intimacy of online communication has enabled complete strangers to hate each other passionately within minutes
Guardian Unlimited |
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Pentagon Puts Hold On USAF Cyber Warfare
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon this week delayed and may kill the Air Force's nascent Cyberspace Command. That's according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
WDSU New Orleans |
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Why a Mini-notebook is Exactly What You Will Want
Chicago (IL) - You, in this case, would represent the consumer as analysts expect mini-notebooks to become the next gold mine for system builders.
Tom's Hardware |
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Developmentally Disabled Twin Girls Missing From Calif. Home
Two "developmentally delayed" teenage twins are missing from their home they share with adoptive parents, who told FOXNews.com they are fearful their daughters met someone on the Internet.
Fox News |
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Email evidence in Bridgecorp case
A series of emails between Bridgecorp employees has become crucial evidence in the prosecution case against the finance company's founder.
TVNZ |
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Ebay seeking Gmarket stake
EBay is seeking to buy a minority stake in Gmarket, the US online auctioneer said, lifting shares of the South Korean online retailer by as much as 16%
TVNZ |
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Pound Of Cyanide Found In Room Where Man Died
Authorities say they found about a pound of sodium cyanide in a Denver hotel room where the body of a Canadian man was discovered. The man of Somali descent may have also made Internet postings last month of a deadly nature.
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SimpleTech (Re)Drive
Made from bamboo and recycled aluminum, the SimpleTech (Re)Drive is the most environmentally friendly external hard drive we've tested. It works well as a USB 2.0-only storage device and offers a unique ownership experience.
CNET |
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Air Force Suspends 'Cyber Command' Program
The delay in the program does not necessarily mean the Cyber Command at Barksdale Air Force Base will not be created, but that could be one option, officials said.
InformationWeek |
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Google 'Ransoming' Customers Searching For Trademarked Brands, Lawsuit Claims
A packaging company claims that until May 2008, Google actively hid the extent to which its AdWords program monetized low-quality pages, parked domains, and error pages.
InformationWeek |
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You Call That Broadband? Group Decries Plodding Pace of US Net Speed
A nationwide study released Tuesday by the Communications Workers of America labor union found that Internet connection speeds in the United States have increased little over the past year. The nation's median data download speed gained just 0.4 megabits per second, it reported. At that rate, it will take more than 100 years before the U.S. attains speeds currently found in Japan, according to ...
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Alaska's Internet speeds nation's slowest
A report by the Communications Workers of America says Alaskans are stuck with the nation's slowest average Internet download speeds. The report released Tuesday says Alaska has a median average download speed of 0.8 megabytes per second.
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Microsoft to unveil new licensing policies for virtual machines
Virtualization industry observers expect Microsoft to eliminate a licensing restriction that has hampered the mobility of virtual servers, perhaps as soon as next week. Under current Microsoft rules, software running on a virtual machine is licensed based on the physical server . This can be problematic because of technologies such as VMware's VMotion, which can move virtual ...
InfoWorld |
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Latest Technology Headlines
Cellphones, Cameras, Computers and more.
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Wabash Sisters Cyber-Stalked
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) -- Police in wabash arrested a man for cyber-stalking two sisters -- one of them underage -- and using their identities for sex for two years before he was discovered.
Indiana's NewsCenter |
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Is NBC’s Tight Leash on Olympics Webcasts a Mistake?
For Internet television, the Beijing Olympics represent a milestone. NBC has created a site with an unprecedented 2,200 hours of live Webcasts of Olympic events.
New York Times |
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MLS notebook: Web site manager is a Wizard of odds
With their 3-2 win over Chivas USA last weekend, the Wizards’ chances of making the playoffs increased 12.1 percent.
The Kansas City Star |
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Microsoft's data crunching baby hit with lawsuit
Datallegro not so happy Datallegro, a data warehouse maker in the midst of being acquired by Microsoft, has received a lawsuit, claiming that Datallegro's current CEO aided the company in infringing on a key patent.…
The Register |
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Summer sickness may be a blessing in disguise
Do you want this to be your child on the first day of school? Right now, 180 viruses contaminate the air you breathe. But doctors say if your child is sick this week - you may be in luck.
NBC 2 Fort Myers |
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Connell Wagner Partners with BST Global
BST Global, the leading global provider of business management software solutions for architectural, engineering and environmental consulting firms, today announced that Connell Wagner has chosen BST Global as its business management solution partner. Connell Wagner, one of Asia Pacific's largest and most experienced multidisciplinary consulting practices, will use BST Enterprise to integrate ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Sandiego.com Recruits Chairman From Tourism Industry
Sandiego.com Inc., which operates the Web site portal by the same name, has recruited local tourism executive Robert A. Rauch to be its board chairman, the company said Aug. 13.
San Diego Business Journal |
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Sex-kit notices to Net giants
New Delhi, Aug. 13: The Supreme Court today issued notices to Google India, Yahoo India and Microsoft Corporation (I) Private Limited on a petition seeking to block their search engines from promoting sex-selection kits.
The Telegraph |
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Do the right thing
It may not flash its naughty bits every time it exits an automobile, but the PC still generates at least one good scandal a month. The latest brouhaha: EA’s initial plan to employ draconian digital rights management measures on Mass Effect and SPORE . The original plan called for online authentication during installation, and then again every 10 days for the duration of the games’ life on your ...
Games Radar |
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NBC bungling Rosario Dawson's Web show [Gemini Division]
Electric Farm Entertainment, the production company behind NBC's new Web-only show Gemini Division, has already earned themselves a profit on the production. How? By lacing the show with... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Google nixes Steve Chen's YouTube live video plan [Bad Ideas]
In a moment of what now seems like irrational exuberance, YouTube cofounder Steve Chen declared that the popular online video site would add live video streaming this year. Not so fast, says Google.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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