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Yahoo gets into place with Fire Eagle
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Thursday 14 August 2008 at 00:05:00 Location tool offered to developers Yahoo has officially launched a new service, dubbed Fire Eagle, that let’s internet users identify their physical location automatically. The middleware can be built into applications so that internet users...
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Old media habits die hard
Britain is turning into a nation of technophiles as increasing numbers watch television over the internet and shun landline connections in favour of devices known as dongles that link laptops to the world wide web.
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EBay in talks to buy minority stake in Gmarket
The online auction company eBay Inc. said Wednesday it is in talks to buy a minority stake in the South Korean online marketplace operator Gmarket.
Belleville News-Democrat |
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Electronic Arts Aims To License 'Spore' Movie Rights
The company is banking on an aggressive marketing campaign and a raft of other new titles, including Dead Space and Warhammer Online.
InformationWeek |
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Researcher lowers projections for online video ads
Research company eMarketer is sharply reducing its spending projections for online video advertising, saying the market hasn't been as strong as the firm had previously estimated.
Belleville News-Democrat |
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AMD Manufacturing Plan Key To Chipmaker's Future
The company's Asset-Smart strategy may depend on whether it adds capacity by striking a deal to use foundries of IBM or an Asian contract chipmaker such as TSMC.
InformationWeek |
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Gadgets: Serif all-in-one program makes Web design easy
Anyone wanting an all-in-one solution for professional quality Web design without paying a high price should give Serif's WebPlus X2 a try.
Belleville News-Democrat |
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Stix takes a stab at motion-controlled PC games
Looking at its size, shape, white wrist strap and B-button on the bottom, it's easy to compare the Stix with the Wiimote, the wireless controller for the popular Nintendo gaming console. Except the Stix is for your PC.
Belleville News-Democrat |
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Pentagon puts hold on USAF cyber effort
The Pentagon this week delayed and may kill the Air Force's nascent Cyberspace Command, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press. This comes as Russia used a major computer network attack to begin its assault on Georgia.
Belleville News-Democrat |
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New rules for the notebook business
Since the end of 2007, the audience has expanded to "consumers in both mature and emerging markets and a few business buyers," says Gartner.
Linux Devices |
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Jonesboro Church Choir Director Arrested, Charged with Child Molestation
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. (MyFOX Atlanta) -- Clayton County police arrested and charged a church choir director on Monday with sexual battery and child molestation.
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Barksdale could be hit by Cyber Command delay
BATON ROUGE, La. -- The possible derailing of the Air Force Cyber Command project could deliver a harsh blow to Louisiana's Barksdale Air Force Base, but state leaders on Wednesday...
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View is street smart
WANT someone overseas to know what your house looks like? Forget taking a photo - thanks to a new internet mapping tool, the streetscapes of Glen Innes and Deepwater are now online, for all the world to see.
Glen Innes Examiner |
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Computer poker knows when to hold 'em
Psychiatry department researcher makes prize-winning computer poker programs available for free downloads.
UC Newsroom |
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Fire burns building at Apple HQ in California
Associated Press - August 13, 2008 5:23 AM ET CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) - Firefighters have contained a blaze that has burned for about three hours at the headquarters of computer maker...
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UK sees sharp rise in spam
Recent figures show spam has has quadrupled over the past three months, with increased broadband availability blamed as the primary cause.
ZDNet Asia |
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New Yahoo service helps users share their location
Yahoo Inc. is riding the wave of location-based services with the launch of a service intended to help users share their real-world location with their friends online.
Belleville News-Democrat |
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Police Seek Man Accused of Sex Crimes Against Children
Charleston Police and the West Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force are looking for a man accused of committing sex acts against children.
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Yahoo spends $36M on advisers in Microsoft dance
Yahoo Inc. shelled out $36 million in the first half of 2008 to the outside advisers that helped the company navigate stormy buyout talks with Microsoft Corp. and the ensuing proxy threat from activist investor Carl Icahn.
Belleville News-Democrat |
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Wenjun gets help from online community
A REVELATION by Olympic gold medal winner Guo Wenjun that she was abandoned by her father when she was 10 has caught China's imagination and sparked a massive online search to find him.
The Star |
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Barksdale could be hit by Cyber Command delay
Associated Press - August 13, 2008 7:04 PM ET BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The possible derailing of the Air Force Cyber Command project could deliver a harsh blow to Louisiana's Barksdale Air Force...
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Average Issue Readership General Public PARC Media Index 1997, Saudi Arabia
With technology opening the new doors of communication and the distribution of news and information, ArabNews Online is not bound by physical limitations. ArabNews Online is published by ArabNews from its offices located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and is now available to readers around the globe.
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Prison official pleads guilty to helping bondsmen
A former prison counseling supervisor has pleaded guilty to using state computers to give information to three bail bondsmen about fugitives and prisoners.
Boston Globe |
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Santa Clara teacher arrested in Santa Cruz
SANTA CRUZ -- Police arrested a Santa Clara County high school teacher Tuesday afternoon on suspicion he tried to arrange a meeting with a teenage girl he'd met on the Internet.
Santa Cruz Sentinel |
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